Film & TV

The Walking Dead comes back into our lives next week as the second half of Season 5 kicks off, coming off a big character death and leaving things open as to where our group is heading. It’s an exciting clean slate for the show, with them now aware that the Washington D.C mission was all…

As if the first trailer wasn’t enough to get us all excited for the intense-looking Terminator: Genysis a new trailer has been released, and it debuted to the world at the recent Super Bowl. Although it was released online previous to the big game, the massive attention-grabbing move seemed to cause quite a stir as…

Some of cinemas most celebrated films are set to return to the big screen at Event Cinemas George St, with the launch of the In The House Program! Hosted by Channel 7’s Jason ‘Jabba’ Davis, and Quinny from Supanova Pop Culture Expo, the festival will feature a line up that includes The Rocky Horror Picture…

Kimberley brings us the best TV for the first half of the work week on Australian free-to-air… Monday February 2nd My Kitchen Rules, Ch. 7, 7:30pm AEST The cooking show that seems to capture the nation returns on Monday, and if you want to have anything to talk about with your work colleagues, you better be watching….

Steven Spielberg’s 1998 epic Saving Private Ryan will now have to settle for being the number two grossing war movie of all time as the currently released American Sniper continues to break through records as it steamrolls to the top of that long list. That’s right, American Sniper is now the top grossing war movie…

“The important thing about being a human is making a contribution to society”, a silky-voiced Morgan Freeman advises a talking teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane) who is on a mission to achieve ‘human’ status so he have a baby with his partner: Jessica Barth (Tammy-Lyn). The crude follow-up to comedy hit Ted is finally being released…

Hurry before it’s taken down (Update: It was taken down, but the official HD trailer is up). A full trailer for Season 5 of Game of Thrones has been filmed in an IMAX screening and uploaded to YouTube for the realm to see. While a David Bowie cover (“Heroes” by TV on the Radio) burns…

Last year Australia witnessed the reunion of Emma Caulfield and Nicholas Brandon, who both starred in cult classic Buffy The Vampire Slayer as Anya Jenkins and Xander Harris, respectively. Now they are set to return to Oz Comic-Con in both Perth and Adelaide, right alongside previously announced co-stars Amber Benson (Tara Maclay) and Sarah Hagan…

From Academy Award winning director James Marsh (Man on Wire) comes the much anticipated film based on the Jane Hawking’s memoir My Life with Stephen, the story of world renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, as seen through the eyes and experiences of his ex-wife. Much of Hawking’s story is well known – a…

Transmission Films, Dendy Cinemas, and Dendy Direct announced toady that it will be bringing The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby – directed by Ned Benson and starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy – to cinemas on 12 March. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby follows the story of Conor (McAvoy) and Eleanor (Chastain) as they try to…

August 7th, the release date for Fantastic Four, just became a hugely anticipated day for movie-goers as the first official trailer for the reboot sweeps through the internet and leaves jaws on the floor. The latest iteration of Marvel’s ragtag group of genetically modified superheroes will be directed by Josh Trank, who is responsible for…

Our Girls are moving up in the world. They’re following their passions, righting their wrongs and becoming genuine adults. Well, they’re trying, at least, and isn’t that half the battle? Look at Shoshanna for example: she’s out of college and at her first big job interview. She nails her interview and is told that the…

You’ve probably heard or read some of the reviews for Foxcatcher already, and possibly seen the slew of award nominations it and along with its cast have been receiving recently. To say that this film warrants the accolades is fair, because for once a movie based on a true story manages to deliver not only…

Yesterday, on the 25th of January, the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards took place, proving to elicit a lot of controversial results. Most notably was Birdman, who took away the award for ‘Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture’, the award considered the top tier for the night. Whilst the cast rejoiced, there…

Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Game of Thrones fans get ready – the lineup for this years Supanova Pop Culture Expo has just been announced and it is ridiculous. For the Star Trek fans – George Takei (the original Hikaru Sulu), Nichelle Nichols (the original Nyota Uhura), and Walter Koenig (the original Pavel…

