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
The Full Trailer for Disney+'s 'Pam & Tommy' Combines Red Swimsuits, Mullets and Sex-Tape Chaos

Lily James transforms into Pamela Anderson, while Sebastian Stan plays Tommy Lee.

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Event
House of Gucci

Sat, 1 Jan - Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This supremely soapy recounting of the Gucci family's 70s, 80s and 90s-era dramas is worth seeing for Lady Gaga's fantastic performance alone.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Sat, 1 Jan - Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

There’s something bland and tedious in this neighbourhood: an empty reboot haunted by easy nostalgia.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in December 2021

Get stuck into a haunting new drama about life after a pandemic, Riz Ahmed's latest thriller and an over-the-top action-flick parody.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at New Zealand Cinemas From Boxing Day 2021

Spend the biggest cinema-going day of the year slipping back into ‘The Matrix’ franchise, getting swept up in a musical romance and catching a scorching new Shakespeare adaptation.

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The Tragedy of Macbeth

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 - Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Something wicked this way comes — a wickedly stunning new Shakespeare adaptation starring a phenomenal Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.

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The Matrix Resurrections

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 - Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will make you go “whoa!” at ‘The Matrix’ franchise’s mostly dazzling, almost-always-entertaining tumble back down the sci-fi rabbit hole.

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The Lost Daughter

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 - Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Online

Actor-turned-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal makes a bold directorial debut, bringing Elena Ferrante's novel to the screen with an exceptional performance by Olivia Colman.

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Marvel Has Just Dropped the First Trailer for 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'

The first sneak peek at the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 28th film follows on from where 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' left off.

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The 12 Best Films of 2021

From Oscar-worthy revisionist westerns to spice-war space operas, 2021 treated the big screen to a heap of stellar flicks. These are the very best.

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The 12 Best Straight-to-Streaming Films and Specials of 2021

Medieval fantasies, powerful documentaries, Jamie Dornan singing about seagulls — this year’s best streaming flicks just kept on delivering.

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Event
Black Christmas

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 - Sun, 2 Jan 2022
Online

A timely remake of a 70s cult classic, this is a Christmas-themed slasher flick for the #MeToo era.

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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint Revisit Hogwarts in the 'Harry Potter' Reunion Trailer

Celebrating 20 years since 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' first hit cinemas, the HBO special reunites key 'Harry Potter' cast members to reminiscence about all things magical.

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The 11 Best New TV Shows of 2021

This year's standout new shows include rom-coms, murder mysteries, and multiple shows about the gap between the wealthy and everyone else — and they're all available to stream.

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Event
West Side Story

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 - Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The 1950s-set spin on 'Romeo and Juliet' returns to the screen — and, making his first-ever musical, Steven Spielberg turns it into a spectacular cinematic achievement.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - Wed, 5 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood web-slinger swings back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face a lineup of familiar villains.

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Very Peri Is Pantone's "Inquisitive and Intriguing" 2022 Colour of the Year

The newly created colour combines "a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone".

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Nicolas Cage Plays (and Parodies) Himself in the Trailer for 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'

It's the role Nicolas Cage was born to play: himself.

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'Succession', 'The Power of the Dog' and 'Ted Lasso' Lead This Year's Golden Globe Nominations

'Belfast', 'Don't Look Up' and 'King Richard' also picked up multiple nods in the film categories, while 'Squid Game', 'The Great' and 'Hacks' popped up in the TV fields.

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Mads Mikkelsen joins the cast as the new Grindelwald, and Jude Law returns as the young Albus Dumbledore.

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