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
Google Has Revealed All the Movies and TV Shows We've Been Searching for in 2021

If you binged 'Squid Game', then started obsessively searching for everything about the show you could find, you weren't alone.

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Event
Don't Look Up

Thu, 9 Dec - Fri, 31 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence try to stop a comet wiping out life on earth in this big-budget satire, which tasks its star-studded cast with smugly pointing out the obvious.

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Event
'The Lord of the Rings' 20-Year Anniversary Celebration

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 and Fri, 14 Jan 2022
Hobbiton Movie Set Tours, Matamata

Celebrate two decades of big-screen hobbits, elves and wizards at the Hobbiton Movie Set.

Buy Tickets

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News
Multiple Spideys Are Still Better Than One in the First 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Trailer

The best 'Spider-Man' movie ever made is getting a sequel — and it'll be split across two films.

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Event
The French Dispatch

Thu, 9 Dec - Wed, 29 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

As symmetrical, idiosyncratic, thoughtful and delightful as ever, Wes Anderson's star-studded tenth film is one of his best.

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Event
Encanto

Fri, 3 Dec - Wed, 22 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Featuring infectious tunes by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this lively Disney musical is a gorgeous and heartfelt love letter to Latin American culture.

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Dune

Fri, 3 Dec - Wed, 29 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Phenomenally cast, staged and shot, this Timothée Chalamet-led version of sci-fi’s desert-dwelling space thriller is spectacular.

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News
The New Trailer for 'The Matrix Resurrections' Is Filled with Glitches, Deja Vu and Trippy Twists

"Maybe this isn't the story we think it is."

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News
Auckland's Cinemas Will Start Reopening (Again) From December 3

After almost four months of watching movies at home, it's time to catch a new flick on the big screen.

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News
And Just Like That, The Full Trailer for 'Sex and the City' Spinoff 'And Just Like That...' Is Here

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon return for another round of cosmos in this ten-part follow-up to the HBO hit.

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News
Splendour in the Grass Has Announced the Stacked Full Lineup for Its Delayed 20th-Anniversary Fest

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glass Animals and Liam Gallagher are among the huge list of acts joining already-revealed headliners Gorillaz, The Strokes and Tyler, The Creator.

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News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in November 2021

Get stuck into the wittily great new season of 'The Great', a chilling and compelling new mystery series and a Tom Hanks-starring sci-fi film.

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News
Channing Tatum Is Bringing the 'Magic Mike' Franchise Back for a Third and Final Film

Channing Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh are set to return to the series, with 'Magic Mike’s Last Dance' set to head straight to streaming in the US.

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Event
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Fri, 3 Dec - Sat, 25 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Tom Hardy and his parasite are back in this gleefully ridiculous sequel to 2018's box-office hit — and watching the actor argue with himself is the best thing about the film.

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Event
Malignant

Thu, 25 Nov - Thu, 23 Dec 2021
Online

After a slow start, 70s and 80-inspired body-horror flick from Australian director James Wan evolves into a limb-thrashing, blood-splattering, gleefully chaotic ride.

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Titane

Fri, 3 Dec - Sat, 25 Dec 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Following a serial-killing car model, this ferocious and unflinching body-horror thriller is only the second-ever movie to win a female filmmaker Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Palme d’Or.

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Event
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Mon, 22 Nov - Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Online

This emotional documentary isn't without its missteps, but still simmers with the celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian's passion and curiosity.

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News
Lily James Transforms Into Pamela Anderson in the First Trailer for New Hulu Drama 'Pam & Tommy'

Red swimsuits, mullets, sex tape chaos — this trailer has it all.

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Tick, Tick… Boom!

Fri, 19 Nov - Thu, 9 Dec 2021
Online

Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his filmmaking directorial debut with this passionate tribute to Jonathan Larson, as based on the 'Rent' composer's own one-man rock monologue.

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Australia's Second Movenpick Hotel Has Opened in Melbourne, Complete with Daily Chocolate Hour

The chain's 172-room CBD site also boasts a dedicated recreation level, chocolate cafe, and modern Asian restaurant and bar.

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