Event Cinemas on George Street, Sydney, is continuing its latest In The House season on August 11th with a screening of the 1984 hit comedy Beverly Hills Cop, starring zest Murphy. The In The House series takes place at Event Cinemas George St. Tickets are only $15 (or $12 if you’re a Cine Buzz member)…
My entire life has been a Cinephile dream, I was Born in 1982, started watching films like Ghostbusters 2 when I was not allowed to, I was probably 8, since then I have never turned back! The fact you have been through almost all my favourite films through my life, through everyone’s lives, is absolutely insane,…
It sometimes feels like today’s romantic-comedy films have become a little of out of sync with the rest of the modern blockbuster landscapes. You just don’t see as many being made these days. There’s an easy argument to be made that the audience for these kinds of stories have largely migrated to TV shows like…
When I first got my hands on Splatoon 2 at a Nintendo Switch preview event in Melbourne back in February, my first thought was that this was a rare display of laziness from Nintendo. There wasn’t anything that felt hugely different from the 2015 Wii U original other than the ability to take the game with you. I…
Atypical is a new Netflix series which has a charming lead character who is on the autistic spectrum. This family ‘dramedy’ is an engrossing one, which will teach viewers about some of the day-to-day realities for a teenager who has this mental syndrome. We put together the top five things we learned from this show….
You’ll never meet a guy quite like Josh Lefers. There’s something about him that is intimidating, yet somewhat calming in the way his creativity flows. The Melbourne entrepreneur can now add another bow to his belt; a children’s book author with his first titled How to Hypnotise a Droid. Given his complete and utter love for…
Since its opening earlier this year, Seoulja Boy has managed to maintain a large and steady hype across social media. And with a menu full of affordable, photogenic cocktails, bright neon signs, and an in-house DJ spinning a mix of current and old-school hip-hop and R&B music, it’s easy to see why the Korean fusion…
Returning for its 5th year, the Morrison’s Oyster Festival returns to The Morrison Bar & Oyster Room to highlight the hero of the oyster for novices and aficionados alike. The month-long celebration will feature a unique menu curated by Sean Connolly that will see oysters sourced from over 50 regions across Australia to allow those…
The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) in Sydney or Melbourne will be hosting open days over the next two weeks, showcasing their school for future students of the music and creative industries. The event will feature live workshops, performances, meet and greets and more. Open days are open to everyone to attend and give an…
Legendary Sydney live music venue The Lansdowne Hotel has come back from the dead after being closed for nearly two years. The rough around the edges pub played host to the Red Bull Sound Select July instalment on Friday night curated by St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. These events give music lovers new music monthly along with…
Coming in hot after a week of Splendour hustle is a fresh weekly playlist of everything you might have missed while grooving away in the North Byron parklands. We’ve got a sultry heartbreaker from Billie Eilish, a cut from Alvvays‘ upcoming album as well as Tia Gostelow’s shimmering new single that transports you straight back to the…
Singer, songwriter and producer, Shane Nicholson has just released his new studio album, Love and Blood. Following that Americana-influenced, Country sound, it’s a follow up to the ARIA-award winning, Hell Breaks Loose released in 2015. About to kick off on a national tour, we sat down to discuss the process of writing the new album…
Have you ever wondered why the punk kids seem to be able to band together whenever, and wherever they are needed most? It’s because the backbone of punk, and every other subset of the genre, is community. Blue Mountains folk-punk outfit Antonia and the Lazy Susans have just premiered “Home Here With Your Friends,” a…
The transfer of power to those most capable of running an ever-changing world tends to only happen when traditions fly out of the window. That’s always been one of the primary messages of Game of Thrones, and watching it unfold with power moves and converging character arcs is where the show’s major strengths lie. A…
Four Australian films have been selected to screen at the Venice International Film Festival this year, with two of them being world premieres. Warwick Thorton‘s Sweet Country will make it’s premiere within the official competition, while West of Sunshine will premiere in the Orizzonti section. Sweet Country comes from writers Steven McGregor and David Tranter…
