Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Movie Review
I've not read the book (other than a few sample pages courtesy of Amazon.com) but I imagine, as was the case with Where the Wild Things Are, that the book is a much more economic and elegant tale than the resulting feature film. The film appears to be riding the coat tails of the recent Diary of a Wimpy Kid films (which do a very good job of translating its literary source to the silver screen) but where the Wimpy Kid films riff neatly on the familiar misfortunes and fears of our youth, the ...
Art Of Sleeping ‘Crazy’ Tour
With a ripened sound and limitless inspiration Art of Sleeping will be performing brand new tracks off their forthcoming LP as well as gems from their treasured 2012 EP ‘Like A Thief’.
Jangly-pop four-piece outfit from Sydney The Lulu Raes have been enlisted to open up the shows in each city. Having just released a video for 2nd single 'Reputation'the band are excited to bring their sugar-filled catchy weirdness to Melbourne and Brisbane for the first time.
You don’t have to ...
Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood Exhibition at Brisbane Museum
This exhibition will take visitors behind the scenes to gain a glimpse into Hollywood of the 1920s to 1960s through a collection of costumes, props and ephemera connected to the cinema’s most iconic stars, studios and designers. This extraordinary exhibition is drawn from a sole private collection owned by Brisbane resident Nicholas Inglis who has been avidly acquiring motion picture costumes and memorabilia for close to two decades.
It will feature costumes worn by some of Hollywood...
Sweet, Sour and Saucy – Theatre at La Boite
The 1950s inspired radio talkback show features songs of yesteryear from Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Eartha Kitt, along with a dose of dodgy relationship advice from these self-appointed “experts on love”.
Barbara and Barry (real life couple Melissa Western and Tnee Dyer) will charm lovers and lonely hearts with their knockout vocals, virtuosic piano playing, witty repartee… and something they call ‘erotic spoons’.
Just in time for the valentine season, audiences ...
Or Forever Hold Your Peace – Theatre at La Boite
Faced with their impending deployment to the Trojan War, a troop of gung-ho soldiers with nothing to lose demand from their leader something unspeakable. Using a sham wedding to the handsome warrior Achilles as bait, Agamemnon lures his daughter to Aulis and sets in motion a chain of events that brings an empire to ruin.
Drawing parallels between Greek tragedy, modern warfare and the state of the local political landscape, Or Forever Hold Your Peace is as physically explosive and ...
TILT Film Festival 2014
This year’s festival includes some of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed sports and adventure filmmakers including the highly anticipated modern follow-up to his father’s Academy Award winning homage to the joy of motorcycles ON ANY SUNDAY – The Next Chapter by Dana Brown (Dust to Glory, Step into Liquid), snowboarder filmmaking icon Jeremy Jones’ HIGHER, Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson’s CRUSTY DEMONS 20th ANNIVERSARY and fresh from its world premiere as Opening Night ...
Emirates British Film Festival 2014
After premiering at the London and Toronto Film Festivals respectively, the organisers are proud to book end the festival with two wonderful epics set during the war “Testament Of Youth” based on the famous memoirs of Vera Brittain and starring Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) and Kit Harrington (Game Of Thrones) as our opening night film and closing the festival will be the highly anticipated “The Imitation Game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing who was successful in ...
Gossling Harvest of Gold National Tour
Her debut album, “Harvest Of Gold” was undoubtedly one of 2013’s best Australian releases, (“Joyous, honest and dreamy” - Harper’s Bazaar). To celebrate her national tour she will release a special digital only edition of “Harvest of Gold” featuring a bonus EP of new and previously unreleased music, including her stunning covers of Everclear’s 90’s anthem ‘Santa Monica’ and Vance Joys’ hit single ‘Riptide’ [LINK].
Gossling Harvest of Gold National Tour
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Little May Australian Tour
For their debut headline tour beginning in November, the trio are set to bring to life the haunting tracks that have captured many fans from around the globe and celebrate their debut self-titled EP (out October 10th) - making Australian audiences the first to hear the yet unreleased songs spun live.
No strangers to some of the country’s biggest stages, Little May have earned their live-set stripes at Splendour in The Grass, Laneway and BigSound and supporting the Australia tour of ...
Japanese Film Festival 2014 Touring Australia
The JFF is the largest Japanese film festival outside of Japan and showcases the best in contemporary Japanese cinema including releases that are now showing in Japanese theatres. Tickets go on sale 4 weeks prior to JFF start date (Sydney and Melbourne will be available 6 weeks out) from www.japanesefilmfestival.net.
OPENING FILM
The JFF opens its 2014 program with Australian Premiere, Lady Maiko (pictured), a musical comedy directed by Masayuki Suo (Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t; Shall We ...
