Today Disney+ ordered its next animated series from Lucasfilm, “Star Wars: The Bad Batch.” Fresh off of the critically-acclaimed series finale of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the Disney+ original series will premiere on the streaming service in 2021. The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly ch...
Newly-wed students, Fred and Rose (Australia’s Odessa Young), move to a small Vermont college town with the hope of starting a new life. They receive an offer of free room and board from a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg), if Rose agrees to spend time cleaning and looking after his wife – renowned horror author Shirley Jackson (Elizabeth Moss). Shirley detests their presence, which heightens te...
CinefestOZ has named AACTA award-winning actress Emma Booth as a Patron of the festival. The West Australian-born actress, best known for the award-winning Australian thriller Hounds of Love and TV series Glitch and The Gloaming, has been attending the festival for years and said she was delighted to become an ‘official member’ of the CinefestOZ family. “Over the years, the team behind CinefestO...
In a near-future, darknet grifter Dougie is recruited to work security at a refugee detention centre. There, he is drawn into an underground operation blackmailing detainees to fight for profit. When tragedy strikes courageous fighter Azad, Dougie locates his hitherto dormant conscience and takes a stand.
We lost Ennio Morricone yesterday. The world’s greatest screen composer was 91 years old, which is a good innings by anyone’s estimation, but it still stings when you lose someone who cast a shadow as long as his, and perhaps twice as much in a year as unarguably shitty as this one. Morricone’s achievements are both legion and well documented, and you don’t need me to lead you by the hand through ...
Damien Leone’s sequel to the 2016 breakout indie horror film, Terrifier, is on the way and here’s what we know so far.
In fantastic news coming out of the South West the team behind CinefestOZ have announced the festival will happen at the end of August this year! Even though we may still have some border restrictions this is the perfect time for WA film lovers to head down south at the end of August to experience this festival for the first time if you haven’t been already.. See the full press release below...
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily ou...
For over 50 years, country music legend Slim Dusty and his wife, Joy McKean trail-blazed their way across Australia, creating a musical legacy that to this day continues to entertain and inspire. Theirs is perhaps one of the greatest partnerships in Australian music history. SLIM & I is a feature documentary that tells the incredible story of that partnership and of the brilliant woman who liv...
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late.
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends — to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the u...
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace’s manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and ...
