Film & TV

Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets has set a record for an original animated property as it led a strong field of pictures through the post-holiday weekend, where the top twelve films grossed an estimated $206 million. The weekend’s other big releases, Mike and Dave need Wedding Dates as well as the limited (only playing…

The Iris’ Larry Heath recently caught up with John Cho, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine & Justin Lin on the silver carpet at the Australian premiere of Star Trek: Beyond. We find out about how things have changed for the cast across three films, what they think their characters have gotten up to in between the…

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. Featuring Anya Taylor-Joy (Morgan, Atlantis), Ralph Ineson (The Kingsman, Guardians of the Galaxy), Kate Dickie (Prometheus, Red Road). Panic and despair envelops a farmer (Ralph Ineson), his wife (Kate Dickie) and four of their children when youngest…

From acclaimed director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Transformers) comes the incredible true story of six elite ex-military operators who fought to protect the CIA against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. Starring John Krasinski (The Office, It’s Complicated), James Badge Dale (World War Z, The Departed) and Pablo Schreiber…

Relive the “golden” age of French cinema on the big screen as the annual Alliance Française Classic Film Festival returns for its first nationwide debut in August, following the festival’s extremely successful debut in Sydney last year. This year’s theme of the festival is “Les Blondes”, celebrating the light haired beauties of French film from…

Following a teaser by the leading man himself, ABC has announced that filming for season 4 of Josh Thomas’ critically acclaimed TV series Please Like Me has begun in Melbourne. The upcoming season will consist of six episodes, with the return of familiar faces including Thomas Ward, Hannah Gadsby and Caitlin Stasey. As well as…

2016 is already a mammoth year for Disney, with 4 of the 6 top grossing films a release from the studio. With another Marvel film (Doctor Strange) and a Star Wars Story (Rogue One) still to come, it’s sure to take the lion’s share of the top ten come year’s end. One of the films already released is their…

Time to get all ‘Super Saiyan’ again. The best news, it’s not too far off as Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 arrives this October!

Finding Dory just keeps swimming. Excuse me and my ridiculous cliche but the sequel to 2003’s animated smash is still making big money, earning AU$5.5 million over the last week. Pixar’s maritime flick has surpassed Finding Nemo’s domestic figure of US$339 million, currently sitting on a cool US$389 million. Time is the only obstacle keeping…

Reported by Variety, it’s been announced that Jackie Chan will be joining the voice cast for upcoming animated sequel film The Nut Job 2.  The film will be directed by Carl Brunker with the script written by Scott Bindley, Bob Barlen and Brunker himself. The Nut Job 2′s anticipated U.S release will be on May 19,…

The BFG – based on Roald Dahl’s 1982 novel – has opened in Australian cinemas thanks to Steven Spielberg & Co and box office figures suggest that, in spite of it not coming in at number one over the weekend, audiences are lapping at it up. The film has earned over $4.5 million since its release…

Gone are the days of Harry Potter, yet Daniel Radcliffe has been setting himself pretty well in the world of cinema as of late. Reported by Dark Horizons, Radcliffe plays an interesting character for upcoming film title Imperium. His character role will be of Nate Foster, an FBI agent tasked with infiltrating the neo-Nazi movement….

The Russo Brothers – Joe and Anthony Russo will be taking a break from the hype of Marvel reality and will be undertaking a new project in their hands. The brothers plan to create a TV adaptation of Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic gang  film The Warriors (also based on Sol Yurick’s classic novel). The TV…

Tonight, the world’s first public screening of the highly anticipated film Star Trek Beyond was held at the Australian premiere in Sydney. The event launches two weeks of promotions around the world for the cast, leading to its July 21st release date here in Australia and 22nd in the USA. The film is the third in the…

Village Cinemas Australia have announced that they will be holding a short film competition beginning this month titled Unscene. The competition, which has been designed to open some doors for budding young filmmakers, has already begun attracting participants after its July 1 kick off. The theme is “young people in the screen industry and the impact on…

