The police droid that is destined to become Chappie, the robot given consciousness by way of artificial intelligence, is involved in a gunfire-fuelled raid in this new clip. The anticipated film is released in Australian cinemas on March 12th and is directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium). The film stars Hugh Jackman, Sharlto Copley,…
Hollywood megastar Will Smith is more reliable than not, with a track record of big, successful films like Independence Day and Ali. Some flops have thrown him off course along the way but his latest role in the film Focus is looking to shake the skepticism he is sometimes approached with, promising a big return…
Ahead of online service Netflix launching in Australia and New Zealand soon, a trailer has been released for one of the big TV series we will be getting and things are looking very promising. Aussie Ben Mendelsohn looks to be at his best as the plays the black sheep and eldest son of a contemporary…
You may remember that The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart fell away from our TV screens for several months over the Summer of 2013 as he worked on his directorial debut, Rosewater (released in Australian cinemas today). It was during this time that John Oliver took over Stewart’s show, which ended up seeing him get his…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones released of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia yesterday, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Bran Stark – played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright – who was in…
This episode seemed more filler than most Mindy Project episodes we’ve seen lately, but sometimes filler is a necessary evil. We can’t have pregnancy bombshells and tearful goodbyes in every episode, can we? Mindy heads back to San Francisco after revealing her pregnancy to Danny, who agrees to quit Shulman and Associates to move to…
How longer can the group sustain themselves while on the road? And is there a point? With two big losses recently and a metaphorical storm surrounding them, that was the big question of “Them”. After the art-driven direction of last week’s excellent (and depressing) episode we were given something which very much resembles 2009 film…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
Inferno, based on the book by Dan Brown, is being turned into a film starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Dan Brown will be executive producing, alongside Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter. The film begins production this April, and is set to…
At the end of the last episode, Danger 5 went back in time with the help of a putrid tasting cocktail, in order to follow Hitler Holly and catch her before she messes too much with the space-time continuum. This episode, they’ve landed back in Austria on a Christmas Eve during WWII. The team remembers…
This episode takes Danger 5 to Ilsa’s homeland of Russia, where she and Nikita Kruschev finally sort out their differences. Firstly, though, celebrations are in order after the death of Hitler at the end of last episode. The team are partying at a rock show in Berlin, where a band called Dead Hitler play to the…
Johnny Depp is to return to his iconic Academy Award-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Production for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has commenced in Queensland, Australia. The fifth instalment in the blockbuster franchise is directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning. New cast members will be joining Depp – Oscar…
Prepare yourself for one of the most magical nights you’ll have this year – The Projects Short Film Festival is once again hitting the Inner West of Sydney.The one-night festival will kick off on Tuesday 24th February at 7.30pm The Vic on the Park, Marrickville. The Projects Short Film Festival aims to create a supportive…
It might be hump day, but we’ve still got a tonne of great TV to watch on Free-to-Air from tomorrow until Sunday. Alexandra brings us our picks… Thursday, 19th February 2015 Louis Theroux’s LA stories – ABC – 9.30pm AEST Louis Theroux returns with three fascinating documentaries that lift the lid on the underbelly of…
OK, so I’m going to keep this as spoiler free for you as possible. I won’t mention any of the (many) character deaths. I won’t talk about the massive, game changing ending. I won’t talk about eyeballs. OK maybe I’ll mention eyeballs a couple of times. What I will talk about though is just how…
As quintessentially Australian as meat pies or Blinky Bill, Men At Work’s, “Down Under” (dubbed the countries unofficial anthem) still maintains to this day, a powerful resonation with the people of Australia. The hit song, released in 1983 is held dear, however, some 35 years after the band’s success, ABC program, Spicks and Specks brought…
This week, Fifty Shades of Grey, one of the most hyped movies of our summer, finally hit screens and in results that surprised nobody, it broke Aussie box office records and is currently perched in the #1 position with takings of over $10 million. However, with generally terrible reviews (it sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the ongoing…
When The Wachowskis make a new film, we take notice. There is this endless desire we have as film fanatics that we’ll see them pull out something as impressive as their classic sci-fi film The Matrix. Time and time again fans and critics are disappointed, as proven by fairly low Rotten Tomatoes scores, poor word…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia tomorrow, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. We kick things off with The Red Woman (Melisandre) herself, Carice Van Houten….
At first glance, “Sit-In” looks like another classic Hannah Horvath temper tantrum. The difference here is that at the end of it Hannah gets up, packs her bags, and leaves Adam for good. I’d call that progress, wouldn’t you? Well, in the context of Hannah, that is. If I had returned from a month in…
The spillage from Saturday Night Live’s 40th Anniversary special is likely to cover the entire internet soon enough, with many highlights going down as the massive guest list takes over the studio for an hilarious 3.5 hours of #SNL40. One segment that particularly stole the show however was a little love ballad for none other…
Jim Carrey is Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon is Justin Bieber, and Will Ferrell and Alex Trebek in a revival of one of Saturday Night Live’s classic sketches, Celebrity Jeopardy. Amongst many other on-point celeb impressions, this skit sits as one of the standouts from SNL’s 40th anniversary special, which is currently the number one trending…
Yet another gem comes from Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special, with both Mike Myers and Dane Carvey surprisingly bringing back the iconic duo of Wayne and Garth – from Wayne’s World – to recall one of the most popular sketches in the show’s history. Watch them break down top 10 things we love about…
It’s time like following Saturday Night Live’s epic 40th Anniversary Special through the internet because you aren’t able to actually watch (or stream) it that makes living in Australia seem a bit bland. To makes things better, FOXTEL have decided to air the whole shebang on Australia’s home of comedy The Comedy Channel. Saturday Night…
George RR Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the books which have been adapted into the HBO hit Game of Thrones, has sent a warning across the realm, heralding death on a scale far larger than that in his deadly book series. Showrunners D.B. Wiess and David Benioff are, according to Martin,…
Iconic late-night television program Saturday Night Live has been around for an impressive 40 years, and so a huge celebration is in order. Over the years, SNL has given the world some of the most memorable and discussed TV moments in history, sticking to the tried-and-true formula of one big celebrity guest thrown into a…
Kimberley brings us her picks for the first half of the TV viewing week on free-to-air in Australia: Monday, February 16th Identity Thief, Ch. 7, 9:00pm AEDT The hilarious Melissa McCarthy teams up with Jason Bateman for this 2013 comedy. Bateman plays businessman Sandy Patterson who tracks down Diana (McCarthy) who has stolen his identity…
The Danger 5 team have found themselves in the Vatican City, attempting to track down Hitler and the slimy lizard creature that escaped from Mengele’s body in the last episode. Lizard Mengele has gathered together a troop of his own like-minded Nazis who want to overthrow Hitler. Disguised as priests in red cloaks and various…
Cinema goers around Australia hit the the cinemas hard on Thursday for the opening of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the film grossing $2,506,663 dollars at the box office. This gives the film the biggest February opening day of all time and the biggest ever opening day for an MA15+ rated film in Australia, surpassing the…
