Film & TV

Laos director Mattie Do’s sophomore film Dearest Sister has an identity crisis. It just isn’t sure what story it wants to tell. And its an issue that is never repaired throughout its needless 100 minute running time. When Nok goes to stay with her blind and affluent sister Ana, the two begin fighting after Nok finds out…

The Star Wars saga is set to continue, this time with the first stand alone film in its ‘Anthology’ series. Singular films that will showcase interconnected stories or characters that basically provide an extended universe to our main trilogies. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is first out of the gates and has a lot…

The first full length trailer of Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming film Dunkirk was released today, giving Nolan fans a taste of what the filmmaker has done this time round. Known for his work in The Dark Knight and Interstellar, Nolan reveals a sharp and heart-thumping introduction to Dunkirk. The title has been shot using a mixture of IMAX® and…

From Monday 19 December, fans who are unable to attend this year’s BINGEFEST at the Sydney Opera House can tune in to Red Bull TV and stream some highlights from the event. This program (titled The Best of BINGEFEST) will be hosted by Marc Fennell and Ash London and it will feature some of the…

Bingefest is set to take over the Sydney Opera House for an epic 24 hours this weekend, and part of this will be The Harambe Memorial Service: 2016’s Viral Hits, where Australia’s best, brightest and funniest internet stars will bring you the definitive story of what went down on the Internet in 2016 – from…

It seems there’s no stopping Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, which topped the Box Office chart again for the fourth week in a row, hauling in $2.21 million.  It’s tipped to be 2016’s sixth highest grossing film.  Only Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Finding Dory  managed to take the no. 1 spot four weeks in a…

If like me, you were a fan of Harley Quinn and in particular Margot Robbie’s portrayal of her in Suicide Squad earlier this year. Then get excited because she will be reprising that character for a newly announced DC film showcasing the top female villains. Gotham City Sirens will be DC’s attempt at flipping the…

Oscar winners Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth reprise their roles for the much-anticipated third installment of the Bridget Jones’s Franchise, Bridget Jones’s Baby. After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) decides to focus on her successful career and close-knit group of friends. Fortysomething and once again single, Bridget’s love life…

After a *monster* year for Australia’s genre film festival Monster Fest, the event is slated to make a bigger and better return to Melbourne next year, making all your gory, scary and eye-opening dreams come true. The festival is to be held on November 22-26, 2017, with the return of The Swinburne University Media and Communication Monster Academy,…

As the front-end of The Walking Dead’s average seventh season comes to an end we get another glimmer of hope on the horizon, but those small sparks are still overshadowed by a script that leans a bit too heavily on Jefferey Dean Morgan, overindulging in Negan’s affable sociopath shtick. The showrunners are so confident in…

Don’t roll your eyes. On the contrary, the Fast and the Furious films exist now for sheer enjoyment, to hell with asinine plots and OTT action. Just bask in the ridiculousness as we get our first look at the eighth film in the adrenaline fueled series. The whole gang is back but this time they’re…

Village Cinemas will introduce in seat delivery of food & beverage within its VPremium cinemas this Thursday. This will be the first time in-cinema food & beverage ordering has been introduced in non gold class style cinemas in Australia. Guests will be able to order hot food and alcohol, plus cinema classics like popcorn and…

Netflix continues to churn out their unique content with original series The OA, which launches this Friday. The mysterious drama is the work of visionaries Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij (Sound of My Voice, The East), who created and wrote the eight chapter series together. The show begins with a missing blind girl in her…

AMC sure do love splitting their most successful shows up, axing seasons in two with months between blocks. It’s a trend that they’ve been going at for a few years now and The Walking Dead’s seventh season is no exception, having just finished their traditional 8-episode block before taking a break. Australians will be happy…

The festive season is approaching, so our picks for this week are a little festive, from a comedy to a classic, sit back and enjoy them. Tuesday, 13th December Jane the Virgin, Fox8, 8:30pm AEST Jane’s life spirals down when she discovers that Michael has been shot. Wednesday, 14th December The Yearly with Charlie Pickering,…

