Year: 2016

Following his breakout role as the titular hero in CW’s The Flash, Grant Gustin has signed on to what will be he first feature role. Alongside Nick Robinson (who you may recognize as the older of the two brothers in that underground Chris Pratt flick, Jurassic World), Gustin will star in director William H. Macy’s…

It was NRL luminary Jack Gibson who said, “In football, if you are standing still, you’re going backwards fast“. These words are lived by Heath Davis’s lapsed hero Barry Kelly (played by Steve Le Marquand) and extend to the broader film in the suburban melancholy and missed opportunities of Australian redemption tale, Broke. Broke begins…

As we look back on our time at SXSW last month, we wanted to briefly reflect on four comedy films we caught during the festival. We’ll give these the full review treatment closer to their Australian release dates, but in the meantime, here are our first thoughts on the overwhelmingly impressive run of films at…

Fairytales and blockbusters aren’t two words you’d often expect to find side-by-side but the two have produced a slew of fun and often-fantastic films. In fact, the veritable sub-genre will have a new entry this month with The Huntsman: Winter’s War. In honor of the occasion, we thought we’d take a look back at some…

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East side has recently opened

Sydney’s Gang of Youths have announced the dates for their May/June tour of Europe and America, which will see them playing a string of headline shows, alongside festival appearances at the iconic Great Escape in Brighton and Primavera Sound in Barcelona, alongside the likes of LCD Soundsystem and Radiohead. Their debut album The Positions received five…

Qantas‘ ad campaign for their new health insurance program makes good use both of Christopher Walken’s acting range and his highly pun-able surname, as he gets on stage to demonstrate how one might earn points by runnin’, dancin’, climbin’, and – of course – walken’. The health insurance and wellness program will allow its members…

We’ve all been following Trump’s rise with bated breath. Scanning the news headlines (“Donald Trump: Women who abort should be punished”), we might come to feel that if Trump were to be elected, we’d need to get even further away. Thankfully, Groupon, in partnership with Majestic Trans-Pacific, are offering the chance to retreat to a beautiful,…

Western Australian based collective Pony Express will be heading to Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens this May to present Ecosexual Bathhouse, an instalment that will explore the social and psychological boundaries between ecology, evolution and sexuality. The event will turn the gardens into an immersive and interactive performance area, intertwining elements of human sexuality and the…

outh Yarra institution Sth Central is now open for breakfast with a fresh and innovative menu, happy to supply Melburnians with their daily breakfast and coffee fix. With this new extension to their operations, they’ve also decided to revamp their lunch and dinner a la carte menu to further highlight their quality, seasonal produce. Being…

Now that they’re all relaunched with some majorly attractive design and a shiny Garden Bar, Eastern Suburbs institution The Sheaf are ready to push into the Sunday Session market with a clean and crisp Autumn Sunday Brunch with premium bev brands Veuve Clicquot and Belvedere on April 10th. If you’re going to do a Champagne…

Premium dining experience, BLACK by ezard star The Star Sydney is moving with the seasons as we get into the nitty-gritty of Autumn, introducing a warming new menu that features new seasonal dishes as well as expanding its famed selection of top quality steaks to include 14 premium cuts of Australian grain, ration, and grass-fed…

Chicken lovers rejoice!! Chook king Morgan McGlone and co-owner Miranda Campbell of Belles Hot Chicken have finished their search for a permanent venue in Sydney, buying up a large space at Barangaroo so that when their nearby pop-up finishes, the institution will be setting up a full 110-seated restaurant right around the corner. The hugely…

There’s a good chance you haven’t heard of V. Bozeman. The Californian R&B soul singer hasn’t had much exposure in Australia, but if you’re a fan of hip hop drama Empire, you’ll recognise this lady’s voice for sure. Bozeman has garnered much attention since her attention-snatching appearance in the show’s pilot episode and recently has been working…

Sydney’s Gang of Youths has announced the dates for their May/June tour of Europe and America. Their debut album The Positions received five ARIA nominations in 2015, and won Live Act of the Year and Best Domestic Tour at the AU Live Music Awards last year. Along with all the praise and accolades, the boys have released…

