Film & TV

Siberian Colossus Stafan Kapicic has been building a career as an anonymous bad guy in American cinema. It wasn’t his language stopping him; the six-foot-four actor can speak fluently in as many as eight dialects. He has played roles as eclectic as comedy-stoner to romantic-heartbreak in international cinema. However, until his role in Deadpool, he…

Melbourne WebFest, this week, announced the program and official selection for its fourth annual run this July. The festival will screen 55 web series from around the globe as part of their official selection, hand-picked from a festival record of 230 submissions. The festival has 23 awards on offer for the 55 nominees, raised from…

Sydney Film Festival’s 2016 Travelling Film Festival announced its return to Newcastle this coming July, unveiling a program of international cinema direct from their premieres at Sydney Film Festival. Newcastle cinema-goers will be treated to screenings of the Festival’s opening and closing night films: Goldstone and Love & Friendship. Award-winning filmmaker Ivan Sen’s Goldstone, starring…

For all you World of Warcraft nerds, this one’s for you! Blizzard Entertainment and HOYTS announced yesterday that they will be giving away free digital copies of the multi-player game World of Warcraft for people who buy a ticket through HOYTS cinemas for the film Warcraft. This promotion is to celebrate the release of the film…

With the Season 6 kicking off a few weeks ago, all eyes are on HBO’s fantasy drama and all the talk by showrunners of the series 2018 end-date has reignited rumors that a spin-off might be in the works. Given it’s enormous success it’s almost hard to imagine a world where HBO lets Game of…

Kara Bertoncini hit the 2016 Logies Red Carpet but before she did, Rahel Romahn shed some light on what excites him most about Australian TV. Find out what he has to say about how today’s Australian TV reflects the diversity of modern Australia below: You can check out the rest of our Logies coverage here….

What an incredibly frustrating film Regression turned out to be. It’s competently made, well-acted, and contains interesting ideas that are suitably unnerving; ingredients that make it all the more disappointing when its ultimate culmination results in a resounding whimper rather than a wow. Director Alejandro Amenabar knows his way around dark material, and for a…

X-Men: Apocalypse delivers the super fights, the superhero costumes, the supervillain and the super team. But was this latest X-Men film so special that, if it was a person, it would be enrolled at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters? Yes and no. Mild spoilers ahead. Set in 1983, 10 years after the previous Days of…

Adult Swim has released its slate for its upcoming new pilots, the most interesting of which is a new live-action comedy from the team behind Rick & Morty. Titled Art Prison, the show sees talented convicts battle for supremacy inside a “prison for the performing arts.” Writers of Rick & Morty, Tom Kauffman and Paul Isakson co-created…

The currently in production Sherlock season four will welcome Toby Jones to their next series, in a non-specified villain role. The former Harry Potter and Captain America star will first meet Sherlock in the second episode of the upcoming fourth season. Writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has expressed his optimism, saying “Delighted to have…

The DC Universe is growing, as Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced that a Harley Quinn spinoff film is in development. Attached both as a lead and a producer, Margot Robbie will reprise her role from Suicide Squad alongside a team of other female DC characters including Batgirl and Birds of Prey. Currently the…

Following speculation last month, musician Sir Elton John has taken to Instagram to confirm his place in the upcoming Kingsman: The Golden Circle. While John gives nothing away regarding the specifics of his role, he captioned the image, a Kingsman poster featuring his signature sunglasses, with a reference to his last on-screen feature film role in…

After its initial announcement last year, Tetris The Movie is finally beginning to take shape. The project is shaping up as an $80 million co-production between Chin and the U.S under Threshold Global Studios. The result of a joint venture between Larry Kasanoff’s Threshold Entertainment Group and Bruno Wu’s Seven Star Works, Threshold Global Studios…

Kristen Stewart‘s latest film, Personal Shopper, or better known as the film that was horrifically booed at the Cannes Film Festival this year, has an international trailer. While Personal Shopper was the boo-er’s choice for this year, to put things in perspective, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives were all…

The South Australian Screen Awards (SASAs) announced the winners of their 17th annual event last Friday. The gala event was presented by notable film critic and writer for The Guardian Australia, Luke Buckmaster. The SASAs aims to promote and support the talent found in the South Australian film industry. The winners shared prizes totalling up…

Filmmaker Gareth Edwards (Monsters) has dropped out of directing the sequel to Godzilla 2014. Edwards who directed the first reboot was meant to return to Godzilla after completing his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is in post- production. As to why, it remains unclear. Although reports say deadlines could have impinged the project….

