Year: 2016

Splendour in the Grass tickets are going to be few and far between once those bad boys go on sale (remember – 9am sharp, April 21st), but the good folk behind Australia’s premiere winter music event are giving you the opportunity to nab not one, not two, but three festival passes with a new competition they recently…

At 20th Century Fox’s CinemaCon presentation on Thursday, director James Cameron announced that there  will be 4 sequels to 2009’s Avatar. “We’ve begun to bump up against the limitations of our art form,” said Cameron, “there’s just too much story.” Although they are subject to change, Cameron reeled off some expected dates for the films: Avatar…

The Jungle Book only just opened but director Jon Favreau is already planning his next big move, with his recent announcement that he’ll be serving as producer on the next two Avengers films. “I talk to them about it all the time. I’ve worked both in front of and behind the camera with Marvel and I…

Jennifer Peedom‘s  documentary Sherpa: Trouble on Everest has won  an Audience Award at Perth’s International Arts Festival. Jennifer Peedom said: “I’m thrilled that Sherpa has been so incredibly well received by audiences at the Perth International Arts Festival. It’s validating to know that the film is connecting with the Australian audience so well and this audience award is…

Hello Folks, We have a new #1. Outscoring The Huntsman Winter’s War in first place is The Jungle Book. Hitting the $290 million mark  around the globe, critics are responding very well to the film. Stellar casting and visually impressive landscapes have put Disney on top again. As for Melissa McCarthy’s The Boss, well, that came in at second place with a…

Season 5 of Girls sees the show take more risks than ever before and, when all is said and done, it feels like the show comes out a little more mature – as do its characters. Season 5 picks up a few months after 4, with Hannah (Lena Dunham) having moved on from her relationship with Adam (Adam Driver)…

One of the reasons behind the enduring popularity of science fiction is that it’s a genre with plenty for both big blockbusters like Star Wars or Star Trek and smaller, more thoughtful films like the upcoming Midnight Special. In anticipation of Jeff Nichols‘ upcoming film, we thought we’d compile a collection of indie science fiction films that fans…

Luxury cruise line Seabourn has recently announced a partnership with world-renowned mixologist Brian Van Flandern to enhance its bar offerings as the fleet continues to modernise their food and beverage offerings in the lead up to their newest luxury ship, the Seabourn Encore. As well as working with Seabourn’s bar team to standarise the classics,…

Netflix fans rejoice! Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, defence attorneys on binge watch favourite Making A Murderer will visit Australia later this year, speaking to audiences across the country about the show and the American legal system. Australian fans are invited to watch and participate in a moderated discussion and Q&A session with the two lawyers, with five dates set…

Comedy legend Billy Crystal, along with Gold Logie nominated television presenter Andrew Denton, will be touring the country in July and August. Best known for his roles in movies such as When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, and Analyze This, as well as his nine-time stint as Oscars host, Crystal will sit down in conversation with Denton…

Today, it has been announced that what could be described as the Airbnb of dinner parties, WelcomeOver, has officially launched in Australia, bringing the country it’s very first community-driven dinner hosting service. Similar and successful services already exist around the world, and WelcomeOver seeks to mirror the unique technology, creating a platform to give everyone…

The world’s best selling Scotch Whisky brand, Johnnie Walker, have recently announced that have released the new ultra premium John Walker & Sons Private Collection 2016 Edition by Master Blender Jim Beveridge, making available just 8,888 individually numbered decanters for the third entry in a series that seeks to highlight the brand’s innovative spirit as…

Just a few weeks ago the authoritative publication Worlds50bestbars.com debuted their Asian-focused list, sifting through the many elaborate, speakeasy, rustic, and futuristic bars around Asia to come up with a comprehensive, ranked list. Working through the rich stock of bars was no easy feat, as explained by Asia’s 50 Best Bars Editor Hamish Smith who…

You may have already heard that the mastermind behind Belles Hot Chicken, Morgan McGlone, is digging deeper into the culinary repertoire he sharpened over in Nashville and Charleston for his newfound residency in the kitchen’s of Surry Hills venue Hotel Harry. The boutique hotel’s restaurant, Harpoon Harry, has already seen a substantial change for their…

A warmly lit interior greeted us on Friday night as we arrived at The Academy Kitchen & Bar, highly anticipating their new Autumn menu. We were seated by our lovely waitress Krissy and informed that owner/chef extraordinaire Will Manning would be cooking us up a feast. It’s an instantly comforting feeling being part of the…