The Culture High takes one side of a polarising, public debate. It argues that marijuana should be legalised. This crowd-funded documentary is from the makers of The Union: The Business Behind Getting High and takes up where the latter one left off by giving a detailed but rather weighted perspective. Director Brett Harvey shocks us…

Kimberley is back with the first half of our weekly TV picks. Here’s what to watch this week on free-to-air from Monday through to Wednesday night, as we come around to Australia Day 2015. Monday The Manchurian Candidate, One, 9:30pm AEST The critically acclaimed remake of the 1962 classic, the 2004 Manchurian Candidate features an…

We have seen some fairly out-there and outrageous ideas since the modest days of in-your-face reality TV but the one for American couples-therapy show Sex Box just about tops them all. This is a show where a couple has sex in a big neon-blue box on stage, after which they walk straight out, sit on…

Next week Red Bull TV launches series two of their successful show FOCUS, on Friday 30th January, featuring some huge names in the sporting world. Centred around athletes such as Daniel Ricciardo, Kally Cartwright and Ryan Sheckler, the six part series aims to give viewers an insight into the lives of 12 elite athletes as…

With an interesting set cast, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 seems to be of all promise for its comedic nature and direct crude lines. Following Paramount Pictures official release of its film trailer, it’s only a taste of what the film is really all about. When Lou (Rob Corddry) ends up in trouble, it is…

With its establishment three years ago for its Emmy award-winning creature effects, expert Matt Drummond will showcase Dinosaur Island, a family film mainly targeted towards children from the ages of 6 to 12. The creation of the feature film originally started when Drummond was living in Vanuatu and it was from there his company, Hive Studios dedicated its…

The Wedding Ringer is a kind of terrible fun. The film has a direct-to-DVD feel that isn’t as enjoyable as The Wedding Singer but it’s also not as torturous as seeing your enemy get married. Ultimately, it’s a high-octane series of silly shenanigans that help redeem some of the film’s flatter moments. The movie is…

The Quarantine Station in North Head, Manly, is known, internationally even, as one of spookiest places ever. When it was used as a quarantine station between 1833 and 1984, over 5000 people lost their lives from diseases like the Bubonic Plague (the freaky one where you bleed from your eyes or something) and Smallpox. Rather…

Late last year it was reported that Australia would be getting it’s first ever Pixar Film Festival, presented by Disney Pixar, encouraging us all to get nostalgic about our all-time favourite Pixar films and revisit them in some of the nation’s most frequented cinemas. The runs through February for 5 consecutive weekends and is exclusive…

With the return of franchises like Star Wars, Terminator, Bond, Jurassic Park and Mad Max, not one but TWO Pixar films (a first for the studio), the next Avengers, the end of the Hunger Games saga, that Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation and more sequels than you can possibly imagine (some of which are totally unnecessary……

The Possibilities Are Endless is a film that explores Edwyn Collins’ slow recovery and return to the stage after suffering from a stroke in 2005, which debilitated his music career and his life. Film-makers James Hall and Edward Lovelace work intimately with Collins to produce a beautiful film – voiced over by Collins himself superimposed…

ABC kicks off another big year of original Aussie drama with the family drama series, Hiding, created, co-produced and written by Matt Ford and directed by Shawn Seet, Tori Garrett and Grant Brown. After a botched drug deal, Troy Quigg (James Stewart) must take his family into Witness Protection in exchange for giving evidence against…

For the second week running, Taken 3 has topped the Box Office charts, leaving new release Unbroken – Angelina Jolie’s directing debut – in the dust by a mere $0.5 million. Good news for Aussie film fans – Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes came in forth for the week at $1.7 million, just trailing behind the…

It’s summer, which means that it’s time to pack a picnic, get a glass of wine, and relax underneath the stars and watch some of your favourite flicks. That’s right, Moonlight Cinema is back in most cities from December 11 – March 29. Feel like glamming up? Spoil yourself and grab the Gold Grass package…

On January 28, the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) is presenting a special preview screen of Julianne Moore’s new film, Still Alice at Dendy Cinemas, Newtown. Still Alice tells the story of Alice, a 50-year old Professor who struggles with being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. A moving, and utterly compelling film that has…