Anyone who’s spent hours trying to find a Qantas Classic Reward seat to Europe or Japan will know how frustrating the process can be, especially when you’re hoping to fly Business Class. Qantas is now promising some relief, announcing a year-long program of dedicated Points Planes throughout 2027, with every available seat on selected flights…

If you grew up with rock music in the early 2000s, chances are you know exactly what happens when someone starts making that unmistakable “ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah” noise. Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness” was one of those songs that needed very little introduction, and more than 25 years later, it still has the power to turn a…

Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson will return to Australia for the first time in more than a decade, with three east coast shows announced for later this month. The Montreal-based musician will bring his latest album, UH OH, to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, performing at Metro Theatre on 26 November, Northcote Theatre on 28 November and…

After making her long-awaited return to the screen following more than a decade away from Hollywood in last year’s Back in Action, Cameron Diaz is continuing her relationship with Netflix, and judging by the first trailer for her latest film, Bad Day, things are about to get considerably more chaotic. Directed by Jake Szymanski (TV’s…

For some, Christmas is a season of joy, togetherness and cherished traditions. For others, it can be a painful reminder of everything they’ve lost, and the people who are no longer there to share it with them. It’s that quieter, often overlooked side of the festive season that sits at the heart of Merry Christmas…

Gold Coast band Jollee are back with “199”, and we’re premiering it here on the AU review ahead of its release on Friday, 6th November. It’s a powerful piece of indie rock, driven by big riffs and jagged guitars, but there’s a vulnerability running alongside all that force. The song is about giving your heart…

Friendship can be a strange thing, particularly when it’s forged through decades of deception, violence and the occasional disagreement over whether it’s appropriate to kill someone during a meal. In Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic Wild Horse Nine, the unlikely tenderness between two hardened CIA operatives becomes the emotional heartbeat of a story otherwise steeped in…

Martin McDonagh has long been fascinated by men who would sooner insult, maim or murder one another than admit they actually care. Friendship in his films is rarely expressed through anything resembling conventional affection; it arrives through arguments, threats, profanities and, occasionally, the reluctant acknowledgement that losing someone might hurt considerably more than expected. It…

Nintendo has seemingly done the impossible: to take a game that is so beloved by so many and remake it to complete perfection for modern consoles and even new audiences. Taking the universally loved and widely considered “best game of all time” and making it relevant for the current generation of gamers is not an…

Rockstar Games has announced that GTA 6 will begin pre-loading from the 10th of November, over a week before the game’s official release on the 19th of November. The pre-loading will begin at midnight, depending on your local time zone, which might be worth checking. While that’s great news, giving us a chance to have…

Bethesda has decided to pull the trigger on the name for the next Elder Scrolls game, now officially titled The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. The 9-minute developer update was shown off in the midst of a 40th anniversary celebration for the publisher, but much like that initial reveal so many years ago, there’s not really…

Laneway Festival has announced its final round of sideshows for 2027, with Kim Petras, ADÉLA, Danny L Harle, Gurriers, Florence Road and more set to play headline dates across Sydney and Melbourne next February. Presented by Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents, the announcement follows the Adelaide and Perth shows revealed in September and gives fans…

Brisbane singer-songwriter Shumo AG is only 14, which makes his new single, “Young Boy Young Girl”, all the more impressive. He wrote, performed and produced it himself, and it tells the funny, awkward story of a first crush and a mum who thinks the girl is trouble. We’re delighted to bring you the exclusive premiere…

Fame has a peculiar way of turning visibility into vulnerability, and few understood that contradiction quite as painfully as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Long before her marriage to John F. Kennedy Jr. made her one of the most photographed women in the world, Carolyn had built a career at Calvin Klein, working in an industry where image,…

What happens when the person you’ve fallen in love with is also someone the entire world believes it owns? In Ryan Murphy’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, the intoxicating romance between America’s closest equivalent to royalty and the fiercely independent woman who captured his heart becomes an increasingly heartbreaking examination of…

