DAVID 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. Dave is currently the Head Film Writer for Heavy Mag and also writes reviews for Thailand’s The Phuket News newspaper.

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 Talking Lifestyle, 2GB Talk Radio, ,3RPP, Triple R and Light FM. He is currently 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.

Dave is also a keen screenwriter and is currently working on a new comic book series.

Currently David Griffiths has 99 Film & TV Reviews on Subculture Entertainment

• 1917 (2020)
• The 5th Wave (2016)
• 23 Walks (2020)
• A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (2019)
• A Hidden Life (2020)
• A Month Of Sundays (2015)
• About An Age (2018)
• Alvin And The Chipmunks: Road Chip (2015)
• Angels & Demons (2009)
• Bad Boys For Life (2020)
• Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
• Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
• The Big Short (2015)
• Birds Of Prey (2020)
• Black Rainbow (1989)
• Bloodshot (2020)
• Bloodstone (1988)
• Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
• Buoyancy (2019)
• Cats (2019)
• Charie’s Angels (2019)
• Color Out Of Space (2019)
• Daddy’s Home (2015)
• The Dark Tower (2017)
• Dark Waters (2020)
• The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
• Disgrace (2009)
• Emma (2020)
• Escape And Evasion (2019)
• Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga (2020)
• Fantasy Island (2020)
• Fast 5 (2011)
• Finest Hours, The (2016)
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
• Game Night (2018)
• Gemini Man (2019)
• The Gentlemen (2020)
• Girl’s Trip (2017)
• Guns Akimbo (2019)
• Hangover (The) (2009)
• Hangover (The) Part II (2011)
• How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
• I Still Believe (2020)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
• The Invisible Man (2020)
• It (2017)
• Jason Bourne (2016)
• JoJo Rabbit (2019)
• Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
• Lake Michigan Monster (2018)
• The Lighthouse (2019)
• Like A Boss (2020)
• Little Women (2020)
• Logan (2017)
• Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring (The) (2001)
• Lovestuck (2017)
• Mary And Max (2009)
• Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
• Midway (2020)
• Military Wives (2019)
• Monos (2019)
• Motherless Brooklyn (2020)
• Nim’s Island (2008)
• Old Guard (The) (2020)
• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
• Onward (2020)
• Out Of Order (2020)
• Paterson (2016)
• Paul (2011)
• Plastic House, The (2019)
• Queen & Slim (2020)
• Raw (2016)
• Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
• Richard Jewell (2019)
• Rocketman (2019)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019)
• Scream 4 (2011)
• Shed, The (2019)
• Siberia (2020)
• Sisters (2016)
• Spies In Disguise (2020)
• Star Trek (2009)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
• Strangers To The World (2018)
• Sucker (2015)
• The Taverna (2019)
• That’s Not My Dog (2018)
• Think Like A Dog (2020)
• Triple 9 (2016)
• Underground Inc: The Rise & Fall Of Alternative Rock (2019)
• Utopia (Pilot Episode) (2020)
• The Wait (2015)
• Wakefield (2017)
• Waves (2019)
• The Way Back (2020)
• The Wretched (2019)

