Telltale Games have made an appearance at Minecon 2015 in London over the weekend, bringing the first trailer for their next episodic adventure, Minecraft: Story Mode.
Join us as we count down the 15 best films of 2015… so far! Looking back at the best films released between January and June 2015. It’s been a strong year, starting off with a fantastic Oscar season in January and leading us through to the start of Blockbuster season. So far, 2015 has been one…
This August 17th to 30th, the AICE israeli Film Festival 2015 will be screening their mix of colourful, powerful and controversial films in four cities at Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth. This year, the festival is premiering a jam packed program of documentaries, feature films, and shorts in six unique categories; Blast from the Past, Queer Spot,…
Another sequel is set to hit screens this Summer, with the follow up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen arriving in the form of London Has Fallen – and this week the first trailer was released. The trailer sees star Gerald Butler return as secret service head Mike Banning, and Morgan Freeman is back as the US President,…
ESports fans rejoice: ESL and BY Experience have jointly announced their plans to capture a exclusive series of live gaming events, which will include specially produced content that will give audiences a thrilling insight into the inner machination of the esports world. The ESPORTS IN CINEMA series will kick off for two nights only on…
With history and tradition that stems back to the late 1800s, the Calgary Stampede is one of the world’s longest running events. Part rodeo, part exhibition, part Easter Show-esque carnival, part music festival, the Stampede kicked off in Calgary, Alberta, Canada today, starting an impressive ten day event that will bring in over a million…
Grill’d Ambassador Lola Berry with celebrity personal trainer Dan Adair There’s nothing like a good burger, one that barely fits in your mitts or your mouth, the crunch of fresh ingredients and soft bun giving way as you bite into it, catching driblets of juicy goodness before they stain your shirt. Yep, there are a…
The year of possibilities seems to be under way with The Getaway Plan. With their crowdfunding campaign reaching success last year, the funding from their loyal fanbase made it possible to release Dark Horses – which is available today! Lead vocalist, Matthew Wright, was more than excited that the record was being released and this in return made him…
In our 60th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Sydney’s Penelope Austin, and chat about using music as a coping mechanism, living a nomandic life and get a sneak peak at her latest single ‘Trigger’. Musician: Penelope Austin Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud / Instagram Genre: Alternative Pop Members & their roles: Penelope…
As those who just attended Dark Mofo would attest though, it’s a cold winter here in Australia for art lovers. But up in North America they’re well and truly enjoying the heat of Summer. Every State in the US has their own claim to fame when it comes to their galleries and art institutions, but…
July 31 is the date to mark in your calendars, when Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a limited 8-episode series, is coming to Netflix. The series is serving as an prequel to the 2001 cult classic movie set at Camp Firewood. Here’s the blurb about it from Netflix: An all-star cast delivers…
Though he may have looked the part, the rushed job that was Jobs – starring Aston Kutcher in the lead role – was far from a critical or box office hit. But there has always been another major Steve Jobs film in the pipeline and today we got the first taste of it. Directed by…
Sydney is set to host the inaugural Alliance Française Classic Film Festival from 3 to 6 September, 2015. Proudly presented by the Alliance Française de Sydney in association with StudioCanal, Event Cinemas George Street and Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, this celebration of vintage cinema will focus upon a talent, actor or director who has made an indelible contribution…
Amy Poehler is a busy woman at the moment. Though Park and Rec is now behind her (*sob*), she’s dominating the cinema with her lead role in Disney Pixar’s new film Inside Out, she’s the executive producer of one of the most talked about series right now Broad City – and now she’s bringing us…
After announcing that one of the Westfield Matildas women’s football team would be appearing on the local cover of FIFA 16 alongside Messi, EA have decided to ask the game’s Australian fans to vote for their favourite. Fans can head over to the official FIFA 16 website now to cast their vote for midfielder Katrina Gorry, defender Stephanie Catley…
Australia now plays home to a fast-growing number of gaming conventions and the latest addition to that list is GX Australia. The event will bring the popular Gaymer X convention to Sydney early next year. While it’s still early days, organisers are hoping to hold the event at the Australia Technology Park, February 27-28, 2016….
