Year: 2015

This year, an epic 35 year run in music is coming to its inevitable end, with Mötley Crüe making their last ever stop in Sydney at the Allphones Arena. The glam four-piece was accompanied by legend in his own right, Alice Cooper. There are few other ways to describe Cooper’s opening act as aptly as…

This marks the final week The Late Show With David Letterman will be on the air with new episodes, bringing an end to over 20 years of nightly television tradition in the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, and a television career spanning 35 years. Having watched the show since it first arrived…

On Friday night in Brighton, England, dozens – if not hundreds – of bands from the UK and around the world played across dozens of venues around the city for the second day of The Great Escape 2015. Our highlights from the day kicked off early with Plymouth singer/songwriter Jamie Lawson performing an intimate set…

The CeBit Australia Expo at Sydney Olympic Park brought together some of the best technology exhibitors from Australia and abroad who are looking at making their presence felt in the Australian technology scene. From electric cars, drones, soccer playing robots and wearables, here are our four best stalls from the expo. Tesla The star and…

  As of Sunday evening, the mega five stop WHONIVERSE Australian tour wrapped up with a decently attended event at Adelaide’s Town Hall. The crowd may have been smaller than that of Melbourne (held the day previous), but as the guests and fans noted throughout, the grandeur and general historic ambience of the venue and setting…

Just over a month since declaring he was leaving the project, director David Lynch has rejoined the Showtime Network’s Twin Peaks revival. Lynch had originally left the project after disputes over the series’ budget, but after negotiations with Showtime, and a campaign by Twin Peaks’ original cast, Lynch confirmed his return to the series via…

This marks the final week The Late Show With David Letterman will be on the air with new episodes, bringing an end to over 20 years of nightly television tradition in the iconic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, and a television career spanning 35 years. Having watched the show since it first arrived…

Telltale says that fans of the episodic zombie adventure series won’t be finding out what happens to Clementine next this year. Director of PR Job Stauffer made the announcement on his twitter, later followed by the claim that the studio has “something big” up their sleeve for the series this year. Stauffer made several tweets…

Icon film distribution has announced that the world premiere of their Australian drama Last Cab to Darwin will be held at the Sydney State Theatre on June 6th 2015. And cast and crew from the film will be in attendance at the premiere. In addition, it’s inclusion in the Sydney Film festival program has also been…

Blackhat opens with exhilarating paranoia. The camera soars, impossibly, through a computer chip, where tiny lights flicker with an ominous trill. We are watching a hack that triggers the overheating of a nuclear plant in China and nullifies the warning signs. People die because of a series of numbers. A similar but harmless breach is…

Once We Were Kings is the latest work from Perth theatre company Third Culture Kids. Written by Dure Khan and directed by Mustafa Al Mahdi, Once We Were Kings explores what it means to be young, “queer” and Muslim and navigating the cultural minefield of contemporary Australia. Even after a couple of days, I’m still…

Japanese pop-rock duo moumoon helped bring iconic British festival The Great Escape – held annually in Brighton and now in its tenth year – to an end yesterday, performing their second and final performance at the event in the intimate Brighton Museum. Surrounded by fine art from the likes of Angelica Kauffman and Gillian Ayres,…

TT Games had me with this game from the title music alone and they know it. With a month to go before release, a brand new trailer for Lego Jurassic World has arrived and it is jam-packed with dinosaurs. From the trailer, we can see that the game will pull liberally from all four Jurassic…

In our 47th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Bristol’s Meadowlark and chat about experimenting with their sound and their second EP, Dual, which is out now. Band Name: Meadowlark. Website / Social Media: meadowlarkofficial.com Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: Alternative. Members & their roles: Kate McGill (keys, vocals) & Daniel Broadley (guitar, vocals). What music…

Today marked the first day of The Great Escape in Brighton, England for 2015. Now in its 10th year, the festival was completely sold out for the third consecutive year – with both delegate passes and live music only wristbands flying out the door. The calibre of artists showcasing today proved why this was the…

