Dave Griffiths

Dave Griffiths has worked as a journalist for over twenty years now -covering topics including film, television, music, travel and sport (with a main focus on AFL Football). That time has seen him host the popular X-Wired television program for seven seasons as well as write for various magazines such as Buzz Magazine, Heavy Mag, Stage Whispers, The Banner and Eternity.. He has even branched out into writing online for Subculture Entertainment, Media Search and The Book The Film The T-Shirt. He also worked as the online editor for Entertainment 360 for three years. Dave's radio work has seen him work on various radio stations including 3RPP, Triple R and Light FM. He is currently the resident film reviewer on Sydney's 2UE radio station and can be heard reviewing what is new at cinemas and on DVD each week on Wednesdays at 3pm with Ed Phillips. He is also the co-host of Melbourne's 94.1FM's breakfast show 'The Motley Crew' and he can sometimes be heard on J-Air's 'First On Film'. David is also the co-host of two popular podcasts - ‘The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Film Show,' and 'The Popcorn Conspiracy' As far as Film Reviewing goes David is an elected committee member of AFCA (Australian Film Critics Association and a member of IPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)/FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique). He has also served as a jury member for a number of international film festivals and is considered an expert on cult cinema, horror movies and Australian films.

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    Pixels Announcement

    Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that the studio has brought together an extraordinary number of iconic video game companies, whose classic characters – including PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Centipede®, ...

    On July 22, 2014 / By
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    Reaching For The Moon (2013)

    The Gist: Poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) decides to head away from New York for a bit during the 1950s and head to Brazil to visit her friend, ...

    On July 21, 2014 / By
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    Need for Speed (2014)

    The Gist: Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul) and his friends run a small tune-up workshop for high performance cars. Although with the finances of the workshop getting worse all ...

    On July 20, 2014 / By
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    Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)

    The Gist: A decade after the events of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Caesar (Andy Serkis) leads a group of genetically evolved apes as they have ...

    On July 14, 2014 / By
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    Monster Fest 2014 Calling For Submissions

    Monster Fest is Australia’s fastest growing genre film festival. What began in 2011 has doubled in size each subsequent year. In 2014, for the first time, we will ...

    On July 14, 2014 / By
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    Ghostbusters Re-Release

    Sony Pictures Entertainment will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its blockbuster franchise Ghostbusters with a series of special events and home entertainment releases.  As a highlight of the celebration, ...

    On July 13, 2014 / By
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    Unbroken Trailer Released

    Universal Pictures have just released the trailer for Unbroken the film which sees Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie turn to directing for the first time. Based on a novel ...

    On July 12, 2014 / By
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    New Turtles Living One Sheets

    With the release of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film closely approaching us Paramount have just released a new set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Living One Sheets. The film which ...

    On July 12, 2014 / By
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    All This Mayhem (2014)

    The Gist: A warts and all look at the rise and fall of Ben and Tas Pappas the two young Australian skateboarders who travelled to the United States ...

    On July 11, 2014 / By
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    The Lunchbox (2013)

    The Gist: The tale of two very different people who live two very different lives in modern Mumbai. Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is an unhappy housewife whose main job ...

    On July 10, 2014 / By