Currently David Griffiths has 76 Film Interviews on Subculture Entertainment

• Armstrong, Daniel – SHEBORG MASSACRE
• Armstrong, Daniel – TARNATION
• Ashwood, Storm – ESCAPE AND EVASION
• Bacon, Brendan – INNUENDO
• Blum, Jason – HAPPY DEATH DAY
• Boseley, Ray – SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM
• Bryant, Tawni – METHOD
• Buckley, Jesse – WILD ROSE
• Burrows, Keir – ANTI MATTER
• Copping, Martin – THE DUNES
• De Mare, Victoria
• DeHaan, Dane – VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
• Delevingne, Cara – VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
• Dellar, Amy – WHAT GOES AROUND
• Diesel, Vin – BLOODSHOT
• Downey, Robert Jnr – SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING
• Elgort, Ansel – BABY DRIVER
• Finnegan, Lorcan – VIVARIUM
• Gordon, Laura – UNDERTOW
• Hamilton, Sam – WHAT GOES AROUND
• Hanks, Tom – THE CIRCLE
• Hardie, Grant – 2017 MONSTER FEST
• Hardy, Tom – VENOM
• Hayek, Salma – THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
• Hefford, Harley – ABOUT AN AGE
• Hilton, Tyler – ONE TREE HILL
• Holden, Karina – BLUE
• Howden, Jason Lei – GUNS AKIMBO
• Hoyle, Pip – DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM
• Hartigan, Florence – PHOENIX FORGOTTEN
• Imbruglia, Laura – GENDER REVERSED GUITAR SHOPPING
• Jacobson, Shane – THAT’S NOT MY DOG
• Janko, George – FOLLOW ME
• Kramer, Clare – BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/RULES OF ATTRACTION/BRING IT ON
• Labbe, Dwayne – MUSCLECAR
• Lamberg, Saara – INNUENDO
• Larkin, Christopher – THE 100
• Lees, Andrew – THE ORIGINALS/THE PACIFIC
• Lucas, Julian – FOR YOUR SINS
• Martin, Evan J. – ABOUT AN AGE
• McConville, Josh – ESCAPE AND EVASION
• Minami, Saya – THE VIPER’S HEX
• Mulvihill, Daniel – SEXY HERPES
• Murphy, Dean – THAT’S NOT MY DOG
• Murphy, Kate – SANCTUARY CITY: THE WISHMAS TREE
• Neeson, Liam – A MONSTER CALLS
• Noble, Ross – SANCTUARY CITY: THE WISHMAS TREE
• Nolan, Christopher – DUNKIRK
• Nowrasteh, Cyrus – THE YOUNG MESSIAH
• Patton, Wesley – H IS FOR HAPPINESS
• Pearson, Gabrielle – WHAT GOES AROUND
• Pimentel, Jessica – ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
• Reynolds, Ryan – THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
• Robbie, Margot – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
• Roller, Drew – ACOUSTIC UPRISING
• Rolleston, James – PORK PIE
• Rose, Felissa – A NUN’S CURSE
• Scherer, William – HOUSE ON RODEO GULCH
• Scott, Roger – THE MARSHES
• Shaw, Julian – USE ME
• Siljkovic, Armin – DEATH WAITS FOR NO MAN
• Stanley, Richard – COLOR OUT OF SPACE
• Stear, Demetrius – THE DOMICILE
• Tandy, Steven J. – THE STORY
• Taylor, Rob – VIDEO HOARDERS SEASON 2
• Theron, Charlize – ATOMIC BLONDE
• Timpson, Ant – COME TO DADDY
• Triggs, Jason – 25 VOICES
• Truitner, Ian – BEYOND THE TREK
• Velinski, Jerome – METHOD
• Wahlberg, Mark – INSTANT FAMILY
• Ward, Charles – GHOST TURD
• Wasikowska, Mia – PIERCING
• Watson, Emma – THE CIRCLE
• Whannell, Leigh – THE INVISIBLE MAN
• Williams, Michelle – VENOM
• Zhang, Aly – WHAT GOES AROUND

Currently David Griffiths has 21 Music Reviews on Subculture Entertainment

• ADALITA – Adalita
• AIRBOURNE – Live @ Rod Laver Arena, 14/02/2020
• COOPER, ALICE – Live @ Rod Laver Arena 14/02/2020
• DEVILSKIN – Red
• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – F8
• FOO FIGHTERS – Wasting Light
• LUPE FIASCO – Lasers
• LUPE FIASCO – Superstar (Single)
• HAMISH GORDON – Parte The Firste
• ME AND THAT MAN – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol. 1
• OCEANS – The Sun And Cold
• AMANDA PALMER – Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under
• SCORPIONS – Live @ Rod Laver Arena 19/02/2020
• SILVERSTEIN – A Beautiful Place To Drown
• SLEEPWALKS – The Milk Has Gone Sour
• STREETS (THE) – Computers And Blues
• Sucker Punch Soundtrack
• CARUS THOMPSON – Caravan
• TOOL – Live @ Rod Laver Arena 22/02/2020
• VERDERVER – Weltunter Review
• WHITESNAKE – Live @ Rod Laver Arena 19/02/2020

