Film & TV

Unravel is a short film that lifts the veil on the recycled garment industry. It is produced and directed by Meghna Gupta and travels to the Northern Indian town of Panipat. It is here that over 100,000 tonnes of discarded clothes from the West wind up each year and are subsequently recycled. The film mainly…

The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards took place today is Los Angeles, and they were overall a relatively predictable affair. Breaking Bad was the big winner for the night, with stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn all taking home awards for their phenomenal work in the final season of the show. Voters just couldn’t pass up…

The boys are back! After taking the biggest opening day of any comedy film in UK box office history, The Inbetweeners 2 has now taken the top spot in its opening weekend at the Australian box office. Fans have been loving the latest adventure of Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, and reviews have been mostly favourable (including…

If the success of Doctor Who is anything to go by, fandom can be a profitable market in the world of Cinema. This past weekend, the first episode of the new season of the series brought in some $700,000 in Australia alone. That’s at least 40,000 tickets around the country in limited release, in the…

Just like that, long running HBO hit True Blood has met the true death with a final 10-episode run to cap off it’s seventh year. Just like that, True Blood saunters off into that realm of failed TV finales, settling in beside Showtime’s Dexter into the pile of rubble that we once loved, and then…

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window & Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) looks set to divide people. The reason for this is because your enjoyment of the film hinges on whether you warm to the centenarian lead character. Ultimately, this film is full of dark humour (which also won’t…

Well the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are almost upon us! This years list of nominees is an incredible selection of actors and shows. Breaking Bad looks set to take home a few awards for its final season, while new series Orange is the New Black has a good shot at defeating reigning champ Modern Family to take the award for…

When Peter Capaldi was announced as the new Doctor – the 12th Doctor (not counting, of course, John Hurt’s brilliant turn as the War Doctor last year) – it was met with much fanfare and excitement. Not to mention YouTube clips and meems anticipating the newest Doctor to echo Capaldi’s much lauded character of Malcolm…

Fans of Megan Fox (Transformers) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development) will have the chance to see the stars in person when they attend a green carpet event in Sydney at the Hoyts Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park. The event, which is celebrating the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, will take place on Sunday September 7th…

To celebrate the release of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming young adult adaptation The Maze Runner, Luna Park Sydney has teamed with Fox to launch The Maze Runner Adventure – Live! at the park from September 18th. The attraction will be a massive maze within Luna Park, and will take guests ‘on a walk-through, hands-on adventure, involving innovative special effects…

The Paradise trilogy is the collection of three fills directed by acclaimed Austrian director Ulrich Seidl. They focus on three women from one family, one traveling to kenya as a sex tourist, one tries to propagate Catholicism and one has to spend time at a weight loss camp. The films were set to be a…

Death is often tragic. But it’s even sadder when a young person has died from their own hand. Korean film, Thread Of Lies (우아한 거짓말) deals with this taboo issue in a soft and tender way. It also slowly reveals the tragic set of circumstances surrounding the lead character’s passing and does so with a…

The first look at the Foo Fighters’ highly-anticipated documentary for Sonic Highways has been released online! Airing on HBO in the US on October 17th, the trailer sees the band performing and recording their upcoming new album in studios across America, documenting the extensive history of music in each city along the way. The clip…

Time to get excited Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit fans – Legolas is coming. Yes, that’s right, it was confirmed today that Orlando Bloom, famed for his role in the franchise, will be coming to Sydney and Brisbane as part of the epic Oz Comic-Con lineup. Obviously a huge part of the first…

Listen Up Philip is relentless story telling based on relentless story tellers. Relentless seems an apt adjective to describe both the characters and the narrative, both of which rarely waiver from their over analytical tendencies and their inability to take a step back. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Listen Up Philip documents the struggles…

The Iris’ Alex King sits down with the cast of The Inbetweeners 2 to talk about their roles, the film, Australia and much more… The film is released in Australian cinemas this Thursday, August 21st! ———- This content has recently been ported from its original home on The Iris and may have formatting errors –…

