Day: 18 June 2016

Win a copy of Hinterland: Season 2 on DVD

Hinterland is atmospheric and disturbing – a detective drama of poetry and scale, a story of blood, soil and belonging. The first series of the acclaimed Welsh series ended with a bloody cliff hanger and now the second series will see DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington), return to a world of killers and their victims…

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Win a copy of the complete first season of Ballers on DVD

From HBO and the creators of Entourage comes Ballers. Dwayne Johnson plays Spencer, a retired American Football Superstar who is trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players in sun-soaked Miami. Among his prospective clients are Ricky, a talented but volatile wide receiver who seeks to balance his off-field antics with his…

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Sydney Film Festival Review: Down Under (Australia, 2016)

Unapologetic, bold Australian “black comedy” Down Under had its world premiere this past week at the 63rd annual Sydney Film Festival, the only logical platform for Writer/Director Abe Forsythe to debut his second feature film seeing as it concerns one of the most talked about and shameful moments in the city’s history. This inevitably controversial…

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Hotel Review: Gold King View Room & Globe@YVR Restaurant at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport (BC, Canada)

As many travellers would know, the Fairmont Hotel and Resort brand is one associated with luxury, with stunning accommodations scattered all over the world. But there’s only one hotel in their chain that’s been built into an Airport, and that’s in Vancouver on the west coast of Canada – the entry point for all Australians who…

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Comedy Review: Sam Simmons – Not A People Person, The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne (18.06.16)

The idea of a straight-up solo show is non existent to Sam Simmons. Strewn with all sorts of props on stage, Not A People Person is a show full of random thoughts and solo-sketches that make not laugh at any joke in particular but simply at the absurdity of it all. Simmons gets into a mode…

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Theatre Review: Flame Trees, The Depot Theatre, Sydney (Performances until 2 July)

You’ll be guaranteed to be singing the Cold Chisel classic after attending this production, but sadly the theatrical version doesn’t quite rise to the heights of its musical namesake. Written and produced by Aussie dramatist Wayne Tunks, Flame Trees is a story about the unforgiving nature of country towns. Past actions are not easily forgotten, as…

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