Currently David Griffiths has 149 Music Interviews on Subculture Entertainment

• ALARUM – 2020 Album Interview
• ALESTORM – 2020 Album Interview
• ALESTORM – 2020 Download Festival Interview
• ALMANAC – 2020 Album Interview
• AMARANTHE – 2018 Album Interview
• AMONG THE RUINED – 2020 Album Interview
• ARMORED DAWN – 2020 Album Interview
• ARMOURED EARTH – 2020 Album Interview
• AS IT IS – 2020 Tour Interview
• ATREYU – 2020 Tour Interview
• AVERSIONS CROWN – 2020 Album Interview
• THE BELL STREETS – 2020 Album Interview
• BETWEEN KINGS – 2018 Tour Interview
• BIILMANN – 2020 Album Interview
• THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – 2020 Album Interview
• BLACK THERAPY – 2019 Album Interiew
• BONFIRE – 2020 Album Interview
• BORN LION – 2018 Album Interview
• BRITISH INDIA – 2018 Tour Interview
• BRITTAIN, DAN – 2020 Single Interview
• BURNING WITCHES – 2018 Album Interview
• GRANT BURNS – 2020 Rue Morgue Compilation Interview
• BUTTERFLY EFFECT, THE – 2019 Good Things Festival Interview
• CATTLE DECAPITATION – 2020 Tour Interview
• CHROME DIVISION – 2018 Album Interview
• CITY OF SOULS – 2020 Album Interview
• CLOUDER – 2019 Single Interview
• CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – 2020 Tour Interview
• CROSSFAITH – 2020 EP Inteview
• DARKNESS (THE) – 2020 Tour Interview
• DEAD CITY RUINS – 2018 Blaze Festival Interview
• DEAD LAKES – 2020 EP Interview
• DEEP PURPLE – 2020 Album Interview
• DEFTONES – 2020 Download Festival Interview
• DEVILSKIN – 2020 Album Interview
• DIMMU BORGIR – 2018 Album Interview
• WENDY DIO – 2020 Album Interview
• DRAB MAJESTY – 2020 Tour Interview
• DREAM ON, DREAMER – 2020 Album Interview
• DREGG – 2020 Label Signing Interview
• DRXNES – 2020 Video Interview
• DUNCAN, GERRY – 2020 Single Interview
• DYSSIDIA – 2020 Album Interview
• EBONIVORY – 2020 Album Interview
• MIKE ELRINGTON – 2020 Single Interview
• ESKIMO JOE – 2018 Under The Southern Stars Festival Interview
• EVANESCENCE – 2018 Tour Interview
• EXCITER – 2020 Tour Interview
• EXPLOITED (THE) – 2020 Tour Interview
• FIREWIND – 2020 Album Interview
• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – 2020 Album Interview
• FOEMEN – 2020 Single Interview
• FOZZY – 2018 Tour Interview
• JOHN GARCIA – 2020 Tour Interview
• GOTTHARD – 2020 Album Interview
• GRENADE JUMPER – 2020 Single Interview
• GREY DAZE – 2020 Album Interview
• HARROWAY- 2020 Single Interview
• HEY GERONIMO – 2020 Album Interview
• MARKO HIETALA – 2020 Album Interview
• LUKE HOLLAND – 2019 Tour Interview
• HOODOO GURUS – 2019 Tour Interview
• JEFF HORTILOSSA – 2020 Album Interview
• I BUILT THE SKY – 2019 Album Interview
• IN HEARTS WAKE – 2020 Album Interview
• INERTIA – 2020 Album Interview
• IRIST – 2020 Album Interview
• IRON MAIDENS (THE) – 2018 Tour Interview
• IRON MAIDENS (THE) – 2020 Tour Interview
• KADAVAR – 2020 Tour Interview
• KATATONIA – 2020 Album Interview
• KHEMMIS – 2018 Album Interview
• KHEMMIS – 2020 Album Interview
• KING PARROT – 2018 Tour Interview
• KVELETAK – 2020 Album Interview
• L7 – 2020 Tour Interview
• LAMB OF GOD – 2020 Album Interview
• LAMB OF GOD – 2020 Album Interview
• LUNDON – 2020 Single Interview
• MARLIN’S DREAMING – 2020 Album Interview
• KYM MAZELLE – 2018 Tour Interview
• ANDREW McMAHON – 2018 Tour Interview
• ME AND THAT MAN – 2020 Album Interview
• MERCYFUL FATE – 2020 Re-Issues Interview
• MY DYING BRIDE – 2020 Album Interview
• NICKELBACK – 2018 Tour Interview
• NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA – 2020 Album Interview
• NIGHTWISH – 2020 Album Interview
• NORMA JEAN – 2020 Tour Interview
• NOTHING SACRED – 2020 Single Interview
• NUADA – 2018 Tour Interview
• THE OCEAN – 2018 Album Interview
• OCEAN GROVE – 2020 Tour Interview
• OMNIVI3E – 2020 Single Interview
• PARADISE KITTY – 2018 Tour Interview
• PARADISE LOST – 2020 Album Interview
• PARKWAY DRIVE – 2019 Good Things Festival Interview
• PARTY DOZEN – 2020 Album Interview
• PEARL THE GIRL – 2020 Album Interview
• NICK PES – 2020 Single Interview
• PJ ORR – 2020 Album Interview
• POP EVIL – 2020 Album Inerview
• PRIMUS – 2018 Tour Interview
• QUIREBOYS (THE) – 2020 Tour Interview
• RAISED BY EAGLES – 2017 Album Interview
• REVOCATION – 2020 Tour Interview
• RIDE FOR RAIN – 2020 Single Interview
• RIFF RAIDERS – 2020 Album Interview
• RIFF RAIDERS – 2020 Single Interview
• ROSS THE BOSS – 2019 Tour Interview
• SACRED REICH – 2020 Tour Interview
• SAXON – 2018 Album Interview
• MICHAEL SCHENKER – 2018 Album Interview
• LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT – 2018 Tour Interview
• SEPULTURA – 2020 Album Interview
• SILVERSTEIN – 2020 Album Interview
• SILVERTHRONE – 2020 Album Interview
• SKID ROW – 2018 Tour Interview
• SLASH, MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – 2018 Album Interview
• SOILWORK – 2018 Album Interview
• SOULFLY – 2018 Album Interview
• DEE SNIDER – 2018 Tour Interview
• SONS OF ZAKU – 2018 Tour Interview
• SOUTHBOUND SNAKE CHARMERS – 2020 Single Interview
• STEEL PANTHER – 2018 Tour Interview
• STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – 2020 Tour Interview
• STONEFIELD – 2020 Unleash The Elephent Festival Interview
• VICTOR STRANGES – 2009 Album Interview
• SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – 2018 Tour Interview
• SUICIDE SILENCE – 2020 Album Interview
• THE SUPERJESUS – 2019 Tour Interview
• GEOFF TATE – 2020 Tour Interview
• TESTAMENT – 2020 Tour Interview
• THEM EVILS – 2020 Single Interview
• TRIVIUM – 2020 Album Interview
• THE USED – 2018 Good Things Festival Interview
• THE USED – 2020 Album Interview
• VADER – 2020 Album Interview
• VENOM INC – 2018 Tour Interview
• VENOM PRISON – 2020 Download Festival Interview
• VOID OF VISION – 2018 Good Things Festival Interview
• VOIVOD – 2019 Tour Interivew
• THE WAILERS – 2019 Tour Interview
• WAVVES – 2020 Tour Interview
• EMILY WHITE – 2020 Single Interview
• WHITESNAKE – 2020 Tour Interview
• THE WILD! – 2020 Album Interview
• WITCHSKULL – 2020 Album Interview
• ZAKK WYLDE – 2018 Album Interview
• XENOBIOTIC – 2020 Album Interview
• ZONG – 2018 Tour Interview

