Film

Another Simple Favour is style over substance.

Switch your brain off for Blake Lively’s Simple flick

REVIEW: If you think about it too hard, you’ll realise that Another Simple Favour is hollow, a quick infusion of deranged aspirational ‘content’ that leaves you feeling empty. 

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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will star in Wuthering Heights.

Why this Wuthering Heights will make purists deeply unhappy

Emerald Fennell’s upcoming movie has already caught flak for its casting and costuming, now one of the production team has said the movie won’t be accurate and purists are in for a shock.

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Thunderbolts just proved it can still surprise us.

Thunderbolts proves the superhero genre is not dead yet

Thunderbolts just proved it can still surprise us. Its underdog status is its superpower.

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The Four Seasons will be released on May 1.

The new shows and movies you’re streaming in May

From returning of seasons of shows we love and shows we love to hate, as well as newbies from big stars, there’s a lot going on in May.

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Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of "Bullet Train" on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

The last person who should try an Aussie accent is Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has been cast in a movie adaptation of a Tim Winton book. Let’s pray that character doesn’t remain Australian.

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New Zealand film Tina is in cinemas on May 1.

The little New Zealand movie even Disney couldn’t beat

Tina was already in its fourth weekend at the cinemas when it stared down a challenge from a Disney juggernaut. Tina won.

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Thunderbolts is in cinemas on May 1.

How Marvel made a blockbuster with cool indie kids

Thunderbolts*, according to its director, is the ‘most fun-filled, action comedy about depression that you’re going to see’.

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Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story (2019)

Trauma and laughs: The 10 best movies about divorce

From the antics of Intolerable Cruelty to the raw emotions of Marriage Story, Hollywood has a way with dealing with separations and break-ups.

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Harvey Weinstein has appeared for his retrial in Manhattan Criminal Court. (AP PHOTO)

‘Just let it go’: Friend’s grim advice to Weinstein accuser

‘Harvey Weinstein is the king of New York. He’s extremely powerful. You are not.’

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The Accountant 2 is in cinemas.

Whoa, a movie sequel that’s far better than the original

REVIEW: Considering how dreadful The Accountant was, you’d expect the worst of its sequel. In a surprising twist, it’s actually better.

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Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You.

Broadway turns to Hollywood with 10 Things musical

Producers love stories the audience already know, and when it comes to stage musicals, every screen project is up for adaptation.

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Superman star David Corenswet is making a new film at geelong’s home base.

Hollywood superstar takes over AFL club for a fortnight

The interruption has forced the players to train on an alternative track ahead of two blockbuster games.

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Iconic Australian actor Gerard Kennedy has died aged 93.

Iconic Australian actor dies aged 93

Double Gold Logie winner Gerard Kennedy, loved for his roles in Division 4, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers and Neighbours, has died at the age of 93.

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It’s so easy to get attached to a fictional character and then when they’re brutally killed off, it hurts us. We’re still thinking about this deaths.

The TV and movie deaths that still haunt us years later

It’s so easy to get attached to a fictional character and then when they’re brutally killed off, it hurts us. We’re still thinking about these deaths.

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The Mountainhead is streaming on Max on June 1.

Succession writer’s withering take on tech billionaires

Jesse Armstrong’s new movie is going to marinate in the world of four tech billionaires as the world burns around them.

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