Day: 30 July 2015

Splendour Sideshow Photo Gallery: The Vaccines + Palma Violets + Green Buzzard – Metro Theatre, Sydney (28.07.15)

The Vaccines were back in Sydney as part of their Australian tour for Splendour in the Grass and they turned things up at the Metro Theatre another level, with Palma Violets and Green Buzzard in tow! Check out this gallery, shot by Gwen Lee!

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The Iris’ 10 Films not to miss at the Melbourne International Film Festival!

Tonight the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival kicks off with the anticipated world premiere of the Australian film Force of Destiny in an opening night gala. Running until 16th August, the festival will bring us hundreds of screenings over the next two or so weeks, and it’s quite hard to decide which films to see! So, we…

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Melbourne International Film Festival Review: Finders Keepers (USA, 2015)

Funded by Kickstarter and produced by the filmmakers behind The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Finders Keepers is a documentary that tackles the bizarre story of a legal dispute between a man who lost his severed leg in a plane crash and the man who found the appendage inside his barbecue.

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Film Review: I Am Big Bird: The Carroll Spinney Story (USA, 2015)

Like the titular feathered character, I am Big Bird: the Carroll Spinney Story is big-hearted, filled with love and curiosity. This documentary by Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker explores the life and times of the man inside the big yellow bird that has been a joyful part of an inestimable number of childhoods over the…

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Watch trailer for Michael Bay’s War Thriller, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi!

The trailer for Michael Bay’s new thriller 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi has just dropped! John Krasinski stars as tough guy, Jack Silver, who joins a secret club of soldiers that lay low as the last resort for the U.S military. But when the state goes under attack, these men are the only ones left to help. Based on…

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A behind-the-scenes look at Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg’s real car stunts in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Much has been written about the stunts in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – because as in many Tom Cruise films, the idea of “CGI” or “Stunt Doubles” is a thing of make believe. In Rogue Nation, when you see a car barreling down the corners of streets, with Cruise and Pegg inside, that is…

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Get nostalgic with the trailer for The Diary of a Teenage Girl

A clever, coming-of-age story that recounts the adventures of Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) in 1970’s San Francisco, “this is one for all the girls when they have grown.” The Diary of A Teenage Girl is based on the acclaimed novel by Phoebe Gloeckner and was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival. After Minnie is…

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Final Fantasy Type-0 HD arrives on PC August 18

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will make its way to PC via Steam starting August 18 according an announcement by Square Enix earlier today.

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Razer acquires Ouya, promises to pay any indie devs Ouya still owes

Earlier this week, Android-based micro console manufacturer Ouya was acquired by peripheral and gaming PC maker Razer. As sometimes happens when one company absorbs another, all their dirty secrets go with them.

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