2+ hour, 54+ min ago  (446+ words) That isn't to say the film is without merit. Laga'aia makes a strong impression as Moana, bringing warmth, confidence and a natural screen presence to a role that could have easily been swallowed by comparison. She is, without question, the…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (775+ words) The AU Review Film Review: Evil Dead Burn; a gloriously nasty entry that embraces the franchise's practical, mean-spirited excesses For more than four decades, the Evil Dead franchise has survived by refusing to stand still. Every new filmmaker handed the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (273+ words) There was a time when an album's success meant something simple: people bought it. One version. One release. One shot. Artists lived or died by whether the music itself convinced listeners to open their wallets. That's why comparisons between today's…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (178+ words) The AU Review Win a copy of Shudder's adaptation of the best-selling video game The Mortuary Assistant on Blu-ray Thanks to Shudder and NIXCo, we have 5 Blu-ray copies of The Mortuary Assistant, the new horror film from the producers of…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (462+ words) The AU Review The Flying Fruit Fly Circus brings Pay No Attention to the Sydney Opera House these winter school holidays Although scheduled as part of the winter school holiday show programme for the Sydney Opera House, Pay No Attention…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (314+ words) Heaven's Open" kicks things off on a high. It's a bright, summery song that feels effortless to listen to. It's got a little bit of funk woven through its indie rock foundation, with that unmistakable Australian indie feel that takes…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1208+ words) I'm lucky enough to have collected a copy of the original Xenoblade Chronicles on the Nintendo Wii, which has become a bit of a collector's item over the years. Even so, I remember playing it all those years ago, and…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (961+ words) Ahead of its world premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, our Peter Gray spoke with Zournazi about why empathy is a practice rather than an instinct, the philosophy hidden within abandoned animals, the influence of Agnes Varda and Wim…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (298+ words) Ahead of the film's release, our Peter Gray spoke with Yacoub, Doohan and Buchanan about finding the humanity beneath the horror, earning each other's trust through the franchise's famously gruelling practical effects, and why Evil Dead Burn may be the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (150+ words) As we hurtle past the halfway point of the year we're bringing you a bumper edition of our Discovery Playlist this week, with fourteen tracks added on Spotify and Apple Music " including five we premiered across the last fortnight. This…...