Month: March 2025

Win tickets to see Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17

Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures Australia we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to giveaway to Mickey 17, written and directed by Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) and starring Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, in Australian theatres from March 6th, 2025.  The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in…

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Win tickets to see Mike Leigh’s award-winning tragi-comedy Hard Truths

Thanks to Mushroom Studios, The Reset Collective and Think Tank Communications we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to giveaway to Hard Truths, the multi-award-winning tragi-comedy from famed director Mike Leigh, in Australian theatres from March 6th, 2025. The story revolves around Pansy, a hypersensitive woman who constantly criticizes her husband Curtley and…

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Turbo Overkill brings that old-school heat to new-gen consoles

It’s so obvious to mention the original Doom at the slightest mention of boomer shooters. It wasn’t the first first-person shooter (FPS), but it still feels like the most important in terms of popularity and influence. Not only was the 2016 reboot a hit, but to this day, programmers and enthusiasts continue finding more and…

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Interview: Joe Williams on the unexplored aspects of parenting in new documentary Seen; “It’s not being critical of parents.  It’s just having the opportunity to be able to make it different.”

Seen is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary that not only explores the transformative power of personal healing for parents, but also delves into the scientifically supported effects of such healing on parenting and its impact on child brain development. By focusing on the unexplored aspect of parents confronting their own childhood coping mechanisms, Seen is poised…

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Understanding Rainbow Six Siege Statistics: A Decade of Tactical Evolution

In the complex world of competitive gaming, few titles demand as much analytical depth as Rainbow Six Siege. Since its launch in December 2015, the game has evolved from a promising tactical shooter into a sophisticated competitive ecosystem where every action, decision, and outcome can be quantified and analyzed. As someone who has spent the…

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Perth Festival: Jordan Rakei & Drea light up the East Perth Power Station

Big names like Bjork and PJ Harvey have headlined at the Perth Festival. They draw you in with a little international renown and spectacle; then they surprise you with their selection of local artists too. But in this metaphor, home-grown Jordan Rakei isn’t the local artist. His five albums, hundreds of millions of listens, and…

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Basement’s Alex Henery on the current state of heavy music and New Bloom Festival

In the space between chaos and clarity, you’ll find the unmistakable sound of Basement. Hailing from Ipswich, England, the band formed in 2009 with a run that saw them release two standout records— the second of which has since become a favourite within the genre—before taking a brief hiatus in 2012. Basement made their return…

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Live Review: The Kooks + Briston Maroney – Palace Foreshore, Melbourne (27.02.25)

The Kooks arguably became one of the most popular British indie rock bands of the early 2000s with their debut album Inside In / Inside Out.  Over the years, they’ve gained a massive following right here in Australia and have since made it home, quickly rescheduling their cancelled shows from last year and coming right…

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Adelaide Fringe review: ‘The History of Hip Hop’ is fun but watered down

A History of Hip Hop lesson that gives more weight to Arrested Development than Big Daddy Kane (possibly the most seminal rapper of all time), Geto Boys (the first to really rap about mental illness and trauma with mainstream impact), or the likes of Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Mobb Deep. That doesn’t sound very…

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Jon Simmons of Balance and Composure talks their hiatus and reunion, and their upcoming slot at New Bloom Festival

After years of silence, Balance and Composure was restored, with the Pennsylvania-born band making a triumphant return. calling it quits in 2019, they shocked fans with the unexpected release of Too Quick To Forgive in 2023. With a studio album and multiple tours under their belt, they’re now gearing up to come Down Under and…

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Photo Gallery: Fontaines D.C. + Shame – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth (27.02.25)

Last week, Irish post-punk icons Fontaines D.C. stormed the stage at Red Hill Auditorium for a blistering, sold-out show – one of the headline events for this year’s Perth Festival. Kicking off the night were UK outfit Shame, whose energy suitably whipped up the crowd. Touring off the back of their acclaimed new album, Romance,…

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Win tickets to see Keke Palmer and SZA in the wild buddy comedy One of Them Days

Thanks to Sony Pictures Australia we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the US box office success One of Them Days, starring Keke Palmer and Grammy Award-winning songstress SZA, in Australian cinemas from March 5th, 2025. Best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are about to have One of…

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Tom Weil

Adelaide Fringe Review: Tom Weil’s Sixth Sense is well tuned

Tom Weil is a magician and mind reader with 20 years of experience. This makes for a satisfying series of gasps and applause from the Adelaide Fringe audience packed into the Kingfisher tent in Gluttony. His particular speciality of mentalism leaves many wondering if, indeed, he can read minds. How did he predict where people…

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Prinnie Stevens

Adelaide Fringe Review: Prinnie Stevens celebrates the best of Tina Turner

Prinnie Stevens has been part of the Adelaide Fringe for several years, with her successful Lady Sings the Blues tribute to women in music and as one of the 2024 Fringe Ambassadors. For the 2025 season, in her latest cabaret show, Stevens has bought the music of Tina Turner to life.  The Woodville Town Hall is…

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Green Day rocks Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium with their first show of the Saviors tour Down Under

Rock legends Green Day kicked off the Aussie leg of their Saviors tour at Marvel Stadium last night, and what a night it was. Celebrating not only the release of their 2024 album Saviors, but also the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot, with the band playing both revolutionary albums…

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Max Richter is the world’s most prominent neuroscientist: a review of his Sydney Opera House show

Max Richter is less interested in your Pre-Frontal Cortex as he is in your limbic system, hippocampus and amygdala. The postminimalist piano man is as much a neuroscientist as a musician, taking a scatter shot for the subconscious with dreamy, evocative classical music designed to destroy and rebuild. Max Richter is my most trusted travel…

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