Studio executives know the value of the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That sort of thinking has led to countless terrible and lazy sequels because the film-makers know that audiences will turn up no matter what dribble they serve up onscreen. However, sometimes more of the same is a good thing. The…

Television star Nicholas Brendon is heading to Australia for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney, becoming one of the latest celebrity guest to be added to the growing lineup for the pop culture conventions’ debut events this September. A familiar face for cult-TV fans, Brendon starred as the loveable Xander Harris alongside the titular heroine in Joss Whedon’s…

Australian audiences clearly can’t get enough of Marvel’s brilliant Guardians of the Galaxy, as the space adventure took the top spot for the second weekend in a row with $4.28 million. Critical and audience response has been overwhelmingly positive so far, with many calling it the best Marvel film to date. A sequel has already been announced for…

  Supanova is going to be coming through to Adelaide and Brisbane this November and while we’ve got some exciting guest additions to the 2014 events, the pop culture expo has also delivered some disappointing news for fans of some of the already announced guests.  Arrow’s Manu Bennett (pictured) has been confirmed to visit both cities in…

The Oz Comic-Con train is soon to pull into its Brisbane and Sydney stops this September and it’s bringing with it quite the enviable line up of television and film stars, as well as talented guests from the mediums of voice over, animation, comics, graphic novels and more! The announcements have been coming out left…

The final season of Californication is now yours to own on Blu-ray and DVD. David Duchovny returns in his Golden Globe winning role for the final season of Californication. After blowing every chance at love and happiness – and burning every bridge in hollywood – Hank Moody is finally ready to put the past to…

Now an established action mega-franchise, The Expendables series has emerged as a behemoth of the genre simply by piling on the world’s most celebrated blockbuster stars, welding them together and putting together scripts decent enough to play on all their strengths, rather than their many weaknesses. If it’s anything action stars are known for, it’s…

In the bleak Icelandic countryside, Hera (Thora Bjorg Helga) lives with her brother Baldur and their parents on a dairy farm in a small, isolated community. After her brother dies in a tragic tractor accident, Hera immerses herself in the heavy metal culture that he loved so much. Throughout her teenage years, while her parents…

The Hundred-Foot Journey is the latest addition to the recent surge of food-related films (see: The Chef, The Trip To Italy, Julie & Julia, etc). This new film is a feel-good one which will no doubt curry favour with many members of the audience. But despite being a pleasant trip, the overall meal could use…

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is the ambitious vision of writer/director Ned Benson to capture a relationship in breakdown. Shot over three films ‘Her’, ‘Him’ and ‘Them’, (the first two screened back to back at this year’s MIFF, the second released later this year), Benson covers all angles of the crisis. In ‘Her’, Eleanor (Jessica…

Marvel has again proven that they are a bona-fide powerhouse studio by turning a little-known sci-fi comic book property into the new blockbuster franchise. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy led the Box Office once again this week, outselling runner up Lucy (starring Scarlett Johansson) three to one. # Film Title Distributor Box Office 1 GUARDIANS…

Written and directed by Belle and Sebastian’s lead singer Stuart Murdoch, God Help The Girl is an indie musical that follows three twenty-somethings in their attempt to form a pop band. The talented, young cast are a delight to watch as they sing and perform quirkily choreographed dance routines. The film switches between a musical…

As the new Doctor Who (Peter Capaldi) and his faithful companion Clara “The Impossible Girl” Oswald get ready to hit screens together for the first time*, they have embarked on a World Tour to promote the iconic BBC series’ much anticipated return. And today this tour has taken them to Sydney, following hysteria in Seoul,…

We at The Iris were lucky enough to attend a screening of the series premiere of Doctor Who, starring the 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi and his returning companion, the adorable Clara Oswald aka The Impossible Girl (played by Jenna Coleman). While we aren’t able to tell you anything about the episode (perhaps, except for the…