Kara Bertoncini hit the 2016 Logies Red Carpet and got more than she bargained for in her interview with Josh Thomas. Lucky for her, they both have a good sense of humour. You can check out the rest of our Logies coverage here.   ———- This content has recently been ported from its original home…

Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to join Sandra Bullock in the all-female  Ocean’s Eleven at Warner Bros. Pictures. This project would reunite Lawrence with director Gary Ross who made the first The Hungry Games feature. Sticking to the original charged vibe, Steven Soderberge and George Clooney return but as producers. Clooney led the all-male cast as Danny…

Arclight films have begun showing some first look stills and footage of A Few Less Men in Cannes. The sequel to the global hit comedy A Few Best Men is now in the final stages of post-production, readying for a 2016 worldwide release. StudioCanal will be releasing A Few Less Men across Australia and New Zealand. “It is…

Filmmaker and actress Genna Chanelle Hayes sees the international debut of her film, Wurinyan at Cannes this week.   Wurinyan is a short film about human connection from different backgrounds. It is set in Sydney’s eastern suburbs with an all Australian cast including Mark Coles Smith, Christine Anu and  Peter Mochrie. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to have our film screened…

FX Network has confirmed that it’s moving forward with its proposed Mayans-centric Sons of Anarchy spin-off, with the series entering script development. Creator of Sons, Kurt Sutter will return and he has enlisted Elgin James who will write the pilot. “I wanted to find a strong, unique Latino voice,” said Sutter of James, “Because I didn’t…

Helen Mirren is wrapping up a deal to play Sarah Winchester, the conflicted multimillionaire heiress to the Winchester Arms fortune in Winchester.  The supernatural thriller will be directed by Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig (Daybreakers) from a script they added to after Tom Vaughn’s first draft. The film is based on the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. Winchester’s…

Sydney’s annual Vivid Festival will return from the 27th of May to the 18th of June, this year hoping to collect it’s fourth consecutive Best Tourism Event award with an emphasis on light, music and ideas. The festival, probably best known for making Sydney look like Neo-Tokyo by shading our biggest landmarks in patterned lights,…

The quinary to the Transformers series has finally got a title and some cast information, thanks to an ominous Instagram clip posted through the film’s social media channels. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Transformers (@transformersmovie) While The Last Knight seems a little vague an uninspired as far as titles go, the…

Terry Gilliam’s long-troubled project, The Man Who Killed Quixote, will finally begin production later this year starring Star Wars’ Adam Driver alongside Monty Python’s Michael Palin. Palin is currently set to take up the role of Quixote, assuming the bad-luck that forced John Hurt, Jean Rochefort and others off the project doesn’t strike again. An…

While Hollywood has always enjoyed telling a good life story, it’s no secret that biopics are the hardest to tackle purely for the reason that filmmakers struggle to form the vision of someone’s life accurately and effectively within the average of a two-hour limit. With the release of The Man Who Knew Infinity, it’s time to…

Kara Bertoncini caught up with TV Presenter Livinia Nixon on the red carpet of the recent 2016 TV Week Logie Awards. She spoke to her about social media and the impact it has had on the shape of the entertainment industry. Check out her answer below: You can check out the rest of our Logies coverage here….

Tim Burton’s saturated interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s famed wonderland was nothing short of impressive when it illustrated 2010’s hugely successful Alice in Wonderland, laying out a strong case for cutting-edge 3D tech in cinema – a relatively new phenomenon six years ago. Dubbed “Underland”, the ostentatious gothic fantasy land reiterated Burton’s unrivaled imaginative flair, and…

Hi Folks, First off the cusp it’s good to see Marvel’s Cap still strong in first place. It’s a great film and stands convincing at $3,8 million. Can it hold on to the top spot? Let’s see. We also have a new #2! The Angry Birds Movie has knocked Bad Neighbours to 3rd place. The other contender to…

 “Which is the real man: the beast, or the angel? – Dr. Jekyll Penny Dreadful continues to deliver twists at every turn this week with more blood, more mystery, and another brilliant reveal. The bond between Vanessa (Eva Green) and Dr. Seward (Patti LuPone) grows, and while being separated by oceans, evil and death pursue Ethan (Josh…