Film & TV

The Jungle Book only just opened but director Jon Favreau is already planning his next big move, with his recent announcement that he’ll be serving as producer on the next two Avengers films. “I talk to them about it all the time. I’ve worked both in front of and behind the camera with Marvel and I…

At 20th Century Fox’s CinemaCon presentation on Thursday, director James Cameron announced that there  will be 4 sequels to 2009’s Avatar. “We’ve begun to bump up against the limitations of our art form,” said Cameron, “there’s just too much story.” Although they are subject to change, Cameron reeled off some expected dates for the films: Avatar…

Australia has a patchy history of great films but in the post Peter Weir years we’ve seen a new class of auteurs fill the gaps in our national cinema narrative, enter: Joseph Sims-Dennett. Having a frenetic past of studying film, balancing books for Subway and shooting TV commercials, Joseph owes a lot to his experiences as…

The big-hearted, character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker’s in the heart of Footscray, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of people who come through his doors collide, change and unravel. From blossoming romance to desperate last gambles, these twelve individuals’ stories represent the best and the…

Fans of techno-thriller series Mr. Robot will be excited to know that a new trailer for the series upcoming second season landed online over the weekend. Entitled ‘We The Bold’, the short trailer splices together footage from the show’s upcoming season with real world images to chilling effect. Watch it below: Mr. Robot returns later this year. ———-…

An amazing list of new shows are coming to your Foxtel screens this week and are guaranteed to be promising gems. Tuesday 19th April 2016 The Tempest, Foxtel Arts, 8.30pm AEST A masterpiece adaptation of Shakespeare’s arguably most original work, The Tempest is a tale of enlightenment, power, corruption and melodrama. Foyle’s War‘s  James Garnon…

It’s hard to tell when Fear the Walking Dead will start living up to its potential. The tone is there, and the scenes with the infected are deliciously dark and effective, presenting with the kind of horror The Walking Dead took four years to perfect, but these are only small flickers in what is an…

From the devil who wears designer labels to the literal incarnate of evil itself, cinema has long been a platform for employers to be presented as anything but reasonable.  On the eve of Melissa McCarthy doing her best bad boss impersonation in (the appropriately titled) The Boss, here’s a look at five other business heads you…

Taking anthologies like True Detective, Fargo and American Horror Story off the table, it’s hard to imagine a modern cable drama that’s reinvented itself as thoroughly as The Leftovers has with this second season. The return of Damon Lindelof and Tom Perotta‘s existential drama sees the action move from the suburbs of Mapleton to the…

Principal photography began this week for Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis’s romantic thriller, Allied. Allied will see Brad Pitt continue to indulge his habit of appearing in the Second World War (see Fury and Inglorious Bastards) alongside Marion Cotillard. Set in the midst of World War II, the film will follow intelligence officer Max Vatan (Pitt) who in…

Last week. we revealed the first 26 titles of films being showcased in this year’s Sydney Film Festival. With more than 170 titles to be announced later next month (11AM on Wednesday 11th of May), Sydney Film Festival has revealed another 10 film titles for this year’s event which will entice any film enthusiast keen…

It seems after Mockingjay Part 2, the last of The Hunger Games, people and Hollywood need to take a break from dystopias. Similar in plot, Allegiant is the latest installment in the Divergent series. It follows Tris (Shailene Woodley) and her friends in the aftermath of overthrowing the ruthless system that controlled Chicago, their home….

Captain America: Civil War is poised to be, potentially, the biggest turning-point for Marvel’s cinematic universe since the first Avengers film. It’s the final chapter in Steve Roger’s (Chris Evans) journey as Captain America, an adaptation of Mark Millar‘s hugely-popular Civil War comic and the first time Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will assemble since the departure of Joss…

Chris Hemsworth has built a reputation on being the brawn, block jawed sweetheart from the land below, yet if you were to catch the later scenes of In The Heart Of The Sea, you might have trouble finding him. Taking on a script with a tumultuous past, Hemsworth and (Ron) Howard formed their second duo…

The quinary to what’s become one of the few lasting vampire franchises in motion, Underworld, has finally received its next title; Underworld Blood Wars. A franchise that’s never really had too much trouble finding a good cast will return with another selection of international actors, this time dipping into televisions extensive talent pool. Kate Beckinsale…

