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Teeing Up Streaming's Next Charming Sports Comedy: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño and Judy Greer Talk 'Stick'

1 week ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

In a year that's brought news that more Ted Lasso is on the way and is also delivering a 29-years-later sequel to Happy Gilmore, Stick is the right series for the right moment. There's no American in the UK at its core. None of its characters would prefer to be playing ice hockey, either. It's a golfing underdog story about attempting to score a pivotal tournament spot, however, and hails from the streaming platform that made the world now think of soccer whenever Jason Sudeikis pops up.
Xenomorphs Aren't the Only Terrifying Threat in the Full Trailer for Disney+'s New 'Alien: Earth' Streaming Series

1 week ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

Not once, not twice, but nine times now across 46 years, cinema audiences have stepped into the world of xenomorphs, facehuggers and chestbursters — and of cats onboard spaceships, androids resembling humans and screams not heard in the universe's vast expanse. When Ridley Scott (Gladiator II) directed the initial Alien film, he helped start a sci-fi phenomenon. 2025's Alien: Earth is a first, however, given that it's the franchise's debut TV series.
"Think of What We Could Do Together": The First 'Wicked: For Good' Trailer Returns to Oz to with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

At the box office, a film adaptation of Wicked was always set to defy gravity, as the world discovered in 2024. On the stage, the hit musical had proven a blockbuster for two decades. The realm of The Wizard of Oz has been beloved on the page for over a century and on the screen for over 85 years, too. So when heading back to Oz sparked the fifth highest-grossing movie globally of last year, it wasn't at all a surprise. Can Wicked: For Good top it? Bringing Wicked to cinemas is a two-part affair.
Melbourne International Film Festival Has Unveiled Its First 26 Movies for 2025 - and There's Already Plenty to Look Forward To

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

How do you fill 18 Victorian winter days with movies? That's the glorious problem that the Melbourne International Film Festival is tasked with solving each year. 2025's solution for its 73rd event will span hundreds of pictures, brand-new local features and must-see international award-winners alike, as MIFF delivers every August.
Acclaimed Iranian Director and 2025 Cannes Palme d'Or-Winner Jafar Panahi Has Arrived in Australia for Sydney Film Festival

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

When you've just won one of the international film world's most-prestigious prizes, where do you head next? For Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi, who took home the Palme d'Or at 2025's Cannes Film Festival for his new feature It Was Just an Accident, this is the answer: a trip to Australia to attend Sydney Film Festival. His latest picture was already on the Harbour City event's program.
If You Can't Get Enough of British TV, Britbox Is Adding Dedicated Drama, Documentary and Entertainment Channels to Its Streaming Lineup

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

It's been almost five years since Australian viewers scored a dedicated platform to indulge their love of British television. When Britbox launched towards the end of 2020, back when new streaming services kept popping up every month — or so it seemed — it brought shows new and old from two English networks, the BBC and ITV, Down Under. If that's been your TV-watching niche since, then you'll be interested in its next plans, expanding its range and adding dedicated channels.
Focus on Miranda July

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

Whether she's behind the camera or in front of it — or both — a movie that involves Miranda July in some shape or form is instantly worth everyone's attention. The same applies to the American talent's recordings, art and books, too, because displaying at the Venice Biennale and hitting the New York Times bestsellers list are also on her resume. July's filmography is small but impactful. She's packed a punch by opting for quality over quantity so far, and viewers have been able to reap the rewards.
Here's the Stacked First Batch of Events That's Taking Over Brisbane for Melt Festival's 2025 LGBTQIA+ Celebrations

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

Getting excited about 2025's Melt Festival has been easy for a few months now. First, the Brisbane LGBTQIA+ event announced that Broadway icon Bernadette Peters was making the River City her only Australian stop just for the fest. Then, it also confirmed that the River Pride Parade would float its boats for another year. After that came news of 1000 Voices, uniting singers from queer and pride choirs en masse. Need more?
Making the Call to Give an Eerie Ethan Hawke-Starring Horror Hit a Sequel: Scott Derrickson Chats 'Black Phone 2'

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

A snowy camp, crosses, bad dreams, creepy houses, lurking shadows, ringing phones and an immensely unsettling mask: welcome to the world of Black Phone 2. Four years after writer/director Scott Derrickson (The Gorge) adapted a short story by Joe Hill — an author with a hefty horror pedigree as the son of Stephen King — into The Black Phone to box-office success, he's now helming his first sequel to his own work.
From Cannes to the Harbour City: Nine New Movies Have Just Joined Sydney Film Festival's 2025 Program

2 weeks ago | concreteplayground.com | Sarah Ward

When it comes to sharing movies that've recently premiered at Cannes with Australian audiences, timing is kind to Sydney Film Festival. One fest is in May, the other is in June — and SFF makes the most of it. Indeed, in 2025, its main program announcement was packed with 15 films that would hit Cannes, then Sydney. Next, Eddington joined the lineup, doing the same. The event's closing-night pick Splitsville falls into that category as well.