Melbourne International Film Festival Review: 7 Chinese Brothers (USA, 2015)

Larry (Jason Schwartzman) is on the road to nowhere in notoriously chillaxed Austin. He’s just lost his job for a string of misdemeanours, and his only friends appear to be his very beloved French Bulldog Arrow (Schwatrzman’s pet in real life), a prescription medication dealer and aged carer, Norwood, and his grandmother (Olimpia Dukakis), a…

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Gamescom 2015: Here’s five beautiful minutes of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst gameplay

DICE have dropped a full five minutes of gamplay footage from 2016’s Mirror’s Edge Catalyst during EA’s Gamescom media event last night and if you’re in any way excited for Faith’s return, you’re going to be very pleased indeed. The trailer shows Faith infiltrating a corporate headquarters using her parkour abilities before being made and having to…

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Australian Film Alex & Eve Premiering at 22nd Greek Film Festival

This October, the 22nd Greek Film Festival returns to Melbourne with feel-good Australian story, Alex & Eve. Based on the hit Australian stage play by Alex Lykos of the same name, this big screen sensation will be this year’s Opening Night film at the World Premiere event at the iconic Astor Theatre. Directed by Peter Andrikidis,…

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Gamescom 2015: Star Wars Battlefront adds Fighter Squadron mode, all dogfights all the time

DICE had a new Star Wars Battlefront trailer to show off during EA’s Gamescom press conference last night and it featured a new mode called Fighter Squadron. The mode focuses on aerial combat over various planetary surfaces and through complicated, dangerous environments.

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Gamescom 2015: First Mafia 3 trailer heads to New Orleans in 1968

Mafia 3 is on its way to current-generation consoles and Windows PC next year. 2K Games unveiled the first cinematic trailer for the game at Gamescom overnight following its reveal online last week.

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Gamescom 2015: Meet Assassin’s Creed Syndicate‘s Jacob and Evie

The latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is here and focuses on the game’s twin playable protagonists, Evie and Jacob.

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Gamescom 2015: The Sims 4: Get Together gets the party started this November

The Sims 4 is set to receive its next expansion pack, Get Together, this November. EA announced the expansion during its Gamescom press event last night.

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Gamescom 2015: Elite: Dangerous gets new expansion called Horizons

Frontier Developments have announced at new slate of DLC for their space sim Elite: Dangerous called Horizons. The new “season” of content will finally add what fans have been begging for since the game’s inception: you’ll be able to land on any of the game’s billions of planets.

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Gamescom 2015: Heroes of the Storm gets new Diablo heroes, battleground

Blizzard have revealed the next three heroes to join their popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm, one from each of their big franchises, and unveiled a brand new battleground.

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Melbourne International Film Festival Review: A Poem Is A Naked Person (USA, 1974)

A Poem is a Naked Person was completed back in 1974 and has only found wide release in this year. That has to do with legal issues, or creative differences, or some other things, all of which means little to you and what you intend to watch. Suffice it to say that you can very…

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Most Memorable Movie Bromances

Today, Sony announced 16 films set to be released in the near future, including the sequels Bad Boys 3 and 4. It’s been 20 years since Will Smith and Martin Lawrence graced the big screen as a budding bromance duo fighting crime. With the release of Straight Outta Compton in September we’ve decided to compile some of the…

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Win a double pass to the Q&A screening of The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? in Sydney!

Nic Cage as Superman!?! Find out why this film never got made! The Australian Premiere and exclusive Sydney screening and Q&A event of The Death of Superman Lives; What Happened? The Death of Superman Lives; What Happened? delves into one of Hollywood’s most enthralling ‘what could have been’ stories. In 1996, Warner Brothers engaged Kevin…

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Watch the Official Trailer for Deadpool

After yesterday’s teaser featuring ‘5 time academy award viewer, Ryan Reynolds’ we’re all hanging out for the actual Deadpool trailer, well here it is… Deadpool has always been the most sarcastic antihero of Marvel’s characters and from this trailer, things haven’t strayed. With lines like “The cancer’s only in my liver, lungs, prostate and brain. All things…

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Win a double pass to the Q&A screening of Kill Me Three Times in Sydney!

As a special Ritz exclusive, the Ritz Cinema will present Sydney’s only Q&A screening of Kill Me Three Times with Director Kriv Stenders and Producer Tania Chambers live on stage to answer all your questions after the film! Hosted by Sydney journalist Caris Bizacca. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and features an all-star cast…

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Gamescom 2015: Look at this gorgeous limited edition Halo 5 Xbox One console

Microsoft have revealed a new 1Tb model of the Xbox One console to commemorate the launch of Halo 5: Guardians later this year it might actually be the prettiest console I’ve ever seen.

