Not surprisingly, Flume‘s latest outing in “Never Be Like You” has been riding strong on top of various radio charts throughout Australia and throughout the music blogosphere and rightly so – the producer’s knack for not only linking up with great talent, but also rolling out some tidy arrangements has only continued to strengthen. “Never…
The trailer for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie has finally been released. The film is set to bring back together the entire cast of the original series including Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Joan Collins, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield (alongside Ab-Fab superfan Rebel Wilson). There’s even been some talk of appearances from fellow Absolutely Fabulous-alumni such as…
Hot off the enormous success of Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds is heading to Mars in a new science fiction film called Life. The script for the film is being penned by Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese and will follow a crew aboard the International Space Station who, after retrieving a sample from Mars, discover that it displays…
Does Making a Murderer still keep you up at night? Do you have itching questions about the hit documentary that you need to ask the filmmakers as soon as you can? Breathe a sigh of relief because co-creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos are heading to Sydney next month for an exclusive talk as part…
Christian Bale is set to star in the Scott Cooper-written and directed Western Hostiles. As reported by Variety, Bale will play a colonial soldier in 1892 whose final mission sees him an Indian chief back to his Montana reservation – learning respect for his companions’ culture over the course of the journey. There’s no word on when the…
We return to Australia for today’s Flight Review, for the rather brief journey from the Gold Coast to Sydney with Qantas’ discount airline, Jetstar. Airline: Jetstar Route: Gold Coast to Sydney, JQ409 Seat: 12F (Window seat, exit row, of a 3-3 configuration in Economy) Aircraft: Airbus A320 Scheduled Flight Time: 1 Hr 30 Minutes (Approx.) On…
Keith Agius has never quite seen a role like the one he is currently playing in The Whale. Not only due to his physical change he has to endure for the role of Charlie – a diminishing man whose health has turned for the worst – but because of the emotional challenges as well. Keith spoke to…
Well this one is sure looking like a winner. Next month, as part of the 21st Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS), the city’s picturesque Carlton Gardens will play host to the show’s very first “Gardens by Twilight”, a hungry blend of fire acts, glow performances, street buskers, music, food, and drink set in…
Cheese, drinks and you. The perfect trio, non? For lovers of cheese, cider, wine or beer, you’re in for a treat, with the return of the Fromage a Trois, on Sunday 6 March 2016. Back for the third year, the Fromage a Trois festival will be held on the grounds of the historic Werribee Park Mansion, a mere 30 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD….
As part of this year’s Melbourne Zoo Twilights, Australian country darlin’ Kasey Chambers will be taking to the stage alongside The Voice favourite, Karise Eden. Both women have enjoyed much success within the industry of course, but the support they’ve both felt from a strong fan base nationwide has been incredible to track over the last few years. Of…
20 year old Brisbane artist Clea has captured our attention with her new single “Dire Consequences” – basically, we are here for it. The single marks another step forward for the young artist, who has been consistently chipping away at live touring through 2015 appearing at shows alongside a diverse range of artists including Zefereli,…
Last year, the Tempelhof Airport hosted the first ever European leg of the Lollapalooza festival. We were in Berlin for the inaugural event, which saw the likes of Muse, Tame Impala and more headline in front of near on 90,000 each night. In 2016, Lollapalooza Berlin may be moving venues, but in terms of bringing…
In addition to their shows with Black Sabbath this April, American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch will be headlining two exclusive shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Five Finger Death Punch have made a huge impact in Australia in a short amount of time. Compared to their 2011 album American Capitalist, which debuted at…
It is with great excitement that The Lulu Raes and Polish Club will be doing a co-headlining Australian tour in April. Both bands will be doing a leg of shows across Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. For the past year, Sydney-based band The Lulu Raes have been sharing stages with the likes of Holy Holy,…
Sydney pop-punk band, With Confidence have announced that they will be touring Australia alongside five-piece punkers, Harbours as support act. The band will be hitting the road starting March and April and this will be the first headline run around Australia since the release of their EP, Distance. In promotion of that release, With Confidence managed to…
