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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the NCIS: Sydney Season 2 premiere “Heart Starter.”] All it took was Mackey (Olivia Swann) almost losing her job for her to open up on NCIS: Sydney. Last we saw, it looked like Rankin (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) was involved in the kidnapping of J.D.’s (Todd Lasance) son. But, it turns out, he’s just another piece; his pacemaker was really so someone could listen in and it was hacked, putting him in a coma. He’s the only one who can give them any information, and they’re now stuck waiting for him to wake up (while the world thinks he’s dead). Meanwhile, Mackey reveals to Jd while both are on the outs with their agencies that she has an almost 18-year-old son who lives with her mom. In the end, Mackey and Jd do keep their jobs; the assassin (Georgina Haig) whom the latter had let go to trade for...

It’s a g’week to be an NCIS: Sydney fan, with Season 2 of the spinoff from Down Under kicking off this Friday at 8/7c, on CBS.

NCIS: Sydney follows an eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and Australian Federal Police (Afp) officers who have been grafted into a multi-national task force, to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.

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The Aussie-set actioner ended its freshman season with Jd Dempsey (Todd Lasance) backed into a corner after his 9-year-old son was snatched. He agreed to free a prisoner in exchange, but at the meetup the kidnapper was killed and the escaping criminal implicated Jd’s boss Colonel Rankin (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) in the abduction. “We’re thrown right back in,” teases NCIS: Sydney‘s Olivia Swann, who plays Jd’s partner Michelle Mackey. The pair will face the repercussions for releasing a prisoner — even if it was for a reason. Below, she previews the new season. Plus, watch an exclusive featurette above. We were left on a huge cliffhanger in Season 1. Where do we find Mackey when the series returns? Olivia Swann: Season 2 is almost a direct pick up from the end of Season 1. We’re thrown right back in — with Mackey staring down Rankin, hand on her gun. There’s...

With NCIS: Sydney season 2 closer than ever before, there are a few things to remember before it returns for its sophomore year. As an NCIS spinoff, NCIS: Sydney is the first show in the NCIS universe to expand beyond America. The procedural puts a unique spin on the franchise by combining the American Naval Criminal Investigative Service with the Australian Federal Police in a unique NCIS/Afp task force that supports the American military base in Australia.

The international offshoot has typically followed the structured format of NCIS episodes featuring a new case every episode, but there have been a few twists. Besides the unique location, NCIS: Sydney has also introduced an interesting partnership between two vastly different characters, Mackey and Jd, the leaders of NCIS and Afp respectively. NCIS: Sydney's characters bring life to the series and separate it from its predecessors. Even with just 8 episodes, season 1 featured...

The hybrid NCIS: Sydney team is once again offering “two for the price of one” in TVLine’s exclusive peek at the returning CBS drama’s Season 2 trailer.

TVLine’s month-long #2025FirstLook series kicks off today with the NCIS: Sydney Season 2 teaser above, which features cast members Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar and Tuuli Narkle, some explodey stuff, and more.

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NCIS: Sydney has been renewed for season 2, with the main cast expected to return and potential new characters joining. The storyline of season 2 will likely explore the mysterious connection between Ana and Colonel Rankin, which could pose a major threat to the NCIS team. Showrunner Morgan O'Neill is excited to delve deeper into the lives of the core team, revealing what makes them tick as their bonds are tested.

NCIS: Sydney gets renewed for season 2 at CBS. The Australian police procedural series, following Special Agent-in-Charge Michelle Mackey (Olivia Swann), left audiences on a major cliffhanger at the end of season 1. The season finale saw the mysterious Ana Niemus (Georgina Haig) finally in NCIS custody, only to be released by Jd (Todd Lasance), who discovers her connection to Colonel Rankin (Lewis Fitz-Gerald). While the NCIS franchise continues to expand, Sydney's future was left up in the air following the finale,...

