Travis Johnson

2 weeks ago | morning-times.com | Travis Johnson |Travis Johnson

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It didn’t take long for Jim Knowles to confirm what he believed was true when Penn State hired him to be defensive coordinator just three months ago. Then, Knowles was fresh off coaching Ohio State’s defense to a national championship win not long after the Nittany Lions failed to advance to that game, losing in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Philadelphia native thought Penn State had all the pieces to do one game better. He thought he could help.

1 month ago | flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Eliza Janssen |Tony Stamp |Travis Johnson

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column, published every Friday, spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has pulled off a clever trick in its new season. “I’m so exhausted. I’m so tired. In a way, I have to say, I’m so sick of Squid Game,” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety earlier this month. It’s not exactly the headline Netflix hoped for, but you can’t really blame the guy.

Jan 31, 2025 | flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Dominic Corry |Clarisse Loughrey |Travis Johnson

With Robert Eggers’ long-planned Nosferatu finally arriving in cinemas this week, Dominic Corry takes a look at ten of cinema’s most notable vampires from over the years. It’s 60% Draculas. Max Schrek in Nosferatu (1922)Although technically not the first vampire movie, this unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula set a template for horror movies that still exists today.

Jan 21, 2025 | flicks.com.au | Craig Mathieson |Stephen Russell |Travis Johnson |Liam Maguren

Fallout star Ella Purnell plays a meek murderer in British thriller miniseries Sweetpea – streaming on Neon. Unable to stop binging it, Eliza Janssen found herself rooting for the show’s shy serial killer. What big eyes Ella Purnell has: all the better to trick us with. In new thriller series Sweetpea, the British actress gets to flaunt her range, flipping between Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf over the course of single scenes.

Jan 20, 2025 | flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Steve Newall

After hosting the New Zealand premieres of Gladiator II this week, we asked the good people who came along what they thought of the Ancient Rome epic. In cinemas from today, Ridley Scott returns to the multi-Oscar-winning world of Gladiator with Gladiator II. Paul Mescal steps into the sandals—and the Colosseum—vacated by Russell Crowe. Captured in battle, Lucius (Mescal) is brought to Rome to fight for the peoples’ entertainment, and is swept up into the violent politics of the empire.