“This is my chance to prove myself”, says Spider-Man (Tom Holland), as the first official trailer for the upcoming entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Spider-Man: Homecoming – makes its debut. Though Holland’s Spider-Man debuted to praise in Captain America: Civil War, this third incarnation of a live action Spidey in less than ten…

Earlier this morning, Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick announced the nominees of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, with the musical La La Land – fresh from winning Best Film at the Critics Choice Awards – leading the pack with seven nominations, including Best Picture, Director and acting nods for Stone and Gosling. Barry…

Subplots run amok in Office Christmas Party, an overwraught holiday comedy that marks a return to the big screen for directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck, who are best known for the Will Ferrell and Jon Heder mishap Blades of Glory. Though unlike the 2007 sports comedy, the team’s latest feature doesn’t have the thick…

F*cking Adelaide, a new comedy-drama web series by Closer Productions (52 Tuesdays) has commenced shooting in – no surprises here – Adelaide. Starring Australian TV icons including Wentworth star Pamela Rabe, Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident) and Kate Box (Rake), each episode will look through the eyes of one of three sisters, who reunite to learn their childhood…

Australia’s legendary Flickerfest International Short Film Festival will be returning for its 26th year come January 2017, kicking off under the stars as it once again sets up on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach. What has become the country’s largest short film competition, and the only one with Academy accreditation and BAFTA recognition, has announced that…

Among the landscape of the dark and ever-grim golden age of TV, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency deserves to be called nothing short of a caper. Based on the books by Douglas Adams (which I regretfully have not read) and brought to life by showrunner Max Landis, the series is a riff on the classic…

If you can hear a faint screaming or wailing in the distance, don’t be alarmed, it’s just the collective sound of Cumberbabes and BBC Sherlock fans all collectively freaking out over the new trailer that has arrived for Season 4. BBC One has officially dropped the full length trailer for Series 4 of Sherlock and…

Similar to how director Ira Sachs‘ previous effort Love Is Strange commented on the increasing rate of renting in New York City, Little Men showcases how a simple financial squabble can become someone’s undoing. A relationship-based drama that survives mainly on the simplistic but natural performances of its cast, Little Men focuses on young Jake…

Event Cinemas’ “In The House” program brings together a fantastic line-up of cult-classics from that shaped a generation. The 2017 series will begin on February 3rd, kicking-off with a fan favourite, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Over five months, the next In The House program will screen some of the greatest movies that have been released…

It’s been announced today that both ABC and Screen Australia will be joining forces to bring back the initiative Fresh Blood. First introduced in 2013, the initial Fresh Blood call-out resulted in 72 new comedy sketches created by 24 teams. From those teams, five were selected to make their own TV Pilots for the ABC…

Now in their 6th year, and formerly known as the AFI Awards, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (or, AACTA Awards) recognises the talent of some of the nation’s best up-and-coming performers and creatives in the film and TV industry, alongside our most established stars. Last night, the winners of this year’s…

There must be an abundance of bottled good fortune (or Felix Felicis for the HP nerds) sent to the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them cast and crew – as it’s remained at no. 1 at the box office for the 3rd week in a row, earning another $3.25 million, while its international tally crosses US$600m.  As the…

A new Marvel series is going to be hitting our TV screens next year – but this one is part of the ever-growing Marvel Universe. Rather, it’s an extension of Fox’s X-Men series, in the new series Legion, which is created by Noah Hawley, who also brought Fargo to the small screen. Based on the…

Ratings are sliding for The Walking Dead and a big chunk of viewers are sounding off on social media; while it’s far from a consensus, it’s safe to say many have been disappointed with the way this uneven season has been flowing (remember Ezekiel? You’d be forgiven for forgetting already). A stubborn insistence on overlong…

From Lucifer to Vampires, fashion shows to great Australian comedies, this is a look ahead to your week on free-to-air and Foxtel: Tuesday, 6th December The A Word, BBC First, 8:30pm AEST The Hughes family reunite to celebrate Joe’s 5th birthday. But tension ensues when Eddie and Nicola point out that the boy has communication…