After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year), the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, the leg smashing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, three separate moments from John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, the “Jason vs. Tina” battle in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, and the “all hell breaks loose” sequence from the start of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake,

Directed by David Twohy, who also crafted the screenplay with Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat, Pitch Black has the following synopsis: A deep space transporter crash-lands on a desolate planet circled by three suns. Among the survivors are pilot Carolyn Fry, mystic Abu `Imam’ al-Walid, cop William J Johns and convicted criminal Richard B Riddick, and their first...

The article contains spoilers for the NCIS: Sydney season 1 finale, "Blonde Ambition."

Head of CBS Entertainment hints at positive news for NCIS: Sydney season 2 renewal. The season 1 finale sets up multiple storylines for potential continuation. The spinoff promises an exciting follow-up to the cliffhanger ending.

The head of CBS Entertainment gives a positive update on NCIS: Sydney season 2. Debuting on CBS in November 2023 with showrunner Morgan O'Neill, NCIS: Sydney focuses on rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, shedding light on the team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police. It tracks how they've ended up as part of a multi-national task force to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.

In an interview with Deadline about the network's slate of programming, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach was asked about NCIS: Sydney season 2. Although the executive does not break any news,...

Olivia Swann is the first to acknowledge that NCIS: Sydney‘s Special Agent Michelle Mackey has been a bit “blunt” thus far — though the English actress’ preferred adjectives are “fiery,” “maverick” and direct.”

That early read on the merged NCIS/Afp teams’ leader may be about to change, however. Because the first international NCIS offshoot’s fourth episode, airing tonight at 8/7c on CBS, will shed some light on why Mackey is the way she is.

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NCIS: Sydney fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 1 Episode 4 episode titled Ghosted!

Find out everything you need to know about the Ghosted episode of NCIS: Sydney, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

NCIS: Sydney Ghosted Season 1 Episode 4 Preview

Get ready for an electrifying episode of “NCIS: Sydney” as the team dives headfirst into the supernatural in “Ghosted.” Mark your calendars for December 5, 2023, at 8:00 Pm on CBS, because this installment is bound to send shivers down your spine.

In this hair-raising episode, the team is confronted with a chilling murder mystery that takes them to Sydney’s historic and haunted Rocks area. When the lifeless body of a U.S. petty officer is discovered in this eerie locale, it becomes clear that there’s more to the case than meets the eye.

The key to...

NCIS: Sydney fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 1 Episode 3 episode titled Brothers in Arms!

Find out everything you need to know about the Brothers in Arms episode of NCIS: Sydney, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

NCIS: Sydney Brothers in Arms Season 1 Episode 3 Preview

In the upcoming episode of “NCIS: Sydney” titled “Brothers in Arms,” set to air on CBS at 8:00 Pm on November 28, 2023, viewers are in for a gripping mystery that dives deep into the loyalty and brotherhood among former Navy divers. The episode unfolds with a startling discovery when a shark spits out an arm adorned in U.S. Navy equipment, launching the NCIS team into an investigation that unravels the secrets of a group of ex-Navy divers.

The plot promises to be a thrilling ride as the team, led by their seasoned investigators,...

TV’s long-running NCIS franchise this week invited fans to the Land Down Under, with its first international offshoot in 20 years. Will you book a return trip?

Setting the stage for NCIS: Sydney, a U.S. Seaman on a U.S. nuclear sub parked in Sydney Harbour collapses and tumbles into the water, dead — and during an Aukus ceremony, no less. (Cue opening credits set to zippy remix of Og NCIS theme!) The specific circumstances of the death lead to a jurisdictional battle/”pissing match” between arriving NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey (played by Legends of Tomorrow vet Olivia Swann...

When "Alien 3" was released in 1992, it was roundly bashed by critics, met with uproar by fans, and later disowned by its director, David Fincher. Despite this, the troubled production and intrigue around Fincher's original vision have made it a constant source of fascination for "Alien" aficionados. One of the many subplots was the input of David Twohy, one of several writers involved in the film and whose biggest contribution was the setting of a prison planet populated by shaven-headed criminals.