Doctor Who fans have been revelling in the fact they’ve had Doctor number 11 himself, Matt Smith, in the country with two previous companions (Alex Kingston and Freema Agyeman), meeting fans, partaking in various Tim Tam slams and generally being a cool dude. The Hub Productions’ WHONIVERSE fan meet and greet tour has been and…

Roadshow Films have released the new trailer for the forthcoming dramatic comedy film The Intern starring Academy Award winners Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables, Interstellar) and Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, Silver Linings Playbook) and this time it’s Hathaway who gets to play boss. Oscar nominated and award winning director Nancy Meyers (It’s Complicated, Something’s Gotta…

There will be many adjectives thrown about when it comes to describing Mad Max Fury Road and I can guarantee you that all of them will be accurate. Breathtaking, explosive, relentless, spectacle, intense, awesome, mind-blowing, and even epic. This film lives up to all of those and quite possibly does the impressive job of surpassing…

Today the iconic St Kilda film festival released its 10 day program. The festival will showcase 100 of Australia’s top short films, music videos, archival screenings, youth programs, an extensive filmmaker development program and highlights from the internationally acclaimed Palm Springs International ShortFest. This year the festival will feature special events including a screening of…

There aren’t a lot of films that could knock a Marvel flick off off their perch and in such a timely manner no less. But in only it’s third week since opening, Age of Ultron has been relegated to second spot as the sequel to 2012’s comedy smash Pitch Perfect 2 takes home an impressive $9.4…

Italian singer Patrizio Buanne is currently in Australia promoting his new album Viva La Dolce Vita featuring songs in his native-Italian, Spanish and English including the Tom Jones classic “Help Yourself”. I spoke to Patrizio about languages, Australia, fans and what is next for 2015 …

We’re about 48 hours from everything kicking off at the annual music festival and conference held in Brighton, England, The Great Escape (TGE), which we’re excited to be bringing you live and direct coverage from for the first time since 2012. Like similar events – SXSW, the recent Canadian Music Week or BigSound closer to…

<i>Project CARS</i> is that rare sort of game that boasts a healthy ambition in the run up to its release and then actually manages to deliver on it. It gives itself to you, completely, the moment you fire it up and encourages you to play it your way. This, alone, sets it so far apart…

  Good news, horror fans. The rumour mill has been thrown back into overdrive with 28 Days Later writer and Ex Machina director Alex Garland recently revealing that he has written a story for the film’s long-awaited new installment, 28 Months Later. Dropping the little news nugget while promoting Ex Machina, Garland says that while his involvement in the horror series will…

Curious Cartel is a relatively new film experience, and on Saturday I got to see what all the fuss was about surrounding their new event Popcorn Therapy. Here’s the jist of Popcorn Therapy – a secret screening of a secret film is held somewhere in a secret location within Sydney… secretly. You know nothing of the…

The Golden Age Cinema in Sydney is set to become a haven for literary lovers and film aficionados alike, as they present a program full of films adapted from and inspired by some of the best books of recent history. First cab off the rank is a special appearance by author and illustrator of All…

Episode 1: The force gets ahead of itself While anticipation mounts for Episode VII’s release in December, Disney are busy preparing two stand-alone Star Wars films, as well as Episode VIII (2017). Apparently they’re no longer able to produce a franchise one film at a time. The first stand-alone, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (2016),…

Before I get to my thoughts on the album I firstly want to say that even though I’ve never found lead singer/guitarist Zac Brown to be a handsome man and I often don’t say this, but I love the cover art and dare I say, he even looks a bit powerful and attractive on the…

In our 46th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet London’s punk rockers Great Cynics, and chat about their upcoming UK tour and brand new record, I Feel Weird out this month. Musician/Band Name: Great Cynics Website / Social Media: Facebook / You Tube Genre: Punk Members & their roles: Giles – guitar Bob – drums…

At festivals like Canadian Music Week, bands from around the world try and impress fans and industry alike in sets around the city of Toronto that rarely last for more than 30 minutes. With hundreds of bands playing, no one journalist would be able to see everything on offer. But our man on the ground…