 | | Shaping Up |  | SAM TRAMELL plays Sam Merlotte, TRUE BLOOD's resident shape-shifter. Traditionally the series' nice guy, it’s no longer a dog's life for the Bon Temps bartender in the show's Fourth Season. How is Sam changing this season? SAM TRAMMELL: He was a little weak,... more |
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|  | | Gravity Pull | | | George Clooney looks to be heading back to Solaris territory with his new film Gravity, which is set for cinema release before Christmas. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, the third Harry Potter movie), Hollywood’s favourite radical... more |
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 | | Star Trek: The Next Generation | | | Get set to boldly go where no Blu-ray has gone before. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012, the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation will make its Blu-ray debut on August 1. And for the many fans of this enduring sci-fi series, it will be worth the... more |
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|  | | A Clockwork Melange | | | In HUGO, renowned director Martin Scorsese creates a magical mixture of childhood adventure and film history — in 3D. In a surprising turn of events, Martin Scorsese’s latest foray into the world of cinema features neither Leonardo DiCaprio nor an exploration of modern... more |
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 | | New Millennium | | | DANIEL CRAIG swaps a license to kill for a license to thrill in the murder mystery THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Based on the first novel in Stieg Larsson’s best-selling Millennium Trilogy, Daniel Craig embarks on an investigation into a young woman’s disappearance,... more |
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|  | | Prometheus Unbound | | | The countdown has begun to the release of Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s eagerly anticipated return to the Alien universe. However, he’s still not giving much away about what it’s all about. Quizzed on the secrecy surrounding the Prometheus project, Charlize... more |
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 | | Bryan Cranston to rule the world | | | Devoted fans of the TV series Breaking Bad reckons series star Bryan Cranston should rule Hollywood, and with the upcoming Total Recall remake they’ll get more than that, as Cranston takes on the role of Chancellor Vilo Cohaagen, the world leader of a dystopian... more |
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|  | | Special JB Hi-Fi Announcement: Triple Family Fun Offer | | | Until 6th May 2012* JB Hi-Fi have just announced their super special BUY 2 GET ONE FREE offer — especially for the school holidays! There’s something for kids of all ages, starting with Yo Gabba Gabba!: Circus and Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor... more |
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 | | Happy Feet 2 | | | Five questions for George Miller, who returns to direct those tap dancing penguins in the hit sequel HAPPY FEET TWO. 01/ The success of Happy Feet has been phenomenal. What do you attribute that to? GEORGE MILLER: Oh, gosh. Who knows? I think the first movie... more |
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|  | | Rising Star: Emma Stone | | | Prior to her present ubiquity, Stone had a small part in Superbad, where she found herself on the receiving end of headbutt from star Jonah Hill. But it was her leading role in the teen comedy Easy A – playing a savvy student who makes high school gossip work... more |
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 | | Tin Men | | | PETER JACKSON and STEVEN SPIELBERG reveal what it was like working together to bring the world of Hergé to 3D life in THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN. There was a lot of excitement when it was announced you were teaming up with Steven Spielberg... more |
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|  | | State of Fear | | | We need to talk about Kevin — Kevin Smith, that is – and his new film RED STATE . Scott Hocking spoke with the loquacious director about this dark and disturbing thriller. Red State is a radical departure for Kevin Smith, best known for his slacker comedies... more |
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 | | Block Party | | | Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy team up in Brett Ratner’s high-rise comedy caper, TOWER HEIST. In the grand tradition of crime-caper movies, Tower Heist sees an unlikely group of criminals take on ‘The Man’ – albeit this time with a Robin Hood flavour. Ben Stiller plays... more |
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|  | | Iceberg, Right Ahead | | | On Sunday, April 14, 1912 at 11.40 pm, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Thanks in part to James Cameron’s 1997 movie Titanic, most people are aware of the ensuing events on that freezing night. But did you know – despite popular opinion – that... more |
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 | | Bob J.'s Classic Corner: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958) | | | - Directed by Roy Ward Baker When the White Star liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sunk on the April 15, 1912, with a loss of more than 1500 lives, it shook the very social foundations of the post Victorian period. In many ways it was akin to 9/11... more |
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|  | | The Origins of Early Hollywood (Part 8) | | | The Movies Learn To Talk. There is a misconception that silent films were actually soundless; many of the large city auditorium theatres had full symphonic orchestras to play musical overtures appropriate to the scenes of the film. The smaller cinemas had either organ or... more |
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 | | Beatles Re-Boot Yellow Submarine | | | Despite it being one of the most popular children’s animations of all time, The Beatles’ acclaimed 1968 classic Yellow Submarine has been unavailable for the last decade on DVD. Now restored – frame by frame with no automated software used in the process – Yellow Submarine... more |
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|  | | Cruise Control | | | Returning for his fourth mission as Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise pulled a few surprises, including bringing on board a director untried in live action. His high risk strategy has paid off, with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL blowing audiences away. Given director Brad Bird’s... more |
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 | | Latest anime magic from Studio Ghibli | | | Studio Ghibli is the Japanese creative powerhouse behind Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away – the latter being the very first Japanese animated film to win an Oscar. Arrietty is the latest offering from ‘Ghibli... more |
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|  | | Inspiring Comeback by Australian-born Nitro Circus Star | | | Cam Sinclair, a legend of Freestyle Motocross, is the subject of the inspiring comeback story Twice: The Cam Sinclair Story, out on DVD April 5. Growing up in the small town of Pearcedale, southeast of Melbourne, Cameron Sinclair found his path early riding motorcycles.... more |
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