Sydney-based production company Midnight Snack Productions has closed a series of deals that will see its sci-fi thriller Restoration premiere on the Nine Network and SVOD service Stan later this year. Directed by Stuart Willis and independently produced by Midnight Snack’s Toby Gibson, Restoration is set in a near future world where humans have their memories downloaded for backup…

The Australian independent feature film Bad Girl is celebrating today after  taking home two awards last night at the 28th Annual Western Australia Screen Awards. Directed by Fin Edquist, the film stars Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Mystery Road) and Sara West (Ash vs Evil Dead, The Daughter). It’s a thriller that sees a rebellious daughter returning…

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. What does it take for a person to snap? How much despair for a mind to fracture? Win a Double Pass to the Event Cinema George St screening…

Set for release on July 21st, Australia will be welcoming the stars and director of the highly anticipated film Star Trek Beyond onto our shores later this week. And in the lead up to this, Paramount Pictures have snuck out an entertaining clip from the film. In the clip, “Spock learns that matters of the heart…

Following its acclaimed appearance at Cannes, as part of the Un Certain Regard section, the film Hell or High Water was picked up by Madman Entertainment for Australian distribution – which is expected later in the year. And today they’re teasing this release with the first trailer for the film. The film comes from the…

There’s an early air of Oscar potential generating from Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood’s next film, Sully, after the trailer premiered earlier this week. The film to be directed by Clint Eastwood, will follow the story of heroic US pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who made history when he safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on New…

A 2011 Rolling Stones article titled The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders has been turned into a motion picture, and its full trailer has finally hit the net. The story of Efraim Diveroli and his partner David Packouz, is the curious tale of two boys completely out of their element and…

Scott Eastwood who will play an unidentified role in the Suicide Squad film to be released later this year, has begun early talks to join the Pacific Rim sequel. The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action flick about giant robots fighting giant monsters has already signed Star Wars star John Boyega, where he will…

Spider-Man: Homecoming looks like it will have more names attached than the entire nine seasons of Seinfeld before it finishes casting, as new additions Garcelle Beauvais (White House Down), Tiffany Espensen (Kirby Buckets) and  Tyne Daly (Cagney and Lacey) all take on as-yet-anonymous roles. The new names join the likes of Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr.,…

‘When the order came to retreat, one man stayed’ are the words sprawled across the bottom of Hacksaw Ridge’s first poster, and give audiences a pretty good idea of the direction Mel Gibson’s latest film will take. Gibson will take the seat on his first film since Apocalypto in 2008, and tackle the true story…

The boys are back at it again! Kevin Hart (The Wedding Ringer, Get Hard) and Ice Cube (Straight Outta Compton, 22 Jump Street) return as the comedy duo in Ride Along 2. Eager to prove his worth before his wedding, rookie cop Ben (Hart) accompanies his soon to be brother-in-law James (Ice Cube) as he…

The numbers are from the US July 4th Holiday Weekend box office and for the third week running, Finding Dory keeps on swimming faster than its competition, bringing in an estimated $41.9 million from Friday to Sunday. By the end of Monday, it’s expected to pass the total box office achieved by the original film, and become the…

Here’s are this week’s highlights on the Australian small screen. Tuesday Winners & Losers, Ch 7, 8:30pm AEST Jenny struggles to cope with her falling out with Gabe and starts to get paranoid over their future. Wednesday Offspring, Ch 10, 8:40pm AEST Things starts to shake up when the new Director of Education arrives. Meanwhile something…

Reggie Watts – former”band leader” on IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! and now actual band leader on CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden, caught up with us a while back to chat about a bunch of things. During our conversation we brought up this hilarious faux retro game feature for the hilarious “Grandma’s Bath”: This developed into a general…

Australian Absolutely Fabulous fans have plenty to celebrate at the moment. The iconic characters are not only back for a special big screen adventure, but the stars behind the film are going to be coming to Australia. Patsy and Eddy (Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders), will be walking down a fabulous red (or perhaps gold,…