Film & TV

The collaboration between revered director Michael Winterbottom and comedy superstar and activist Russell Brand, The Emperor’s New Clothes is set to hit Australian theaters on June 11th 2015. The documentary focuses on the inequality were currently facing and the way the financial climate gives prominence to it. Utilizing live talks and rallies from Brand himself, the…

In an article earlier today (here it is) we posted a news piece about ACMI holding an exhibition on Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer to some of the biggest stars of classic cinema. The exhibition will feature the documentary Women He’s Undressed by Gillian Armstrong, which focus on Orry Kelly’s tumultuous history including his impact on…

Australian audiences will be some of the first in the world to see the new The Avengers: Age of Ultron film courtesy of global positioning, time zones and release dates. All of these things combined plus the constant hype surrounding this film will no doubt ensure its rampage through the box office like an enormous…

  As part of the global Game of Thrones franchise, British actor Finn Jones has been thrust into the spotlight and under the microscope of what is a well known and intense fan base. Fleshing out and developing the popular knight on screen over the past four seasons of the show has seen Jones develop a following of…

Grab some popcorn, a bunch of your friends, and a change of underwear – the trailer for the third Insidious film has been released. Starring Dermot Mulrony, Stefanie Scott and Australia’s Angus Sampson, Insidious 3 is a prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family from the previous installments. The film follows the attempted…

Twentieth Century Fox classic The Sound of Music celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2015, and some of Australia’s biggest stars and media personalities have come together to commemorate the occasion with a special video and rendition of “Do Re Me”. Stars such as Guy Sebastian, Ita Buttrose and Ryan Fitzgerald have come together with the Australian…

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot. Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell, the reboot will explore our four superheroes as they develop their powers, after being transported to an alternate universe. The four have to come to grips with their new abilities and save…

There are some big plot changes from the book going down right about now, but none quite as significant as Jamie’s fifth season quest and some other changes which begin in this episode. “The House of Black and White” sets everyone’s favourite kingslayer on a much different course than in the source material, and the…

It’s easy to write about a film that was a bit more average than you’d expected; it’s much, much more difficult writing about a film like this, without making it sound like you are just gushing through a stream of superlatives between cast names and plot points. What Christopher Nolan has done with Interstellar is…

The new Disney animated film Big Hero 6 – released in cinemas today – is the anticipated effort from directors Don Hall and Chris Williams, inspired by an obscure Marvel comic of the same name. Though Marvel were not involved in the film directly, a cameo from a certain Marvel patriarch keeps at least one…

An Invisible Sign paints with numbers in the worst possible way. This quirky film could have been an engaging look at a young woman who grapples with her father’s illness. But instead it has an unlikeable lead character and is an unrealistic and confused movie that meanders and plods along. The film marks the feature…

The previous episode of Marvel’s Daredevil ended with perhaps the biggest cliffhanger of the series to date, with Matt’s best friend and partner Foggy Nelson discovering the truth about his secret identity. As the title “Nelson v Murdock” suggests, this episode is largely occupied by the repercussions of this discovery, and the consequences it may have on both their…

The 68th Cannes Film Festival is fast approaching and Entertainment One is on board, screening 3 films at the prestigious event. First up is a moving and deeply personal journey into the life and times of late singer Amy Winehouse entitled Amy. The team behind Senna have ascertained interviews with close friends and  family and…

Gourmet Cinema is back this year, spread across three days from 9th to 11th June, to once again deliver the perfect pairing of food and film to the Sydney Film Festival. The concept is quite simple really, you sit back with a group of fellow cinephiles to enjoy a fine foodie film and then, following…

June 11th couldn’t feel further away now that a new trailer has been released for the highly anticipated, long overdue fourth installment in the iconic Jurassic Park film franchise, Jurassic World. The explosive trailer gives us a comprehensive look at what we’ll be witnessing when Colin Trevorrow’s film is finally released later this year. From…