Things didn't work out for Twohy on "Alien 3," but he got a chance to revisit that idea when he was offered the chance to rework and direct a screenplay that bore similarities to the "Alien" movies. Its most interesting character would become a vicious criminal named Richard B. Riddick, recaptured after busting out from a maximum security prison, perhaps not unlike the one in the much-maligned third...

Exclusive: It took a village to rescue those 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded Thailand cave in 2018. MGM and Thirteen Lives director Ron Howard have firmed a big international cast to play the heroic rescuers who took part in a dangerous operation that cost one rescue diver — Thai Navy Seal Saman Gunan — his life. All of the boys, and the coach, were saved before floodwaters completely filled the caves.

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton will star with Weir Sukollawat (Malila), Thiraphat Sajakul (The Serpent), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Serpent), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Prey), Teeradon “James” Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (Only God Forgives), Tom Bateman (Death on the Nile), Paul Gleeson (The Thin Red Line), and Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black).

The film will shoot in Australia — with the support of the Australian and Queensland Governments — and also Thailand. Production begins this month. Thirteen Lives will be released theatrically in the U.

Stephen Curry, Jacqueline McKenzie and Steve Toussaint in ‘Pine Gap.’

October looms as a blue-ribbon month for Australian high-end drama with the premieres of Pine Gap and Fighting Season.

Screentime’s 6-part thriller set at the Us/Australian defence base in the Northern Territory will debut with a double episode on the ABC at 8.30 pm on Sunday October 14, with all episodes available to binge immediately after on ABC iview.

Goalpost Pictures’ 6-part drama about Australian soldiers returning from Afghanistan will launch on Foxtel’s showcase and on Foxtel Now at 8.30 pm on Sunday October 28.

Created and written by Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard and directed by Mat King, Pine Gap examines the often turbulent relationships between the Australian and Us intelligence analysts working at the base.

With China encroaching, placing decades of stability under threat, the issues of trust, betrayal, love and loyalty all come into question. A shocking secret...

Syfy has been cleaning house and getting rid of a bunch of their existing shows while introducing new ones. Will new shows like Hunters attract bigger audiences than the shows they're dropping? Will Hunters be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.

On Hunters, the beloved wife of a decorated FBI agent (Nathan Phillips) is mysteriously abducted. When it becomes clear that her abduction is tied to a group of ruthless and extraterrestrial terrorists called Hunters, the agent is recruited by a secret government organization called the Exo-Terrorism Unit (Etu) to bring the aliens down. The show also stars Laura Gordon, Shannon Berry, Britne Oldford, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Mark Coles Smith, Gareth Davies, and Julian McMahon.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart...

Two episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

If the advertisements for Syfy’s new series Hunters were promising in their silly mish-mash of modern-day terrorism and B-movie monsters, it might not have been exactly because of the premise itself. In retrospect, Hunters piqued my interest because of the quality turn-around the network took with the largely solid first seasons of The Expanse and The Magicians.

I saw a commercial for Hunters during a particularly fun episode of the latter and, I admit, my enthusiasm for the network’s attempted return to Battlestar Galactica-level TV made me ready to consume everything on offer.

The problem with Hunters, then, is a tragically awkward disconnect between a silly premise (alien terrorists) and aggressively dour tone, one that’s only exacerbated by particularly lame world-building. It’s got the case-of-the-week camp vibe of the Warehouse 13 era, but showrunner Natalie Chaidez overly course-corrects...

Bruce Beresford says that by 1980 most Australians had forgotten that their countrymen had fought in the Boer War, and this scathing condemnation of England's scapegoating of commonwealth volunteers had a big impact. Stars Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown front a protest from the past, in one of the most respected Aussie Renaissance features of the late '70s. 'Breaker' Morant Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 773 1980 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic widescreen / 107 min. / Street Date September 22, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald Cinematography Don McAlpine Production Design David Copping Film Editor William S. Anderson <Written by Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens from a play by Kenneth Ross Produced by Matt Carroll Directed by Bruce Beresford

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker' Morant is one of the stronger entries in the late '70s -- early '80s upsurge of quality movies from Australia and New Zealand.

