Film & TV

TV Review: Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 2 “The House of Black and White” (USA, 2015)

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…

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DVD Review: Interstellar (M) (USA, 2014)

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…

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Blu-Ray Review: Big Hero 6 (PG) (USA, 2014)

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…

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DVD Review: An Invisible Sign (USA, 2010)

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…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil Season 1 Episode 10 “Nelson V Murdock” (USA, 2015)

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…

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Entertainment One announces its 2015 lineup for Cannes Film Festival

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…

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Sydney Film Festival reveals the ‘Gourmet Cinema’ program for 2015

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…

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Action-packed new trailer for Jurassic World revealed

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…

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Baz Lurhmans Hip-Hop series scores its leading lady

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…

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The Iris Interview: Kevin Sorbo on Oz Comic Con, Hercules vs. Andromeda & working behind the camera!

  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…

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Warner Bros. officially release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer

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…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil Season 1 Episode 8 “Shadows In The Glass” (USA, 2015)

“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’…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil Season 1 Episode 9 “Speak Of The Devil” (USA, 2015)

“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…

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Museum of Sydney goes Toy Crazy

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…

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16th Annual SASA nominees announced!

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…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil, Season 1 Episode 7 “Stick” (USA, 2015)

  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…

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The Iris Interview: Chad L. Coleman & Sonequa Martin-Green on the latest season of The Walking Dead!

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…

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Batman VS. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer leaks

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…

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New trailer released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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…

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The Iris Interview: Robert Englund on the ‘Freddy Kreuger Effect’ & the legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street!

  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…

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The Iris Interview: Billy Boyd on returning to Middle Earth as a musician and more!

  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…

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The answer to our In The House Trivia Question for Blade Runner!

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…

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Film Review: It Follows (USA, 2015)

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…

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Netflix renews Orange Is The New Black for a Season 4

Netflix is currently on a renewal steamroller having just announced its acclaimed dramedy series set in a prison Orange Is The New Black will be renewed for a fourth season. The third season of OITNB takes us back to Litchfield Prison and some of our favourite inmantes Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), Suzanne ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren…

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Our 5 favourite Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli films

Hayao Miyazaki is a world-renowned and celebrated animator, auteur and founding member of the iconic Japanese studio house Studio Ghibli. To celebrate the release of The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki a DVD/Blu-Ray collection from Madman Entertainment that contains 11 of Miyazaki’s feature films in one boxset (read about it here), we’re taking a look…

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Walking Dead stars take over Oz Comic Con’s Twitter

Before Oz Comic Con in Adelaide this weekend, Walking Dead stars Chad Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green are taking the reigns on the convention’s official Twitter page. From 6:30 – 7:30 (AEST) on Friday the 17th of April, the on-screen siblings will be taking questions on all things Walking Dead including that intense season 5 finale….

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil, Season 1 Episode 6 “Condemned” (USA, 2015)

“Condemned”, or as I like to call it, “The Matt & Vlad Power Hour”, is a world changing episode for our titular hero. Not only does he find himself one massive step forward in his quest to take down the criminal enterprises of Wilson Fisk but Matt (or at least his masked alter ego) also…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil, Season 1 Episode 4 “In The Blood” (USA, 2015)

Don’t ever mess with Wilson Fisk on date night or you’ll end up with your head being decapitated by a car door. That’s the major message learnt in the fourth entry of Marvel’s Daredevil, an episode that gives a far greater glimpse into the life of the series villain. And let me tell you, it…

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Third Entourage trailer drops!

Let’s hug it out, bitches! The third trailer for the upcoming Entourage movie has dropped and promises much of the same as the show – copious celebrity guest stars, Vincent Chase’s (Adrian Grenier) massive ego, and everyone still hates Drama (Kevin Dillon). What we can ascertain from the trailer is that Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven)…

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Film Review: The Age of Adaline (M) (USA, 2015)

The quest for the fountain of youth is always fraught with danger but did anybody ever stop to think of the possible other outcomes of remaining eternally young? Perhaps there’s something inherently beautiful in the notion of growing old. Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) born near the turn of the 20th Century suffers a near fatal…

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