Ahead of online service Netflix launching in Australia and New Zealand soon, a trailer has been released for one of the big TV series we will be getting and things are looking very promising. Aussie Ben Mendelsohn looks to be at his best as the plays the black sheep and eldest son of a contemporary…
USA rock group needtobreathe stopped by the AU earlier this month to perform their track “The Heart” while in Australia – filmed Live and Acoustic in Sydney as part of our AU sessions series. The track is taken from their album Rivers In The Wasteland, which is available now. NEEDTOBREATHE REMAINING AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES February…
This week, Fifty Shades of Grey, one of the most hyped movies of our summer, finally hit screens and in results that surprised nobody, it broke Aussie box office records and is currently perched in the #1 position with takings of over $10 million. However, with generally terrible reviews (it sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the ongoing…
As quintessentially Australian as meat pies or Blinky Bill, Men At Work’s, “Down Under” (dubbed the countries unofficial anthem) still maintains to this day, a powerful resonation with the people of Australia. The hit song, released in 1983 is held dear, however, some 35 years after the band’s success, ABC program, Spicks and Specks brought…
OK, so I’m going to keep this as spoiler free for you as possible. I won’t mention any of the (many) character deaths. I won’t talk about the massive, game changing ending. I won’t talk about eyeballs. OK maybe I’ll mention eyeballs a couple of times. What I will talk about though is just how…
It might be hump day, but we’ve still got a tonne of great TV to watch on Free-to-Air from tomorrow until Sunday. Alexandra brings us our picks… Thursday, 19th February 2015 Louis Theroux’s LA stories – ABC – 9.30pm AEST Louis Theroux returns with three fascinating documentaries that lift the lid on the underbelly of…
Prepare yourself for one of the most magical nights you’ll have this year – The Projects Short Film Festival is once again hitting the Inner West of Sydney.The one-night festival will kick off on Tuesday 24th February at 7.30pm The Vic on the Park, Marrickville. The Projects Short Film Festival aims to create a supportive…
Johnny Depp is to return to his iconic Academy Award-nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Production for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has commenced in Queensland, Australia. The fifth instalment in the blockbuster franchise is directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Ronning. New cast members will be joining Depp – Oscar…
This episode takes Danger 5 to Ilsa’s homeland of Russia, where she and Nikita Kruschev finally sort out their differences. Firstly, though, celebrations are in order after the death of Hitler at the end of last episode. The team are partying at a rock show in Berlin, where a band called Dead Hitler play to the…
At the end of the last episode, Danger 5 went back in time with the help of a putrid tasting cocktail, in order to follow Hitler Holly and catch her before she messes too much with the space-time continuum. This episode, they’ve landed back in Austria on a Christmas Eve during WWII. The team remembers…
Inferno, based on the book by Dan Brown, is being turned into a film starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Dan Brown will be executive producing, alongside Anna Culp, Bill Connor, and David Householter. The film begins production this April, and is set to…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
How longer can the group sustain themselves while on the road? And is there a point? With two big losses recently and a metaphorical storm surrounding them, that was the big question of “Them”. After the art-driven direction of last week’s excellent (and depressing) episode we were given something which very much resembles 2009 film…
Returning to the stage after undergoing surgery last year, Kasey Chambers brought her new album Bittersweet through Sydney over the weekend. Supported by Harry Hookey, she put on a great gig – Gwen Lee caught the following photos from the night!
OK, everyone take a deep breath. Firstly, if you’ve been to SXSW before you know how it works. You’re not going to see half the stuff you want to see, and half the stuff you want to see now will be superseded by not-so-secret shows that aren’t officially announced until the day. The epic Austin…
Del The Funky Homosapien has been a name that hip-hop fans have long cherished, well before he gained notoriety for adding a verse to the iconic Gorillaz track “Clint Eastwood”. Before then, he’d already released an album as part of the Oakland hip-hop crew Hieroglyphics, the first Deltron 3030 album, at least four studio records…
Melbourne Rockers Clowns are heading off on tour from this Friday (February 20th) and release their brand new album Bad Blood via Poison City Records. In anticipation, Herny from the group took some time out to share with us his five favourite venues in Australia, some of which they’ll be hitting up along their massive…
At first glance, “Sit-In” looks like another classic Hannah Horvath temper tantrum. The difference here is that at the end of it Hannah gets up, packs her bags, and leaves Adam for good. I’d call that progress, wouldn’t you? Well, in the context of Hannah, that is. If I had returned from a month in…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia tomorrow, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. We kick things off with The Red Woman (Melisandre) herself, Carice Van Houten….
When The Wachowskis make a new film, we take notice. There is this endless desire we have as film fanatics that we’ll see them pull out something as impressive as their classic sci-fi film The Matrix. Time and time again fans and critics are disappointed, as proven by fairly low Rotten Tomatoes scores, poor word…
With Soundwave Festival fast approaching this weekend, Of Mice & Men are ready to set foot on Australian soil and tear the stage with their electrifying metalcore tunes. With the recent release of their music video for “Broken Generation”, as well as their latest full length album Restoring Force, the band’s drummer Valentino Artegea talked to us about technology and…
In our 22nd installment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Winnipeg’s genre bender’s The Ruth Moody Band, and chat about their upcoming Australian tour. Band Name: The Ruth Moody Band Website / Social Media: www.ruthmoody.com Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: indie/folk-roots/acoustic/alt-country pop Members & their roles: I play banjo and guitar and sing. Adrian Dolan plays fiddle,…
Yesterday, before they headed to the airport back to the US, I had the chance to sit down with Britt Daniel, the frontman of iconic Austin based rockers Spoon to talk about their just wrapped Australian tour. We also looked back at their career – including their 1997 Soft Effects EP which Daniel described as…
Evolve is one of those games that feels like it’s been in the pipeline for a really long time. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios, the team behind Valve’s multiplayer zombie shoot-em-up Left 4 Dead, it sees a sci-fi future (plainly influenced by 80’s sci-fi films like Predator and Aliens) in which a squad of four…
The Total War series is a venerable one. Releasing one game after another over the last 15 years, it remains willfully experimental, seeking a way to combine real-time strategy with turn-based strategy into one cohesive whole. Total War: Attila not without its problems but, like its namesake, it’s more than willing to take a few…
George RR Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the books which have been adapted into the HBO hit Game of Thrones, has sent a warning across the realm, heralding death on a scale far larger than that in his deadly book series. Showrunners D.B. Wiess and David Benioff are, according to Martin,…
It’s time like following Saturday Night Live’s epic 40th Anniversary Special through the internet because you aren’t able to actually watch (or stream) it that makes living in Australia seem a bit bland. To makes things better, FOXTEL have decided to air the whole shebang on Australia’s home of comedy The Comedy Channel. Saturday Night…
Yet another gem comes from Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special, with both Mike Myers and Dane Carvey surprisingly bringing back the iconic duo of Wayne and Garth – from Wayne’s World – to recall one of the most popular sketches in the show’s history. Watch them break down top 10 things we love about…
Jim Carrey is Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon is Justin Bieber, and Will Ferrell and Alex Trebek in a revival of one of Saturday Night Live’s classic sketches, Celebrity Jeopardy. Amongst many other on-point celeb impressions, this skit sits as one of the standouts from SNL’s 40th anniversary special, which is currently the number one trending…
