Day: 29 August 2014

VideAU Games News Byte: Assassin's Creed Unity release delayed by two weeks.

It’s been announced today that the anticipated game Assassin’s Creed Unity will have its release delayed by two weeks. In Australia and New Zealand, this will see a November 13th release date. The delay seems to be allowing the team behind the project to make some last minute changes. Vincent Pontbriand, senior producer at Ubisoft,…

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Exclusive Music Video Premiere: Elesia Iimura "Believe" (2014)

Introducing a new face on the Australian music scene, Elesia Iimura. Elesia releases her infectious debut single “Believe” on iTunes today, and we’re proud to be premiering her music video on the AU:.

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the AU interview: Steve Smyth (Sydney) on his new record "Exits" and recording in LA.

the AU review sits down with acclaimed Sydney based singer/songwriter Steve Smyth to talk about his sophomore record “Exits” – which is released on September 5th through Ivy League Records – his time in LA recording it and much, much more…

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the AU interview: Australia's Les Misérables cast Simon Gleeson (Jean Valjean) and Kerrie Anne Greenland (Éponine)

the AU review sits down with Australian Les Misérables cast members, Simon Gleeson (Jean Valjean) and Kerrie Anne Greenland (Éponine), to talk about the new multi-million dollar production, the run in Melbourne so far and we look ahead to their arrival in Sydney in March 2015. Les Misérables is currently in Melbourne and will move…

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Gettin' to know our 6th Birthday Bands: Kathryn Rollins (Perth)

Next up in our Getting To Know You series, we turn our attention to our Brisbane 6th Birthday Party, which takes over the Black Bear Lodge two weeks from today (Friday September 12th). First up, we get to know the amazing West Australian artist Kathryn Rollins who’ll bring her unique sound to the night: Who…

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Games Review: The Last of Us Remastered (PS4, 2014)

Naughty Dog’s decision to remaster their newly crowned PS3 masterwork The Last of Us and release it on PlayStation 4 around a year after it’s initial release just seemed like a weird move. Despite the studio’s hard-won integrity and reputation for excellent content, it felt like they were attempting to trade on the enormous goodwill…

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DVD Review: Between Us (USA, 2012)

Between Us first found success as an off-Broadway play but it fails as a film. The story focuses on two key episodes in two pairs of couple’s lives and exposes the flawed relationships between themselves and with each other. It is supposed to be an arty, intense and cerebral drama but instead it feels like…

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Film Review: Love Hotel (UK, France & Japan, 2014)

It’s not often that documentary filmmakers manage to capture their subject matter in an unobtrusive, fly-on-the-wall style manner. It’s even rarer for the filmmaker to achieve this while talking about sex, baby, and to show some explicit scenes of the deed without it all turning into sleazy voyeurism. But Love Hotel manages to achieve all…

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Opinion: Under The Dome really has become Lost 2.0 hasn’t it?

Before the first series of Under The Dome began in June 2013 – a rare non-reality premiere Summer series out of the USA – Producer and Director Jack Bender sat down with the Huffington Post to tell everyone that despite having worked on Lost for six years in the same capacity, the new Stephen King…

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