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    Netflix Has Greenlit a 'Squid Game' Reality Competition TV Show Because Of Course It Has

    Making the hit South Korean thriller a reality — without the murder — 'Squid Game: The Challenge' will see 456 players compete to win $4.56 million.

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    Blessed Be the Dystopian Dramas: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Will Drop Its Fifth Season This Spring

    The Emmy-winning Elisabeth Moss-starring series will return mid-September, stepping back into June's life after season four's climactic events.

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    Green Light: Netflix Just Dropped the First Teaser Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Two

    Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that Seong Gi-hun will be back for 'Squid Game' season two — and so will the Front Man.

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    HBO's Brilliant New Meta Miniseries 'Irma Vep' Is a Bold Film-to-TV Remake About a Film-to-TV Remake

    Instantly one of 2022’s best new shows, this smart and savvy eight-part film-industry satire stars Alicia Vikander as a huge Hollywood actor making a new series in France.

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    Disney+'s 'Ms Marvel' Loves the MCU More Than You — and It's a Whole Lot of Infectiously Joyous Fun

    Marvel’s first Muslim superhero headlines an engaging and entertaining coming-of-age streaming series — the MCU's seventh in 18 months — that’s steeped in fandom.

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    Japan Has Officially Reopened to Tourists From Down Under — But Only As Part of Package Tours

    To make the trip, you'll need to wear masks everywhere, have private medical insurance to cover your visit and be chaperoned during your whole stay.

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    Australia's Highest Suspension Bridge Has Opened in the Snowy Mountains for Spectacular Alpine Walks

    Part of a new nine-kilometre track in NSW's Kosciuszko National Park, this new bridge is strung across Guthega and Charlotte Pass.

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    "You Can't Stop This Now": Here's Your First Sneak Peek at 'Stranger Things' Season Four Volume Two

    Netflix won't drop the last two episodes in 'Stranger Things' season four until July 1 — but it has just released a first teaser trailer.

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    Creepy Clouds Are Just the Beginning in the Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Horror Epic 'Nope'

    The 'Get Out' and 'Us' filmmaker is back with another eerie thriller that'll have you looking up.

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    Jurassic World Dominion

    Thursday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 29, 2022

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    The sixth film in the dinosaur franchise reteams OG stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum — but even that can't save its extinction-level struggles.

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    Dwayne Johnson Gets Superpowers (and Joins Another Franchise) in the First 'Black Adam' Trailer

    In the latest entry in the DC Extended Universe — and a spinoff from 'Shazam!' — The Rock plays an ancient prisoner turned god.

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    'A League of Their Own' Has Been Turned Into a TV Series Starring Abbi Jacobson and Nick Offerman

    There's no crying in baseball, again — with 'Broad City' star Abbi Jacobson also co-creating this TV remake of the classic 90s flick.

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    Airbnb Wants You to Stay in the 'Scooby-Doo' Mystery Machine — and Matthew Lillard Will Be Your Host

    Celebrate the live-action 'Scooby-Doo' flick's 20th anniversary with a vanning holiday across Southern California.

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    Netflix Has Just Dropped a New Trailer for Its Huge Page-to-Screen Fantasy Series 'The Sandman'

    Based on Neil Gaiman's graphic novels, the series will follow a being called Dream — who is also the king of dreams.

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    The First Trailer for 'What We Do in the Shadows' Season Four Serves Up a Vampire Disco Dance-Off

    Spun off from the beloved Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement-starring movie of the same name, this vamp sitcom keeps bringing the laughs on the small screen.

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    The Third Season of 'The Boys' Is Still a Bloody Ace (and Very Bloody) Antidote to Superhero Fatigue

    The page-to-screen caped crusader satire remains as smart, entertaining, gory and funny — and savvy — in its characteristically OTT third batch of episodes.

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    Ex-Video Store Employee Quentin Tarantino Is Launching His Own Podcast About VHS Tapes

    The acclaimed filmmaker is teaming up with his fellow ex-video store clerk-turned-director Roger Avary on 'The Video Archives', which is named after the Californian shop they worked at in the 80s.

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    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

    Thursday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 29, 2022

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    'Drive My Car' may have won an Oscar, but Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's second powerful and poignant drama of the past year is equally as masterful.

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    Mothering Sunday

    Thursday, June 2 - Wednesday, June 22, 2022

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Starring Aussie talent Odessa Young and ‘The Crown’ standout Josh O'Connor, plus Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, this handsome 1920s-set British drama is passionate, sensual and exceptionally cast.

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    HBO Has Just Renewed Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's 'Our Flag Means Death' for a Second Season

    One of the best shows of 2022 so far, this heartwarming gem of a swashbuckling comedy will sail the streaming seas again.

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