Stay At Home Edition: Bits & Pieces

29th March 2020

Stay At Home Edition: Bits & Pieces. Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel, Vikings) and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives in the Battle of Long Tan in 1967. With 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong soldiers closing in, their ammunition running out and casualties mounting, each man searches for the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honour, decency and courage. Also starring Luke Bracey (Point Break), Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing), Nicholas Hamilton (It) and Daniel Webber (Escape From Pretoria). From the writer of Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean, Danger Close is beautifully scored by award-winning composer Caitlin Yeo.

THE PERFECT CANDIDATE premiered in competition at Venice Film Festival 2019. The film follows female doctor Maryam, as she runs in the municipal council elections, challenging the traditional patriarchal system that’s been in place since the birth of democracy in the region. The film is a bold and politically charged exploration about what it means to be a woman in Saudi Arabia today, seeking to push forward a new era of women. You can watch the trailer here.

THE HOST is a Zachary Weckstein Production and stars Emmy Award-winning Maryam Hassouni, up-and-coming Mike Beckingham (brother of Simon Pegg), first major role from McFly pop rock musician Dougie Poynter, Nigel Barber (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Spectre (007), Togo Igawa (Star Wars: The Last Jedi / Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, The Last Samurai), veteran actors Derek Jacobi (Gladiator, Murder on the Orient Express, Gosford Park, I, Claudius (TV series) and Jeroen Krabbé (The Fugitive, The Living Daylights, Transporter 3), Dominic Keating (Star Trek: Enterprise, Beowulf, Prison Break), Margo Stilley (The Trip, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 9 Songs) and Ruby Turner MBE (Love Actually, Hotel Babylon and acclaimed singer).

Always dreamed of being James Bond? Well, Moneyshake have looked into exactly what it takes to get that seriously glamourous 007 lifestyle.

Fresh off its premiere at the Monaco International Film Festival a new teaser has arrived for this Twilight Zone-esque short film. A couple checks into a vacation rental, only to find that the anonymous host likes to play games on its guests.

A time-traveling assassin finds himself on a cruise ship, where he falls for the women he’s supposed to kill, in Same Boat – coming this April from Dark Star Pictures! James is a time travelling assassin from the 28th century sent to 2018 to kill a woman, but when his intern gets sick and he loses his paperwork he has some time to kill, so to speak, while enjoying the cruise he accidentally falls in love with the woman he’s supposed to kill. Same Boat is a film about duty, love, friendship, and how kindness is more powerful than destruction.

Climadoor wanted to explore some iconic film locations, but that costs money and with the world in lockdown, they went on a virtual tour instead!

All the latest Netflix statistics and facts here.

If you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started. (The ending isolation section has more information).

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