How much you will enjoy 300: Rise of an Empire really depends on how you felt about the first film. While the first 300 was mildly engaging with its plot, thoroughly entertaining with its action, and awesome with its effects, our second outing – complete with new director Noam Murro – is too excessive to…
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Michael Bay’s Transformers series has found all kinds of success since the first film opened in 2007. The 2009 sequel Revenge of the Fallen was even more successful than the first, despite being a critical bomb. The third film, Dark of the Moon, was an improvement on the second but was still considered overly-complicated and too long. Despite claiming to be…
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The Sydney group Yetis have been ones we’ve been keeping an eye on for a while now, previously featuring their track “Bright Red” at the end of 2012. And now they’re back with a new single, “Kind Eyes” that we’re proud to premiere below. Enjoy this stunning gem here: Grab the track on iTunes now!…
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Welcome to our brand new section AU Abroad where we bring you a birds eye view of the world of travel. As writers for the AU review, we travel for the arts, and so the content in this section reflects that. But in this article series, we just want you to know the best airlines…
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the AU review presents Sydney trio Bloods performing in acoustic mode for the first time, with their single “Language” – live and exclusive for the AU sessions. The track comes off their EP Golden Fang, available now.
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Much of the music being played at Soundwave was something that did not say “tepid”. It sure was hard, fast, strong, and at times, weird. Everything that happened at this festival was metaphorically going straight into the depths of the audience’s chests, whether they liked it or not. Not being too sure what to head…
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With five episodes left, ‘Still’ took a bit of a time-out to redefine two characters we never expected would interact on anything more than a superficial level. When the prison walls came tumbling down and everyone split up, Daryl and Beth was the least likely duo. Fans worried that the writers were messing up; pairing…
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It’s that time of year again when the AU and The Iris head to Austin to cover the annual SXSW Film, Interactive and Music Festival. In anticipation, the AU’s deputy editor Sose, shares with us her five film festival picks (in no particular order). Believe us that this was not an easy list to put…
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THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS! House of Cards has been back on Showtime for the past three weeks now. It isn’t surprising that House of Cards Season 2 has returned to match the same drama and suspense as the previous season. What is surprising is the turn of events so far. For those who haven’t had…
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the AU review sits down with Eves, Jesse Davidson and Jordan Léser as they travel the country on the Triple Treat Tour. We find out what they’re up to at the moment, what they love of each other’s music and much more… They have one show left on the tour, on Thursday, 6th March at…
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It looks like Australian audiences still love to see Liam Neeson kick ass. Neeson’s latest action thriller, Non-Stop, flew straight to the top of the box office over the weekend with $1.87 million. The film has received decent reviews, and seems to be a solid choice for a fun night at the movies. Aussie horror sequel Wolf Creek 2 took in…
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Well the 2013 Awards Season has officially come to a glorious end with the 86th Academy Awards. The big winners of the night were Gravity with 7 wins and 12 Years a Slave with three, including Best Picture. This is a rare year where the Academy really can’t be faulted with any of their selections and…
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Winner of both the Best First Feature award at the Berlinale and Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca, The Rocket is now being released on DVD! The family of unruly and inquisitive Young Ahlo have been forced to evacuate its homeland after the government earmark it for the construction site of a colossal dam. Now accompanied…
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The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) is the much heralded and final offering from legendary Japanese animated feature film director of Studio Ghibli fame – Hayao Miyazaki. In true Miyazaki style, it is loosely based on historical events steeped deeply in fantasy and adventure. Although this film is a highly fictionalised biography, it pays tribute to…
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The Transitions Film Festival prides itself on screening a program of world-changing documentaries. This year is no different, and the festival included documentaries about important subjects; true stories from around the globe to challenge and inspire the viewer. One such documentary is Growing Cities. The hour-long film covers the topic of urban farming, following film makers Dan…
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the AU review interviews Chase & Status backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their return to Australia, their latest record and more…
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the AU review interviews Tinie Tempah backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, his time in Australia, his latest record and more…
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the AU review interviews two parts of Cut Copy backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their latest album Free Your Mind (out now), their American adventures, the fact that they’re fitting in both Golden Plains AND Future Music Festival in the days ahead and more…
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the AU review interviews two parts of French outfit Phoenix backstage at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane ahead of their run of shows in Australia (including sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne, details below) to talk about “Bankrupt!”, the festival, their return to Australia, Mint Juleps and much more… Catch Phoenix at remaining dates of…
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the AU review sits backstage with Naughty Boy at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, his music, time in Australia and much more…
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the AU review sits backstage with Canadian electronic duo Adventure Club at the Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about “Wonder”, their collaboration with Australia’s own Danny Harley aka The Kite String Tangle (TKST) and the remix competition that came out of it… Then find part two below!
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the AU review sits down with Swedish electronic duo Dada Life backstage at Future Music Festival in Brisbane to talk about the festival, their music, touring Australia… we find out what makes the perfect festival crowd and much more!
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Whilst it’s not exactly ‘already done news’, it certainly feels like you could be accurate in reporting each night that there’s “more tragedy from Ukraine”, and unfortunately this evening was no exception. With the backing of SBS’s new team, The Feed is able to regularly show some harrowing and awful footage from Ukraine- this time…
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Good old Mick Taylor, every backpacker’s worst nightmare come to life, there’s nothing like a rifle wielding, redneck lunatic bearing down on you in nowhere Aussie bushland, to get the heart racing. But why was this particular homicidal maniac so appealing? Enough to rake in over $27 million in box office sales worldwide, with a…
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