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How will new streaming services stack up against all the rest?
May 19, 2021 | Matthew Simmonds
As two new streaming services launch in 2021, Australians are asked if they’re ready for more in an already saturated streaming market.
Streaming’s A Scream: Shudder Launches In Australia
August 19, 2020 | Anjelica Rankin
Horror streaming service Shudder has finally brought its terrifying catalogue to Australian screens.
Quibi: Australia’s Newest Streaming Service
August 18, 2020 | Anjelica Rankin
Are you tired of being enabled by Netflix, with its long list of long content that seduces you into consecutive binge-watching sessions? Try Quibi, the streaming service that’ll give you big stories in quick bites.
4 Fashion Must-Streams
May 5, 2020 | Anjelica Rankin
It’s like fashion photographer Bill Cunningham said, “Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life.” And, with everyday life looking a little like the start of the apocalypse, it’s time to suit up with some fashion show must-streams.
All things Cheer with the Brisbane Broncos Cheersquad
March 9, 2020 | Ashlee Smale
After obsessing over Netflix documentary Cheer, we interviewed Brisbane’s own cheersquad, The Brisbane Broncos Cheerleaders. And there is definitely more to cheerleading than high kicks and pom poms.
The White Helmets Doc: Syria’s First Responders
September 23, 2016 | Faerlie Eldred
The thunderous hum from above alerts the men. They rush outside to see an aircraft drop its destruction. As the bomb explodes, the men have already mobilized; they jump into a truck and head directly for the bombed site. In the rising grey dust of chaos, the men in the white helmets are Syria’s first responders, a civilian group who search for survivors trapped within the rubble. Read More
Kitty Flanagan: Seriously?
August 14, 2015 | Katherine Sullivan
Veteran comic Kitty Flanagan brings her new show Seriously? to Brisbane’s Powerhouse this August – it’s looking like 2015 is the year that we fall in love with Kitty all over again. Read More
Review: Tig
August 9, 2015 | Tom Cushing
In the documentary Tig, the eponymous comedian talks about a hospital visit where she had to remove her shirt. “And the technician said, ‘Oh my gosh, you have such a flat stomach. What is your secret?’ And I was … Read More
Review: Grace and Frankie
June 9, 2015 | Tom Cushing
Grace and Frankie is a single camera sitcom built on a simple premise: Thirty minutes with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is always time well spent.
Part of Netflix’s growing library of original content (including House of Cards, Bloodline and this primary coloured nightmare) … Read More
Review: Sense8
June 8, 2015 | Ethan Scott
Netflix goes out on a limb with its high-concept, high-production value sci-fi from the Wachowskis, the minds behind The Matrix Trilogy.
Netflix June Releases
June 6, 2015 | Ethan Scott
June heralds these three new season releases for Netflix Australia.
Stan vs Netflix: No Activity
May 12, 2015 | Ethan Scott
Australian movie and television streaming service Stan has announced the production of its first original series. Can the service continue to compete with Netflix, the media streaming giant?
Can Foxtel Continue To Compete With Online Streaming Giants?
September 30, 2014 | Ethan Scott
Foxtel have come under scrutiny in past years for their failure to remain competitively priced on their most popular content. Now that Foxtel’s Presto has been dropped in price, will we see more competition between the major players?