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The Oclean AirPump A10 portable water flosser wins iF Design Award 2025

Oclean’s newest portable water flosser, the AirPump A10, had just won the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025. Touted as one of the most prestigious awards for product design and user experience, the awards feature almost 11,000 entries from 66 countries, with 131 jurors from 23 countries gathered to vote. Following strict selection criteria, the awards also…

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It’s a Freakier Friday for Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the first look trailer for their body-swap comedy

Here we go again! It’s been over 20 years since Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan first swapped bodies in 2003’s much loved remake Freaky Friday.  You’d think by now lessons would have been learned, but it seems the universe has some unfinished business for the Academy Award winner and the Mean Girls alum if…

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Everything we learned at the F1 trailer launch from director Joseph Kosinski

From Apple Original Films and the filmmakers from Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, seven-time FORMULA 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes…

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Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer are old friends and new roommates in first trailer for their new sitcom Mid-Century Modern

Described as a sitcom in the same vein as the classic Golden Girls, Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick & David Kohan and executive producer Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story, Pose) have brought together a trio of friends by chance, but family by choice in Mid-Century Modern, which today has revealed its trailer ahead…

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The Melbourne Women in Film Festival unveils its electrifying 2025 program

The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF), a vital home for the championing of female filmmakers, has today unveiled its electrifying 2025 program, featuring an impressive lineup of over 40 world-class features, shorts, and special events. The ninth edition of the festival is set to disrupt, challenge, and inspire filmmaking in a showcase of the…

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The Australian International Documentary Conference unveils 2025 program

The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has announced its full program for its 2025 event, with over 40 sessions, more than 115 speakers, and 90 industry decision makers taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, from 2nd to the 5th of March, 2025, with an online-only international marketplace between the 6th and 7th…

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The Alliance Française French Film Festival reveals full 2025 programme

The Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF) has unveiled its 2025 programme of groundbreaking French cinema. Now in its 36th year, the largest celebration of French film outside France will arrive in Australia from 4 March – 27 April 2025. Festival-goers are invited to embark on a unique cultural journey, featuring captivating stories of…

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Interview: Dean DeBlois on writing and directing the live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon; “It was made without a cynical bone in the mix.”

As the writer and director of the original animated How To Train Your Dragon, and both sequels, Dean DeBlois is all too aware how closely audiences hold those films to their chest and that a live action adaptation is, perhaps, not that necessary; heck, he even admits himself that he’s never been one to think…

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Apple TV+ announce K-pop song battle series KPOPPED starring PSY and Megan Thee Stallion

East meets West as stars face-off in collaborative sing battles for the recently announced Apple TV+ series KPOPPED, an all-new eight-episode song battle series from executive producer Lionel Richie, starring PSY, the international chart-topper who helped bring K-pop to the world with his global sensation “Gangnam Style”, and three-time, Grammy award-winning superstar and executive producer Megan…

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A new era is born in first Jurassic World Rebirth trailer

Fiyero, I don’t think we’re in Oz anymore. After making an entrance as the Winkie Prince in last year’s thrillifying Wicked, Jonathan Bailey is trading dancing (through life) for dinosaurs in the anticipated first trailer for the latest chapter in the Jurassic Park film series – Jurassic World Rebirth. As paleontologist Henry Loomis, alongside Scarlett…

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Death runs in the family in (nose) piercing teaser for Final Destination: Bloodlines

25 years ago, a rejected X-Files plot and a morbid sense of humour came together in the most glorious (and gory) fashion for Final Destination.  At a time when the horror genre was heavily reliant on the slasher subsect, Final Destination dared to go beyond conventions, taking the pin-up cast of its contemporaries and offing…

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Kate Hudson is Running Point in first-look trailer for new Netflix comedy series

The ball appears to be in Kate Hudson‘s court, with the Academy Award nominated actress and singer flexing her “biggest bitch” energy in the first-look trailer for her new comedy series Running Point, premiering February 27th on Netflix. Created by Mindy Kaling, the series follows Isla Gordon (Hudson) who is appointed president of the Los…

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Everything we learned from director Ryan Coogler at the Sinners trailer launch

The night belongs to Sinners From the director of Creed and Black Panther, Ryan Coogler, comes a terrifying new vision of fear in Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan as a duo of twin bothers looking to leave their troubles behind, returning to their hometown, only to discover a greater evil awaits them. As the new…

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Danny & Michael Philippou, Teresa Palmer, and Anaconda added to AACTA Festival line-up

This morning, Danny & Michael Philippou, ONEFOUR, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Teresa Palmer, Jack Thompson, Matt Carroll, Academy Award winner Adam Elliott, Lee Tiger Halley, Bruna Papandrea, Anaconda, and more have been added to the star-studded AACTA Festival lineup – Australia’s largest celebration of film, television and screen content, running between February 5th and 9th, 2025.. This expanded…

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2025 AACTA Festival announces Leigh Whannell, Paul Kelly and more to lineup

