Ben Gourlay
Movie Reviewer
Ben joined the TweakTown team in 2008 and has since reviewed 100s of movies. Ben is based in Australia and has covered entertainment news and reviews since 2002. A student of film, Ben brings a wide understanding of the medium to the latest happenings in entertainment circles and the latest blockbuster theatrical reviews.
Ben, currently based in Hobart, Australia, has written 1,945 items of content on TweakTown since his first content was published online in 2008.
Editorial Responsibilities: movies
- December 2015
- George Lucas didn't like 'Retro' 'Force Awakens'
- 'Mad Max: Fury Road' comes to 4K Blu-ray in first wave of WB titles
- Paramount, CBS sue producer of 'Star Trek' fan film
- Dozens of unreleased and recent release movie screeners leak online
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Pre-orders for 'Force Awakens' Blu-ray and DVD open already
- 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' to return to cinemas in 3D
- Return to 'Harry Potter' universe in 'Fantastic Beasts' teaser trailer
- 'Star Trek' boldly goes 'Beyond' in first trailer for 2016 sequel
- 'Independence Day' returns in first look teaser trailer
- Remastering 'The X-Files' in HD, Q&A with Jim Hardy CEO of Illuminate
- George Lucas weighs in on 'Force Awakens' screening
- 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' returns in Netflix sequel trailer
- Play to win a copy of 'Pixels' on Blu-ray, thanks to Universal Sony
- 'Star Trek', 'Independence Day 2' trailers attached to 'Force Awakens'
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- 'Game of Thrones' season 6 trailer teases Jon Snow
- Critics vote 'Mad Max: Fury Road' as best film of 2015
- MacFarlane confirms 'Family Guy' movie coming soon
- Spielberg says Ford will return as 'Indiana Jones'
- 3 minutes of epic 'Batman V Superman' action debuts in new trailer
- Harrison Ford has seen 'Force Awakens' final cut
- November 2015
- New 'Batman V Superman' teaser revels in animosity
- 'Star Wars: Rebels' renewed for third season
- Spectre (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Star Trek DS9 Blu-ray campaign warps into view
- First 'Captain America: Civil War' trailer hits the web
- Battle the Five Armies to win yourself a 'Hobbit' Blu-ray boxset!
- Sony Pictures announce first 4K UltraHD Blu-ray titles coming for 2016
- Sony finally kills off Betamax and MicroMV tape formats
- First 'Warcraft' trailer is an awesome sight to behold
- 'Hateful Eight' trailer features all the Tarantino touches
- October 2015
- 'Independence Day Resurgence', 'Deadpool' and 'Wolverine' head to IMAX
- The Walk (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Win Studio Ghibli's 'When Marnie Was There' on Blu-ray from Madman
- The Martian (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Pan (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Region coding removed from UltraHD Blu-ray spec
- 'Furious 8' finally lands a director
- HD remastered 'X-Files' Bluray boxset announced
- Four more 'Transformers' films in development
- 'MacGyver' TV reboot being assembled from sticks and length of hose
- September 2015
- Extended 'X-Files' revival trailer shows truth is still out there
- Tarantino hates Netflix, still uses VHS
- Kanye isn't playing; definitely running for President in 2020
- 'Jurassic World' director drops sequel clues
- Michael Bay circling 'Transformers 5' production
- A New Hope for original 'Star Wars' theatrical cuts release
- Pixels (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Final 'Steve Jobs' trailer trailer depicts the highs and lows of Apple
- Warner execs demand more Batman, less Superman
- 'Force Awakens' releases in France one day before rest of world
- 'Force Awakens' actor blasts 'ludicrous' secrecy
- Biggest 2015 box office failures revealed
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Fox announce first 4K Blu-ray titles
- August 2015
- 'Fast and the Furious' ride coming to Universal Orlando
- The 'Terminator' franchise isn't dead after all
- BBC's 'Blackadder' return 'on the cards'
- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- 'He-Man' feature film reboot coming down from Eternia
- Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' gets first teaser trailer
- Hackers dump Ashley Madison data to dark web
- Darth Vader Limited Edition PS4 announced by Sony and Disney
- 'Star Wars: Episode 9' gets a director
- 'Rick and Morty' third season ordered by Adult Swim
- Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight' teaser rides in from the cold
- 'Mighty Morphin Power Ranger' film reboot on the way
- Fox digging in heels over 'Fantastic Four 2'
- Final 'Hitman: Agent 47' trailer released
- Fox Network developing 'X-Men' TV series
- 4K UltraHD Blu-ray products to hit shelves in time for the holidays
- 'Jumanji' remake coming from Sony Pictures
- Full 'Deadpool' red-band trailer is here
- 'Dungeons and Dragons' feature film reboot on the way
- 'Jurassic World' director hints at open-source dino future
- 'Tron' actor gives up on prospect of more films
- 'Zoolander 2' teaser hits the catwalk
- Ant-Man (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- July 2015
- 'Game of Thrones' to live beyond 7 seasons
- Michael Jackson returns to Disney World in 'Captain EO'
- Tom Cruise to return for 'Mission Impossible 6'
- 'Spectre' fan mashup returns Pierce Brosnan as Bond
- Tom Cruise open to 'Top Gun 2' - on one condition
- Animated 'Guardians of the Galaxy' show coming to DisneyXD
- Win Disney's classic 'Snow White' on Blu-ray HD in our latest promo
- Next 'Jurassic Park' film coming in 2018
- Arcade classic 'Rampage' coming to the big screen
- 'Jurassic World' becomes 3rd highest grossing film of all time
- New 007 film 'Spectre' drops full trailer
- Disney/Pixar release new 'Good Dinosaur' trailer
- 'Minecraft' film moving ahead at Warner Bros
- Win a copy of acclaimed drama 'Inherent Vice' on Blu-ray
- 'Warcraft' movie will have a great story, promises director
- Terminator: Genisys (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Disney developing live-action 'Aladdin' prequel 'Genie'
- Final 'Fantastic Four' reboot trailer drops
- 'Tron' ride coming to Disneyland Shanghai
- Trailer for 'Danger Mouse' reboot released
- New 'Mission Impossible' video reveals Tom Cruise risking life & limb
- 'Walking Dead' spinoff 'Fear' trailer released at Comic-Con
- NBC's 'Heroes Reborn' series reboot gets first trailer
- New 'Batman v Superman' trailer swoops in
- Official 'Star Wars' iOS and Android apps launched
- 'X-Files' return teased in new Fox promo
- Han Solo standalone 'Star Wars' film announced
- June 2015
- Jurassic World (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- San Andreas (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Fitbit Surge GPS Fitness Super Watch Review
- 'Terminator' creator James Cameron backs 'Genisys'
- Final 'Jurassic World' trailer ratchets up the anticipation
- Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' first trailer stomps the web
- 'Jurassic World' director won't be back for fifth instalment
- May 2015
- 'Tron 3' killed off by Disney
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Upcoming 'Mad Max' game gets new story trailer
- Unfriended (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- 'Simpsons' characters to be recast after core cast member leaves
- 4K UltraHD Blu-ray format spec finalised by Blu-ray Disc Association
- Fox announce 'X-Files' return date
- Fitness wearable company Fitbit to go public in $100m IPO
- Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Weight Scale Review
- Hulu lands 'Myst' TV show
- 'Star Wars' characters join Disney Infinity 3.0
- Fox renews 'The Simpsons' for another two years
- Final 'San Andreas' trailer now with more large-scale destruction
- 'Force Awakens' set photos, video published by Vanity Fair
- New 'Jurassic World' featurette rides high on nostalgia
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Assassins Creed movie update from Michael Fassbender
- April 2015
- Microsoft release age detection tech demo
- Stephen Hawking says mankind needs to leave Earth to survive
