Pictured: Peking Duk. Photo by Daniel Boczarski As it was announced back in April, Australia is getting our very first electronic cruise ship festival, SEA ‘N BEATS, and today 16 more incredible names have been added to the event! The announcement includes the likes of EDM stars Peking Duk, hip hop’s rising oice All Day,…
Fresh from playing the AU sessions last month, Sydney songstress Hannah Robinson is today premiering her remarkable brand new music video “Half Past Ten” on the AU review. The track is taken from her brand new EP Luna, which you can listen to here and buy here. She celebrated the launch last week with a…
Getting in and out of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport can be a bit of a pain. Though a new express train service installed for the Pan Am Games in June has made the process of getting in and out a slightly less tiresome affair, it remains an expensive one. Luckily, for some routes, another airport…
Hollywood hasn’t had the greatest track record when it comes to translating video games into films. There’s been but a handful that have been worth watching, the Resident Evil series, Lara Croft Tomb Raider and cult classic Mortal Kombat all rank amongst the good ones. With Hitman: Agent 47 this is actually a reboot and…
The 9th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival will kick off at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville on September 17th, and will feature an awesome line up of over 100 features, documentaries and short films. The line up features a list if the world’s most daring, subversive and experimental films, and to chat through it all,…
Warner Bros. Interactive have announced that, this time next month, Batman: Arkham Knight fans will be charging through Gotham’s rainslick streets in the Tumbler from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
Nostalgia. It’s a powerful thing. And when handled correctly by an entertainment industry often void of new ideas, it can mean big bucks. This year’s Jurassic World, which was released almost 14 years after the last film in the series, and 22 years since the original Park, seems to have nailed it, at least commercially,…
Bad news, strategic shooter fans. Ubisoft have announced that Rainbow Six Siege will not make its October 13 release date and will now arrive December 1 worldwide.
Need to catch a TV break and don’t know what to watch? Simon takes us through his top picks on must-see shows and films for the week. Click through to see what’s showing for your entertainment needs. Wednesday 19th August 2015 Charlie’s Country-Masterpiece Movies-8.35pm AEST There are few films these days that earn the title…
Jack and Pat Pierce, more commonly known as the Pierce Brothers have just announced their newest EP titled Into The Dirt will be released this September 25th. The pop-folk duo will tour Australia following the EP’s aniticpated release all through September, October and November Consisting of four original recordings and two live tracks from Amsterdam,…
Say it isn’t so!! After six long years of rocking Melbourne’s music scene, Loon Lake are saying goodbye. With a national tour commencing from October 9th, the band state the tour is simply a way of winding up their achievements over the past six years. Starting the tour at Perth’s Jack Rabbit Slims and wrapping…
We caught up with Brisbane’s noise-rock trio Thirteen Seventy, who talked us through the recording process behind their latest album, Bitter Dream, the big-name international and Australian bands who influenced their sound and look ahead to their concert in Brisbane on Friday. Congratulations on your latest album Bitter Dream. When did you start the process…
Sydney’s iconic Surry Hills Festival has just announced the first round of live musical acts, joining the local creatives, designers, businesses and installation artists on September 26th. With an impressive line-up featuring artists Leah Flanagan, Noire, The Stiffys, Sons Of East and The Pigs, this year has the best of Sydney’s independent music scene on…
The idea of the interactive theatre experience is nothing new. From “whodunit” dinner parties to whatever it is people get up to at those Rocky Horror screenings, there’s always been a market for those of us who want to feel a part of the action. Even sitting front row at a comedy show brings out…
Though the next Record Store Day may be a while away yet (16th April 2016! Not that we’re counting…), believe it or not but for the rest of the year Record Stores continue to be amazing. They deliver incredible product, unique experiences for their customers, often run their own labels and even showcase artists themselves….
“Oh look it’s a boxing movie, cinema hasn’t seen that before,” is a cynical thought that would have gone through most minds when Southpaw was first announced. Having it directed by Antoine Fuqua, who brought us Training Day and The Equalizer, and written by Kurt Sutter, a man who worked extensively on Sons of Anarchy…
It is a massive year for Star Wars . With a new film set to decimate the box office in December and a new Battlefront game that has already wowed at E3 , it’s a hell of a time to be fan of Luke & co.
Hacknet is a largely text-based game about the perils and quiet victories that come with being a real world hacker. Adelaide developer Team Fractal Alligator (aka Matt Trobianni) has created a game that deals in mental jousts and proves that you can still make a text-based adventure in 2015 that is thrilling and addictive.
Originally a play by the same name, Stories I Want To Tell You In Person was funded by the ABC to make a version for the screen. Intended to be a play about the GFC and commissioned by the Sydney Belvoir Theatre, playwright Lally Katz Stories I Want To Tell You In Person is the…
Ahead of it’s highly anticipated release, The Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection has received a trailer showcasing its sprawling story. Placing a strong emphasis on the relationship between Nathan and his mentor Sulley, the new trailer – which comprises Drakes Fortune, Among Thieves & Drake’s Deception – puts Nathan’s relationships into perspective.
Physics puzzler/genuine test of a person’s frustration threshold I Am Bread is back with a brand new update that thrusts our yeasty hero into the world of Valve’s multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2.
From the maker of Oscar Winning Harvie Krumpet (2003) and Mary and Max (2009), claymation pioneer Adam Elliot brings to screen his next installation of the little blobs of clay which he has so strongly attached himself and his career to. Running for 21mins Ernie Biscuit tells the tale of a how deaf Parisian Taxidermist,…
Frontier Developments have brought their venerable theme park management franchise to mobile devices with a straight, no-strings-attached iOS port of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.
We are definitely satisfied with our care. Producer Roy Conli has announced during the Disney D23 conference that characters and locations from last year’s animated hit Big Hero 6 will be appearing in the long-awaited Square-Enix RPG Kingdom Hearts 3.
Man in the Mirror, a short documentary by Western Sydney filmmaker, Ali Mousawi, that chronicles the life of an Arab asylum seeker from Iran turned Michael Jackson impersonator, will have its world premiere at the 12th Annual Arab Film Festival. The documentary follows Abbas, who became a Michael Jackson impersonator after he was first told he…
Australian director Scott Hicks’ latest feature film Highly Strung has been selected to open the Adelaide Film Festival on October 15th. This documentary style of film-making has once again proved to be a successful formula for Hicks, after films like Shine sits in film history as one of the great documentary-styled pieces.
Attention Sydney and Melbourne audiences! The latest feature film from award winning Australian director Tony Ayres, Cut Snake, will be exclusively screened in your cities on September 24th , led by a live Q&A with Ayres himself.
The playing field looks largely untouched this week. Aside from one new addition, the familiar players are still hanging around, with Trainwreck remaining at the top for another week. Hollywood’s newest go to for laughs – Amy Shcumer – has helped Judd Apatow’s latest earn another $2.1 million
Miguel has been setting the bar high with his music. For someone that has a striking ability to apply himself, Wildheart is a sophisticated work of art. Since 2012’s Kaleidoscope Dream, his experimentation with rock music has glued together his songs quite nicely, and the music on this record is no exception. The transition from his slick and contemporary…
Last week, we returned home following an incredible trip to Canada that ended with a weekend in Edmonton for the 36th Annual Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the riverside city, and perched on natural ampitheatres against almost all of the festival’s seven stages, there was a comfort and beauty to…
