Game of Thrones

TV Review: Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 3 “High Sparrow” (USA, 2015)

Now that we have passed the first two episodes and caught up with the working storylines for this season “High Sparrow” was perfectly placed to shake things up a bit, and it did so with a very eventful episode that gave us one very satisfying death, one very shocking betrothal, one new and important character,…

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Game of Thrones mania continues with Thronecast on Foxtel

The fifth series of HBO juggernaut Game of Thrones is gaining momentum as we head into its third episode, and Foxtel is catering to the enthusiast in us all with new series Thronecast, a British series that recaps every episode of Game of Thrones’ new season. Hosted by Sue Perkins and Jamie East, Thronecast contains…

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The Iris Interview: Finn Jones on Australian Game of Thrones piracy, developing Ser Loras & more!

  As part of the global Game of Thrones franchise, British actor Finn Jones has been thrust into the spotlight and under the microscope of what is a well known and intense fan base. Fleshing out and developing the popular knight on screen over the past four seasons of the show has seen Jones develop a following of…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 2 “The House of Black and White” (USA, 2015)

There are some big plot changes from the book going down right about now, but none quite as significant as Jamie’s fifth season quest and some other changes which begin in this episode. “The House of Black and White” sets everyone’s favourite kingslayer on a much different course than in the source material, and the…

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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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Sydney Opera House will play home to a giant dragon for Game of Thrones premiere

With Foxtel securing the rights to air Game of Thrones at exactly the same time as it airs in the U.S, it’s only fitting that a big celebration is in order. Following the premiere, which will land 11am AEST on Foxtel Monday 13th April, Foxtel will host a premiere party at Sydney Opera House in…

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Game Of Thrones: What’s happened, and what we think is going to happen next…

Power is a fickle thing in Westeros. As we’ve seen time and time again, the strongest families fall the hardest, or, in the case of a certain Stark, get their heads chopped off. We’ve seen the fall of the Targaryens, Baratheons and Starks, and season four demonstrated that even the golden Lannisters can find themselves…

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Guess who’s coming to dinner. Jon Snow.

Poor Kit Harrington; Game of Thrones has put him and his Jon Snow through so much over the show’s past four seasons that he seems to be forever doomed to a life of social inappropriateness and awkward New York dinner conversations. When funny man Seth Meyers invites Snow over for dinner in the below sketch,…

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George RR Martin releases chapter from sixth A Song of Ice and Fire book The Winds of Winter

It’s been a long time since 2011’s A Dance with Dragons was released, serving as the fifth installment in George RR Martin’s incredibly involving A Song of Ice and Fire series – which you probably also know as the source material for Game of Thrones. Now the sixth installment is being prepared and as a…

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Games Review: Game of Thrones – A Telltale Games Series: Episode Three (PC, 2015)

The third episode of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series resumes very shortly after the conclusion of Episode 2: The Lost Lords. Things aren’t looking great for the imperiled Forrester family and, if this new episode is any indication, their trials show no signs of abating any time soon. Episode Three, titled A Sword…

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Apple debuts brand new, comprehensive Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer

In what is perhaps the most revealing trailer Game of Thrones has ever released for a season, a new 1:51 minute sneak peak has debuted via Apple’s hotly anticipated Spring Forward keynote. We take a look at Dany’s triumphant ‘break the wheel’ speech, a potential war between Bolton and Baratheon, new characters, and more. With…

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HBO announces new Game of Thrones mixtape with Snoop Dogg, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage, and more

While HBO prepare for the April 12th premiere of the fifth season for fantasy epic Game of Thrones, they have announced that the second in their Catch the Throne mixtape series will be released for free on Soundcloud ahead of the big day. It’s all about bringing the show to life through contemporary styles of…

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Interview: Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark) talks about Season Four of Game of Thrones

With the fourth season of Game of Thrones released of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia yesterday, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Bran Stark – played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright – who was in…

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Interview: Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) talks about Season Four of Game of Thrones

With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…

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Interview: Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed) talks about Season Four of Game of Thrones

With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…

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Blu-Ray Review: Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season (USA, 2014)

OK, so I’m going to keep this as spoiler free for you as possible. I won’t mention any of the (many) character deaths. I won’t talk about the massive, game changing ending. I won’t talk about eyeballs. OK maybe I’ll mention eyeballs a couple of times. What I will talk about though is just how…

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Interview: Carice Van Houten (Melisandre) talks about Season Four of Game of Thrones

With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia tomorrow, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. We kick things off with The Red Woman (Melisandre) herself, Carice Van Houten….

