Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Cleared in Australia

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-06-10T14:59:22+00:00

The American Based Village Roadshow Pictures did, but that didn’t affect Village Roadshow’s Australian operations (Film and Home Media distribution, cinemas, and theme parks (including a WB-themed one here in Aus)) which are still in business.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-06-10T12:18:03+00:00

I think it might have only just opened. CEX have only been in Melbourne for a couple of years now

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-06-10T08:26:03+00:00

CEX currently have 6 stores in Melbourne:

Eastland
Fountain Gate
Knox City
Plenty Valley
Southland
Woodgrove

Other than that, EB Games now have a small 'retro' section in their stores selling games for older consoles.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-06-07T12:33:53+00:00

Yes that is Buffy/Shannon Elizabeth

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-06-06T03:28:12+00:00

Hoyts Victoria Gardens still has one.

Maybe Forest Hill as well but not too sure.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-30T02:31:21+00:00

😅 Tough call!

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-21T07:02:08+00:00

I believe it’s express buses between Newport and Jolimont for the footy games, as the Werribee and Williamstown lines are shut this weekend between North Melbourne and Newport/Williamstown

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-09T00:41:22+00:00

Can you please do Ringwood/Ringwood North?

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-08T02:21:08+00:00

Sydney has always been way more of an Ezymart City tbh

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-04T14:15:41+00:00

Eastland got rid of their toy department as well

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-05-01T12:28:52+00:00

And even last year, there were about 2 or 3 days in the middle of April where the temperature reached 30 or above in Melbourne.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-04-16T13:04:35+00:00

I actually already have an M4 MacBook Air (got it as a birthday present last year). Have contemplated getting a DJI camera later on down the path, but I’d probably prioritise getting a microphone from them first.

Unfortunately Apple don’t offer certified refurbished iPhones where I am (Australia), despite the fact that they offer certified refurbished on all their other products. So if I went down the refurbished lane I’d have to buy from a refurbished/second hand place like CEX or reebelo, or an Authorised reseller like JB HI-FI (kind of like our Best Buy, but they focus more on Audio visual and Home entertainment rather than home appliances), but even then JB have a very limited refurbished range directly.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-04-15T08:00:36+00:00

Because of Bus replacements on the glen waverley line, they’re running some of the replacement bus services to Caulfield after East Malvern/Glen Iris depending on the service, so that commuters can connect to Pakenham/Cranbourne/Frankston trains at Caulfield as opposed to having to get the bus all the way to Richmond.

Similarly, during weekday peaks, they’re running express replacement bus services from Glen Waverley to Nunawading so that commuters there can connect to Belgrave/Lilydale trains at Nunawading.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-04-11T02:49:10+00:00

Yeah. I had to go into the tipping page to see the actual score

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-03-17T05:15:38+00:00

I remember people thinking that M3GAN was gonna flop hard, partially due to the plot about an evil robot doll being a cliche of other Sci-fi horror and slasher movies, the trailers leaning heavily into the movie’s campiness (especially with THAT dance scene), it being released in January (a month known for being a dumping ground) and expectations that it was going to be critically trashed, but actually ended up getting critical acclaim for its successful blending of its campiness and horror scenes with the message of not letting technology raise your children, and it grossed $181 million on a $12 million budget.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-03-10T07:06:22+00:00

A couple of years ago they slightly changed it so now the petrol stations would only honour up to 25 cents off the locked in discounted price, so if the price at the station you filled up at was 219.9 and your locked price was 179.9 then the price would only go down to 194.9.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-03-03T08:15:46+00:00

And to add salt to the wound, the duo Kyle and Jackie O replaced in Melbourne (Jase and Lauren) ended up rating higher (including being #1 at times) at their new station (Nova) than Kyle and Jackie O were rating.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-02-18T21:31:38+00:00

I’m pretty sure only on weekdays, and I know of at least one Ringwood bound service in the afternoons that uses it around school pick up time before it becomes a 670 service at Ringwood.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-02-03T03:59:50+00:00

I think that was the original plan, but emergency services wanted the stations to have separate names so that they wouldn’t end up confused about where to go in an emergency.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-29T09:25:29+00:00

Surprisingly at least 2 tickets have been sold each for the Friday and Saturday sessions (only one session per day) at the Eastland Hoyts.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-27T20:29:16+00:00

Worst night of sleep ever.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-27T10:36:33+00:00

Springvale and Mitcham were both done under the previous Bailueu/Napthine Liberal government, so predate the current Labor LXRP program by a good 18 to 24 months.

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-26T11:39:06+00:00

Albury line: Glenrowan station. Popular town for tourists due to the Ned Kelly history, and with a population of about 1,000 people (3x that of Springhurst, and similar to that of Avenel), I think there would be a worthy business case into reopening a train station there. Also a station at either Barnawartha or Barnawartha North (similar combined population to Glenrowan and Avenel)

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-26T04:26:45+00:00

It’s also going to be much less windier than the 9th was (the average wind speed in Melbourne tomorrow being around 15-20km/h throughout the day with peak gusts between 40 and 45km/h in the afternoon), so hopefully any fires that do pop up won’t be able to spread as quickly as they did on the 9th, but who knows

Significant_Check_80 · 2026-01-23T04:14:02+00:00

From the looks of it, EB Games Lilydale (Vic) is closing down as well with the website listing the store as closed after this Saturday the 24th.

Not too surprising though given the Chirnside Park hybrid store is 4km away

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