Hunger Games‘ sequel Catching Fire held onto the Number One spot over the weekend, taking in an additional $6.75m at the local box office, followed by Bad Grandpa which held onto the Number Two position with $1.1m and Thor 2 which took in just under $900,000, returning to the number three spot. Newcomers Carrie and…
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The Iris meets funnyman Will Ferrell on the red carpet of the Sydney Anchorman: The Legend Continues premiere to find out what happened to the Anchorman musical, if a trilogy is in store and how Australia ahas treated him in an all too brief visit to our shores. Interview: Chris Singh Camera: Nathan Atkins Edit:…
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Opening on Boxing Day in Australia is the long awaited second part of The Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug. Today Warner Bros / Roadshow have presented four clips to get you excited about the film, featuring Golbins, the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Gandalf, Hobbits and much more. Also see Legolas get told…
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Growing up, we always have a couple of books we connect with. For me, before there was Harry Potter and before I could fully appreciate the sheer brilliance of the Hitchhikers series, there was a little 1985 Sci-Fi novel called Ender’s Game. It was the sort of novel, that at nine years old – or…
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Identical Irish twins Jedward played a fantastic 2.5 hour long pop set at the Enmore Theatre on Sunday. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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Following a massive ARIA weekend, the Marquee put on a special VIP industry party last night to celebrate the start of Summer. Hosted by Marquee co-owner, Noah Tepperberg who was in town from New York, attendees enjoyed Belvedere cocktails and Sokyo canapés, while resident DJ K-Note made sure everyone was dancing at the private event….
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) have unveiled the nominations for the 39 categories that will comprise the 3rd annual AACTA Awards, and The Great Gatsby tops the list with 14 nominations. The big-budget film faces competition from Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket, a-low budget film, shot in Laos with unknown actors. Both…
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While he was in Sydney today, I had the chance to chat to Armin Van Buuren ahead of his appearance at the Electronic Music Conference, and following a massive weekend of sets at the touring Stereosonic Festival. We talk about these events, look forward into the new year, reflect on his favourite new material, Australian…
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Ahead of his appearance at this week’s Electronic Music Conference (EMC) in Sydney, Brett Robinson, the director of Future Music kindly took some time out to talk to us about the festival, their new relationship with the Mushroom Group, expanding into Asia, what we can expect from the event in 2014 and beyond – and,…
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Note: This Review May Contain Spoilers How I Live Now is at once strange and intriguing. Set in the 21st century, How I Live Now tells the story of a young, American girl who is sent to live with her cousins in the English countryside, when a world war breaks out across the country. Daisy, the American, and…
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the AU review sits down with Nashville based singer/songwriter Robert Ellis during his Australian tour. We talk about the tour, his latest record The Lights From The Chemical Plant, new band members and we look towards 2014! Will he come back to Australia?
