Film

Glen Powell in Top Gun Maverick as Hangman.

Telling the difference between remakes, reboots, and requels

There are so many different ways for Hollywood to keep making the same or similar stories. Here’s how you can make the distinction - and some of them are even great. Shocking, right?

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer teases invisible villain

The countdown to release is officially on. There are six weeks until the latest Spider-Man movie hits our screens, and the latest trailer is a glimpse of what to expect.

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Toy Story 5 is in cinemas on June 18

Toy Story 5 is an inconsequential franchise movie

REVIEW: The Toy Story series of films have given us two of the best animated features ever. This latest one is certainly not that.

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The Death of Robin Hood, starring Hugh Jackman.

Do we no longer deserve heroes like Robin Hood?

A new film seeks to deconstruct the hero myth around one of the most enduring folk legends, Robin Hood. That’s a shame.

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After Firelight, it would be another decade and change before Spielberg made Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Spielberg has been making alien movies for six decades

Steven Spielberg is nothing if not a believer in extra-terrestrial life.

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Exiled Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev won the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival.

Exiled Russian filmmaker wins top Aussie film festival prize

Filmmaker and Putin critic Andrey Zvyagintsev has claimed the Sydney Film Prize for his political thriller Minotaur.

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The Social Reckoning.

The Facebook movie is already freaking people out

It’s the wildest thing. You’re watching Jeremy Strong but he sounds exactly like Mark Zuckerberg. Talk about cognitive dissonance.

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Tuner stars Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall.

Tuner is not your average heist caper movie

Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman star in this heist thriller about a safe-cracker with perfect hearing.

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Paramount, Warner bros

Paramount has rough week in attempt to take over Warner Bros

It’s been a dramatic week for tech scion David Ellison as he attempts to push through his acquisition of Warner Bros.

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Taylor Swift has excited fans after a bunch of surprises at the Toy Story 5 premiere.

Taylor Swift’s fans mind blown after Toy Story surprises

Taylor Swift has excited fans after a bunch of surprises at the Toy Story 5 premiere.

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Disclosure Day

Steven Spielberg is trying to get the truth out there

Disclosure Day is a classic Spielbergian popcorn movie, full of thrills, adventures and a little provocation.

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The Amazing Digital Circus.

This Aussie YouTube phenomenon just beat a Star Wars movie

Another week, another YouTube phenomenon has overtaken old Hollywood at the global box office. This time, it’s an Australian animated series turned feature film.

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Idris Elba as John Luther.

‘Not realistic’: Idris Elba warns against ‘woke’ Bond update

Once seen as the next 007, Idris Elba has instead warned that certain audiences would never ‘go for a black male’ actor playing James Bond.

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Filming for the SBS/NITV production Reckless took place in Fremantle.

Destination WA: why the world is heading west to film

Western Australia is no longer Australia’s best-kept secret; it is the screen industry’s newest frontier, with two huge global productions rolling cameras in the state.

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The Christophers is in cinemas.

Ian McKellen’s art world drama disarms with emotional heft

It’s such a gift to watch Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, star’s of Steven Soderbergh’s two-hander The Christophers, in action.

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