It’s the spin-off nobody saw coming. Jesus Quintana, the overly zealous, purple suit tenpin-killer from the Coen Brother’s 90’s cult hit The Big Lebowski will return in a spin-off film titled Going Places. John Turturro who played Jesus in the original film will act and direct in the spin-off, with Susan Sarandon, Bobby Cannavale and […]
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Two figures marked by an outward style, both distinctive and unapologetic, Lady Gaga and Versace will cross paths again as she becomes Donatella Versace for the third season of American Crime Story. Lady Gaga has worked as the face of the brand in previous years, as well as maintained a close relationship with Donatella, even […]
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Tru Dot Films has revealed that principal photography on Victorian psychological horror Living Space will commence on Wednesday, November 16. ‘The story follows college sweethearts Brad (Leigh Scully) and Ashley (Georgina Chara), who venture into the heartland of Germany. Their romantic holiday takes a sinister turn when encountering a German SS Officer (McPhee) and his […]
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Netflix’s retro hit Stranger Things has made a few additions to their cast lineup with Sean Astin, Linnea Berthelsen and Paul Reiser all taking roles for the series second season. And while the identities of the new roles have been briefly outlined, their addition only seems to add to the mystery of next seasons content. […]
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Nascent filmmakers looking to launch their careers in the same way as Australian film luminaries Chris Noonan (Babe), Don McAlpine (Moulin Rouge) and Jack Thompson (The Man From Snowy River) will have their opportunity as the Sydney Films Festival has begun taking submissions for their 2017 program. The 2017 Sydney Film Festival will take place […]
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Hitting DVD and Blu-Ray players this week is the new film Equals, another descendant of the Orwellian dystopia; one that doesn’t necessarily add to the sci-fi subgenre, but also one that doesn’t take anything away from it. Set in a post apocalyptic society, the film tracks the forbidden bond forming between Nia (Kristen Stewart) and […]
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After two successful years, the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF) will return with a stacked line-up that features 82 unique films from all parts of Asia. The BAPFF has today released the full program for the 2016 event, which will take place around Brisbane from the 23rd of November to the 4th of December. The […]
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A new TV series from the team behind How I Met Your Mother and The Goldbergs has been given an eight-episode go ahead by Netflix. Atypical will be written and produced by Robia Rashid with Seth Gordon directing the pilot and serving as co-producer. The TV series will follow an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum […]
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Liam Neeson’s endeavour to find his daughter seems almost trivial when compared to the inexorable force of Keanu Reeves as John Wick, seeking vengeance for the murder of his Beagle puppy named Daisy. John Wick will return in 2017 after the original sleeper hit snowballed into one of the most memorable action films of its […]
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Audiences are poised to learn more about the lineage of the Man of Steel than they ever have before if Krypton can fulfill its premise. The Syfy TV series, which was first announced in 2014, has been slowly building momentum over the years and has now finally released a full cast of recognizable faces. Syfy […]
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Matthew McConaughey has transformed again in the first official trailer for Gold. After shedding almost 21kg’s for Dallas Buyers Club McConaughey returns to screens as an older, rounder version of himself (a little bit Christian Bale in American Hustle) to take on the role of Kenny Wells, a down on his luck prospector. When Wells […]
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Not since the 60’s has a period been so etched by the antihero or rogue agent, and it seems like Tom Cruise is playing them ass. He’s planning to reprise Maverick in Top Gun 2, he recently played Mission Impossible spy Ethan Hunt and this October he will return as everyone’s favourite military policeman, Jack […]
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Luke Scott will draw the curtains to The 2016 Sci-Fi Film Festival with his first feature length directorial project, sci-fi horror Morgan. The son of legendary director Ridley Scott has appropriately inherited his father’s passion for the sci-fi genre, piecing together a project worth his appraisal. Ridley Scott, regarded as a notoriously reticent man, first […]
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Kristian Fletcher has a penchant for retro movies and cinematic events. The independent exhibitor has blessed Brisbane for the past 16 years with pop up period-cinema events and will continue to light the beacon for film romantics with his 2016 Halloween event. The event is to take place in various locations around Brisbane from Thursday […]
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Where playing a single Lynch role would be enough to stretch any thespian to the point of madness, John Malkovich has decided to take on seven. Granted, they won’t be unfamiliar roles. Malkovich will team with Sandro Miller to create a lasting pastiche of the Twin Peaks’ Log Lady, Blue Velvet’s Frank Booth, Eraserhead’s the […]