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Gamescom 2015: Xbox One controllers finally get a chatpad in November

Microsoft have answered the pleas of many a fan at their Gamescom 2015 press event today with the reveal of a proper chatpad for the Xbox One controller. The chatpad drops this November and you can pre-order it right now.

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Gamescom 2015: Quantum Break gets new gameplay trailer, release date

Remedy’s Quantum Break has been a long time coming. Earlier today, Microsoft showed off a new pair of trailers at their Gamescom press event and it would seem the game has gotten a whole lot prettier since the last time we saw it.

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Gamescom 2015: Crackdown 3 trailer looks like the Crackdown game we want

Reagent Games have shown off a new trailer for Crackdown 3 during Microsoft’s Gamescom showcase and it looks like everything we want in Crackdown game. Check out the trailer after the jump.

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Gamescom 2015: Xbox 360 Games With Gold titles now Xbox One backwards compatible

Microsoft have used their press conference at Gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany to announce that any Xbox 360 games included in their Games With Gold promotion will be backwards compatible on Xbox One. 

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Gamescom 2015: Cities: Skylines coming to Xbox One

Microsoft announced that Cities: Skylines, sleeper hit city builder from developer Colossal Order, is on its way to the Xbox One. The announcement came during the Xbox media conference at Gamescom 2015.

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Gamescom 2015: We Happy Few coming to Xbox One, looks scary as hell

We Happy Few is a psychedelic survival game by Compulsion games which is set in an alternate version of England in the 1960’s. It will make it’s console bow on the Xbox One according to an announcement during the Xbox press event at Gamescom 2015.

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Gamescom 2015: The Dark Souls 3 gameplay trailer is here

Let’s be honest – if you’re a Souls fan then nothing I write after that headline will matter much to you. It’s your first look at Dark Souls 3 in action. Get in here and check it out.

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Gamescom 2015: Homefront: The Revolution gets multiplayer beta this winter

Homefront: The Revolution popped up during the Xbox press conference at Gamescom 2015 with a brand new trailer and the news that it will be getting a multiplayer beta during the Australian summer.

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Gamescom 2015: New Rise of the Tomb Raider trailer turns Lara into killing machine

Crystal Dynamics have debuted another new gameplay trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider during Microsoft’s press event at Gamescom 2015. Check it out after the jump.

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the AU interview: Steve Kilbey of The Church (Sydney) talks new album Further/Deeper and Small World Festival

We caught up with Steve Kilbey, frontman of iconic Australian band The Church, following their recent Australian tour in support of new album Further/Deeper. Billed to play the Small World Festival in Sydney in September, and just about to head out on tour in the States, we found out a little bit more about their…

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The AU's 7 favourite performances and discoveries from Lollapalooza Chicago 2015

With what must have been hundreds of performances over three days on more than eight stages, Chicago’s iconic Lollapalooza festival has its fair share of eclectism and choice for all attendees. And alongside the big names – from Paul McCartney to Metallica – there are plenty of unknowns too. Emerging local, national and international artists…

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Gamescom 2015: Halo Wars 2 coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 in 2016

Halo Wars 2, the follow-up to the 2009 real time strategy game by Ensemble Studios, is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 next year. The game was announced by 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross during Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015 presser.

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Gamescom 2015: Destiny: The Taken King drops Peter Dinklage, makes your elite weapons look like toys

The next expansion for Bungie’s popular shooter Destiny is bringing sweeping changes to a few of the game’s fundamental principles. Among the many things getting a facelift are missions, weapons and overall game progression.

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Official trailer released for gripping film Spotlight

The official trailer for  Thomas McCarthy’s highly anticipated film Spotlight has finally been released. Scandals, fabrication and justice drive this star-studded cast featuring Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams into a truly gripping and thrilling film, screening nationally from November 15th. The film focuses on the  relentless efforts of The Boston Globe,  an investigative news team,  in their…

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Exclusive preview screening announced for Everyman

The latest Carol Ann Duffy stage adaptation Everyman  has announced an official preview screening at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova . Captured live from the London stage, this modern adaptation starring Academy award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and  directed by Rufus Norris, will be screened from August 8th. The tale of Everyman (Ejiofor) is one of success, popularity and…

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