The Golden Age of cinema is back!

(photo courtesy of Mart Basa)

This was originally posted on the Macleay Newsroom website. 

Calling all movie buffs: Surry Hills has an old and improved cinema.

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The Golden Age Cinema and Bar has just opened in Commonwealth Street, and it’s the most charming cinema you’ve seen. Tickets for its opening season of classics are selling out fast.

For all you drinkers out there, the 60-seat cinema caters to your needs. There’s a bar inside the cinema, which allows audiences to drink at their leisure. The choice of classic cocktails, highball drinks and a range of beers will leave you spoilt for choice.

The quaint theatre doesn’t serve your typical cinema ‘choc-top ice-cream and buttered popcorn’ foods. Viewers have a choice of cured meats, cheese plates and marinated mushrooms. Have no fear, sandwiches, sundaes and ‘cocktail popcorn’ will still be available to purchase.

Ticket prices vary as they’re based on how much admission would’ve been when the film was first released. The showing of Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup (1933) sold out with tickets selling at 5 cents each! Yes, you read that correctly, 5 cents each.

Here are the top-five timeless films to watch:

1. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
2. Poltergeist (1982)
3. The Breakfast Club (1985)
4. Mala Noche (1986)
5. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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This might be the greatest news ever!

This was originally posted on the Macleay Newsroom website. 

A spin-off to one of the most successful movie series is finally here.

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An extension of the wizarding world of Harry Potter has finally been announced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and it will be J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut.

The movie was inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a textbook first year Hogwarts students were required to read. The book, set in New York 70 years before Harry was born, is about the adventures of fictional author Newt Scamander.

The movie will feature well-known faces and mystical creatures.

Warner Bros. Entertainment chief executive Kevin Tsujihara said, “We are incredibly honoured that [J. K. Rowling] has chosen to partner with us on this exciting new exploration of the world of wizardry which has been tremendously successful.

“We know that audiences will be as excited as we are to see what her brilliant and boundless imagination conjures up for us.”

Well, yeah we are!

Here’s hoping that the Golden Trio apparate themselves into a cameo!

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