With this year’s Byron Bay Bluesfest in the bag, our team has returned back to Sydney and Brisbane full of highlights from the epic Easter Weekend of live music that brought together everything from hip hop to jazz, blues to country and almost everything in between. Larry, Andrew and Chris give us their picks of…

Australian Five Finger Death Punch fans received disappointing news this morning, with the US band having to cancel all of their upcoming Aussie dates (both headline and with Black Sabbath) due to the hospitalisation of vocalist Ivan Moody. The official statement says Moody is expected to make a full recovery, but they’ve unfortunately had to cancel all of their…

Sans Parents have followed up the well-received release of their pop-tastic tune “Can’t Stop Moving” with an accompanying music video, co-directed by band members Alex Bennison and Kane Mazlin. Following the DIY method they’ve used in the past, the visuals for “Can’t Stop Moving” were captured on a 90’s camcorder in an effort to portray the brief of…

Brighton mega-festival and industry convention, The Great Escape, has just added a whole new round of artists to the 2016 bill because evidently 300 musicians on the first announcement signified that they were only getting started. The new announcement includes exciting artists including Thomas Cohen, Barns Courtney, SG Lewis  and Carnival Youth, while Australian acts like Julia Jacklin, Gang of Youths, City Calm Down, Vallis Alps and Kim…

You know you’re getting older when the prospect of a punctual show beginning at 8:30pm sharp is actually as endearing as the artist themselves. I could be home by 11pm on a weeknight? Sign me up. Noel Gallagher returned to Adelaide last night with his band, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, for possibly the only Bluesfest…

BIGSOUND returns this year with what stands to be its biggest run yet, celebrating 15 years in the valley in 2015. Taking place from September 7th through until September 9th, the southern hemisphere’s ‘biggest new music festival and industry conference’ has now thrown open the gate for artist applications. BIGSOUND of course, is known for…

After releasing two stellar albums, his self-titled debut and 2014’s Wonder Where We Land, English producer mastermind SBTRKT unveiled his new project SAVE YOURSELF this week. In a statement on his website, SBTRKT explained that ,“While a complete piece with a beginning, end and visual concepts that have been worked on over many months, this is not…

Since 2009, Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real have been touring and releasing music to an ever-growing fan base around the globe. For Nelson, music has been in his blood ever since a young age, touring with his father Willie Nelson early on, developing his own style along the way. The band, notable for performing…

Shakey Graves. Easily a performer you must see live if you ever get the opportunity. With a tight band behind him, the Austin bred musician is becoming a name more and more people are switching on to when they want their Americana music delivered via a fusion of rich blues, rock n roll and folk. The…

Adapted from the first book in science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy, Alex Garland‘s latest venture, Annihilation, is shaping up to be something great. Written and directed by Garland, the film will center around a biologist (played by Natalie Portman), who is seeking answers to her husband’s tragic disappearance. In a bid to find these answers,…

Audible, the Amazon-owned company and provider of leading digital audiobooks have announced the launch of their exclusive audiobook performed entirely by a parrot titled Parrots Of The Caribbean. The audio is available exclusively on audible.com.au, with the parrot “coincidentally” being named Jack Sparrow. Audible Limited’s Tracey Markham said “Our celebrity-narrated titles are always well-received by Audible listeners. Pending Parrots…

Golden Age Cinemas will be saluting the writer and director duo Joel and Ethan Coen next week to celebrate the release of their latest film, Hail, Caesar!  Golden Age will be presenting the film with an all-star cast including Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill and…

To wrap-up a wild week at  SXSW, we caught up briefly with director Jesse Moss to talk about his new film, The Bandit, and the process of bringing Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham‘s real-life friendship to the screen. What brought you to The Bandit?  Jesse Moss: Well, this started with a conversation about Smokey and the Bandit – which was a…

Based on the critically acclaimed book with the same title written by Jojo Moyes, Me Before You stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games series). The romantic title is directed by Thea Sharrock, with the film being her directorial debut. The story follows 26-year old Louisa “Lou” Clark (Clarke) who lives in a…

As of Wednesday 27th April at 9PM, ABC TV will be launching six brand new comedy pilots to its Comedy Showroom. This will include exclusive content by some of Australia’s most exciting comedians, comedy writers, producers and directors. Viewers won’t have to wait a week with each pilot release as all them will be available…