Actress, filmmaker, martial artist and fight coordinator Maria Trần had long wanted to direct a film but nobody asked her so she decided to self-fund, co-produce, direct and star in Echo 8.
Jimmy Barnes fans turned out for Mark Joffe’s Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy which opened wide but on limited sessions in a slow weekend at Australian cinemas.
It’s not exactly Jaws but underwater thriller The Meg has outperformed pundits’ predictions in the US, China and other markets, although the Australian opening last weekend was less potent.
