Day: 17 November 2014

Exclusive Single Premiere: AlithiA "Here I Am" (2014)

Hypnotic and ethereal are the first words that comes to mind when you hear AlithiA‘s new single “Here I Am”, which we’re excited to premiere today on the AU review. Taken from their 2014 album To The Edge of Time the Melbourne five piece are joined on the track by Hungarian violinist Flora Matisz, while…

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Exclusive Music Video Premiere: Jaron Freeman-Fox "Auctioneering Everything" (2014)

We’re excited to bring you the exclusive world premiere tonight of Canadian violin wielding artist Jaron Freeman-Fox new single and music video, “Auctioneering Everything”. Check it out below: Visit Jaron Freeman-Fox‘s official website: http://www.theoppositeofeverything.com/

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the AU interview: Manchester Orchestra (USA) talk Australian tour, "Hope", "Cope", Kevine Devine and Bad Books

While they were in Australia, we talked Hope and Cope with two parts of Manchester Orchestra, plus reflected on touring the UK with Kevin Devine and Bad Books, their Australian experiences and more. Filmed backstage at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel before their second show at the venue.

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Games Review: Assassin’s Creed Unity (Xbox One, 2014)

I am what could be called an Assassin’s Creed apologist. I’ve defended the series against hyper-critical friends and co-workers, I even managed to find things to like about Assassin’s Creed III — and everyone hated that one. Where many have grown weary of the series since it became a yearly franchise, I’ve continued to look…

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7 Reasons Law & Order creator Dick Wolf has kept audiences hooked…

What is it about Dick Wolf programs that has made him one of TV’s most successful producers? What is it about them that has audiences so captivated, sometimes for decades? First debuting in 1990, the iconic series Law & Order is without question Wolf’s most endearing program, running for twenty seasons, making it the longest-running…

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Film Review: Maps to the Stars (USA, 2014)

Maps to the Stars is sickening, soulless, horrifying, and one of the most entertaining rides to be had in a cinema this year. David Cronenberg’s (The Fly, Eastern Promises, Videodrome) latest film is a no holds barred Hollywood satire, spitting venom at the vacuous, self-important microorganisms writhing around in the Petri dish that is Tinseltown….

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The Iris Interview: Jamie Bamber talks British & American television ahead of his Australian Supanova visit!

  Full disclosure: I was never a Battlestar Galactica aficionado. I understood its popularity, but Doctor Who and its universe was as sci-fi as I got when I first became interested in this realm of TV shows. It wasn’t until I followed Doctor Who alum Freema Agyeman over to Law & Order: UK, where I became fully hooked on Jamie Bamber, who of…

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The Iris Interview: James Kyson on the popularity of superheroes onscreen ahead of Supanova!

The  Supanova Pop Culture Expo is coming up this weekend for Adelaide punters, with Brisbane expo-lovers getting their turn during November’s final weekend. In what’s set to be another whirlwind of fan goodness for those of us dwelling in these Australian cities who are more used to missing out on film premieres or other events…

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The Iris Interview: Gil McKinney on the success of Once Upon a Time and entering the ‘Supernatural‘.

Ladies, who was your favourite Disney prince growing up? Were you an Aladdin lover? Did you grow up crushing on The Beast/Prince Adam (until you realised how odd it was when you were older)? Or maybe you were a traditionalist and prayed for your own Prince Charming. In 2011, when Once Upon a Time first screened…

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Film Review: The Captive (Canada, 2014)

The Captive proves to be a deeply disturbing experience, tackling the stomach churning subject of paedophilia and its resulting organisations/rings. Director Atom Egoyan has accompanied clever scriptwriting with a stellar cast, ensuring a continually spine tingling undercurrent throughout, which no doubt has cemented the film’s contention for the Palme d’Or award at Cannes Film Festival…

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