- Restricted 'Ted 2' red band trailer brings the laughs
- 'Warcraft' movie set for a delay
- Final 'Ex Machina' trailer filled with tech giants AI concerns
- First 'Mad Max' PS4 gameplay footage released
- Sony hanging onto Spider-Man rights, animated feature coming in 2018
- The fight for 'Tomorrowland' escalates in new trailer
- 'Independence Day 2' welcomes back President Whitmore and Dr. Okun
- 'Star Wars: Rebels' Season 2 trailer reveals role for Darth Vader
- Full 'Jurassic World' trailer delivers the dino goods
- 'Fantastic 4' film reboot takes shape in new trailer
- 'Furious 7' races past $1B at the worldwide box office
- 'Star Wars: Battlefront' in-game trailer released
- Ryan Gosling in 'Blade Runner' sequel talks
- Sony Pictures email hack database published by WikiLeaks
- New 'Force Awakens' trailer was worth the wait
- 'Rockstar Games' adds Bill Paxton as anti GTA lawyer Jack Thompson
- Furious 7 (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Schwarzenegger says 'Terminator 4' sucked
- ABC rebooting 'The Muppets' TV show
- More classic 'X-Files' characters board revival
- March 2015
- Epic new 'Mad Max: Fury Road' trailer hits the web
- Harrison Ford released from hospital, recovering at home
- Fan made 'Super Mario 64' HD remake hits Unity
- Chappie (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Netflix 'Inspector Gadget' cartoon reboot gets a trailer
- New 'Entourage' movie trailer features half of Hollywood
- 'Star Wars' Tatooine set now a terror warzone
- Fox announces 'X-Files' return with Mulder and Scully
- Extended 'Mission Impossible 5' trailer if you choose to accept it
- Battle it out for a 'Hobbit: Battle Of the Five Armies' BD gift pack
- Jim Henson's 'Fraggle Rock' coming to the big screen
- 'Pixels' Movie trailer pits classic arcade characters against humanity
- Enter to win a copy of the event miniseries 'Gallipoli' on Blu-ray
- Take home Russell Crowe's 'The Water Diviner' in our Blu-ray promo
- 'Star Wars' stand-alone film gets official title, date and star
- Destruction abounds in new 'San Andreas' trailer
- Tim Burton's 'Dumbo' live-action remake takes flight
- Troubles abound on 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Australian set
- Netflix 'Daredevil' series trailer shows huge promise
- 'Tron 3' is a go for Disney, as production eyes October start
- New 'Tomorrowland' trailer packs an intriguing premise
- New 'Game of Thrones' Season Five trailer tantalizes
- Fitbit Charge HR Fitness Wireless Activity Wristband Review
- Jupiter Ascending (2015) Cinema Movie Review
- Stallone's 'Expendables' franchise heads to small screen
- Harrison Ford "seriously injured" in plane crash
- See Samuel L. Jackson kick ass as POTUS in 'Big Game'
- Final 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' trailer reveals Vision
- 'Independence Day 2' casts Jeff Goldblum and Liam Hemsworth
- 'Gran Turismo' movie being prepped by Sony Pictures
- 'Adventure Time' movie on the way
- February 2015
- Schwarzenegger will be back for 'Terminator 6'
- Professor Stephen Hawking congratulates 'Theory of Everything' star
- Fifth 'Alien' film greenlit by 20th Century Fox
- Final 'Hobbit' film comes to the small screen next month
- Nintendo ship nearly 6 million Amiibo NFC figurines worldwide
- 'Star Trek' style Tricorder becomes medical reality
- 'Fifty Shades of Grey' grosses massive $240m haul in under a week
- Dumb and Dumber To (2014) Cinema Movie Review
- American Sniper (2014) Cinema Movie Review
- Lando Calrissian may return to a galaxy far, far away
- Spider-Man officially becomes part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- January 2015
- 'Game of Thrones' season five trailer hints at the epicness
- 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Big Game spot hits the web
- 'Terminator: Genisys' Superbowl spot goes SkyNet
- 'Mission Impossible 5' release date moved 5 months forward
- 'Indiana Jones' reboot eyes Chris Pratt for leading man
- Apple just recorded the largest quarterly profit in mankind's history
- 'Fantastic Four' reboot trailer is here, not entirely fantastic