Currently David Griffiths has 21 Theatre/Comedy Interviews on Subculture Entertainment

• Brickell, Lisa – MOCKINGBIRD
• Burger, Michaela – A MIGRANT’S SON
• Calme, Pauline – UNLEASH THE BEAST
• Colley, Alanta – 2020 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTVAL
• Collins, Nadia – 2020 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
• Conlin, Cara
• deLightful, Sophie – MAKE IT RAIN FESTIVAL
• deLightful, Sophie – MAKE IT RAIN FESTIVAL (Follow up Interview)
• Dodwell, Grant – ANT Live
• Dudding, Ruth – MOCKINGBIRD
• Embla, Siri – MOCKINGBIRD
• Evans, Elizabeth – MIXOLOGY WITH MINI MARILYN
• Heywood, Sharon – 2020 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
• Meadows, David – AGE OF CROWNS
• Monk, Jennifer – A CHRISTMAS TALE
• Nicholas, Glynn – THE DAPTO EXPRESS
• RAHIMZADEH, AMIR- 2020 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
• Ranik, Trudi – GOING DOWN
• Ridefelt, A.J. – SONGS OF THE NORTHERN RIVER
• Rose, Miss Maple – WHOOP DEE DOO
• Towan, Chloe – SCARY GOATS TOUR
• Trash Test Dummies, The
• Van Horne, Kitty – iDenTITTY
• Woodbrook, Lisa – IT’S NOT ME, IT’S DEFINITELY YOU

Currently David Griffiths features on 25 episodes of The Popcorn Conspiracy

• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #104: The Wretched
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #103: Queen & Slim
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #102: Extraction
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #101: Vivarium
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #100: SheBorg Masacre
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #099: Bloodshot
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #098: Fantasy Island
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #97: Motherless Brooklyn
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep @096: Onward
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #095: Sonic The Hedgehog
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #094: Dark Waters
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #093: The Invisible Man
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #92: Richard Jewell
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #91: Emma
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #090: Birds Of Prey
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #89: The Lighthouse
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #088: Buoyancy
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #087: Like A Boss
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #086: A Hidden Life
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #085: Bad Boys For Life
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #028 – The Hustle
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #027 – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #026 – 25 k/h
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #018 – Aquaman, Creed II
• The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #017 – How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World & Ralph Wrecks The Internet

Currently David Griffiths features on 3 episodes of SUBCULTURE: THE PODCAST

• SUBCULTURE: THE PODCAST Ep #001
• SUBCULTURE: THE PODCAST Ep #002
• SUBCULTURE: THE PODCAST Ep #003