This past weekends San Diego Comic-Con was a showcase of news, reveals and pop culture mayhem and Star Trek has unveiled some information of its own regarding its new television series. During the Star Trek 50th Anniversary panel, executive producer Bryan Fuller gave fans a glimpse of the brand new Starfleet ship, the U.S.S. Discovery with a…
Get Reel: Top Ten Filmmakers’ Festival is officially over and Cyber, produced by young filmmaker Georgia Cramp has taken out first place. Cyber, poetically and tenderly tells the story of how an attacker eventually notices the words he posted online have gone to far. The film responds passionately to the Get Reel competition theme of being seen by speaking…
Matilda Brown, known for her work on short film series Lessons From the Grave has joined the search for Australia’s next generation of filmmakers as new Ambassador for #SocialShorts. The search for Australia’s next generation of top filmmaking talent has begun as they go head-to head in AFI | AACTA’s national online short film competition,…
The all-female reboot of Ghostbusters spent one week at the top, with Star Trek: Beyond taking the throne this week. Beyond had the lowest opening of the trilogy domestically, but that didn’t stop it from taking its place on top. The third film in the rebooted series earned AU$4 million dollars in its opening weekend…
Already a cult classic by any definition, Donnie Darko this year celebrates its 15th anniversary, and it will return to the big screen as part of Sydney’s In The House season next Friday, August 5th! The film is a wildly imaginative realm of time travel, alternative universes and the manipulation of one’s fate! What would…
Amongst the tales of historical power couples – Cleopatra and Caesar, Kahlo and Rivera, Boleyn and King Henry – none have dragged society to their feet in sheer anticipation as the reunion of Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon. We know the name, and despite their absence in the fourth installment, Damon and Greengrass return to…
The pilot for HBO’s new show Vice Principals, “The Principal”, lays the groundwork for a school year’s worth of hijinx and tomfoolery – think lots of phallic jokes, and then some. Behind the camera, Vice Principals finds Danny McBride teaming up again with Eastbound and Down‘s co-creator, Jody Hill. In front of it, McBride’s Neil…
Fans of Sherlock have been waiting a while for the fourth series – though were given brief joy with the show’s “Christmas Special” that premiered at the start of the year in Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. Well, 2017 will be when we finally get that fourth series, and earlier this morning at San Diego Comic-Con,…
Surely locking in the “Best Cosplay” Award at San Diego Comic-Con this year, actor Michael Rooker showed up with the event totally dressed up as his Guardians of the Galaxy character Yondu for a surprise panel on the film, whose sequel recently wrapped production. Just about the entire cast was on hand for the panel,…
The latest trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them debuted at San Diego Comic Con over the weekend and it looks like the magic hasn’t been lost. Set for its November release, the latest opus from J. K. Rowling looks every bit as Hogwarts (and maybe a tad Peaky Blinders) as the series that…
There’s been King Arthurs before and there will probably be King Arthurs to come, but how many of them will have Guy Ritchie in the director’s seat? If you were wondering how the man who made Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels would take on a tale from the 6th century, San Diego Comic Con…
San Diego Comic-Con has been rolling out the announcements all weekend, but few feel quite as anticipated as this one: it’s the first trailer for Kong: Skull Island, the new film in Legendary’s Godzilla / King Kong cross-over franchise, which stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, John Goodman, John C Reilly and recent Academy Award…
The Walking Dead fans are either still reeling from the Season 6 finale’s vague cliffhanger, or are confident they know who was on the receiving end of Negan’s bloody barb-wired baseball bat/inanimate love interest. One things for sure though, we’re all holding out for a definitive answer, as soul-crushing as the reveal may be. Fan…
Quite a few names have been floating around in recent months as to the actress who would be cast in the iconic role of Captain Marvel, for Marvel’s stand-alone Cinematic Universe (MCU) film of the same name. One of these names has been Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room) and this weekend at San Diego…
AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead has struggled to find a consistent point of quality one and a half seasons into it’s increasingly undead world. And while television trailers are traditionally manufactured to play on #hype, it is really looking like the spin-off will shake mediocrity in the back of half of season two. Debuted at…
