Title: Needle Directed by: John V. Soto Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Tahyna Tozzi and Travis Fimmel Running time: 89 minutes, Rated R After the death of his father, Ben receives an intricately decorated 18th century mechanical box which is labeled “Le Vaudo Mort.” The box itself is actually a supernatural tool for revenge, as the victim’s photo is placed into the box, and a wax voodoo doll is formed after turning the hand crank. Ben shows the box off to his college friends, and after a party it’s discovered that the box was stolen. Soon Ben’s friends start dying in very gruesome and horrible ways. Ben’s estranged brother Marcus, a forensic…

Title: Oranges and Sunshine Director: Jim Loach Starring: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham “Oranges and Sunshine” is re-affirming evidence that not every remarkable true story a remarkable film makes. Based on the book “Empty Cradles” by British social worker Margaret Humphreys, the movie tells the story of its crusading subject, who worked to uncover one of the most shocking government-sanctioned scandals of modern times — the forced deportation of many thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Both overall and scene-to-scene, though, ”Oranges and Sunshine” exudes a just-fine feeling of dutiful emotional string-pulling, and nothing more. It commits no great and cringe-worthy offenses, but neither does it ever really get…

According to The Huffington Post, Australia’s plus-sized “Big is Beautiful’ runway show at Syndey’s Fashion Festival has set the fashion world ablaze, and not because of any new outlandish fashion. Once again, the debate about plus-sized models vs. anorexic models begins anew. The fashion show has gotten criticized for taking the campaign for celebrating curvy women too far and is now embracing the idea of obesity, according an article by the Daily Mail. “[W]hile some girls looked healthy modeling sizes 16 to 24, others appeared somewhat overweight,” states the article. “Adopting the slogan ‘Big is Beautiful’, and thus encouraging women to be unheathy, could be classed as almost as harmful…

Title: The Tree Director: Julie Bertucelli Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas, Aden Young, Gillian Jones, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christian Bayers, Tom Russell, Gabriel Gotting, Zoe Boe A tender, well sketched drama of familial reconnection and rebirth in the wake of tragedy, Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree, a French-Australian co-production set in the rural environs of the latter country, for the most part successfully balances the literal and metaphorical in its telling of coping with loss, and trying to move on after the death of a loved one. Engaging acting and some gorgeous and involving cinematography make this movie a treat for arthouse audiences. When her truck-driver husband Peter (Aden Young)…

After Oprah Winfrey announced on the final season premiere of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ that she taking fans on a trip with her to Australia, backlash came out against the talk show queen, Popeater.com reported on September 14. Even though Oprah will be taping several episodes of her show there, taking her fans to some of the top tourist spots in an effort to showcase the country, Australian taxpayers are upset they will have to help pay the bill. Overall, the trip will cost about $3 million in Australian money, or $2.7 million USD. However, Australia’s tourism minister, Martin Ferguson, said that the trip, which will also be sponsored in…

According to a recent report from Latino Review, the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph is reporting that “Mad Max 4″ is going to begin filming immediately, even though there hasn’t been an official casting news yet. The paper also reports that the entire project will take about two and a half years to complete, with most of the filming and production taking place in Broken Hill, a former mining town in New South Wales, Australia that was featured in the original film “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior”. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “Mad Max 4″ movie news, including casting news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Latino Review)

Here’s another brand new movie poster for the upcoming film “Australia” from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Plot: Luhrmann’s film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months…

Check out the latest movie poster for the upcoming film “Australia” from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Plot: Luhrmann’s film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country’s most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months…

Watch the latest movie trailer for the upcoming film “Australia” from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Plot: The film set in Australia before World War II and centers around an english aristrocrat (Kidman) who works with a cattle driver (Jackman) in their journey to drive 2,000 cattle across Australia. Unfortunately they face a bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces.

Check out another really cool movie trailer for the upcoming film “Cloverfield” aka 01-18-08 by director Matt Reeves this one is a Paramount Australian exclusive.