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George RR Martin warns that Game of Thrones characters will die in the series who don’t die in the books

George RR Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the books which have been adapted into the HBO hit Game of Thrones, has sent a warning across the realm, heralding death on a scale far larger than that in his deadly book series. Showrunners D.B. Wiess and David Benioff are, according to Martin,…

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Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer leaks ahead of official release

Hurry before it’s taken down (Update: It was taken down, but the official HD trailer is up). A full trailer for Season 5 of Game of Thrones has been filmed in an IMAX screening and uploaded to YouTube for the realm to see. While a David Bowie cover (“Heroes” by TV on the Radio) burns…

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Supanova 2015 bringing stars from Star Trek, Buffy, Game of Thrones, and more

Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Game of Thrones fans get ready – the lineup for this years Supanova Pop Culture Expo has just been announced and it is ridiculous. For the Star Trek fans – George Takei (the original Hikaru Sulu), Nichelle Nichols (the original Nyota Uhura), and Walter Koenig (the original Pavel…

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HBO planning to screen Game of Thrones in select IMAX theatres across USA

With television shows increasingly becoming more impressive in terms of production, scale, and story, it comes to little surprise that HBO plan to transpose their fantasy epic Game of Thrones to the big, big screen. The New York Times reports that HBO plans to show an exclusive trailer for the coming season along with the…

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Games Impressions: Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series – Episode One – Iron From Ice (PC, 2014)

Telltale’s second offering of the holiday season is the product of their fruitful partnership with Warner Bros on The Wolf Among Us earlier this year. This new adventure title, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series – based on HBO’s wildly successful fantasy series of the same name – offers immense value both to fans…

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Opinion: F**k piracy. Why isn’t Game of Thrones screening in Cinemas?

If the success of Doctor Who is anything to go by, fandom can be a profitable market in the world of Cinema. This past weekend, the first episode of the new season of the series brought in some $700,000 in Australia alone. That’s at least 40,000 tickets around the country in limited release, in the…

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Buffy, Veronica Mars and more…all you need to know about Oz Comic-Con Brisbane & Sydney!

The Oz Comic-Con train is soon to pull into its Brisbane and Sydney stops this September and it’s bringing with it quite the enviable line up of television and film stars, as well as talented guests from the mediums of voice over, animation, comics, graphic novels and more! The announcements have been coming out left…

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HBO and Google Play bring Game of Thrones: The Exhibition to Sydney in July

After the stunning finale to the incredible fourth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, fans all over the world are hungry for any way to return to Westeros, and now it is possible. To celebrate the release of Season 4 on Google Play, HBO and Google Play are bringing Game of Thrones: The Exhibition to…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 10 “The Children” (USA, 2014)

So it ends; Game of Thrones’ excellent fourth season has come to it’s 10-episode conclusion, closing the book on George RR Martin’s A Storm of Swords and signalling a huge expansion in Season 5. Two pivotal characters – and consistent fan favourites – are now on journeys to places we never expected them to go;…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 9 “The Watchers on the Wall” (USA, 2014)

Much like ‘Blackwater’ from Season 2 “The Watchers on the Wall” was big, cinematic, and focused on just one of the many poly-rhythmic arcs dancing around Westeros. While this season has remained consistently exciting throughout, some story lines have been relatively muffled and haven’t been as fleshed-out as they have been in earlier seasons; Jon…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 8 “The Mountain and The Viper” (USA, 2014)

Well I sure feel like one of those beatles Tyrion was so eloquently advocating for in “The Mountain and The Viper”; even if you knew what was coming, the sheer brutality of it all was shockingly affecting and – even though it crushed me – was beautifully done. Many characters moved forward in leaps and…

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TV Review: Game of Thrones – Season 4, Episode 7 “Mockingbird” (USA, 2014)

I’m only half way through the first Game of Thrones book, taking my time because my schedule doesn’t exactly allow for intense bouts of reading anymore. Meanwhile, those who have read far ahead of me take pride in knowing what comes next; smugly dictating my journey throughout the show whenever they want by throwing a…

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Hodor! Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn coming to Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne

Melbournians, you better start working on your best Hodor impressions, because your favourite Bran-carrying giant is coming to town. That’s right, Irish actor (and DJ) Kristian Nairn, who portrays Hodor on the HBO juggernaut series Game of Thrones, has been announced as a guest at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne on July 5th and 6th. Fans will be…

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