The big reveals from San Diego Comic Con keep coming, and the latest (and one of the most talked about at this stage) is the second trailer for Marvel’s Doctor Strange – the next film to be released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character, alongside the likes…
The way Warner Bros. and DC Films have approached the DC Cinematic Universe has been something of the opposite of how Marvel established their Universe. This means that though the “origin” film is yet to come, we’ve already met Wonder Woman, played by Gal Galdot. Those playing at home will remember that she debuted in…
Lights Out was, initially, an extremely well made and creepy short film. Created for the ‘Who’s There Film Challenge 2013’, it was directed by David Sandberg and starred Lotta Losten. Check out the original short: If you’re still breathing, you can then check out the film’s trailer here: When a mother, Sophie (Maria Bello), comes to…
For the first time since Luke Cage emerged as Marvel and Netflix’s next original series, the cluster of stars forming the cast of the of the series took to the panel at Comic Con San Diego. Among the panel was Luke Cage to be Mike Colter, Alfre Woodard, Mahershala Ali, Theo Rossi, Simone Missick, Frank…
As I delved deeper and deeper into the mysterious series Stranger Things, I started to worry it was going to lose a lot of its charm as the mystery wore off. Let me tell you, it does not. Gripping is a word I try not to use lightly, but that is just what this show is….
A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, Down Under is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide. Sincere, though misguided, intent gives way to farcical ineptitude as this hilarious yet poignant story of ignorance, fear and kebab-cravings unfolds, and what was meant…
The haven for Australian pop culture nerds will be returning to Sydney and Brisbane in September as this year’s Oz Comic-Con will feature an array of special guests, cosplay competitions, exclusive features and collectables galore. Headlining guests for the Sydney and Brisbane rounds include Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files, Stargate: Atlantis), Daniel Portman (Game of Thrones), Keisha Castle-Hughes…
Australia’s exclusive streaming service Presto has an amazing lineup in store, with today’s announcement featuring excellent domestic and international films and television shows that are guaranteed to harness you from seeing daylight for the entire month of August. The upcoming lineup includes a variety of award-winning HBO and Showtime series, including Seasons 1-3 of the hilarious…
Amongst other things, Gregg Turkington and Tim Heidecker spoke briefly in their comedy The Comedy about what the life of Gregg’s alter ego Neil Hamburger would be like offstage. It was almost four years on when we finally got to see exactly how that life would be in his latest film, Entertainment. One time Australian Gregg…
The horror is already settling as the first trailer for Monster Fest 2016 has hit the net with an eerie and nostalgic two minutes of tantalizing horror. The trailer from Monster Pictures co-founder Neil Foley and filmmaker Mark Bakaitis (Cult Girls) was inspired by J. Lee Thompson’s 1966 flick Eye of the Devil, which also…
It feels like every day we’re getting a new Netflix series announcement at the moment, and today is no different. The US based streaming platform has today revealed the second series trailer of the acclaimed drama Narcos, alongside some first look images – a few of which you can view within this article. The entire…
Following on from sell-out sessions at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie will be released for limited sessions in cinemas around Australia from September 8th ahead of his national live tour in late September. If there was ever someone perfectly qualified to take on the mysterious juggernaut that is Scientology, it’s…
Netflix announced Tuesday that Executive Producers / Directors, Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, are in production for new episodes of the Emmy-nominated Making a Murderer. The new instalments will take fans of the acclaimed documentary series back inside the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery, and his co-defendant, Brendan Dassey, as their respective investigative and legal teams…
Resonating some Gone Girl vibes here, The Girl On The Train (directed by Tate Taylor) is a must-see for anyone that thrives on seeing movies with a mysterious kick. Yesterday, Entertainment One launched the first trailer of the film based on the acclaimed book with the same name written by Paula Hawkins. The story centralises…
Well, the people have spoken. The all female Ghostbusters reboot managed to weather all its bad press and come out on top. The film opened with US$46 million in the states and hit top spot in Australia, earning AU$4.7 million. Not a bad start at all and our own review certainly paints it in a…
