Alex Dimitriades
Biography: Alex Dimitriades is an Australian television, film and stage actor of Greek descent. He is best known for his roles as Nick Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film The Heartbreak Kid and as Nick Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off Heartbreak High. He earned critical acclaim for his role as Ari in Head On (1998). He won the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for Best Actor for the role and was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor. In 2012, he won the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his role in The Slap. He also works in Australia as a DJ.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 28, 1973
Deathday: N/A
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Three Blind Mice
2008-06-08
Three Blind Mice
Overview: Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancé and the future in-laws to meet, and Harry just loves playing cards. Throughout the night the boys lose each other, find themselves, and along the way discover courage, friendship and redemption.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-08
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Head On
1998-08-13
Head On
Overview: Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-13
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Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos
2010-05-20
Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos
Overview: Things haven't been going well for Steve 'The Wog Boy' Karamitsis. His one true love—a '69 Valiant Pacer—and all his assets have just been seized by Federal Police because he trusted the shady Tony the Yugoslav, and Steve's best mate Frank has lost his touch with the ladies after a messy divorce. But fortune favours the 'Wog' when Steve discovers that he's inherited a beach on the Greek resort island of Mykonos from an uncle he never met—a beach worth millions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-20
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Bang-Bang Wedding!
2008-01-17
Bang-Bang Wedding!
Overview: In this fast-paced Greek wedding comedy, young lovers Ilias and Marina arrive on the island of Crete for their wedding, along with their large, boisterous families all eager to celebrate the nuptials. However, when a typo on the wedding invitation confuses the reception venue and scatters the guests in different directions, they embark on a collision course of increasingly comedic proportions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2008-01-17
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Summer Coda
2010-10-21
Summer Coda
Overview: Hitchhiking home to a family she's never known, Heidi meets Michael. In the stunning orange groves of country Australia, they embark on an adventure, discovering their secrets and lives may be better shared.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-21
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The Heartbreak Kid
1993-06-17
The Heartbreak Kid
Overview: Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-17
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Subterano
2003-01-03
Subterano
Overview: Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-03
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Let's Get Skase
2001-10-18
Let's Get Skase
Overview: Christopher Skase. He ruled Australia and stole a fortune, fleeing to the coast of Spain. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. Until Peter Dellasandro and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-18
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La spagnola
2001-04-05
La spagnola
Overview: Lola, a hot-blooded Spaniard, is deserted by her husband for a cool and calculating Aussie blonde. Lola is pregnant again but she and their daughter Lucia are left to starve while Ricardo spends all their savings on a sleek new set of wheels for his mistress. When he dies unexpectedly the family fortune, one flash car, remains with the mistress. Despite all his betrayals, Lucia sides with her father. Desperate and destitute in a country she doesn't like or understand, Lola's quest for revenge begins. Caught in the tempests of begrudging love, revenge, sibling rivalry, jealousy and passion, fourteen year old Lucia must find the strength to survive on her own terms. Aided to break free of her mother by her eccentric Aunt Manolo she struggles to find her own identity and her own quest for justice puts her on a collision course with her mother.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-05
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The Infinite Man
2014-03-07
The Infinite Man
Overview: A man's attempts to construct the ultimate romantic weekend backfire when his quest for perfection traps his lover in an infinite loop.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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Carlotta
2014-06-19
Carlotta
Overview: How many working class Balmain boys grow up to be showgirls? Not just any showgirl but a household name, a legend of Kings Cross, a daytime TV star, and a symbol of generational change.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-19
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Go Big
2004-03-14
Go Big
Overview: Thirty year old Gina Katz, fired from a lowly telemarketing job, changes her whole life overnight. Gina's transformation means embarking upon a wild and seductive journey with the strange Foster brothers she meets in a bar. Together the trio would found a huge, rich company of world-class. They don't have an office or any employees, just very sexy business cards, good-looking suits and Ethan's knack for stretching the truth...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-14
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The Orchard
2014-05-01
The Orchard
Overview: Leo is dead and Saverio hasn't spoken to him for ten years. When Saverio meets Anna, his dead brother's goddaughter, she leads him to what he most wants to avoid--Leo's memory, and his own dark desires.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-01
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Ruben Guthrie
2015-07-16
Ruben Guthrie
Overview: The story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won’t let him put it down.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-16
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Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
2005-08-12
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Overview: Deuce Bigalow goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend T.J. Hicks. But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdam's finest gigolos and T.J. is mistaken for the extremely gay murderer. Deuce must enter the gigolo industry again to find the real murderer and clear T.J.'s name.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-12
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Stepfather of the Bride
2006-11-12
Stepfather of the Bride
Overview: This is the story of a typical contemporary Australian family. Skye is getting married to Lachlan. They have to tell her mother, stepfather, father, step mother, his father, his new wife, his mother and her girlfriend. Not counting grandparents, aunt and friends. They live with Skye's stepfathers son and best mate who is in love with Skye.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-12
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Ghost Ship
2002-10-25
Ghost Ship
Overview: After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Blue Murder
1995-09-14
Blue Murder
Overview: Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson got fame because he knew how to take care of most dangerous and violent criminals. His success was, however, also due to the sinister alliance with violent underworld figures like Neddy Smith who got police protection in exchange for tips and money.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-14
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Remembering Agatha
2017-10-10
Remembering Agatha
Overview: For Agatha, Christmas triggers sadness. She yearns for freedom laced with imagination, when magical creatures were part of a game played with friends in the forest. The death of her parents after a 1978 Christmas Party still haunts Agatha. She sees similarities between her parents' unhappy marriage and her own. The Black Madonna statue from her childhood visits Agatha, escalating her anxiety and goading her towards change. The discovery of a mysterious portal offers Agatha the possibility of resolving her grief and saving her crumbling marriage.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-10
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My Boy Oleg
2018-06-06
My Boy Oleg
Overview: When a Ukrainian actress arrives in Melbourne for a festival performance, her off stage antics reveal the true nature of her visit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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Epiphany
2019-04-06
Epiphany
Overview: A young girl struggles to create a relationship with her father after the death of her aunt who raised her.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-06
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The Society Murders
2006-06-18
The Society Murders
Overview: The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by their son, Matthew Wales. The crime and subsequent trial received widespread media coverage throughout Australia and later became the subject of both a book and a television film.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-18
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The Love of Lionel's Life
2000-07-09
The Love of Lionel's Life
Overview: Lionel Burke is young, single and living in a remote Queensland mining town. Life is pretty good apart from the impossible odds of falling in love. Keeping it a secret, particularly from his mates, Lionel strikes up a video relationship with Lena.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-09
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