After captivating audiences with the breakout success of “The Fool” – a track that exploded across social media through fan edits, viral videos and millions of views – Alexandria returns with her most ambitious release yet, “Justice.” Inspired by the tarot card of the same name, “Justice” explores the uneasy balance between reckoning and redemption….
Whilst everyone else is turning their attention to North America for the World Cup, we’re keeping things focused firmly on the best new music being released. As ever, we’re bringing you ten of the week’s best new releases via our Discovery Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify. Proud Kamilaroi/Samoan artist Becca Hatch takes out of…
Gaming headsets are a dime a dozen these days, and while many promise to be the true “all-in-one” solution for your setup, very few actually deliver. Enter the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Omni, a premium piece of hardware that doesn’t just promise the world; it actually delivers on its promise. After spending extensive time putting…
One of the great joys of documentary filmmaking is its ability to introduce audiences to worlds they never knew existed. Joe Kowalski‘s Micronations does exactly that, plunging viewers into a community of self-declared kings, queens, emperors, and presidents who have carved out their own sovereign states in backyards, villages, deserts, and forgotten corners of the…
The title That Friend immediately suggests a familiar archetype. We all know someone who can turn a quiet evening into an all-night adventure, someone whose enthusiasm is both infectious and exhausting in equal measure. What makes Alex Wall and Will Sterling‘s comedy work so well is that it never settles for the easy joke of…
The Melbourne International Film Festival has unveiled the first 25 titles and events for its 2026 edition, offering an early look at a program that promises major international premieres, new Australian filmmaking talent and a handful of special one-off experiences. Running from August 6th to the 23rd across Melbourne and regional Victoria, before extending nationally…
We’ve reviewed plenty of SteelSeries accessories and peripherals in the past, and it’s generally my go-to choice for headsets these days. I was lucky enough to have reviewed both the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless and the newer Arctis Nova Elite Wireless, both of which I still use today. While I never got the chance to…
A decade after redefining modern zombie cinema with Train to Busan, filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho returns to familiar infected territory with Colony, a frenetic, blood-soaked thriller that trades speeding trains for a towering Seoul skyscraper. While it never quite reaches the emotional highs or cultural impact of its predecessor, it remains an entertaining and inventive genre…
Few filmmakers have done more to redefine the zombie genre than Yeon Sang-ho. Nearly a decade after Train to Busan transformed a familiar horror concept into a razor-sharp reflection of modern society, the South Korean filmmaker returns to the infected with Colony, an ambitious new thriller that asks a far more unsettling question: what if…
As someone who lost their father at a young age, Honeyjoon connected with me almost immediately. Not because it tries to manufacture tears or deliver grand speeches about grief, but because it understands something far messier: losing someone doesn’t necessarily bring people together. Sometimes it creates distance. Sometimes it leaves people speaking entirely different emotional…
Grief is rarely a straight line, and neither is Honeyjoon. Equal parts heartfelt, hilarious and unexpectedly romantic, the film follows June and her Persian-British mother, Lela, as they journey to the breathtaking Azores Islands to mark the anniversary of a devastating loss. What begins as an act of remembrance soon becomes something far messier, funnier…
Global superstar Niall Horan has just announced that he will be touring Australia in February, bringing his highly anticipated Dinner Party Tour to arenas Down Under. Having just released the Dinner Party album, this will be the first chance for fans to see him perform it live. Horan is hitting arenas in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney…
Fifteen years after The Social Network became one of the defining films of the modern era, Aaron Sorkin is heading back into the world of Facebook. This time, however, the story isn’t about the platform’s creation – it’s about the moment its carefully curated image began to fracture. Sony Pictures has released the first trailer…
Heartbreak is universal. So too is the tendency to tell ourselves we’re ready to move on when we’re anything but. In General Admission, writer Sarah Adina channels one of the most vulnerable chapters of her own life into a sharply observed comedy about a woman who attends a support group hoping to heal, only to…
Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer for Elle, the upcoming Legally Blonde prequel series that explores the formative years of the iconic Elle Woods. The eight-episode first season will premiere July 1st on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. In a vote of confidence ahead of its debut, the streamer…
