Film & TV

Fear the Walking Dead continues to, very slowly, take shape with the second episode of the spin-off series, and it’s much of the same we got in the pilot only with a bit more punch behind it. There’s still that almost lethargic pace behind one splintered family’s perspective of a city unknowingly flung into chaos,…

IN THE HOUSE has returned to Sydney’s Event Cinemas on George Street for its third season, and the classic film Highlander is kicking things off. The series of classic films, returning to the big screen for one night only, runs every other Friday at the cinema and Season Three will also see the likes of The…

At first glance, a lot of the shows that Netflix picks up seem to be positioned to check boxes on their roster. “People like Game of Thrones, maybe they’ll go for Marco Polo?”, ”Superheroes are big on TV right now, how about Daredevil?” and so on. Following in that mould, Narcos seems like it’s supposed…

The third season of Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal sees the crime-procedural-turned-art-film bloom into a full-on romance drama – and the results are nothing short of glorious to behold. The season’s opening arc concerns itself with the international manhunt for Hannibal kicked off by the end of Season 2. Later episodes tackle the long-awaited arrival of Francis…

A franchise delivers a fitting farewell to its star in this week’s DVD releases.

In the mid-90’s, Timothy Conigrave published his bestselling memoir, titled Holding the Man, 10 days before his death. It was a story so intimate and full of warmth that it continued to resonate with Australian audiences over the years. Tommy Murphy adapated it into an award-winning stage production in 2006, and now Director Neil Armfield…

Usually when imagining a career in rock n’ roll and a band called “Ricki And The Flash” you wouldn’t imagine it to involve a handful of old timers in a shabby Californian bar with a 60 something year old lead lady whose only ever record produced is stored in her ex-husband’s rubbermaid. And yet, this…

Already details are starting to emerge for the second season of Fear the Walking Dead, and AMC have just dropped a huge announcement to Entertainment Weekly about their lead-up plans. The network and the world of The Walking Dead will produce a 30-minute special episode (likely split into chapters) which tracks a walker outbreak on…

We’re a bit excited that the first five seasons of Archer are finally on Netflix in Australia, after making quite a name for itself on the US version of the popular streaming platform. So excited, that many here at The Iris are not doing their work and instead having a binge of entire seasons of the…

After the huge success of the inaugural Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney events in 2014, and a recent sell-out show for Oz Comic-Con Melbourne, Australia’s best-loved pop culture extravaganza jets back to Brisbane and Sydney this September. Taking over the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 19th and 20th September and the Sydney Exhibition Centre…

In our first green band look at the upcoming zombie invasion comedy, Scouts’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, we see Tye Sheridan star as the socially-awkard boy scout. Along with his two childhood friends, the three struggle to manoeuvre through usual hardships of puberty and girls,  but it isn’t until their small town gets invaded by the undead that their scout’s…

Released in US cinemas earlier this year, Soaked in Bleach will be coming to Australian audiences on DVD through Shock Entertainment on October 7th.

The Japanese Film Festival dates for 2015 have been announced. Movies will be screened in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth,Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne from 14 October to 6 September. If you’d like to go, Hello Asia! has all the details below.

Nintendo has announced its end of year line-up with a vast array of games, bundles and software for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Featuring Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox and Animal Crossing, Nintendo has a great list of upcoming releases featuring their most popular franchises. Upcoming game releases for the Wii U…

A couple of fresh titles have taken up the top two spots this week as a new batch of films enter the top 10. National Lampoon’s reboot Vacation has taken up number 1 after a $1.6 million opening last week. It did $14 million in its opening weekend in the US making it the most successful opening of…

Need to catch a TV break and don’t know what to watch? Simon takes us through his top picks on must-see shows and films for the week. Click through to see what’s showing for your entertainment needs…. Wednesday 26th August 2015 Aquarius-Seven-8.30pm AEST With the onslaught of period pieces and biopics on our televisions in…

Xbox has announced a partnership with V8 Supercars Australia to bring 10 cars from the current V8 Supercar series into the upcoming Forza Motorsport 6 game with 2015 liveries. The newest game in the Forza franchise launches in September, and is exclusive to Xbox One. The game has a range of new features, such as…

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a TV spot showcasing the chaotic, action-packed open-world game, Mad Max, based on the film franchise of the same name. The game is set in the savage post-apocalyptic Wasteland where cars are the key to survival. Players take on the role of Mad Max, a lone warrior and reluctant…

With the monstrous success of The Walking Dead it does seem like a good idea to rewind the story a little bit and check out the origin of the zombie/walker outbreak that, as we’ve seen, completely destroys society and threatens to drag humility with it. Robert Kirkman’s hit comic series and eventual AMC megashow became…

Given that at some point everything that is old becomes new again, it makes sense that the National Lampoon Vacation series would be on the reboot agenda. A surprisingly durable series that has spanned over three decades, the latest in line acts as a semi-reboot-come-sequel with enough sly nods to pay tribute to the original without…

Joel Edgerton has already proved himself indispensable to Australian cinema, particularly with Animal Kingdom and The Rover, both films with an atmosphere and scope much larger than The Gift. For his directorial debut, Edgerton, who plays Gordon “Gordo” Moseley, brings a much more insular focus in both character and environment and it helps him deliver…

Victoria’s biggest movie and comic event is back for 2015.  Returning to the  Melbourne Showground on the 18th and the 19th of October, this year’s Australian Movie and Comic Expo (AMC, formerly known as the Armageddon Australia) is giving fans chances to meet and greet local and international guests from hit movies, TV shows and comics and enjoy some fun, nerdy and family…

IMAX Darling Harbour has announced it will be bringing some of their favourite feature films back to their big (nay, biggest) screen for limited “Blast From The Past” run*. IMAX Darling Harbour will be screening: Gravity 3D on 27 August & 5 September Mad Max Fury Road 3D on 29 August & 3 September Interstellar on 10 September &…

In this heart-warming love story, a modern-day drifter puts his dreams of becoming a successful musician on hold when he falls for a former country singer fighting for custody of her daughter. At a crossroad in their lives, a chance meeting will give them the strength and courage to find a new path and change…

This week’s round up features a lot of science fiction to get excited about, on both the big and small screen. What’s new in film? The Martian features Matt Damon behaving like a sci-fi God, and is set for release in October. His character, Mark Watney, finds himself stranded on a mission to Mars. He…

Fantastic actors star in criminally overlooked productions in this week’s Australian DVD and Blu-Ray releases.

You would know by now that the D23 Expo is not a droid, but a spectacle for many things Disney. Marvel, Pixar, Touchstone etc. That also includes Star Wars, itself growing to be many more things. 

West Coast legend Daz Dillinger recently confirmed to TMZ that the world will be seeing a “sequel” (or sorts) to Straight Outta Compton sooner rather than later, with work already kicking off for biopic that will continue into the early 90s through Snoop Dogg, 2Pac and the infamous Death Row Records. UPDATE (23/08/15): Universal and…

Nostalgia. It’s a powerful thing. And when handled correctly by an entertainment industry often void of new ideas, it can mean big bucks. This year’s Jurassic World, which was released almost 14 years after the last film in the series, and 22 years since the original Park, seems to have nailed it, at least commercially,…

The 9th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival will kick off at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville on September 17th, and will feature an awesome line up of over 100 features, documentaries and short films. The line up features a list if the world’s most daring, subversive and experimental films, and to chat through it all,…