Ricky Gervais

Interview: Felicity Ward on the new Australian series of The Office, her character’s secret sauce, and removing the stigma around mental health

New office. New Aussie boss. The hotly-anticipated Australian Original comedy series is the thirteenth version of the global hit juggernaut franchise The Office and has the first-ever female lead in the iconic role, comedian and actor Felicity Ward. In the eight part series, Hannah Howard (Ward) is the managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick….

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Ricky Gervais stars in Life On The Road with two teaser film posters released!

With its cinematic release on August 25, Life On The Road is an exciting upcoming  film which stars the very funny Ricky Gervais. Since his days in The Office (U.K), David Brent (Gervais) is now a travelling salesman and chases a rockstar dream by self-financing a UK tour with his band, Forgone Conclusion. A documentary crew follow…

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Optus teams up with Netflix to offer free subscriptions, and Ricky Gervais wants to tell you all about it

With Netflix finally launching in Australia and New Zealand today, all eyes are on the online entertainment service and it’s promising potential to shake up what we know of Australian subscription television/streaming. Already the service has attracted praise for their very reasonable price point and humongous collection of new and classic films, series, documentaries, and…

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TV DVD Review: Derek (UK, 2013)

In a recent photo shoot for The Hollywood Reporter, Ricky Gervais is captured flipping the bird to the camera, whilst burning money with the smoke of his cigar. Say what you will about him, but I think he’s brilliant. His aptitude in developing comic relief which showcase the raw reality of banal existence is spot…

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