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s live reviews photo galleries aussies abroad album reviews features interviews playlists gig guides the au sessions film tv home film tv streaming dvd blu ray australian cinema release dates travel lifestyle home features theme parks hotel reviews health and wellness aussies abroad flight reviews travel tips trains cruises luxury travel tour diaries food drink home news reviews features recipes arts home theatre circus cabaret comedy classical opera features news video games home news reviews previews australian video game release dates technology home reviews news features books competitions film review the social reckoning aaron sorkin logs back on for a sharp timely and occasionally surface level examination of social media october 8 2026 film film tv reviews given how dramatically our relationship with social media has mutated over the last two decades it was perhaps inevitable that aaron sorkin would eventually return his attention to facebook this time though the creation of the platform is far less interesting than the monster it potentially became written and directed by sorkin the social reckoning peter gray read more curious at the sydney opera house exposes a startling truth we are just not curious enough october 7 2026 arts reviews there has been a lot of discourse lately about the demise of critical thinking with the dominance of ai the proliferation of misinformation online which is then fed to us by ai and a carefully constructed web of destructive algorithms it can be difficult to know where to turn curious at the sydney naomi gall read more series review carrie mike flanagan creates suspense around a tragedy whose destination we already know in emotionally bruising adaptation october 7 2026 film tv reviews tv streaming for more than 50 years we ve known how the story of carrie white ends stephen king s 1974 debut novel has become so embedded in popular culture helped immeasurably by brian de palma s seminal 1976 adaptation that even those who have never read the book or watched one of its screen incarnations likely know peter gray read more interview mike flanagan on why he had to adapt stephen king s carrie there s nothing about the story that s inevitable and that s part of the fun we had with it was to really look at the choices october 7 2026 film tv interviews tv streaming for more than 50 years we ve known how the story of carrie white ends stephen king s 1974 debut novel has become so embedded in popular culture helped immeasurably by brian de palma s seminal 1976 adaptation that even those who have never read the book or watched one of its screen incarnations likely know peter gray read more interview summer h howell and samantha sloyan on reestablishing the mother daughter relationship at the centre of carrie october 7 2026 film tv interviews tv streaming stephen king s carrie has been revisited on screen numerous times but mike flanagan s eight episode television adaptation has something those earlier incarnations never truly had time time to understand carrie white before the blood falls time to explore margaret white beyond the religious fanaticism that has traditionally defined her and time to consider the small acts peter gray read more minecraft dungeons ii is a decent action infused romp with friends october 7 2026 reviews video games i hadn t played the first minecraft dungeons when it was released in 2020 but it s not because i wasn t interested i m a massive diablo fan so a dungeon crawler such as this infused with the craftiness and vibrancy of minecraft seems like a great idea in many ways minecraft dungeons ii is a solid functional matthew arcari read more interview brett sullivan on reuniting the original broadway cast for hadestown the musical it s in their blood october 7 2026 film film tv interviews there s an inherent contradiction in committing live theatre to film part of the magic of the stage is its impermanence every performance exists for one audience on one night with subtle variations that can never be entirely replicated put cameras in the room however and that fleeting experience suddenly becomes permanent it s a contradiction that peter gray read more exclusive single premiere lasca dry mad heartbeat 2026 october 7 2026 music new music lasca dry returns this week with mad heartbeat a hazy and hypnotic slow burn that leans into romance unease and the familiar fear of falling hard while knowing heartbreak may be waiting just around the corner we re thrilled to premiere the track and its beautiful accompanying video ahead of release on friday 9th october the tasmanian born bruce baker read more stc s the unfriend delivers jolly darkly comic fun october 7 2026 arts reviews theatre we are used to seeing unlikely friendships on screen think the odd couple bert and ernie you get the point the unfriend draws on this tradition and adds a culture clash involving an unexpected and at times unwelcome houseguest with some darkly funny results under simon phillips stc s rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead direction this natalie salvo read more what to read next our most anticipated books for october december 2026 october 6 2026 books features this time of year is always exciting for book lovers as the period between father s day and christmas sees the release of new titles from some of the biggest names in publishing whether it be the latest lee child or is it andrew now i have lost track or david baldacci the new chris hammer emily paull read more ace combat 8 wings of theve successfully merges satisfying gameplay with a memorable story october 6 2026 reviews video games i hate to admit it but before this review i ve never played an ace combat game i had certainly seen snippets of gameplay and had come to know how beloved the franchise was but it was something i had never come across prior to ace combat 8 wings of theve and now that i m here matthew arcari read more ea sports fc 27 is a fun time that still feels like a work in progress october 6 2026 reviews video games that time of year has come once again and ea sports fc 27 is here to bring the franchise into another round of squad updates gameplay improvements and new modes to enjoy both solo and with friends for the most part ea sports fc 27 excels as far as gameplay is concerned even if most matthew arcari read more why the bluebird cafe in nashville is still one of the world s most powerful music venues october 5 2026 features features music travel lifestyle when a song strikes deep time seems to disappear with everything else i ve long thought music has a way of reaching parts of us that our conscious mind can t always make sense of there are feelings buried somewhere beneath the language we use every day emotions we may recognise without ever being able to properly chris singh read more interview anne hathaway reflects on a stellar year and finding unapologetic power in the odyssey i m going to hold it because it s a treasure october 5 2026 film film tv interviews few performers could claim the type of year anne hathaway has enjoyed across five major releases mother mary the devil wears prada 2 the odyssey the end of oak street and verity the academy award winner has moved between wildly different characters and filmmakers revisited one of the most beloved roles of her peter gray read more 1 hotel west hollywood review this hotel hides one of the best sunset strip secrets october 5 2026 hotel reviews luxury travel travel lifestyle