- Emma Watson signs on to Disney's live action 'Beauty and the Beast'
- Disney's 'Frozen' becomes US highest selling Blu-ray disc
- Doomsday Clock moved even closer to nuclear apocalypse
- DreamWorks animation announces upcoming slate, company restructure
- 'Supergirl' TV show moving forward for Warner and CBS
- David Duchovny set for 'X-Files' return
- 'Jurassic World' D-Rex promotional image leaked, confirms design
- Star Wars creator George Lucas has watched the 'Force Awakens' trailer
- 'Steve Jobs' biopic begins filming at the garage where it all started
- 'X-Men: Apocalypse' won't return stars Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen
- Take home the 'Fury' on Blu-ray, thanks to Universal Sony Pictures
- 'X-Files' star Gillian Anderson campaigning for show's return
- James Cameron's 'Avatar' sequels delayed by another year
- George Lucas originally planned to direct 'Star Wars' 7 himself
- 'Monopoly' movie passes go, collects $200
- Marvel releases new 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' trailer
- ISIS rebranded as 'Daesh', as countries adopt name terrorists despise
- North Koreans angry 'Interview' portrays them "as a bunch of idiots"
- Take home 'The Boxtrolls' on 3D Blu-ray, thanks to Universal Pictures
- Malaysia bans 'Achmed The Dead Terrorist', Jeff Dunham creates brother
- Liam Neeson would like to return in 'Star Wars' sequels
- 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' could be split into two films
- Enter to win 'Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fifth Season' on Blu-ray
- HBO confirms 'Game of Thrones' Season Five launch date
- 25 classic films added to US National Film Registry for preservation
- Blu-ray format successor officially called 'Ultra HD Blu-ray'
- 'Game of Thrones' episodes getting IMAX upgrade
- First full 'Ant-Man' trailer teased online by Marvel
- 'Star Wars' Episodes I, II & III 3D versions see once-off presentation
- 20th Century Fox betting on virtual reality films
- Panasonic show next gen Blu-ray technology at CES
- First 'Star Wars' stand alone film to begin production next month?
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Cinema Movie Review
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Cinema Movie Review
- Unsolicited 'Alien' sequel art released by director Neill Blomkamp
STALKER 2 has officially gone gold, see you stalkers in the Zone on November 20
SpaceX 'Marslink' high-speed internet from Mars to Earth: Elon says 'a very basic first step'
MSI 'X3D Gaming Mode' feature: faster gaming perf with single, dual-CCD Ryzen 3D V-Cache CPUs
This'll fix it: Intel resumes FREE coffee, tea for staffers to boost morale, costs $100M a year
GIGABYTE's new X870I AORUS PRO ICE is the company's first X870-powered Mini-ITX motherboard
ENDORFY Solum Voice S USB Microphone Review - Budget-Friendly, Great Sound
AVerMedia VERSATI go USB Microphone with FELXI go Arm Review - For the Creators
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor Review - All of the gaming goodness without compromise
Chilkey ND75 Mechanical Keyboard Review - An Affordable Aluminum Gaming Board
Meletrix Zoom75 TIGA Mechanical Keyboard Kit Review - Build It Yourself
ASUS Vivobook S15 (Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite) Laptop Review
Aura Smart Sleep Mask Review - Much more than 100% blackout sleep
Alienware Pro Wireless Headset Review - Stylish and Comfortable Pro Audio
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Processor Review - Team Blue Has Seen Better Days
Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Headset Gen 3 Review - Big Sound, Innovative CrossPlay Feature
First Look: Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (2024 Edition) Gaming Laptop
Apple Intelligence - a full breakdown of Apple's AI features in iOS 18.1
Exploring the stunning ASUS 3rd Gen ROG OLED Range - Game Changing Monitors
ASUS Wi-Fi 7 routers push the boundary of wireless speed with AI-powered optimization
ASUS's new AI NUC range delivers compact versatility and cutting-edge performance