Day: 13 April 2015

Stumbled Upon #038 – Sundara Karma (Reading, England)

In our 38th installment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Reading’s alt rockers Sundara Karma, and chat about their eclectic influences and upcoming shows. We find out how the band got started, how they’d best describe their live show and learn more about their latest music. Plus, we get to have a listen ourselves! Band Name:…

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Live Review: Gary Clark Jr – Metro Theatre, Sydney (10.04.15)

At this point, I feel I’ve said everything there is to say about the great Gary Clark Jr, yet once again I find myself at one of his concerts in absolute awe of his talent. The way he makes everything look so effortless, the way he moves along that guitar and makes us move in…

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Exclusive Single Premiere: The Dawn Chorus "Big World" (2015)

We’re excited to present today the exclusive premiere of “Big World”, the second single to be taken from The Dawn Chorus‘ upcoming album, set for release late 2015. Front man Mitch Davis shines on the release, and the track features Kyla Van Mason. Produced at Pix Studios, in their hometown of the Sunshine Coast, it’s…

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Exclusive Interview: The cast of KTown Cowboys chat about the making of the film at SXSW

Hello Asia editor Johnny Au caught up with the cast of US/Korean coming-of-age flick KTown Cowboys at SXSW in Austin, Texas. KTwon Cowboys made its world premiere at SXSW and Johnny caught up with director Daniel Park as well as writer Danny Cho and cast members Shane Yoon, Peter Jae, Bobby Choy, Daniel Dae Kim and…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 1 “The Wars to Come” (USA, 2015)

The season premieres of Game of Thrones have almost always served the purpose of re-adjusting the show’s landscape to it’s constantly shifting dynamics, slowly but surely rearranging arrows to give us some sort of hint as to what we’re in for over the 10 episodes. “The Wars to Come” is no exception to this pattern,…

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Get a glimpse of Ant-Man‘s tiny nemesis “Yellowjacket” in the first full length trailer!

We’re being treated to so much Marvel goodness this year. In less than two weeks the new Avengers will hit screens and then less than three months after that we’ll have a brand new Marvel franchise to feast our eyes on… Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. This is without question the smallest super…

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TV Review: Marvel’s Daredevil, Season 1 Episode 3 “Rabbit In A Snowstorm” (USA, 2015)

“Rabbit In A Snow Storm” is another strong world-building entry for Marvel’s Daredevil, which downplays the role of ‘Daredevil’ to instead give Matt and Foggy plenty of action in the courtroom. It also introduces two of the most significant characters from the comic book, investigative journalist Ben Urich (Vondie Curtis-Hall), and The Kingpin himself, Wilson…

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DVD Review: Laggies (USA, 2014)

“Laggies” are immature people who trail behind as their friends mature, get jobs, get married and have children. It’s also the name of a rom-com and family dramedy from director, Lynn Shelton (Your Sister’s Sister) and writer/novelist, Andrea Seigel.The story is implausible and forgetful but the film is redeemed by its pleasant-enough execution and the…

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DVD Review: Northmen – A Viking Saga (Switzerland, Germany & South Africa, 2014)

Northmen – A Viking Saga is for people who like their battles to be played hard and fast. It’s also one for those fans who want a little less conversation, a little more action. Because while it’s an adequate and epic adventure/drama, this battle does fail to properly introduce the characters and their back stories,…

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Sydney Film Festival releases teasers for upcoming films

The Sydney Film Festival is coming up in June, and to satiate us until then, the powers that be have released teasers for four new films that are set to screen at the festival. Deathgasm is directed by Jason Lei Howden, who previously worked on visual effects for The Hobbit trilogy and The Avengers. This New…

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Hot Pursuit trailer delivers action packed female buddy comedy with Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara

The new trailer for upcoming action packed, female buddy comedy film Hot Pursuit has arrived. Reese Witherspoon plays uptight and by the book cop Officer Cooper who has to take Sophia Vergara’s sexy outgoing widow of a drug boss Daniella Riva into protective custody to escape from crooked cops and murderous gunmen. You can expect…

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DVD Review: Survivor (MA15+) (USA, 2014)

This is the next bad sci-fi that you need to see. Critics have spurned it as “the science fiction that even science fiction fans won’t like”. That’s a pretty harsh call. Let’s assess why Survivor did not survive the heat of film reviewers. It has a splash of sci fi favourites like Kevin Sorbo and Rocky Meyers. It…

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Kiyomi – Broadbeach (Gold Coast)

Gold Coast’s Jupiters is in the midst of a $345 million dollar refurbishment, aimed at completely revitalising the impressive building from the endearingly simple pool area to the in-house dining scene. I was kindly flown up there to check out the two starry restaurants that have opened due to the transformation, the first of which…

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