Following its success in the US earlier this year, it was an amazing opending week for animated feature The Secret Life of Pets, as it took the top spot at the Australian box office. Claiming $1.93 million at the box office, it’s taken the spotlight away from last week’s box office no. 1, Bad Moms, still at $1.29 million this…
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, this mob drama, based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). The Godfather will be shown at In The House, at George Street Cinema in Sydney on September 16th. Join…
I recently had the opportunity to speak to actress Genevieve Morris from the newly released web series Little Acorns – something of a child-care, work-place comedy. Across this – and my chat with Emily Taheny which you’ll be able to read online soon – we discuss the show and its highlights, such as labia cakes and…
German news site Bild has reported that Angela Lansbury – the iconic star of Murder She Wrote – may be joining the cast of Game of Thrones for their second last season. The star of the twelve-year long crime series is potentially joining the seventh season with a guest appearance, spanning two episodes. Lansbury will spend…
Christopher Guest, famed director of Best in Show and writer of This is Spinal Tap has helmed a new film, exclusively for Netflix, and he’s brought his friends along. The new mockumentary, simply titled Mascots, provides a hilarious insight into the world of competitive mascots, has a slew of previous cast members from Guest’s films including Parker Posey,…
Here are this week’s TV picks… Wednesday Black-ish, 7Flix, 7:30pm AEST A refreshing comedy, a family man worries about kids losing touch of their culture. With help from his father (Laurence Fishburne), he tries to get his kids immerse into their roots. Thursday Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Ch7, 9:10pm AEST Just in time…
Razer, head honcho in gaming peripherals have unveiled a handful of new products at PAX West over the weekend including a couple of new laptops, a keyboard and a new headset. Razer Blade Stealth Laptop The sleek new laptop houses the latest 7th Generation Intel® Core i7 processor and now packs up to 1 TB of PCIe solid-state…
The EB Expo is upon us and Playstation Australia are gearing up by inviting attendees to pre-book for their very own VR session. VR is becoming very real, very fast and PlayStation VR is just one of the products heralding its arrival. Now Playstation Australia is encouraging anyone headed to the EB Expo to book a…
However you feel about Sony’s monthly offering of free games courtesy of their PlayStation Plus service, it will be hard to deny that we’re getting at least one massive treat this month. PlayStation 4 Current gen players, you’re pretty much getting the cream of the crop. Journey (originally released on PS3) has been remastered for…
Now I admit I don’t really watch a lot of documentaries, but in recent years I have gotten myself into a good groove when I discovered the work of documentary filmmaker, Louis Theroux. The first documentary I saw of his was The Most Hated Family in America, which was about people in the Westboro Baptist…
A leaked call sheet that was originally posted on Reddit got comic fans talking recently, as it appeared to show that Fargo star Bokim Woodbine would be playing Herman Shultz aka Shocker in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, we can pretty much assure you that Shocker will appear in the new film, thanks…
Telltale Games have used their PAX West 2016 panel to announce the release date for its much anticipated third season of its popular The Walking Dead series, officially titled A New Frontier. Since its E3 unveiling in June, news about the release window for the game’s next installment was kept tightly under wraps. , developers finally announced the…
Telltale games have announced the release date for BATMAN – The Telltale Series Episode 2: Children of Arkham. The second episode in the five part season will be available digitally worldwide on Tuesday, 20th of September on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
The Hunger Games: The Exhibition is headed to Australia during its worldwide tour, bringing Aussie fans a behind the scenes look at the creation of the YA dystopian franchise, with a showcase of over a thousand props and costumes.
The newest trailer for Friday the 13th: The Game released at PAX West 2016, gives horror fans exactly what developers promised, blood and gore, and lots of it.
Ted Kotcheff, director of the Australian classic thriller Wake In Fright (also known as Outback), will be one of the special guests at this year’s Monster Fest in November. Kotcheff will also be a keynote speaker at a three hour masterclass for the Swinburne University Media and Communication Monster Academy, discussing his films including First Blood and Weekend at…
Last month, Jean-Claude Van Damme came to Australia for two special Q&As in Sydney and Melbourne. We learned a lot about the iconic action star while he was on stage at Sydney’s The Star, in conversation with Richard Wilkins. Here’s just a nine of those tidbids of knowledge we took away from the night: He…
According to Deadline Hollywood, Zach Braff will both direct and star in a new comedy series called Start Up. Based on the podcast of the same name by Alex Blumberg, the show will see Braff reuinte with Scrubs producer Matt Tarses, the writer for this series. The show will document the hilarity that ensues when a…
One of the first thing that Blood Father makes clear is that John Link (Mel Gibson) is over being a flashy action hero type. It’s old hat to an ex-con like him and he doesn’t want anything to do with it. However, don’t be fooled, Gibson himself seems to be having a hell of a…
Disney‘s new release Queen of Katwa, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo , has partnered with 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, debuting the original song “Back to Life’”. Keys explains “Back to Life” is “about pushing past that little voice of doubt in our heads so we can instead, electrify the world. When…
Gran Turismo fans are people of near-infinite patience. Series developer Polyphony Digital has announced that Gran Turismo Sport, the latest entry in the long-running racing series, will be delayed to 2017.
Fallout 4’s sixth and final add-on, Nuka-World, is now available for download on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
To celebrate the launch of World of Warcraft: Legion, Melbourne artists have created a massive mural of series mainstays Illidan and Gul’dan locked in an epic battle.
Today, Razer has officially announced the new Firefly Cloth Edition gaming mouse mat. It’s actually way cooler than it sounds, we promise.
Big news 3DS fans! Nintendo, you know, the company that has complete control over your childhood memories, has announced a Nintendo 3DS Direct broadcast for later tonight.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story new toy line-up has been officially revealed via a series of fan-made stop-motion shorts.
Those left sour by the loose ending of Netflix’s Stranger Things will be happy to hear that Season 2 has been officially announced for 2017. The second season will consist of 9 episodes and will be a continuation of the original story. There is not too much information surrounding the continuing narrative, or which characters…
Fede Alvarez surprised horror fans in 2013 when he tackled a remake of Evil Dead in a way that was satisfying and consistent with the classic blood-soaked series. This time around the Uruguayan director is trying his hand at something much different, a sharp original home-invasion thriller titled Don’t Breathe about three delinquent burglars who…
ABC made the announcement yesterday that filming for Series 5 of The Doctor Blake Mysteries has already started in Melbourne. Making its debut in 2012, the crime drama series has been a popular pick for viewers, curating over 1.67 million viewers across broadcast and iview platforms. The series stars Craig McLachlan who plays the character…
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…
