Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock ‘n’ roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like “Killer Queen”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You” become instant classics. When Mercury’s increasingly wil...
We all know that Joel Edgerton is a gifted film maker this time around hes taking on Boy Erased from the memoir of Garrard Conley which recounts his childhood in a fundamentalist Arkansas family who enrolled him in gay conversion therapy. The film stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Troye Sivan, Flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Joel will also be playing the role of Victor Sykes t...
Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of the production of the drama film Rub and Tug after a social media backlash. Johansson’s casting as trans-man sparked a public debate led by LGBT+ groups and activists, who believed a trans actor should have been cast instead. Rub and Tug was set to be directed by Rupert Sanders, who also worked on the controversial film Ghost In The Shell, in which Johansson’s...
“Mary Queen of Scots” explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart (Ronan). Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth I (Robbie). Each young Queen beholds her “sister” in fear and fascination. Rivals in p...
KIN, a pulse-pounding crime thriller with a sci-fi twist, is the story of an unexpected hero destined for greatness. Chased by a vengeful criminal (James Franco) and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, a recently released ex-con (Jack Reynor) and his adopted teenage brother (Myles Truitt) are forced to go on the run with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection. From the producers of St...
The trailer is here for Ben Young’s next film Extinction starring Michael Peña and Lizzy Caplan, for those that don’t know Ben is a Perth filmmaker who directed the incredible Hounds of Love which received critical acclaim after premiering at the Venice Film Festival. This time around his film will be screening on Netflix worldwide from July 27, take a look at the trailer below. A fat...
A story of a fragmented friendship finding new ground, director Daniel Stine’s feature film debut Virginia Minnesota begins with a young woman at a crossroads. Her direction in life a question mark, Lyle (Rachel Hendrix) heads off on an impromptu road trip, running into a former friend, Addison (Aurora Perrinau). Addison is also adrift, and the two find themselves on the road together. Separated b...
Fifteen years ago, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) discovered they were being two-timed by the same man. Bitter and cynical they became fast friends and formed The Breaker Upperers, a small-time business breaking up couples for cash. Now they’re in their late-thirties and business is booming. They’re a platonic, codependent couple who keep their cynicism alive by not getting emotion...
1%, Jirga, Ladies in Black and The Merger have been selected as the four Film Prize Finalists at this year’s CinefestOZ. Each will go into the running to win Australia’s greatest film prize. 2018 marks the fifth year in which the significant sum of $100,000 is awarded to the producer of an Australian feature film, and the 11th CinefestOZ Film Festival. The prize was established to reward excellenc...
Perhaps it is no longer mere science fiction speculation and maybe artificial intelligence is closer than we realise. The directors of More Human Than Humanset to find out. Exploring the current state of robotics and artificial intelligence in this fascinating documentary, Wolting and Pallotta turn their camera on a number of examples, as well as exploring the possibility of making an AI specifica...
While Spiderman has been a big success in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony is continuing to explore the Spiderman universe through its own films with Venom scheduled for release later in 2018, and now it has been announced that a Morbius film has found its leading man.
IT Chapter 2 has begun production with the first official image released with all the older cast. It looks like its from the table read, rather excited for this one.. I’m no fan of horror but I seriously enjoyed the first film and I’m crazy excited to see the second one and with this cast you can obviously see they’re going all out on this one. Andy Muschietti is back behind the ...
