Hub Goes to: The Royal Adelaide Show
Whilst this year's Royal Adelaide Show has sadly passed, we’ve done an in-depth look into the full Show experience. Is it worth it? Has Show Nostalgia gotten the best of us? And should we go next year?
Inside Out 2 Movie Review ★★★★☆
Almost 10 years after the original was released, Pixar has given us Inside Out 2. The sequel introduces us to four new emotions, Embarrassment, Ennui, Envy and Anxiety.
Illuminate Adelaide: EDEN
As part of Illuminate Adelaide, one of the southern hemisphere’s biggest winter festivals, showcasing the relationship between light and art, EDEN invites audiences into its warm interior to explore a unique visual arts show.
I play-tested a bunch of Indie Games at AVCon!
I play-tested a bunch of Indie Games at AVCon! These are the ones going straight to my Steam Wishlist.
Hub Goes to: AVCon
Where? Adelaide Showground
When? June 28th-30th 2024
Rating: 4 Stars.
‘AVCon is an annual Anime and Video Games Festival held in Adelaide, It celebrates the world of anime, gaming, cosplay, pop culture, art, and more in one big community-based event for all ages.’
Hub Goes to: Universal Kingdom Prehistoric Nights at Illuminate Adelaide
‘Step back in time and into the Mesozoic Era to a land where puppets, lights and dinosaurs collide.’
Where? Adelaide Zoo
When? Select Nights from the 4th till the 21st of July 2024
Rating: 4 Stars
Hub Goes to: Fire Gardens at Illuminate Adelaide
‘Journey through a wonderland of captivating flaming sculpture as Adelaide Botanic Garden Takes on New Surprises when Painted with the Pallette of Fire’
When: 12 Nights between the 4th and 21st of July 2024
Where: Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Rating: 5 Stars.
COWBOY CARTER
It’s time to whip out the cowboy hat and collect those boots as we are about to hit a rodeo circuit like nothing else!
Must Attend for Those who Loved Illuminate!
Through Natural Wonders, you embark on a mystical journey through a series of six installations of immersive artworks of the diverse natural ecosystems of the Botanic Gardens. You are guided through a thought-provoking storytelling, that transforms the Botanic Gardens under the shining stars into a creative studio.
Sound of Planets
This sensory experience takes you through an adventure of the cosmos, that will you leave relaxed with the tiny reality of our lives.
Boy Swallows Universe TV Series Review
Highly regarded by many, Trent Dalton’s international bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe was recently transformed into a mini-TV series on Netflix. For those who have read the beloved book, many will jump at the chance to compare the show with the novel. Dealing with two completely different art mediums prove it difficult to make comparisons beyond the plot of the story. The novel deals with inner dialogue, intricate descriptions, and relies heavily on the readers imagination, whereas the show utilises visual storytelling and rich soundscapes to emerge the viewer into the world of the protagonist, Eli Bell, played by Felix Cameron.
Walking with the Fringe
Adelaide Fringe: A History takes you on an intriguing walk through all the famous Fringe locations within the Adelaide Fringe Chronicles. Starting from the gates of Government House, and ending in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, you get a first-hand account of what makes the Fringe the magical festival it is today.
Adelaide Fringe Review: Know Your Enemy / Talking Underwater (double bill)
Archangel Theatre Co. has just made a spectacular Adelaide Fringe debut with their double-bill theatre show, Know Your Enemy and Talking Underwater. Archangel Theatre Co. is a youth-led theatre company whose works are created by young people, for young people and the adults in their lives.
A Journey of West Africa
If you’re looking for something fun, interactive, explosive, and downright breathtaking, you need to see Afrique en Cirque!
The Boy and the Heron: Film Review
This summer, the award-winning Studio Ghibli has released yet another film to a iconic chain of hits by their acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki. The Boy and the Heron casts Soma Santoki as young boy protagonist Mahito Maki. The film is a semi-autobiographical version of Miyazaki’s childhood. The film depicts a coming of age in the cruel unrelenting world of Japan during World War Two.
Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Film Review ★★★★★
If you grew up in the late 2000s/early 2010’s you probably remember the Hunger Games books or movies. 15 years after the release of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy, the film adaptation of the prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes us back to Panem for the 10th annual Hunger Games.
Asteroid City Film Review ★★★★☆
Asteroid City is the 11th film by the iconic American filmmaker Wes Anderson, following other classics such as Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021), and delivers a nuanced, yet refreshing take for 2023.
Barbie (2023) Review ★★★★☆
What was most shocking about Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film Barbie was genuinely how funny and entertaining it was to watch. Despite months of the overwhelmingly positive PR campaigns and the release of hit singles such as Dua Lipa’s ‘Dance the Night Away,’ there has been a growing sense of concern and fear towards the eventual release date for the film.
Adelaide Illuminated: Resonate Experience
Taking those first few steps into the gardens, I was overwhelmed by a strange sense of relief. Illuminate Adelaide has returned once again, casting light on the cold winter nights.