The Trip To Spain follows the same route at the previous instalments. Not literally. This time around Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon traverse Spain in a film that does not hold any real surprises but it does make for one funny and entertaining trip. This film is directed by Michael Winterbottom who also helmed the…
Love At First Child (Ange et Gabrielle) is a film where a baby brings a man and woman together. And we’re not talking about its parents. This film is a light, French rom-com that is a little like eating a sweet soufflé, it’s fluffy and nice at the time but utterly forgettable shortly afterwards. The…
The details of the Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus season pass have been unveiled with the announcement of ‘The Freedom Chronicles’, a series of three DLC packs that extend the story of Wolfenstein across the frontiers of America. Players will step into the books of a former football player, an Army captain, and an assassin…
Coming up in a couple of weeks is a brand new work by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake. Pile of Bones is a visceral and eccentric choreographic and audio-visual exploration of the intricacies of our closest relationships. Before we see this work come to life, we had a chat with Lake about the need to self-fund in the…
In 2015 writer and academic, Mandy Len Catron went viral when an article she wrote was published in The New York Times. It was called, “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This” where she described her recent date with a new acquaintance. They had answered 36 questions together from a research study designed to…
Bringing a taste of Bavaria to the South West Rocks, The Seabreeze Beach Hotel is planing on throwing one massive 11-day German festival, brought back for its fifth year following massive success in the past. Kicking off at 24th August and lasting until 3rd September, the stunning seaside hotspot will be celebrating all things readily…
Earlier this year we reported on rumours that Walker Stalker Con could be heading to Australia. Now it seems that rumours have turned into reality, following the announcement that the immensely popular event would indeed be making its way down under, bringing The Walking Dead stars both past and present down under for what has…
Upcoming big-screen romantic comedy The Big Sick is set to debut to Australian audiences on August 3rd. However, that didn’t stop Kumail Nanjiani and Emily S. Gordon from dropping into an early Sydney screening of the film for a quick Q&A session with Rove McManus. If you’re still holding out to see the film, it…
The Space Theatre stage setting is sparse; a central console and an outer ring of lights are the only props. The three performers, Black, White and Grey enter the stage to the sound of pulsing music and start to circle around the space, slowly at first then picking up the pace. The effect is one…
What happens when one of the biggest names in musical theatre and Britain’s most popular tenor come together? They create an album together of course! Quite literally for Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, whose album “Together” quickly became the best-selling album in the UK in 2016. The album features some of the greatest hits of…
Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday explores the fears and hopes of those looking for direction at the start of their lives and those searching for peace at the end. The cast is made up of three young performers (Aileen Huynh, Izabella Yena and Matthew Connell) and three older performers (Jim Daly, Roger Oakley and Evelyn…
From now until the 26th August Bistro Rex in Potts Point will play host to a very special cookie dessert pop-up, a collaboration between Byron Bay Cookies and dessert diva Christine Manfield. Brought to life to celebrate the brand’s new Ginger Spice Cream Cookie (ginger biscuits sandwiched with a nutmeg spiced fruirt mince cream), the…
Ricky & Pinky are celebrating their first birthday by launching a lunchtime Yum Cha menu. Starting Saturday August 5th dim sim fans will have their lunchtimes covered from Friday through Sunday. Head Chef ArChan Chan will serve up traditional staples baby gai lan with oyster sauce and sesame prawn toast but you won’t order off…
The Italian Wine & Food Festival Sydney is back and celebrating five years of festivities in a new venue: the Cutaway at Barangaroo Reserve. The festival starts Sunday August 27th with a marketplace full of Italian specialties and local produce as well as a wine garden and Italian entertainment. Sydney’s best Italian chefs will be…
In moving his beloved Popolo to the city in 2018, Flavio Carnevale has announced that he’ll be returning to his Roman hospitality roots with new restaurant Marta, a traditional cucina Romana that taps into the spirited streets of Rome to create a true neighbourhood osteria. It will be a move away from the formality of…
