Sarah Ward

Name: Blue Beetle
Start: 2023-09-14
End: 2023-10-04
Location: Melbourne

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
Australia Zoo Now Has Eight Cabins for Overnight Stays Among the Animals — Plus a Restaurant and Bar

Pair your next trip to the Irwin family's zoo with a sleepover — or a meal that heroes the plants that have long been part of First Nations diets.

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News
'The Resort' Is the Latest Streaming Series That's Turning a Scenic Tropical Getaway Into Chaos

Nick Offerman, 'Palm Springs' star Cristin Milioti and 'The Good Place' standout William Jackson Harper feature in this eight-part comedy-thriller.

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News
'Clerks III' Is Really Happening 28 Years After the Initial Film — and There's a Trailer to Prove It

Kevin Smith already made a sequel back in 2006 — but this meta follow-up sees Randall and Dante make a movie about their lives behind the counter.

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News
'Better Call Saul' Starts Its Goodbyes in the Trailer for the 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff's Last Episodes

Saul Goodman's TV journey is about to come to an end, with the phenomenal drama wrapping up its run with six final episodes.

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Event
Sundown

Thu, 7 Jul - Wed, 27 Jul 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Tim Roth plays a wealthy British man seeking a permanent escape in Acapulco in this contemplative, bleak and gripping film.

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News
The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From July 7

Head to the flicks to see Taika Waititi's latest 'Thor' instalment, a strangers-on-a-train romance and Tim Roth taking a wild Acapulco holiday.

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Bondi's 'Sculpture by the Sea' Will Finally Return This Spring for the First Time Since 2019

For three weeks in October and November, more than 100 large-scale artworks by Australian and international sculptors will take over Sydney's two-kilometre Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.

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Confirmed: A 'Strangers Things' Netflix Spinoff and Stage Play Are Officially in the Works

'Stranger Things' creators Matt and Ross have announced their next projects, including more of the 80s-set series on streaming and on-stage.

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Middle-Earth's Skies Are Strange in the New Trailer for 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'

Prime Video has dropped a new sneak peek at its upcoming 'Lord of the Rings' series — but you can only watch it by heading to the platform.

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Event
Compartment No. 6

Thu, 7 Jul - Wed, 27 Jul 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This charming and thoughtful strangers-on-a-train romance follows a Finnish student and Russian miner en route from Moscow to Murmansk.

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News
Studio Ghibli's 'Princess Mononoke' Is Returning to Cinemas Down Under for Its 25th Anniversary

Revisit one of Hayao Miyazaki's best films on the big screen a quarter-century after it first wowed audiences.

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A Night of Gin, Wine and Cheese Will Set You Back Just $4.41 at Aldi's New Sydney Pop-Up Bar

For two nights only, the supermarket chain is getting into the bar game — and keeping things affordable.

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Fisher Is Throwing a Heap of Huge Outdoor Dance Parties This Spring on His Rescheduled Aussie Tour

The DJ's 'Australia, It's Fk'n On' tour will hit up Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, with Booka Shade, Pnau, Loco Dice and HoneyLuv in support.

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Event
Potter Party — All-Night 'Harry Potter' Marathon

Sat, 3 Sep, 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Twenty-two hours. Eight movies. Much magic.

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Thor: Love and Thunder

Wed, 6 Jul - Wed, 3 Aug 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Taika Waititi's second 'Thor' film is a ball of playful, goofy, 80s-worshipping chaos — in both fun and messy ways.

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Krispy Kreme Is Now Serving Up Duffins for When You Can't Decide Between a Doughnut and a Muffin

The new range comes in three flavours: apple and cinnamon, blueberry and white chocolate, and double choc.

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Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan Try to Solve a Murder in the Trailer for Whodunnit 'See How They Run'

This star-studded murder-mystery comedy follows the investigation into the death of a Hollywood filmmaker in 1950s London.

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Spotify Is Curating Personalised 'Stranger Things'-Inspired Playlists to Save You From Vecna

Spent the last month listening to Kate Bush on repeat? Swap 'Running Up That Hill' for Spotify's new personalised Upside Down playlists.

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Ty Dolla $ign, YG, Zhu and Pnau Headline The Grass Is Greener's Four-City 2022 Tour

For its first events outside of Queensland, the music, food and arts fest has compiled one helluva lineup.

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Virtual Indigenous Film Festival 2022 — NAIDOC Week

Mon, 4 Jul - Fri, 8 Jul 2022
Online

FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian stories and voices for NAIDOC Week.

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Potter Party — All-Night 'Harry Potter' Marathon

Thor: Love and Thunder

Krispy Kreme Is Now Serving Up Duffins for When You Can't Decide Between a Doughnut and a Muffin

Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan Try to Solve a Murder in the Trailer for Whodunnit 'See How They Run'

Spotify Is Curating Personalised 'Stranger Things'-Inspired Playlists to Save You From Vecna

Ty Dolla $ign, YG, Zhu and Pnau Headline The Grass Is Greener's Four-City 2022 Tour

Virtual Indigenous Film Festival 2022 — NAIDOC Week

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