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Movies by Month

Upcoming films Australian release dates 2010
Upcoming films Australian release dates 2009
Upcoming films Australian release dates 2009

Click to see which movies are scheduled for release in Australia that month.

click here for films with release dates still to be announced (TBA)

2010: Jan , Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, 2009: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec,

Note: movie release dates change considerably, which means that some films may be released several days or weeks before or after the date in the original announcements.

Movie reviews are linked to month-by-month entries and in the movie reviews index. When we receive posters, trailers, credits or official site details we put those up on info pages awaiting review.


Due for release Feb 3 th

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Finding Bliss (2009)

A romantic comedy that explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 25 year-old award winning film school grad. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 4 th

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Daybreakers (2009)

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 4 th
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Edge of Darkness (2010)

As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 4 th
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Everybody's Fine (2009)

A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 4 th
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Pandorum (2009)

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.


Due for release Feb th
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The Hurt Locker (2008)

This is the story of Iraq that the United States of America's pentagon might want you to believe. Or the White House's version. It is pure propoganda, from its opening moment of 'our' boys in 'their' streets, taking their lives in their hands, following their protocols, to make the streets of a foreign country safe -- despite the locals.


Due for release Feb 4 th
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The Men who Stare at Goats (2009)

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 10 th
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Stan Helsing (2009)

It's Halloween night, and slacker video clerk Stan Helsing along with his insanely sexy ex-girlfriend ... source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 11 th
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Director Chris Columbus, who helmed the first two Harry Potter movies brings us Percy Jackson, descendant of the Olympian gods. Adventures ensue. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.


Due for release Feb 10 th
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Valentine's Day (2010)

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 18 th
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Shutter Island (2010)

Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. source: IMDb Directed by Martin Scorsese.


Due for release Feb 18 th
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The Book of Eli (2010)

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. source: IMDb. With Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.


Due for release Feb 19 th
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Greek Pete (2009)

A year in the life of a London rent-boy. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 24 th
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Ice Castles (2010)

Alexis Winston is a young girl who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater. While practicing, Alexis suffers a terrible accident that takes her sight and threatens to destroy her dreams. In the midst of feeling sorry for herself she falls in love with a handsome young man named Nick who (with help from her family) helps her to realize that she can still fulfill her dreams. source: IMDb (Michael Higgins)


Due for release Feb 25 th
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A Single Man (2010)

An English professor (Colin Firth), after the sudden death of his partner, tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 25 th
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Armored (2009)

A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 25 th
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Cop Out (2010)

A comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money. source: IMDb


Due for release Feb 25 th
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From Paris With Love (2010)

In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city. source: IMDb Story by Luc Besson.


Due for release Feb 25 th
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The Wolfman (2010)

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf. source: IMDb

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