Stephanie King has an origin in film not so dissimilar than that of Audrey Hepburn, both transitioning from dance to screen with an elegant pas de chat. Stephanie’s latter years have been spent in the screen environment, working on Australian TV series The Code, Chocolate Oyster and Teenage Kicks and her eclectic skillset seems to…

Come and watch the original Planet of the Apes at #InTheHouse on April 22nd! Starring the iconic Charlton Heston, it was a landmark film for its time and has inspired many remakes and sequels. The film confronts you with questions about who and where mankind is from. An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet…

As well as simulcasting the new season of Game of Thrones, Foxtel will be treating Australian audiences to two new programmes to catch you up on the series thus far and then keep abreast of the impending sixth season of the show. Game of Thrones: The Story So Far will be a 90-minute special that will revisit the…

Palace Cinemas will be hosting a preview screening of A Month of Sundays and Q&A session with actor Anthony LaPagalia and director Matthew Saville. This event will be held at Palace Norton Street in Sydney on Tuesday 19th of April and Palace Cinema Como on Thursday 21st of April in Melbourne. A Month of Sundays has been…

On Monday night, the 26th Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) closed its inclusive doors after 12 fabulous days. During its 26th run, the festival was home to 128 films from 22 countries, including 11 Australian premieres, and welcomed more than 16,000 attendees. Executive director of the festival, Dillan Golightly, said he was thrilled with the response…

Australia’s controversial not-for-profit conservation group, Sea Shepherd, is this week bringing its battles to the silver screen, launching a crowd-funding campaign to finance the production of its first feature film. Succinctly titled Defend – Conserve – Protect, the film will star Dan Aykroyd and will be directed by Australian veteran Stephen Amis . Known for…

During Universal Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas this week, Chris Meledandri (Illumination Entertainment) announced that Benedict Cumberbatch will voice the title character in the upcoming remake of Dr. Suess’s beloved holiday classic. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas will re-tell the classic tale of the Grinch’s plot to steal Christmas from the endearing residents of Whoville….

There’s a special kind of infuriation one harbors for a bad film made by a talented filmmaker starring proven talent.  Rock The Kasbah evokes this feeling. Originally set for an Australian theatrical release in the last quarter of 2015, its abysmal performance in the United States ($3.3m from a $15m budget) rendered it unworthy of…

For Australian actor Eka Darville it’s been an interesting ride. The rise of his career over the last several years has seen this kid from Cairns go from teen soap Blue Water High to Marvel’s Jessica Jones. But don’t be fooled, his IMDB page shows a huge variety of work and a showcase of his talent….

One of the biggest hurdles in the way of The Force Awakens’ enormous box office success was crafting a film that could really nail the look of the original trilogy, yet also build on Lucas’ original designs, in a way that set the tone for a new generation of Star Wars stories. Fergus caught up with Lucasfilm’s Art Director on…

Based on the live stage play by Alex Lykos that has toured around the country since 2006, Alex & Eve is a romantic comedy about a Greek Orthodox boy and a Lebanese Muslim girl who, against all odds, fall in love. This Aussie feature shows off the many cultures that live and breathe in Oz…

As part of the Supanova Pop Culture Expo we’ve already interviewed her co-star Burn Gorman; but now we sit down with one of the leading ladies of Torchwood – Naoko Mori. Though our interview happens to take a few hilarious and spontaneous curves when her co-star Gareth David Lloyd decides to, on occasion, interrupt our…

The last time Gareth David-Lloyd was in Australia, we wound up at a metal dive bar in Adelaide’s west end. Over that weekend I was introduced to Gareth the musician as much as I was Gareth the actor, as his band Blue Gillespie were putting on a special show at the end of Supanova’s Adelaide…

The latest trailer for the next TMNT film has been making the rounds ahead of its June 9 release, and it’s looking a lot more epic than the 2014 entry. The trailer boasts some slick CGI as well as an appearance from one of the series originals, Casey Jones, to be played by Arrow’s Stephen Amell,…

Charlie Cox, the man behind the Daredevil mask braced the stage at a Netflix event in Paris early Monday morning to discuss the future of the eponymous TV series. After an unquestionably-successful two-season run as the first Marvel heroes with a series of their own, Cox didn’t have a lot of light to shed on…