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This Sunday, the 2013 ARIA Award winners will be announced. Will be there live on the red carpet so stay tuned for all the latest on our Twitter page and on the website! We asked our contributors to vote on who they thought would take home the trophies and here’s who they selected… alongside some…
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All week as part of ARIA Week celebrations in Sydney, SONOS have been giving away Play:1 Wireless HiFi systems. We were lucky enough to get our hands on one last week, which now sits comfortably indeed at AU HQ and thought we’d bring you our thoughts! Over the years we at the AU have enjoyed…
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This Sunday, the 2013 ARIA Award winners will be announced. Will be there live on the red carpet so stay tuned for all the latest on our Twitter page and on the website! We asked our contributors to vote on who they thought would take home the trophies and here’s who they selected… alongside some…
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From the Turkish delights around Auburn to Korean in Eastwood, Greek in Marrickville and Laotian in Canley Heights, Sydney and its surrounds is a treasure trove of some of the world’s finest cuisines. The reasons are perhaps quite obvious: it’s in these areas where you find these nationalities in their greatest numbers. In the case…
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It’s the final year of high school and Sutters life is falling apart. Dumped by his girlfriend, ditched by his friends and failing his way through class, he starts sliding quietly into alcoholism. When he meets the quiet, geeky Aimee she seems to offer him a path out of the murk, but Sutter may not…
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The Iris presents the international trailer and Australian poster for the anticipated new film HER, released in Australian cinemas on January 16th, 2014. Directed by Spike Jonze, this original love story is garnering high praise from critics after showing at the New York and Rome Film Festivals. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/GTtDo0-w4LQ?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Starring Joaquin…
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The Iris meets Steve Carrell on the red carpet of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues in Sydney, Australia. We talk about his experiences in Australia and about how his character Brick Tamland handles having a new love interest (Kristen Wiig) in the film! Interview: Chris Singh Camera: Nathan Atkins Edit: Larry Heath Filmed at the…
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The grandmaster of animation, Hayao Miyazaki, made the somewhat unexpected announcement of his retirement from filmmaking a few months back when his film The Wind Rises played at the Venice Film Festival. The film’s trailer has arrived, and after great reviews from the festival circuit I’m hoping it’s a great watch. The film tells the…
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Darlene Love. Merry Clayton. Lisa Fischer. Claudia Lennear. Táta Vega. Judith Hill. Jo Lawry. Stevvi Alexander. The names of these women may not seem familiar, but I can guarantee that you have heard at least one, if not all of them sing. How? Because all of these women are backup singers, and among the most celebrated of…
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“I’m sorry. I know that means little at this point, but I am. I tried. I think you would all agree that I tried. To be true, to be strong, to be kind, to love, to be right. But I wasn’t.” With these few words, so begins All Is Lost, an incredible film about one man’s struggle…
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the AU review’s The Iris meets David Koechner aka Champ Kind from Anchorman 2 on the red carpet at the Australian premiere in Sydney. We talk about the film – getting back into character, the script and the “one liners” and we ask: would you consider doing a third film? WHAMMY! ———- This content has…
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Larry catches up with Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw to find out what we can expect from the Australian tour – which kicks off in a little over a week – given it’s been well over a year since Synthetica was released. Hint: Some old stuff! We talk about their first ever trip to Hong Kong…
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We’ve been asked to be a part of the exciting tag project #youin this Summer by XXXX Summerbright Lager (@xxxxsummerbright), and we’re passing on the invitation to you as well, for the chance to win a prize pack worth over $200! Summer is all about making the most about every day; it’s the feeling that…
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To celebrate the 27th Annual Aria Awards, Nova is hosting an exclusive invite only Nova’s Red Room with Bliss N Eso as part of Aria week. It’s all happening TOMORROW NIGHT (28th November) in Sydney at The Standard. To celebrate, we have FIVE double passes to give away to the event. For your chance to…
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Seeing Only Lovers Left Alive at the Brisbane International Film Festival was the best kind of surprise. The title alone had piqued my interest, and the synopsis ensured that this would at least be an unusual film, if anything. But Only Lovers Left Alive completely and utterly stole my heart right from the first frame…
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Ahead of the first Insane Clown Posse tour in ten years, John Goodridge chats with Shaggy2Dope, one half of ICP, about the upcoming tour and their enduring success. Hi, it’s John calling from the AUreview in Australia. How’s it going? Hey brother, this is Shaggy, receiving your call from America. So you’ll be in Australia…
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The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) has announced the winners of the annual Screen IT competition, Australia’s largest competition for school-aged filmakers, animators and game makers. This year there were over 373 entries from all around Australia creating live-action films, computer games and animations to fit with this years theme, Connect. ACMI’s Screen Education Manager, Christine…
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Ron Burgundy, known to most as Ánchorman, has released his highly anticipated autobiography Let Me Off At The Top! My classy life and other musings. The book has coincided with the release of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues which premiered in Australia last Sunday. Burgundy will reveal, in his own words, his most private thoughts,…
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