Day: 1 April 2014

the AU interview: Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Adrian Li Donni and Jenny Liu on "The King and I" Australian tour!

The musical The King and I is returning to Australia, with a production fronted by an incredible cast including Lisa McCune, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Adrian Li Donni and Jenny Liu. We talk to the four of them about their roles, what it means for them to be performing in such an iconic musical, and we…

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the AU interview: Chance Waters (Sydney) talks "The Ticket Inspector" single, video and tour!

the AU review talks to Chance Waters about his new single “The Ticket Inspector’”, the music video, the accompanying tour and we get the latest on his next record and much more… CHANCE WATERS with special guest BRENDAN MACLEAN The “A Transit Officer Beat Up My Brother So I Wrote A Funny Song About Him”…

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the AU interview: Jack Colwell (Sydney) on touring his new single "Far From View" with Ella Hooper!

the AU review sits down with Jack Colwell (of Jack Colwell and The Owls) before he hit the stage for the first (SOLD OUT!) date on his national “Far From View” single tour at The Vanguard in Sydney, alongside Ella Hooper! We talk about the tour, the success he’s seen with the single, the artists…

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the AU interview: Ella Hooper (Melbourne) on the "Low High" Tour!

the AU review sits down with Ella Hooper before she hit the stage for the first (SOLD OUT!) date on her national “Low High” single tour at The Vanguard in Sydney. We talk about the tour, the artists she’s performing with, what we can expect from her next record, balancing her musical duties with that…

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Spotlight on Newcastle, NSW (Part Two): Breakfasts, Brews and Surf Lessons down at the Beach.

I awoke early at my hotel for the second and final day of my brief but rewarding Newcastle adventure to get a taste of my hotel’s breakfast buffet (which you can read about HERE), though I may have thought twice about that had I realised it would be my first of three breakfasts that would…

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Film Review: Nymphomaniac (R18+) (UK/France, 2014)

Nymphomaniac, stylised as NYMPH()MANIAC (yes, the use of brackets is what you think it signifies), is definitely an ambitious outing for Lars Von Trier, yet coming out of the cinema, I don’t know why I should have been feeling any sense of surprise regarding the film’s content matter or the way in which is was…

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Film Review: The Lego Movie (PG) (Australia/USA, 2014)

If you don’t end up walking out of this movie with a nostalgic tinge for your childhood or singing “Everything Is Awesome” or wanting to buy Lego then you must be a robot. This movie has been one of the hotly anticipated films of the year and with good reason. A combination of stop motion…

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TV Review: Rake – Season 3, Episode 7 (Australia, 2014)

As we near the end of season three of Rake, let’s take a look back and admire the personal accomplishments that Cleaver Greene has made in the past seven weeks. After prison, Cleaver re-entered the world to find that every facet of his life was in disarray: His career was at a standstill, his family was…

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