Starting on April 7th, Australian rock band Thirsty Merc will be kicking off their ‘Back to the Grind’ national tour. The band have just released their new single, “The Grind” from their Shifting Gears record. Suffice it to say, there’s no better way to kick off their new material with some Australian shows lined up! The band…
Hot on the trails of last year’s sold-out tour of Blurryface, American alt-pop duo Twenty One Pilots are coming back to Australia for all-ages shows in April-May, hitting Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Since the release of their self-titled LP and Vessels in 2013, Twenty One Pilots have continued to grow in success, with the…
Boutique festival Your Paradise will be returning to the scenic islands of Maholo Lailai, Fiji for its third year. Taking place from Saturday 10 to Friday 16 December, this unique music festival not only boasts an impressive lineup of international and local acts (announced May 17), it also offers you the opportunity to explore, snorkel,…
Some cool sounds are coming out of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with Ocean Alley dropping their latest single “Holiday”. Taken from their anticipated debut album Lost Tropics, due out in April, the tune now has a great music video to accompany, evoking some hazy, vintage surf vibes. Perfect for the final weeks of summer, you’d be…
You may remember us featuring the talented Teischa late last year – the year old out of Perth had a voice that made us sit up and look to the west again for some heaps good vocals. Well, Teischa’s gone and hooked up with St. Albion (headed up by Sydney producer/writer Thomas Honeywill) for the…
If you saw Ellie Goulding‘s look at the Grammys this week and like us, began wondering when the British singer would be returning out this way, wonder no more. Goulding is set to bring her Delirium World Tour dates through to Australia and New Zealand in September and October, supported by Years & Years and ASTA! While ASTA is…
It’s officially Business Time. After three years of waiting, promises and rumours, Flight of the Conchords are returning to the stage for one massive set at this year’s Newport Folk Festival. That’s right, Jermaine and Bret will be bringing the boom times through to the iconic event which is already featuring the likes of Father John Misty, Ray Lamontagne, Raury and Nathaniel…
Arizona’s Calexico will be heading down to Australia again next month to play a number of dates around the country, including a night at Sydney’s Spectrum Now Festival. I caught up with frontman and guitarist Joey Burns ahead of the tour to discuss the recent record, Edge of the Sun and the impending tour amongst a handful of other topics –…
The filmmakers behind Australian crime-thriller Watch the Sunset have launched a crowdfunding campaign through the Australian Cultural Fund to raise money to complete post-production on the ambitious one-shot feature. The project has also received successful MATCH funding which means every dollar donated will be matched through Creative Partnerships Australia. BarrLipp Productions have released a behind the…
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo are back with their very own fancy character cinemagraphs. Check them out below: Your favourite Ninja Turtles will be joined by classic characters Bebop and Rocksteady as well as Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Stephen Amell in the follow-up to 2014’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows…
Hot off her role as the Machiavellian President Coin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Julianne Moore is talks to play the villain in the follow-up to 2015’s British spy adventure Kingsmen : The Secret Service. The news came out of The Hollywood Reporter earlier in the week with Borys Kit saying that “Details for Moore’s…
Fans of Netflix and Marvel’s Daredevil got an exciting look at what the second season of the gritty superhero series will offer with a new trailer released earlier in the week. As with most Marvel-franchises, the marketing for season 2 of Daredevil has been quiet on the details but this new trailer ratchets up the tension…
Paramount and JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions have set a date for Space Thriller, God Particle to be released February 24 2017. The story follows a team of astronauts making a terrifying discovery which challenges the notion of reality and their desperate fight for survival. Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah will be directing the film with no cast…
Entries are now open for CinéfestOZ 2016 Film Prize and the prize will be awarded during the August festival held in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. The $100,000 Film Prize is awarded to an Australian film feature which showcases excellence in film making. In 2014, the CinéfestOZ 2016 Film Prize was won by Robert Connolly who…
Australian and international filmmakers have just one week left to submit their work for the 63rd annual Sydney Film Festival, held on June 8-19, 2016. All entries must be submitted through Film Festival Life by 5pm AEST on Friday, February 26. Entries are open to features, documentaries, and short films (under 40 minutes). Visit Film…
