Terrifyingly ancient as I am, as well as being an almost-lifelong Duranie, there’s not much on this planet that gets my instant attention more than a John Taylor bass line. He was my first-ever Bass God, and the reason I picked up my first bass guitar when I was a teenager. Happily, the opening moment…
Season two of Running Point doesn’t just build on its breakout debut – it confidently steps into its own power, sharpening its voice, raising the stakes, and leaning even harder into the messy, addictive dynamics that made the first season such a bingeable delight. At the centre of it all is Kate Hudson’s Isla Gordon,…
Pax Aus is introducing Cosplay Land in 2026, serving as a brand new space dedicated to supporting and celebrating various cosplay communities, who gather at events like these. It will be located on the mezzanine level near the Clarendon Street entrance of MCEC and accessible via both stairs and lift over the course of the…
If you were drawn to Mouse: P.I. for Hire purely for its unique, rubber-hose art style like I was, I don’t blame you. Games like Cuphead and even Bendy and the Ink Machine have certainly popularised this art style over the past few years, but Mouse: P.I. for Hire felt different. Was it the subject matter?…
There’s a fine line between connection and performance – and Alphabet Lane walks it with a quietly unnerving confidence. What begins as a joke between two isolated lovers spirals into something far stranger, as invented friends start to feel more real than the relationship they were meant to save. Darkly funny, subtly unsettling, and unexpectedly…
Beast doesn’t pretend to break new ground. It moves along a well-worn path – fall from grace, one last shot, the hope of redemption – but what sets it apart is how seriously it treats that journey. Directed by Tyler Atkins, working off Russell Crowe and David Frigerio‘s script, the film is less interested in…
Beast hits with more than just brute force. Beneath the bone-crunching action is a story about restraint, identity, and the internal battles that don’t end when the fight does. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe steps into the role of a seasoned trainer, guiding Daniel MacPherson’s Patton James – a fighter pulled back into a world…
