Day: 10 June 2026

Interview: Nina Dobrev, writer Sarah Adina and director Kaily Morgan Smith on transforming trauma into comedy for General Admission

Heartbreak is universal. So too is the tendency to tell ourselves we’re ready to move on when we’re anything but. In General Admission, writer Sarah Adina channels one of the most vulnerable chapters of her own life into a sharply observed comedy about a woman who attends a support group hoping to heal, only to…

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Prime Video releases full trailer for Elle as star Lexi Minetree heads to Australia to celebrate the series’ release

Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer for Elle, the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series that explores the formative years of the iconic Elle Woods. The eight-episode first season will premiere July 1st on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. In a vote of confidence ahead of its debut, the streamer…

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What it’s like travelling America’s newest high-speed rail service: Brightline from Orlando, Florida

When it comes to rail transit, something North America and Australia have long held in common is the lack of a true high-speed service. This is defined as a service that generally travels at speeds of 200km/h (125mph) on upgraded but existing rail infrastructure, or 250km/h (155mph) on newly built lines. Even now, neither country…

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Everything Announced at the June 2026 Nintendo Direct

It’s been a MASSIVE week with Summer Games Fest. We have had some sleepless nights with big game announcements and exciting release dates. Finally, it’s Nintendo’s turn with the release of their big announcements for the year. While people are yelling “OCARINA OF TIME REMAKE” at their screens, we were excited to see a huge…

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Interview: Danielle Walker on the new homegrown comedy How To Talk Australians; “There’s a bit of feral in all of us.”

With How To Talk Australians, comedian and actor Danielle Walker joins a proudly eccentric comedy that turns the Australian national character into both the joke and the punchline. Expanding on the viral web series that amassed more than 12 million views, the film follows a group of Indian call centre workers who find themselves stranded…

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Interview: Rick Davies on How To Talk Australians, classic comedy and the enduring appeal of regional Australian settings

As one half of the delightfully deadpan police duo who cross paths with the stranded travellers in How to Talk Australians, Rick Davies brings a uniquely Australian flavour to the film’s affectionate send-up of life Down Under. Though his screen time may be limited, his outback police officer leaves a memorable impression, embodying the kind…

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Interview: Ria Patel on being the emotional anchor amidst the chaos of How To Talk Australians

With more than 12 million views behind its viral web series, How to Talk Australians makes the leap to the big screen with a warm-hearted and sharply observed comedy about culture, identity and the misunderstandings that often bring people together. As Shani, an ambitious student from the Delhi College of Linguistics whose carefully planned Australian…

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Captain Sensible

“I’m basically saving myself from having to clean toilets for a living”: Captain Sensible on 50 years of The Damned

It’s not the answer you’d expect from a man who helped invent British punk. For much of the past fifty years, Captain Sensible (real name Raymond Burns), has toured the world with The Damned, one of the most influential bands to emerge from Britain’s punk explosion. The group released “New Rose”, the first single by…

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Fountain Lakes

Exclusive Video Premiere: Fountain Lakes “Cry Wolf” (2026)

Naarm/Melbourne duo Fountain Lakes invite us deep into the forest with the haunting video for their new single, “Cry Wolf”, which we are delighted to premiere today. Comprising Jac Tonks and Emma Heeney, Fountain Lakes create expansive, genre-spanning music shaped by rich textures, reverb and dreamlike dual vocals. Following the release of “Castaway”, the first…

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Film Review: Disclosure Day is an emotional, thoughtful and deeply humane sci-fi thriller

In Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg returns to the skies, but not simply to repeat the wonder of Close Encounters of the Third Kind or the terror of War of the Worlds. This is not an action-centric spectacle, and anyone expecting a relentless alien invasion thriller may be surprised, perhaps even disappointed. Instead, Spielberg has crafted…

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