Steve Newall

New Zealand

Writer, Columnist and Reviewer at Freelance

Editor at Flicks

I’ve been on Conan O’Brien, have you?

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Mountainhead | Where to watch streaming and online in Australia | Flicks

4 days ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall |Luke Buckmaster

Jesse Armstrong (Succession) takes aim at the men on top of the tech industry in this HBO feature-length satire. Stars... More Jesse Armstrong (Succession) takes aim at the men on top of the tech industry in this HBO feature-length satire. Stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef as a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.
How to watch This City is Ours: Season 1 in Australia

5 days ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

Time to head for gritty, gloomy old Liverpool for a new and wildly popular story from the British underworld. How to watch This City is Ours: Season 1 in AustraliaThis City is Ours: Season 1 is streaming in Australia exclusively on Stan from June 4, 2025. | 8 episodes What is This City is Ours: Season 1 about?
How to watch From the World of John Wick: Ballerina in Australia

5 days ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

The Baba Yaga may be dead, but John Wick‘s shadowy world of assassins and conspiracies keeps turning. Now, here comes Ana de Armas to drop some bodies for our entertainment. How to watch From the World of John Wick: Ballerina in AustraliaFrom the World of John Wick: Ballerina hits Australian cinemas—probably repeatedly, with small caliber, sub-sonic ammunition—on June 5, 2025. | Dir: Len Wiseman What is From the World of John Wick: Ballerina about?
How to watch Kevin Costner’s The West in Australia

5 days ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

Hollywood’s last cowboy, Kevin Costner, is saddling up to give us a look at some of the true tales behind all those great Western movies. He may as well—doesn’t look like Horizon: An American Saga is getting finished any time soon. How to watch Kevin Costner’s The West: Season 1 in AustraliaKevin Costner’s The West: Season 1 is now streaming in Australia exclusively on Stan. | 8 episodes What is Kevin Costner’s The West: Season 1 about? Manifest destiny!Well, kinda.
How to watch Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time in Australia

6 days ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

The fourth and final instalment of the Rebuild of Evangelion anime film series is upon us, putting an end to creator Hideaki Anno’s reimagining of his own era-defining mechs vs monsters psychological drama. How to watch Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time in AustraliaEvangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time is now available in Australia to rent or buy via the usual online storefronts, and is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
How to watch Stick season 1 in Australia

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

Not to be confused with the cool 1983 Elmore Leonard crime novel of the same name (Burt Reynolds starred in and directed an adaptation in 1985, if you’re curious), this new series is about golf. It’s still cool, though No, really! Read on…How to watch Stick season 1 in AustraliaStick season 1 is streaming in Australia exclusively on Apple TV+ from June 4, 2025. You’re getting three episodes at once, with the remaining seven dropping weekly.
How to watch Bring Her Back in Australia

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

Twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou knocked our socks off with the superb teen possession film Talk to Me a couple years back. Now they’re set to do it all again with this fresh supernatural thriller. How to watch Bring Her Back in AustraliaBring Her Back is now playing in Australian cinemas. | Dir: Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou What is Bring Her Back about?
How to watch Rick & Morty season 8 in Australia

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall

Well, looks like it’s time for more interdimensional fun with everyone’s favourite alcoholic, sociopathic scientist and his put-upon grandson, as Rick and Morty once again cross into our dimension. How to watch Rick & Morty season 8 in AustraliaRick & Morty season 8 is streaming in Australia exclusively on Max right now. | 10 episodes What is Rick & Morty season 8 about? What began as a puerile rip off of Back to the Future has become a bona fide cultural phenomenon.
Danny and Michael Philippou tell us about their new horror Bring Her Back

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Steve Newall |Eliza Janssen |Travis Johnson |Luke Buckmaster

| Dir: Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou Folks from Flicks don’t often spend precious interview time advocating for other movie apps, but that’s exactly where I find myself when talking to Danny and Michael Philippou. Our interview’s barely begun when I ask the filmmaking twins behind recent horror smash Talk to Me (and before that, the hit YouTube channel RackaRacka) about a very different app to Flicks.
Ari Aster’s Eddington pursues emasculation to the point of self-sabotage

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.uk | Rory Doherty |Tony Stamp |Luke Buckmaster |Steve Newall

Reporting from Cannes Film Festival, Rory Doherty sizes up Ari Aster’s new pic Eddington—which pits Joaquin Phoenix against Pedro Pascal in COVID America.