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Set amongst the racial strains of 1950’s Pennsylvania, Fences is making its big screen transition at a time most relevant. The play by August Wilson won both Viola Davis and Denzel Washington Tony Awards back in 2010 and will make it’s cinematic premiere with Washington in the director’s chair. The play almost became a film […]
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Acclaimed French-Polish director, Holocaust survivor and controversial figure Roman Polanski has a history of Academy Award winning films and cult classics. Come November ACMI and Palace Cinemas will be honouring Polanski’s extensive oeuvre by bringing ten of his best works to cinemas in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney. Roman: 10 X Polanski will set out […]
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The only event to recognise the greatest minds working on music composition for film and television in Australia is set to return in November with The Chaser’s Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen hosting the event for their fifth time. The Screen Music Awards will honour the efforts of Australian composers in 12 genres that include […]
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There are few projects that have successfully captured the era of international tension following the Vietnam War and likely none as well as Miss Saigon. The Broadway show that first showed way back in 1991 (making it the 13th longest running Broadway show) will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a film production shot in front […]
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The Jewish International Film Festival will build on its 26-year history as a platform for Jewish films in Australia when it returns on in October, beginning in Sydney on 26th October to 23rd November and then traveling across Australia and New Zealand before wrapping up in Canberra in November. The long running festival will return […]
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The Boston boys are at it again as Ben Affleck gears up for his second collaboration with the author of Gone Baby Gone, Dennis Lehane, on a film that looks a little bit beer baron meets Mystic River. Oscar winner Ben Affleck has written the screenplay and will star in the crime thriller based on […]
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Every music quiz fan’s favourite time of the year is fast approaching, the season of the slightly pre-emptive RocKwiz Live! Christmas(ish) extravaganza – a touring stage version of the popular SBS series. Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis and Dugald McAndrew will lead the RocKwiz OrKestra with Vika and Linda Bull alongside six special guests and audience […]
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Rob Zombie isn’t holding back in 31. The gorecore advocate, musician and director of horror staple House of 1000 Corpses, has returned with another bloodbath that will have you watching in your peripherals and to celebrate Monster Pictures will hold Halloween screenings at selected venues in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra with more cities to […]
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The Oscars survived a prickly year last year. Media outlets hounded the lack of racial diversity amongst nominated actors, of which all twenty were of Caucasian heritage. Industry hallmark Spike Lee joined a spate of actors in a #boycotttheoscars / #oscarsowhite movement and actor Chris Rock thought it appropriate to poke fun at a child […]
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On the most recent episode of Kevin Smith’s Geeking Out, Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick spoke about one of the most iconic moments from their feature length film. This moment is of course, the discovery and subsequent murder of an apocalypse surviving, zombie impersonating Bill Murray. A part that (like every part he […]
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This year will signal a decade for the AMC Expo (formerly known as Armageddon Australia) as it returns to Melbourne with an entourage of local and international pop culture stars. Amongst the guests in attendance this year will be Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Daniel Davis, prolific Game Of Thrones bad guy Dominic Carter and […]
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Even the Reddit detectives would have been a little dumbfounded when it came to the true whereabouts of Thor during Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. The absence of both Thor and The Hulk from Marvel’s recent venture did not go by without notice and while fans took time to try and figure out where it […]
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As filming begins this week for ABC’s latest drama Newton’s Law, a myriad of Australian actors will be on site at Melbourne to bring their best to the new eight-part series. The cast built largely from the annals of Australian drama prestige includes Claudia Karvan (The Secret Life of Us) as protagonist Josephine Newton, Toby […]
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When this year is said and done, one of the standouts in cinema won’t be a film full of physical action and visual fantasy, it will be a quiet project; the first film adaptation of a Phillip Roth novel since 1969’s Goodbye, Colombus that’s actually any good. James Schamus’ Indignation is a brilliant film about […]
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Believe it or not, this isn’t a film about Simone Biles latent fifth gold medal that became a bronze. Aside from the scenes of gymnastics, this film is about as far from the grace of the American superstar as any film could possibly be, but unabashedly so. The Bronze is what happens when The Big […]
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