Today, the AACTA Festival announced over twenty new sessions have been added to the 2025 program, which returns to the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, from February 5 – 9 2025.    Celebrated Australian music icon Paul Kelly will perform live at the festival alongside Meg Washington, Brendan Maclean, Beddy Rays and other special guests at the How to Make Gravy – Live…

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Sundance Film Festival reveals 93 projects for its Feature Film and Episodic Programs

Today, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a lineup full of bold independent storytelling. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films…

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PAX Aus 2024 : The Steam Deck is coming to Australia

Steam has officially confirmed that the highly anticipated Steam Deck is coming to Australia. At PAX Australia, the company confirmed that it will begin selling the PC handheld device locally starting next month. Currently, the only way to get one is to pay some heavy import fees or pay double, sometimes triple from an unauthorised…

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The creators of Barbarian deliver a new kind of love story with the first teaser for Companion

New Line Cinema, the studio that brought you The Notebook, and the unhinged creators of Barbarian cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story… Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend, and, if this cryptic trailer is anything…

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Black comedy is at its best in razor-sharp trailer for Australian comedy Audrey

Far from your average mother-daughter flick, Audrey is a twisted, razor sharp comedy both gloriously absurd and strangely relatable. Following its acclaimed US debut at Austin’s prestigious SXSW festival, where it impressed audiences with its acerbic humour and high-stakes deception, New Zealand’s funniest export leads the charge, alongside Australian screen veterans and emerging stars, proving…

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The New Farm Queer Film Festival kicks off in Brisbane

Packed full with Australian and Queensland premiere titles, including highly anticipated films out of the Cannes, Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals, as well as two retrospective program stands, The New Farm Queer Film Festival returns with its biggest and best program yet, running from October 3rd to the 13th. Programmed by Sean Tayler and…

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Vengeance has a new face in action-packed first trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina starring Ana de Armas

No stranger to the action genre already due to her work in No Time To Die, The Gray Man, and Ghosted, Ana de Armas looks to take on her biggest, most brutal challenge yet with the forthcoming release of Ballerina; officially titled From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, so as to remind us what…

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Evil knows the name of Cross in first-look trailer for new crime series starring Aldis Hodge

Prime Video has today unveiled the official trailer for the highly anticipated crime thriller series Cross, starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross, a complex, twisted, pulse-pounding thriller created by showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins, based upon the characters from James Patterson‘s best-selling “Alex Cross” book series. Alex Cross is a detective and forensic psychologist,…

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Michael B. Jordan delivers a new vision of fear in first Sinners trailer

“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.” Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers, trying to leave their troubled past behind, returning to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater…

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Brisbane International Film Festival announces Venice’s Gold and Silver Lion winners added to stacked 2024 line-up

Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) 2024 is proud to announce the inclusion of two of the most acclaimed films from this year’s Venice Film Festival in its program. A Special Presentation of The Room Next Door and The Brutalist – winners of the prestigious Gold and Silver Lion awards – will be featured as part…

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The Rock and Chris Evans team up to save Santa Claus in the new trailer for seasonal actioner Red One

The mission to save Christmas is on. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Red One is a must-see action-comedy event that delivers a fresh twist on Christmas for the holiday season. Directed by Jake Kasdan, who has previously teamed with Johnson on the blockbuster Jumanji movies, this multigenerational global spectacle features such megawatt stars as Chris Evans and…

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Interview: Director Peter Hastings on the unique animated style of Dog Man; “It’s all driven by the feeling we wanted.”

Part dog, part man, all hero. From DreamWorks Animation, creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby, comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man. When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are…

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SXSW Sydney announces exciting screen program for 2024 addition

SXSW Sydney (October 14th – 20th, 2024) is back for its second year, and its bringing a bold and inspiring mix of local and international features, showcasing the best across drama, horror, comedy and documentaries for its Screen Program. The lineup includes the Australian premiere of Lucy Lawless‘s directorial debut, Never Look Away, a documentary about…

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Tina Arena breathes new life into her legendary hit Chains with Australian dance duo SHOUSE

Released originally in 1994, “Chains” cemented Tina Arena’s status as a powerhouse in the global music landscape with its hauntingly crafted lyrics and emotionally charged vocals that only she can deliver. A silver record in the UK, where it placed in the Top 10, certified double platinum in Australia, and a Top 40 success on…

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim trailer returns audiences to Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking Middle Earth through the eyes of legendary anime director Kenji Kamiyama.

New Line Cinema’s original anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien, through the eyes of legendary anime director Kenji Kamiyama. Set 183 years before…

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The Eminence Symphony Orchestra returns to Sydney Town Hall, bringing to life iconic video game scores

The Eminence Sydney Orchestra, led by Maestro Phillip Chu, returns to the Sydney Town Hall on the 14th of September, 2024, to perform a list of iconic video game and anime scores. Performances will include scores from Studio Ghibli, Helldivers 2, Overwatch, Fieren: Beyond Journey’s End and the GUNDAM series, with so much more. Special…

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