it was ian schrager who defined the importance of common spaces in the modern hotel industry he s the reason every hotel wants to be boutique even if they have more than 100 rooms and why so many hotel marketing terms have been added to the eye glossing dictionary of hospitality buzzwords and while his chris singh read more silent hill townfall is a fresh and unnerving shot in the arm for the franchise october 5 2026 reviews video games silent hill has a rich history in the gaming space it has provided some of the scariest moments in the horror genre and spawned a film franchise and many fans across several generations the series consistently reinvents itself and this is the key to its success the latest game in the series townfall is alaisdair leith read more 7 digital accessibility upgrades that could make entertainment content easier to use october 5 2026 technology the accessibility upgrades that would probably help the most people in entertainment are the dull ones and the industry keeps rewarding the flashy ones instead a new adaptive controller gets a keynote slot and a week of glowing coverage a caption track that keeps pace with the dialogue or a festival guide a screen reader the au review read more theatre review tinker tales brings creativity engineering and physical theatre to wild things october 4 2026 arts reviews theatre tinker tales is a chaotic physical theatre production hailing from dutch company plan d performed by andreas denk who also handles the script choreography and set design ali shafiee and chérif zaouali the show is incredibly unique and engaging for kids aged six and older the premise is simple a group of builders are determined penny spirou read more melbourne fringe review yes sir is a raw and intimate exploration of kink consent and survival october 3 2026 arts reviews yes sir is the most disarmingly honest hour of the melbourne fringe i ve been to my fair share of fringe shows over the years but i can t remember any previous time an icebreaker involved the audience being handed a blindfold on the way in that s the level of commitment yes sir demands from you before alaisdair leith read more spiegel haus melbourne enters season two with briefs the works as part of melbourne fringe october 2 2026 arts circus cabaret reviews melbourne s cbd has just gotten a whole lot spicier and magical with the reopening of spiegel haus melbourne for its second season just in time for melbourne fringe festival following a successful debut season which saw shows like blanc de blanc encore and maho magic bar stun audiences with an array of entertainment they now present a stephen parthimos read more interview peter lawson on the bodies bloodshed and bad behaviour of kill jackie october 2 2026 film tv interviews tv streaming catherine zeta jones being hunted across europe by seven of the world s deadliest assassins is already a fairly irresistible proposition give her a wicked sense of humour a violent criminal history and permission to beat the living hell out of anyone standing in her way and kill jackie has all the ingredients of a gleefully unhinged peter gray read more the viture pro 2 xr glasses effortlessly blend luxury and portability october 2 2026 reviews technology there might be a few options out there but i admittedly have next to no experience with ar xr glasses before trying out the viture pro 2 xr glasses but upon doing a little more research why wouldn t i want to try something like this you mean i can have a massive screen on my face matthew arcari read more new music discoveries 2nd october fontaines d c radio free alice the grogans and more october 2 2026 music new music as we move into october we ve updated our playlist with ten more of the best new releases from across australia and the world including two premieres from earlier in the week fontaines d c take out track of the week with their new single tongue the second from their forthcoming fifth studio album dopamine chamber administrator read more exclusive video premiere nausicaä sets judith wright s child and wattle tree to animation 2026 october 2 2026 music new music brisbane songwriter simon munro has spent more than a decade turning poetry into song and with his literary folk project nausicaä he s now given a whole album over to one poet the burning glass out 27 november sets twelve poems by judith wright to music and today we re premiering the animated clip for the single child bruce baker read more interview spencer king on his new film nickels rob riggle s dramatic turn and the signs we find in grief october 2 2026 film film tv interviews rob riggle may be best known for his comedic work but in nickels the actor taps into a far quieter and more dramatic register as tom monroe a successful entrepreneur and devoted family man still carrying the grief of losing his older brother as a teenager when three decades later his neighbour s son mitch aaron peter gray read more film review nickels rob riggle finds dramatic weight in a quietly affecting story of grief and second chances october 2 2026 film film tv reviews nickels is the type of film that could have very easily overwhelmed itself a story about grief possible reincarnation and the signs we attach meaning to could have exploded into melodrama or lengthy monologues about faith instead director spencer king approaches the material with admirable restraint allowing uncertainty to hang over the film and trusting peter gray read more ella hooper offers a deeply personal glimpse into her mind and heart on overnight success october 1 2026 album reviews music ella hooper is back with more americana tunes on her third solo lp overnight success you may already be familiar with its four singles growing up is hard to do i got eyes on you when the shit went down and most recently cowboy man the opening track growing up is hard to do starts justine mcnamara read more nintendo world of warcraft and bandai namco are joining the pax aus 2026 expo floor line up october 1 2026 news video games it s hard to believe it s that time of year again as we prepare for pax aus what might already feel like christmas for gaming and pop culture fans will now get that much bigger with the addition of nintendo world of warcraft and bandai namco entertainment joining the expo floor line up this year play some matthew arcari read more garage days brings spiderbait jebediah and more to mclaren vale in 2027 october 1 2026 music news south australia s mclaren vale wine region will host a veritable smorgasbord of australian musical talent for the inaugural garage days festival in february 2027 performing at the event will be spiderbait jebediah the potbelleez gyroscope the delta riggs and the lizards it s the soundtrack to a generation the event happens at richard hamilton wines on john goodridge read more film review verity is a serviceable slickly mounted psychological thriller september 30 2026 film film tv reviews colleen hoover may not exactly be considered one of the great literary voices of our time but there s an amusing moment in verity when struggling writer lowen ashleigh dakota johnson describes the titular author s output as the type of books you pick up at the airport it s a knowingly cheeky assessment of hoover s own particular peter gray read more discover new music subscribe to launch enter your e mail address and join our mailing list for exclusive content competitions and more every thursday popular on the au 1 2 3 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