Odd List Ryan Lambie 4 Oct 2013 - 06:41

They're funny, they're sad, they're weird. Here are 50 famous last words from characters in the movies...

Please Note: There are potential spoilers ahead. Check the name of the film, and if you haven't seen it, don't read the entry!

As someone famous probably once said, “We’ve all gotta go sometime,” and if we’re going to die, we might as well do so with a witticism or a memorable line rather than a scream and a cry for mother. Which is the subject of this lengthy but far from definitive list: the memorable things movie characters have uttered shortly (not necessarily immediately) before they’re about to meet their maker.

Some of these last words are long, tear-jerking monologues. Others amount to little more than a word or two. But all of them, in our estimation, are worthy of mention, and one...

The ABC has begun production of a new legal series which will showcase the talent of Australia’s acting talent pool.

The announcement:

Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish, Crownies) returns as Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King in the title role of the powerful new eight hour mini-series for ABC1, which begins production today.

Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly, The Great Gatsby) as Chief Superintendent Jack Rizzoli, and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Brothers In Arms, The Time of Our Lives) as Owen Mitchell, a rising star prosecutor – each crucial in Janet’s campaign to expose the truth behind a shocking murder that strikes at the very heart of the justice system.

Also appearing in the compelling high stakes legal thriller are John Howard (Fury Road, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints), Sonia Todd (Rake, Home and Away, McLeod’s Daughters), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters), Deborah Kennedy (Rake,...

ABC Crownies spin-off, Janet King, has started production.

The eight-hour legal mini-series marks the return of Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home, Jack Irish) as Crownies senior crown prosecutor Janet King.

Joining the cast are Vince Colosimo (Underbelly) as chief superintendent Jack Rizzoli and Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly) as rising star prosecutor Owen Mitchell..Other new cast members include John Howard (Packed to the Rafters), Sonia Todd (Rake), Jessica Napier (Sea Patrol), Deborah Kennedy (Rake) and Tiriel Mora (Rake).

Former Crownies cast members who are returning include Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades, Peter Kowitz, Christopher Morris, Indiana Evans, Jeanette Cronin, Aimee Pedersen and Lewis Fitz-Gerald.

The series is being produced by Screentime for the ABC.

Screentime.s executive chairman, Des Monaghan said: .Screentime is delighted that the strength of this production has attracted such an outstanding calibre of cast, to realise characters both new and returning. They will...

Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson in Breaker Morant Edward Woodward, the star of the 1980s television series The Equalizer and of the film classics The Wicker Man (1973) and Breaker Morant (1980), died on Monday in Truro, Cornwall, England. Woodward had been suffering from heart problems and other ailments; the cause of death was pneumonia. Born to working-class parents in Croydon, Surrey, south of London, on June 1, 1930, Woodward began his acting career onstage in 1946. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played roles in, among others, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, in addition to starring in Cyrano de Bergerac on the West End and in Noel Coward’s Broadway musical [...]...

Scott Hicks: One Of The Boys

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Alex Simon

Scott Hicks made his bones as a filmmaker the old-fashioned way, paying his dues as a crew member during the Australian film industry’s birth in the 1970s. Born in Uganda March 4, 1953, and raised in Kenya, England and finally Australia, Hicks worked his way up to assistant director for soon-to-be big names such as Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford before moving into directing industrial films and documentaries for television. Hicks didn’t direct his first feature, Freedom, until 1982, and had to wait for his second, in 1996, to put him on the A-list. Shine was the true story of Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott, and his battle with mental illness. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, and won a Best Actor statuette for Geoffrey Rush, who played Helfgott as an adult.

Hicks has been choosy since then, going back and...