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 Hobbiton Movie Set Has Opened Its Hobbit Holes to the Public So You Can Step Inside Bagshot Row

For the past two decades, Hobbiton's hobbit holes have only existed as an external facade — but not anymore.

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Event
Godzilla Minus One

Fri, 1 Dec - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Japan's iconic kaiju gets one of its best films yet in this affecting and spectacular monster movie, which takes Godzilla back to its World War II-era roots.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in November

Spend your couch time watching an Emma Corrin-led murder-mystery, 'Scott Pilgrim' in anime and Awkwafina's new comedy.

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Prime Video Is Bringing the Post-Apocalyptic 'Fallout' TV Series to Your Streaming Queue in April 2024

Almost three decades after first hitting computers, the gaming franchise is getting a live-action adaptation starring Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan and Ella Purnell from 'Yellowjackets'.

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TLC Are Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'CrazySexyCool' with a 2024 Tour Down Under

Do go chasing Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas  on their six-city tour — and supports Busta Rhymes and En Vogue, too.

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The Full Trailer for Netflix's Adaptation of Trent Dalton's 'Boy Swallows Universe' Is Here

Featuring Simon Baker, Anthony LaPaglia, Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Bryan Brown and Deborah Mailman, the page-to-screen series starts streaming in January.

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'Wellington Paranormal' Is Living on with a Companion Podcast Hosted by O'Leary and Minogue

Been missing this 'What We Do in the Shadows' spinoff? The show's stars are now reliving their experiences, complete with the same banter.

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Leave the World Behind

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

After 'Mr Robot', writer/director Sam Esmail gets paranoid again, this time with Julia Roberts- and Mahershala Ali-led families stuck on Long Island when a communications outage strikes.

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Napoleon

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

There's more than a dash of humour in Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix's take on the French military star-turned-emperor, which marks the pair's first collaboration since 'Gladiator'.

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More Dystopian Nightmares Are on the Way: 'Black Mirror' Has Been Renewed for Season Seven

Charlie Brooker's anthology sci-fi series has more horror stories about humanity's use of technology in its future.

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Brie Larson Cooks Up a Stellar Performance in Charming Page-to-Screen Drama 'Lessons in Chemistry'

The Oscar-winner gets her best role in years in this adaptation of Bonnie Garmus' bestseller about a chemistry genius who becomes a TV cooking show host, and a feminist hero.

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Oh Yeah, 'Fargo' Is Still a Twisty Treat in the Crime Caper's Jon Hamm- and Juno Temple-Led Fifth Season

You betcha this small-screen take on the Coen brothers' big-screen masterpiece keeps proving one of the best film-to-TV adaptations there is.

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Coldplay Are Bringing Their World Tour Back Down Under in 2024 After Perth-Only Shows in 2023

The British band will play their first shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland since 2016.

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'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' Is an Anime Remix of the Beloved Page-to-Screen Tale to Fall in Love With

The page-to-screen tale about the twentysomething bassist battling Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes is back; however, this isn’t the same story but animated.

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The New Donald Glover-Starring TV Version of 'Mr & Mrs Smith' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in February 2024

Donald Glover and Maya Erskine take over from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in this eight-part reimagining of the 2005 movie.

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Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Pretend They're in Love All Around Sydney in the Full 'Anyone But You' Trailer

Also starring Rachel Griffiths and Bryan Brown, the Australian-shot rom-com hits cinemas on Boxing Day.

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Kurt and Wyatt Russell, Godzilla and Globe-Hopping Family Drama Make a Great Combo in 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'

The 'Monsterverse' successfully hits the small screen in this engaging spinoff that jumps between the 1950s and 2010s.

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Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney Spin Into Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe in the 'Madame Web' Trailer

Swinging into cinemas in 2024, the fourth 'Spider-Man' spinoff focuses on a paramedic who can see the future.

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Event
Thanksgiving

Thu, 16 Nov - Wed, 6 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Eli Roth's fake trailer from 2007's 'Grindhouse' is now a full-length slasher flick that serves up gory slayings but a by-the-numbers plot.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Thu, 16 Nov - Wed, 6 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

This Panem-set prequel gives Coriolanus Snow an origin story that feels like an optional extra, rather than a necessary return, but the odds are in its cast's favour.

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'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' Is an Anime Remix of the Beloved Page-to-Screen Tale to Fall in Love With

The New Donald Glover-Starring TV Version of 'Mr & Mrs Smith' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in February 2024

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Pretend They're in Love All Around Sydney in the Full 'Anyone But You' Trailer

Kurt and Wyatt Russell, Godzilla and Globe-Hopping Family Drama Make a Great Combo in 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'

Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney Spin Into Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe in the 'Madame Web' Trailer

Thanksgiving

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

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