I adore food. I love to eat. On occasion, I even enjoy cooking. I’m enamoured with burgers and burritos, and I’m Italian, so my appetite for pizza and pasta is commensurate with my heritage and then some. A terrible roadblock to that problem is that I’m prodigiously lazy. I consider food preparation for breakfast and lunch mundane…

Belgian chocolate brand Guylian have expanded their chocolate cafe reach in Sydney, now opening up a nice and central location in the heart of an evolving George St precinct, designing an express style cafe at the newly renovated HSBC Building opposite Event Cinemas. Opening today, Friday 15th April, the renowned chocolate brand hopes to bring…

Recorded at the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) studios in Tokyo, Melbourne producer Lewis Cancut has linked up with Japanese vocalist TIGARAH for this tune we’re digging, “Say Ok”! In TIGARAH’s vibrant and sugary vocals and the tropical house and bass thumps Cancut brings to the table, “Say Ok” is an ear worm of a…

With an odd burst of warm weather over the weekend, Northbridge was buzzing nice and early on Saturday night with the maze of boutique bars around Jimmy’s Den thriving as we waited for doors open. After hearing an interview with the band, I was well and truly keen to see Sydney act Tigertown taking their…

Melbourne psych-punk purveyors Horace Bones are due to be back out on the road down the east coast with their brand new track “Outside” this May and June! Riding high on their singing with the 123 Agency in Melbourne and Thirds Music, the band have been consistently backing it up, quality track after quality track….

Hilltop Hoods hit their hometown over the weekend to celebrate the release of their latest album, Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung—their follow-up to 2007’s The Hard Road: Restrung. Joined by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO), Adelaide Chamber Singers and other special guests, the sold-out crowd was in for a monumental night. A.B. Original…

There’s only a few weeks to go until Bad Vision drop their sophomore record, Turn Out Your Sockets, quite the anticipated release from the Melbourne band! In their latest single “Fairweather”,  we’re given an upbeat and colourful tune (as is the music video, featured today), but the lyricism nods to less happy themes. As songwriter Jerome Rush has described,…

It’s hard to tell when Fear the Walking Dead will start living up to its potential. The tone is there, and the scenes with the infected are deliciously dark and effective, presenting with the kind of horror The Walking Dead took four years to perfect, but these are only small flickers in what is an…

An amazing list of new shows are coming to your Foxtel screens this week and are guaranteed to be promising gems. Tuesday 19th April 2016 The Tempest, Foxtel Arts, 8.30pm AEST A masterpiece adaptation of Shakespeare’s arguably most original work, The Tempest is a tale of enlightenment, power, corruption and melodrama. Foyle’s War‘s  James Garnon…

Fans of techno-thriller series Mr. Robot will be excited to know that a new trailer for the series upcoming second season landed online over the weekend. Entitled ‘We The Bold’, the short trailer splices together footage from the show’s upcoming season with real world images to chilling effect. Watch it below: Mr. Robot returns later this year. ———-…

The big-hearted, character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker’s in the heart of Footscray, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of people who come through his doors collide, change and unravel. From blossoming romance to desperate last gambles, these twelve individuals’ stories represent the best and the…

Australia has a patchy history of great films but in the post Peter Weir years we’ve seen a new class of auteurs fill the gaps in our national cinema narrative, enter: Joseph Sims-Dennett. Having a frenetic past of studying film, balancing books for Subway and shooting TV commercials, Joseph owes a lot to his experiences as…

While it’s fairly simple to get around in Melbourne, you want to get the location of your hotel exactly right, especially if you are down for a series of events. In this particular case, I was down in Melbourne for a music festival (Soulfest) at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and to check out the new…

The April – July Season at Perth’s Blue Room Theatre kicked off last week with Renegade Productions’ Selkie the new work from writer Finn O’Branagáin, and directed by Joe Lui. Selkie is a contemporary reimagining of the old myth; stripped of the romanticism and whimsy; an exploration of the darker themes at play. I was…

As the 30th Melbourne International Comedy Festival drew to a close, thoughts turned to the annual awards ceremony and the announcement of the recipient of the prestigious Barry. Named for festival patron and Aussie icon Barry Humphries, the award recognises the Most Outstanding Comedy Festival Show. The 2016 award went to Australian Zoe Coombs Marr, for her show Trigger Warning, making…