After you survive the day in San Antonio you can read about my day HERE, then it’s time to head out on the town for the evening. There are a myriad of options in the city, and if you know where to look there’s even quite a lot of what you don’t expect. And while…
Valve’s free-to-play shooter Team Fortress 2 has received its latest annual update, called the Gun Mettle update. It arrives this week and will bring a pile of new weapons, three fresh maps, new taunts and a brand new contract system to the game, in addition to a number of tweaks to all eight classes.
Naughty Dog closed out Sony’s impressive E3 press conference this year with a crazy live demo of their upcoming sequel, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The thing is, that trailer only showed off half of what Naughty Dog had brought to show off.
PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting their six free games during July and the lineup for the month is made up entirely of awesome indie titles. This month sees four of the six titles available on PlayStation 4. Rocket League, Styx: Master of Shadows, MouseCraft and Entwined. PS3 owners aren’t being left out completely, getting SCEJ’s Rain free of charge and…
Nintendo has announced they plan to roll out an overhaul of its Miiverse social platform on the Wii U in the coming months. The update will dump the activity feed for a play journal and will add new features like an album for keeping screenshots in. According to the announcement on the Miiverse website, the…
If you can imagine the Disney fairy tale animated film of the same name brought to the screen in all its resplendent glory as live action, then Kenneth Branagh’s version certainly fulfils that. A consistently visually bold film even though it does lack a sense of originality or uniqueness in the story. Regardless it’s still…
Man and Super Man, distributed by the National Theatre, is spectacular epic with torrential dialogue and entertaining albeit reverential musings on the human condition. Written in 1903 by Bernard Shaw and then subsequently deemed “unstageable”, this seemingly untameable three hour epic has been breathed to life with the patient, clever and guiding adaptation of Sam…
Last month, director Ondi Timoner – perhaps best known for her incredible documentary DIG!, among many others – was in Sydney to premiere her new documentary Brand: A Second Coming at the Sydney Film Festival. Larry Heath had the opportunity to talk to Ondi about the film, about collaborating with Russell, his controversial no-show at SXSW…
Whatever your thoughts on the Human Centipede film series, you’re going to be hard-pressed finding a horror movie as unique and extreme in concept as Tom Six’s trilogy. From the first film, bound to become a cult horror in 2010, to what is said to be the final entry in the series, Human Centipede III,…
In celebration of The Getaway Plan’s new release coming Friday, Dark Horses (review of it can be found here), we take a look at our favourite songs by the band. With their strong alternative rock sound and emotive lyrics, The Getaway Plan have gone from strength to strength and we can only expect great things from them. “Where the City…
the AU review presents an exclusive AU session with UK artist Frank Turner, filmed while he was in Australia earlier this year for Bluesfest. The video captures Frank playing a solo and acoustic version of his brand new song “The Angel Islington”, taken from his just announced new record, Positive Songs For Negative People, which…
Last night, The AU Sessions returned to The Hive Bar in Erskineville for our fifth instalment, featuring local artists Lincoln and Ed Wells. Both talented artists graced us with the accompaniment of a keyboard – while Ed also had a backing guitarist to round out his amazing sound. We may be a bit bias, but…
It’s July in Australia, and being the dead of winter, most of us are looking for some exciting things to do indoors! Well, as luck would have it, we have a list for you of seven arts events across the East Coast of Australia that are the must attend attractions this month. Almost all of…
We continue our Flight Review series, this time flying from Los Angeles to Toronto via Air Canada. Click through to check out Editor Larry Heath’s service review, covering everything from in-flight entertainment and meals to comfort and hot tips for traveling… Airline: Air Canada Route: Los Angeles to Toronto (Pearson International) Seat: 26D (Aisle in…
