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 Trailer for Christmas Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' Has Arrived to Give This Year Some Festive Cheer

It stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple heading home for Christmas to meet the parents — who don't know that their daughter is gay.

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Event
Radioactive

There's much that's standard about this Marie Curie biopic — but it isn't without its interesting, probing and thoughtful elements.

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News
Australia Might Soon Be Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Biggest Indoor-Outdoor Water Park

It's slated to open in Melbourne by 2024.

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News
Andy Samberg's New Time-Loop Rom-Com 'Palm Springs' Will Hit Streaming Down Under This Month

The 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' star plays a man forced to attend the same wedding over and over in this must-see Sundance hit.

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News
Short-Form Streaming Service Quibi Will Shut Down in December Less Than Eight Months After Launching

Its bite-sized format — streaming movies and shows in ten-minute portions — failed to attract an audience.

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Event
The Craft: Legacy

Thu, 29 Oct - Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This 24-years-later sequel pays tribute to its predecessor and brings its teen witches into the 21st century, but still feel like the remnants left someone's cauldron.

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News
'Halloween Kills' Has Dropped Another Eerie Teaser Because It's That Time of Year

Michael Myers will return to the big screen in October 2021.

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News
The New Trailer for 'The Crown' Season Four Promises Multiple Royal and Political Power Struggles

This season focuses on the Queen's showdowns with Margaret Thatcher, and the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.

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News
Ten Unsettling and Unnerving 2020 Horror Films You Can Stream This Halloween

It's that time, again — and 2020 has delivered a heap of top-notch new movies perfect for the occasion.

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News
The New 'Saved by the Bell' Revival Has a Trailer If You're in Need of a Hefty Dose of Nostalgia

It features original cast members as well as newcomers.

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Event
Free Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Mon, 2 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov 2020
Auckland Various, Auckland

The dessert chain is giving away 15,000 scoops country-wide.

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News
Award-Winning Aussie Crime Novel 'The Dry' Has Been Adapted Into a Movie Starring Eric Bana

You can watch the trailer now — and it'll hit cinemas in January.

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News
The Trailer for David Fincher's 'Mank' Heads Back to 1930s Hollywood with a Star-Studded Cast

Featuring Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, the Netflix film follows screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz as he's writing the screenplay for 'Citizen Kane'.

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Event
Babyteeth

Thu, 29 Oct - Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Featuring superb performances and arresting visuals, this raw, affecting and astute Australian drama is far more than just another teen cancer film.

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Event
Baby Done

Thu, 22 Oct - Wed, 11 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Comedian Rose Matafeo shines in this charming, poignant and relatable New Zealand film about a woman in denial about her pregnancy.

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Event
Rebecca

Thu, 15 Oct - Wed, 4 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Adapting a book first brought to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock, this lavish gothic thriller looks spectacular but often feels all too standard.

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News
'Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun' Is Netflix's New Attempt to Lighten Up This Hectic Year

The six-part sketch comedy series stars Australia's Aunty Donna — and it hits the streaming platform in November.

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News
The New Trailer for 'The Mandalorian' Season Two Teases More Action-Packed Bounty Hunter Adventures

And more Baby Yoda, too.

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A 'John Wick' Roller Coaster Is a Real Thing That You'll Be Able to Ride From Next Year

It'll hopefully have you exclaiming a Keanu-style "whoa!" several times.

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Chadwick Boseman Plays the Blues in the Trailer for His Final Film 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

Also starring Viola Davis, it'll hit Netflix in December.

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