Well this is pretty impressive. In order to promote their upcoming sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow, stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt will be taking part in a groundbreaking event that has never before been attempted. They will be attending three premieres in one day (July 28th). But the catch is, each premiere is in…
In Victoria, the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary has been conducting its Bird Rehabilitation Program at nearby Won Wron Correctional Centre for nearly two decades. One morning, whilst reading The Age, director Craig Monahan stumbled upon an article about the facility; it’s been ten long years since he read that article, and in that time, Healing has…
Corona Extra presents this very special short film titled “Someplace Else”, which documents Corona’s artist residency on the road in Mexico Directed by Riley Blakeway, Someplace Else features Ozzie Wright, Dylan Graves, Hanni El Khatib, Rose Ashton, Jeff Canham and Andrew Brophy. Corona Extra pulled together this eclectic group of individuals for the ultimate road…
Directed by Riley Blakeway, Corona Extra Presets Someplace Else is a special short film which follows an eclectic group of artistic individuals as they embark on the ultimate road trip along the Mexican coast. They piled into a transporter bus for 7 days and 7 nights, traveling the coast, meeting locals along the way while…
Continuing the show’s dominance of 60s soundtracks, Field Trip concludes with Jimi Hendrix’s If 6 Was 9 – a song that essentially about the counter cultural movement of the 60s and how the hippies are the really aware ones against the white collar conservatives. Whilst the show does flirt occasionally with the 60s counter culture,…
Raising a disobedient 7 year-old child while working shifts at a nursing home and maintaining what remains of your home after your husband is gone – killed in a car crash on the way to the hospital to deliver your unborn child – is pretty damn tough. This is what Amelia faces (Essie Davis) with…
The program for the 61st Sydney Film Festival was officially launched today by Tony Grant, the NSW Minister for the Arts. The Festival will run from the 4th to the 15th of June and will showcase a wide and exciting range of incredible films. This year the Festival consists of 183 titles from 47 countries, including 15 World Premieres (including 6 World Premiere short…
If Jon Favreau’s film, Chef were a food it would be garlic. It’s a product adored by some, hated by others and is not rare. This light comedy with hints of drama does hit the mark, in some respects. But on other points it is a half-baked, lukewarm pie that will underwhelm fans of his…
It was quite a slow weekend at the Australian box office, which is understandable given the end of school holidays. The reduction of family audiences has meant that the top two spots have been taken by two comedies skewed towards (slightly) more mature audiences. The top spot was taken by new Seth Rogen-Zac Efron comedy…
Excitement is steady buzzing in the air for Michael Bay’s latest blockbuster Transformers: the Age of Extinction. The film’s leading man Mark Wahlberg is set to keep that anticipation high with a special visit to Sydney to help promote a footage screening event on Wednesday May 21. The film also stars Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer,…
Doctor Who fans can breath a sigh of relief, as it seems that Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith is on track to make the big leap from television to Hollywood. Already set to appear in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River later this year, it has just been announced that Smith will be appearing in a major role in the…
The 61st Sydney Film Festival, which is running from June 4th to 15th this year, has recently announced an exciting new awards partnership with the Documentary Australia Foundation. The Foundation will award the $10,000 Australian Documentary Prize to one of the Australian documentaries screening at the festival. The winner of this awesome prize will be announced…
On the surface, the promise of Daddy I’m a Zombie’s Tim Burton animation style and horror/comedy sensibilities is appealing. Given the rising popularity of animated films within the genre (such as Coraline and Paranorman), there was hope that this Spanish feature might solidly deliver the same type of visual enchantment. Unfortunately it’s unpolished production, puzzling…
The name, Belle brings to mind a beautiful, English rose. But Dido Elizabeth Belle, the real-life woman and beauty at the heart of Amma Asante’s second feature is a little more complicated than that. The illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is sent to live with her distant, aristocratic family at their estate,…
The footage of the captain and crew being hauled to safety from the sinking Sewol ferry is how The Feed chose to open their April 29 show, and good on them for doing so. This South Korean ferry tragedy is being crazily under-reported this week, despite some 190 people now being confirmed dead. The photos…