What if the secret to a happy marriage wasn’t finding the perfect man, but having one made to order? It’s a wonderfully ridiculous proposition at the heart of Wicker, a deliciously peculiar romantic fable that finds unexpected tenderness beneath its twisted sense of humour. Directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, adapting Ursula Wills‘ short…

The Lottery Winners are about to play stadiums around the country with Robbie Williams, and the good news is they’ll be back before long. The Leigh four-piece have announced their own headline tour for April 2027, opening at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on Sunday 18 April, then hitting Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane before wrapping up…

Thanks to Paramount Pictures Australia, we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to Ebenezer, the new gothic Christmas tale starring Johnny Depp, in Australian cinemas from November 12th, 2026. This November, Johnny Depp is Ebenezer Scrooge. The name you know, the story you don’t. From Ti West, EBENEZER also stars Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough,…

Grief rarely follows a predictable path, and sometimes the people who offer us the greatest comfort are also those who remind us most painfully of what we’ve lost. In Mouse, the intimate and emotionally resonant coming-of-age drama from filmmakers Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the complexities of loss, friendship and identity unfold against the backdrop…

Grief has a peculiar way of making the world feel as though it has stopped turning, even as everything around us continues moving forward. For teenagers, whose lives are already defined by the uncertainty of growing up, losing someone who helped shape their identity can feel particularly cruel. It’s this uncomfortable intersection of adolescence and…

There is a long legacy that Godzilla Minus Zero must live up to. The original Japanese Godzilla film was released in 1954, over 70 years ago. According to the VFX team for this 39th film, Godzilla Minus Zero: Godzilla was born on the silver screen in 1954, created specifically to be experienced in a cinema….

We recently got the chance to chat to Infinity Ward’s Associate Design Director Alex Norris about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s latest campaign and some of its newest and most escorting features. Hi Alex, we just wanted to say a huge thanks for taking the time to chat with us as! 1. What sets this…

Passion might be what brings people together, but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll get along. In the wonderfully chaotic world of grassroots sport, where personal ambitions collide with club politics, financial pressures and the occasional bruised ego, sometimes the greatest achievement isn’t winning a championship, but simply keeping the doors open. It’s this beautifully contradictory…

Hollywood has always been a town where secrets are currency, reputations are fragile, and the right person can make even the most inconvenient problems disappear. And if there’s one man who knows how to navigate its seedier corners, it’s Cliff Booth. Seven years after Brad Pitt won an Academy Award for his effortlessly cool portrayal…

If you’re an independent musician, your online presence probably lives across half a dozen platforms. Your music is on streaming services, your photos and clips are on Instagram and TikTok, your gig announcements go out on Facebook, and your merch sits in an online store somewhere else again. Each of those platforms is useful. None…

Few things are quite as liberating as saying what everyone else is thinking but would never dare admit aloud. For Nikki Glaser, that freedom has become something of a professional calling card, with the Emmy-nominated comedian establishing herself as one of stand-up’s most unapologetically candid voices, turning deeply personal insecurities, uncomfortable truths and society’s often…

Nine years ago, Nothing If Not frontman David Maginity began writing a collection of poetry as he grappled with growing up and finding his place in the world. Those poems eventually became Gutter Gardens, the Indiana progressive rock band’s debut album, released on Friday, 30th October. It’s a beautifully lush record, with an expansive sound…

Steve Kilbey and The Church delivered a beautiful performance at the Sydney Opera House, with George Ellis conducting the orchestra and bringing a fresh perspective to the band’s much-love catalogue Steve Kilbey’s distinctive vocals remained at the centre, floating above the orchestral arrangements while the band’s layered guitars created a shimmering wall of sound. Familiar…

Wow, what a show. I really didn’t know what to expect as I walked towards Afterpay Arena in Sydney’s Olympic Park to see two-time Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer’s The Next Level show. I knew the music more than the man, as the backdrop to so many of my favourite films, from Gladiator to Pirates…

From the brilliant playwright behind RBG: Of Many, One and Prima Facie, playwright Suzie Miller’s latest work, Strong is the New Pretty, presented by Sydney Theatre Company, explores the formation of the women’s Australian Football League (AFLW). The performance opens with audio of a young girl attempting to join a game of football. Her cries…