Baz Luhrman’s venture into the humble beginnings of Hip-Hop culture is in full swing, with The Get Down casting its first female lead. Marking her acting debut, singer/songwriter Herizen F. Guardiola has been selected to play Mylene Cruz, a motivated young woman with a spectacular voice and aspirations to become a disco star – an ambition her deeply religious…

  There’s a good chance Kevin Sorbo was the object your 90s dreams back in the day or, at the very least, you knew someone who found something so incredibly appealing about the long haired, always tanned demi-God as portrayed by Sorbo in the popular TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. With the show’s end in…

Following the big leak yesterday, in which we saw the trailer for the upcoming mega-superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice through the lens of a handheld camera, Warner Bros. has caved into pressure and have released the trailer early. Since we’re now able to watch the trailer properly we get a much better…

“Shadows In The Glass” is most definitely the Wilson Fisk show, and it may just be the best episode of Marvel’s Daredevil so far. The show has spent a great deal of time flashing back to Matt Murdock’s past, but this episode is all about taking a trip back in time to meet young ‘Willie’…

“Speak Of The Devil” is an hour of television that really had it all. It dug deep into the vaults of Daredevil lore to spin a narrative that would make diehard fans more than happy, whilst also setting up major repercussions for the remainder of Marvel’s Daredevil’s first season. There were two major highlights to this episode, with…

The Museum of Sydney’s Movie Club Toy Crazy series comes to an end on Sunday 3 May with a screening ofKevin Sons‘ documentary, Toyland. Toyland delves inside the surreal, multi-billion dollar industry of toy production, and follows designer Tim Walsh as he attempts to get his toy developed, pitching to massive companies like Hasbro. Toyland…

The nominees for the 2015 South Australian Screen Awards have been announced, with a vast amount of South Australian talent recognised in short, feature length, and animated films. The SASAs are essential in helping young South Australian filmmakers gain attention on a larger national and international scale, and are the state’s highest film honours. Past…

  With the Russians out of the picture, Marvel’s Daredevil needs to send Matt in a new direction and what better way to do that then introduce his mysterious mentor Stick? Yes, Scott Glenn finally makes his appearance in the series, and though he is only due to appear in this one episode boy does he make it…

Spoiler Warning: The following article refers to the latest season of The Walking Dead. It’s Oz Comic Con time again in Adelaide, with a number of actors, authors, voice actors and more nestling into the City of Churches for a weekend of meeting with fans and engaging in a round of panels and other antics down…

So someone went and done leaked the trailer for the highly anticipated Batman VS. Superman: Dawn of Justice film. Warner Bros. are going around pulling all the Youtube videos down but strangely enough this Vidme stream is still up. The official trailer is supposed to be released next week, but with all movies that draw…

There are few movie trailer which really make you trip over yourself with excitement; this is one of those few. We now have a nice, suspenseful look at what we will be witnessing when Star Wars: The Force Awakens is released on December 25th this year. Director J.J. Abrams seems to be doing to iconic…

  You mention the name Robert Englund and people might find it familiar. You mention Freddy Kreuger, however and instantly, the image of the severely burned, striped jumper favouring serial killer pops into your head. In town for Oz Comic Con, the legendary horror actor sits down to talk about his popular appearance at fan conventions around the globe and…

  As one of the beloved cast members of Peter Jackson‘s first venture into J.R.R Tolkein‘s fantasy universe of The Lord of the Rings, Scottish actor Billy Boyd was lucky enough to be able to return through to Middle Earth and The Hobbit, albeit not onscreen as Pippin, as many fans will know. Boyd, also a seasoned musician, added an extra…

If you attended Blade Runner tonight at Event Cinemas on George Street in Sydney, you may have spotted our question pop up on the screen! It was: What year did Philip K Dick set his original novel and how did that change that in the film? The answer was: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was…

Indie horror It Follows is simple in it’s execution but a bit complicated in it’s innovative idea, combining the sexual angst of teens with a ridiculous premise and somehow making it work through director David Robert-Mitchell’s atmospheric and effectively creepy style. Shifting the focus to the viewers’ imaginations and curiosity, using our own minds to…