After months and months of rumours and speculation, we have finally been told who will be starring in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII. Aside from the confirmation that Original Trilogy stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford will be reprising their roles in the film, we now have the list of incredible actors who…
“And then man created time, and spent eternity trying to outrun it” From this opening piece of text set before a cascading cosmic landscape, it’s quite clear that Three Poems is no run of the mill short film. The debut effort from writer director Jake Houston Harris is exactly what it says it is- three…
“One Day I’m going to die.” “My energy will disperse into the universe.” “I will become dust.” “I will shed this mortal coil.” “Everything will be over.” “Everyone I know will be gone.” “Everything I do in my life will be forgotten.” “Everything is meaningless.” If the above quotes don’t already disturb you, consider them…
Given the ridiculous success of superhero movies these days, it’s quite rare when one stays at the top of the box office for only a single week. Even more surprising is when it is overtaken by a light comedy that is generally considered to be tailored to only one gender. But that’s what has…
As one of four Australian feature films at this year’s SXSW, The Infinite Man also had the pleasure of being one of the festival’s opening night presentations. The low budget film out of South Australia is the debut feature from Adelaide director Hugh Sullivan (watch our interview HERE), and in the spirit of films like…
Last night was Australian television’s night of nights as the stars hit the red carpet at the 56th TV WEEK Logie Awards to celebrate what has been a great year for Aussie television. The big winner of the night was Scott Cam, who won the Gold Logie for Most Popular TV Personality and a…
Grassroots is the ‘most of this is true’ story of Grant Cogswell’s politically inexperienced and rather kooky attempt to run for Seattle City Council in 2001. Based off the novel Zioncheck for President written by his level headed buddy and campaign manager Phil Campbell, focus is cast on the lively political power struggle between the…
Paul McCartney: Lives Kisses and BBC Electric Proms: Paul McCartney see the former Beatle performing songs, having fun and getting nostalgic. They also show two very different sides of Macca. The former sees him taking a leaf out of his parents’ songbook and doing covers of the easy-listening tunes that featured on his Kisses On…
The production of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit has not been without its fair share of changes, the most prominent being the expansion of the two-film series into a full-blown trilogy. Initially met with confusion and scepticism by fans and critics alike, the restructuring of the films has allowed Jackson to flesh…
The first two episodes of The Legend of Gavin Tanner, a brand new five-part Australian comedy series, have been released on YouTube. Creator, writer and star Matt Lovkis has been appearing as Gavin in various YouTube videos over the past few years, and now he finally has his own series. Directed by Henry Inglis and produced by…
In the late 80’s there was a TV series by the name of Friday the 13th that pretty much had no connection with the popular horror film franchise. There was no Jason Voorhees, no Camp Crystal Lake; it was a show about a damn antiques dealer. Thankfully, Deadline have reported that the new series bearing…
The Mad Men writing crew, whether this is planned or not, seem to always include one or two choice lines per episode that seem to sum up the theme (which certainly makes it fun to write about). Season 7’s second episode A Day’s Work had this line coming from Ted Chaough to Pete; “Just cash…
The 9th Indonesian Film Festival (IFF) is upon us, with the Melbourne event starting today and Sydney starting tomorrow… and the team from Hello Asia! showcases the nine films showing at the festival. Opening Night Film – Something In The Way Director Teddy Soeriaatmadja follows up the award-winning Lovely Man (IFF 2013) with this story of a young, porn-addicted…
Chloë Grace Moretz has been building a very impressive career over the past few years. After breaking out in cult hit Kick-Ass in 2010, Moretz has positioned herself as one of the most promising young actors of her generation. This looks set to continue with her next film, an adaptation of Gayle Forman’s 2009 Young…
Larry Heath sits down with director Beth Harrington to talk about her documentary film The Winding Stream, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival last month. She tells us about how and why she got interested in telling the story of “the Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music”. Find out more about the…
