Day: 5 November 2025
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson dream huge in trailer for Song Sung Blue
No stranger to dabbling in their own respective musicality, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson sing their way into the awards season with Song Sung Blue, an inspiring drama based on the true story of Mike and Claire Sardina aka Lightning & Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute band they formed after meeting, proving it’s never too…
Book Review: Stark Holborn muses on death and redemption in acid Western novella For The Road
Staggering through the desert, Jesse Bartos stumbles across a train station. Wounded and with only fragmented memories of what brought him to Dawn’s Holt station, he’s taken in by a welcoming, albeit strange, family, who assure him that the train will come. He just has to be patient. Stark Holborn returns with fever dream For…
Verticoli unveil Silverlinings – exclusive album premiere and Track by Track
Tasmanian alt-rock powerhouse Verticoli return with their stunning new long play release, Silverlinings — a raw and reflective collection that finds light amid the storm. Premiering exclusively today on the AU review, the album captures the band at their most anthemic and emotionally direct, exploring anxiety, loss, disconnection and the desperate search for meaning through…
Film Review: Predator: Badlands moves the legendary series into an exciting new direction
The Predator series has had a slew of existences since being introduced in the titular 1987 actioner, which, at the time, furthered Arnold Schwarzenegger’s stronghold as the genre go-to and served as something of a more popcorn alternative to the Alien franchise. The original film was a success of its time, and only grew in…
Interview: Director Dan Trachtenberg on injecting universal humanness in the Predator franchise with Predator: Badlands
Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, Predator: Badlands follows Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), a young Predator outcast from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The first film in the long-running Predator franchise that focuses on a…
Interview: Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi on transforming for Predator: Badlands and fusing the character with his Polynesian spirit
Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, Predator: Badlands follows Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), a young Predator outcast from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The first film in the long-running Predator franchise that focuses on a…