Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, Arts and Entertainment Editor, and Brisbane Editor. If it's on a screen big or small, happening in Brisbane and southeast Queensland, or news of national and international interest — particularly arts and entertainment — then Sarah is across it.

Sarah has also been a film critic for ABC radio for over a decade. Covering all things cinema and television, Sarah has written for Screen International since 2015, and contributed to SBS, ACMI, AACTA, Birth.Movies.Death, Flicks, Senses of Cinema, ScreenHub, ArtsHub, Junkee, FilmInk, Lumina, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and more. Sarah's background includes managing, writing for, mentoring at, being on judging panels at and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, such as the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival and Gold Coast Film Festival.

Favourite cinema in Brisbane: Angelika Film Centre, which is a glorious new place to see a movie.

Favourite cinema in Sydney: Golden Age Cinema & Bar, the one cinema everyone needs to go to in Sydney if they only go to one cinema.

Favourite cinema in Melbourne: The Astor Theatre, and not just because of its history with cinema cats.

News
'House of the Dragon' Is the Exact Prequel Series That 'Game of Thrones' Fans Have Been Waiting For

Dragons, fire, family dramas, power struggles — throw in sex, chaotic weddings and wars, too, and HBO’s new jump through House Targaryen’s history ticks all the anticipated boxes.

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'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' Gives the MCU a Smashing Mix of Silly Sitcom Fun and Superhero Satire

Disney+’s latest Marvel series takes its cues from ‘Ally McBeal’ and ‘Fleabag’, but with caped crusaders — and it has a whole lot of fun with the end result.

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Hartley High Is Back and As Chaotic As Ever in the Trailer for Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' Revival

The Sydney-set 90s favourite has been given a 2020s makeover, and will reach your streaming queue in September.

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Netflix Just Dropped the Trailer for Its Tim Burton-Directed 'Addams Family' Series 'Wednesday'

Starring Jenna Ortega, this creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky series will follow Wednesday Addams in high school as she tries to stop a killing spree.

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Event
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Thu, 18 Aug - Wed, 7 Sep 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Emma Thompson is magnificent in this wonderfully candid, intimate, generous and joyous sex comedy, which follows a fiftysomething woman finally trying to explore her desires with a charming sex worker.

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Funlab Day of Fun 2022

Tue, 6 Sep, 2022
Various Venues in Auckland, Auckland

Get putting, go bowling or play games for a fiver — and help a great cause.

Buy Tickets

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Studio Ghibli Has Dropped a Cute Hayao Miyazaki-Directed Trailer for Its Long-Awaited Theme Park

'My Neighbour Totoro' has a cat bus — but this adorable video boasts a cat train.

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The Unsurprisingly Chaotic (and Paranoid) Full Trailer for 'Rick and Morty' Season Six Is Here

Wubba lubba dub dub, 'Rick and Morty' fans — season six will beam into your streaming queue in September.

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The Must-See New 'A League of Their Own' Series Gives the Beloved 90s Movie a Worthy Extra Innings

Brought to the small screen by 'Broad City' star Abbi Jacobson, this heartfelt remake broadens its playing field, exploring race and sexuality in 1940s America.

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Timothée Chalamet Bites Into a Cannibal Love Story in the First Teaser for 'Bones and All'

The 'Call Me By Your Name' actor reunites with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino on the page-to-screen horror-romance, which follows cannibal lovers road-tripping across America.

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Event
Nope

Thu, 11 Aug - Wed, 31 Aug 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

After ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us’, Jordan Peele adds another bold, intelligent, eerie and supremely entertaining horror masterpiece to his resume.

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TLC, Shaggy, Ashanti, Craig David and Akon Are Coming to New Zealand for Friday Jams 2022

Do go chasing waterfalls at this giant nostalgic concert, which also features Macklemore, Jay Sean and Dru Hill.

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Taron Egerton-Starring True-Crime Miniseries 'Black Bird' Is Your Chilling and Riveting Next Binge

Based on the real-life quest to keep a serial killer in prison, the entire six-episode Apple TV+ series is available to stream now.

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The Superb Last Season of 'Better Call Saul' Is a 'Breaking Bad' Fan's Dream — and Essential Viewing

The episode we’ve all been waiting for finally arrived — but this meticulous and twisty look at Saul Goodman’s life has always been phenomenal.

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All About That 'Bullet Train': Brian Tyree Henry Chats Banter, Brotherhood and Beating Up Brad Pitt

In his latest role, the ‘Atlanta’ star plays an assassin with a ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ obsession hurtling across Japan on a shinkansen.

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Donald Glover's 'Atlanta' Works Towards Its Endgame in the Trailer for Its Fourth and Final Season

Just months after the show's long-awaited third season, 'Atlanta' is returning with its last batch of episodes.

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The Princess

Thu, 4 Aug - Wed, 24 Aug 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Solely compiled from archival footage, this expertly edited documentary about Diana, Princess of Wales and her treatment by the media would make a gripping double feature with ‘Spencer’.

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Bullet Train

Thu, 4 Aug - Wed, 24 Aug 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Brad Pitt's charisma, scene-stealing supporting players and spectacular stunt choreography help this assassins-on-a-train action-comedy mostly prove a blast.

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The Latest Wild and Bloody 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' Trailer Turns a Party Game Into a Killer Whodunnit

Set during a hurricane party that turns savage, the must-see slasher comedy stars Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg and 'Borat' Oscar-nominee Maria Bakalova.

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Netflix Just Dropped the First Trailer for the New 'Heartbreak High' Ahead of Its September Premiere

'Neighbours' might be over, but 'Heartbreak High' is back.

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Sarah Ward

'House of the Dragon' Is the Exact Prequel Series That 'Game of Thrones' Fans Have Been Waiting For

'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' Gives the MCU a Smashing Mix of Silly Sitcom Fun and Superhero Satire

Hartley High Is Back and As Chaotic As Ever in the Trailer for Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' Revival

Netflix Just Dropped the Trailer for Its Tim Burton-Directed 'Addams Family' Series 'Wednesday'

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Funlab Day of Fun 2022

Studio Ghibli Has Dropped a Cute Hayao Miyazaki-Directed Trailer for Its Long-Awaited Theme Park

The Unsurprisingly Chaotic (and Paranoid) Full Trailer for 'Rick and Morty' Season Six Is Here

The Must-See New 'A League of Their Own' Series Gives the Beloved 90s Movie a Worthy Extra Innings

Timothée Chalamet Bites Into a Cannibal Love Story in the First Teaser for 'Bones and All'

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TLC, Shaggy, Ashanti, Craig David and Akon Are Coming to New Zealand for Friday Jams 2022

Taron Egerton-Starring True-Crime Miniseries 'Black Bird' Is Your Chilling and Riveting Next Binge

The Superb Last Season of 'Better Call Saul' Is a 'Breaking Bad' Fan's Dream — and Essential Viewing

All About That 'Bullet Train': Brian Tyree Henry Chats Banter, Brotherhood and Beating Up Brad Pitt

Donald Glover's 'Atlanta' Works Towards Its Endgame in the Trailer for Its Fourth and Final Season

The Princess

Bullet Train

The Latest Wild and Bloody 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' Trailer Turns a Party Game Into a Killer Whodunnit

Netflix Just Dropped the First Trailer for the New 'Heartbreak High' Ahead of Its September Premiere

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