When it comes to rail transit, something North America and Australia have long held in common is the lack of a true high-speed service. This is defined as a service that generally travels at speeds of 200km/h (125mph) on upgraded but existing rail infrastructure, or 250km/h (155mph) on newly built lines. Even now, neither country…
It’s been a MASSIVE week with Summer Games Fest. We have had some sleepless nights with big game announcements and exciting release dates. Finally, it’s Nintendo’s turn with the release of their big announcements for the year. While people are yelling “OCARINA OF TIME REMAKE” at their screens, we were excited to see a huge…
With How To Talk Australians, comedian and actor Danielle Walker joins a proudly eccentric comedy that turns the Australian national character into both the joke and the punchline. Expanding on the viral web series that amassed more than 12 million views, the film follows a group of Indian call centre workers who find themselves stranded…
As one half of the delightfully deadpan police duo who cross paths with the stranded travellers in How to Talk Australians, Rick Davies brings a uniquely Australian flavour to the film’s affectionate send-up of life Down Under. Though his screen time may be limited, his outback police officer leaves a memorable impression, embodying the kind…
With more than 12 million views behind its viral web series, How to Talk Australians makes the leap to the big screen with a warm-hearted and sharply observed comedy about culture, identity and the misunderstandings that often bring people together. As Shani, an ambitious student from the Delhi College of Linguistics whose carefully planned Australian…
It’s not the answer you’d expect from a man who helped invent British punk. For much of the past fifty years, Captain Sensible (real name Raymond Burns), has toured the world with The Damned, one of the most influential bands to emerge from Britain’s punk explosion. The group released “New Rose”, the first single by…
Naarm/Melbourne duo Fountain Lakes invite us deep into the forest with the haunting video for their new single, “Cry Wolf”, which we are delighted to premiere today. Comprising Jac Tonks and Emma Heeney, Fountain Lakes create expansive, genre-spanning music shaped by rich textures, reverb and dreamlike dual vocals. Following the release of “Castaway”, the first…
In Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg returns to the skies, but not simply to repeat the wonder of Close Encounters of the Third Kind or the terror of War of the Worlds. This is not an action-centric spectacle, and anyone expecting a relentless alien invasion thriller may be surprised, perhaps even disappointed. Instead, Spielberg has crafted…
I make no secret of my love for 1 Hotels. I’ve stayed in several of the brand’s US properties to date (1 Hotel South Beach in Miami is my favourite), and see it as a necessary evolution for a hospitality industry constantly seeking new ways to be authentically eco-conscious. There are plenty of sustainability initiatives…
The team at Frontier Developments has officially lifted the lid on the highly anticipated sequel to its beloved zoo management sim, unveiling a world-exclusive first look at Planet Zoo 2 gameplay during this year’s PC Gaming Show. Promising a significant generational leap in both visual fidelity and gameplay depth, the title is slated to launch…
David Wain has never been a filmmaker interested in subtlety. From Wet Hot American Summer to Role Models and Wanderlust, his comedy thrives on committing fully to absurd ideas and pushing them well beyond the point of reason. With Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, he may have delivered his most gloriously ridiculous film…
Ira Sachs has long been a filmmaker more interested in emotional truth than conventional storytelling. His films often ask audiences to meet them on their own wavelength rather than the other way around, and The Man I Love continues that tradition. The problem is that, for much of its running time, it feels as though…
Entering The Princess Theatre on a cold Friday night, the crowd pouring through the doors for Detroit rapper Danny Brown appeared curiously without a tribe. From the pink-haired to the balding, those dressed head-to-toe in black and others in bright neon, it was difficult to make sense of exactly who this audience was. The familiar…
XBOX has released their new showcase. After a massive shift in management over the last few months, we have seen new Asha Sharma come in and take the company back to its gaming core and win the fanbase back. Today’s showcase only affirmed the company’s new direction that will potentially take XBOX back to being…
Dario Russo’s The Fox is the kind of film that feels impossible to predict from one scene to the next. Part dark fairytale, part relationship satire, part small-town Australian absurdist comedy, it unfolds with the confidence of a filmmaker who is less interested in playing by conventional rules than seeing just how much strangeness an…
