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Universal’s Harry Potter Theme Park is After Your Galleons With Their Latest Gringotts Ride

It features a 60-foot dragon. Enough said.

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Ten Must See Films at The Documentary Edge Festival 2014

Is it just me or does the Documentary Edge Festival just get better every year?

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Meet ‘Him’, the Talking Website Bringing Us One Step Closer to Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

Spoiler: it's super creepy.

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Taika Waititi’s Vampire Mockumentary Shot Entirely in Wellington

A mockumentary following four Wellingtonian vampire flatmates around during their day-to-day lives.

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The Eight Best Films to See at the Architecture and Design Film Festival

The festival tackles all the grittier issues of design: screening informative, challenging and visually beautiful films.

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World’s Remotest Film Festival Marks Its 11th Anniversary

The festival takes place in the Sahara desert, 170 kilometres away from the nearest village.

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Meet the Cast of Star Wars VII

Here's the lowdown on the seven newbies.

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This Guy is Trying to Collect Every Copy of Speed on VHS

Like the bus in Speed, we collectively cannot - and will not - stop.

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We Miss You Sweetums: Which of Your Favourite Muppets Have Died?

Sweetums' John Henson isn't the only beloved Muppets performer we've lost.

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You Can Now Enrol in Hogwarts Thanks to a New MOOC

Listen up, muggles. Your letter has arrived.

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Zach Braff’s Garden State Follow-Up Trailer is Here and Predictably Features The Shins

Meaningful slow motion frontal shots and infinite abysses — classic Braff.

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Five Memorable Lessons We Took from Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel

Futura is dead, and Jeff Goldblum makes legal jargon sound surprisingly erotic.

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Some Amazing Person Graphed the Quality of Every TV Episode on IMDB

Settle those pub arguments once and for all.

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The Wolf of Buzzfeed: The Perfect Takedown of Clickbait Culture

Please click on this. It has GIFs!

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Win Tickets To The Selfish Giant

Win one of five double passes to The Selfish Giant.

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Sofia Coppola to Direct a Live-Action Little Mermaid

Ariel is, after all, a girl with problems.

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Seven Things We Learnt from SXSW 2014

The future is nearly here, and Game of Thrones' Hodor is a DJ.

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Beyonce Just Got an Emoji Makeover

The visual album taken to its logical conclusion.

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The Ten Best Films To See At This Year’s French Film Festival

Concrete Playground makes choosing your Gallic poison easy with a guide to the top ten flick picks of the festival.

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The Best and Worst of Oscars 2014 Acceptance Speeches

Cate Blanchett supports women in film, Matthew McConaughey celebrates a weird hero.

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Ellen Takes the Ultimate Oscars Selfie, Crashes Twitter

Returning to the Oscars after hosting seven years ago, Ellen made her mark with selfies and pizza.

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Meryl, Lupita and Amy Can’t Resist Dancing to Pharrell’s Happy Either

Pharrell's award-nominated song gets Hollywood A-listers sheepishly dancing.

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Meeting the Man with the Acid Tongue

We speak to filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall about the renowned author and contrarian, Gore Vidal.

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What Should Win vs What Will Win at the 2014 Oscars

Will the Academy stick to history, or go with a few risks?

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The Veronica Mars Movie will be Released Online on March 14

The new Veronica Mars movie will be made available to rent or buy online on March 14.

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Win Tickets to Lone Survivor

Based on the The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival.

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Back to the Future’s Self-Tying Laces Might Soon Be Real

Nike is out to preserve your childhood dreams.

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Win Tickets to The Past

Win one of five double passes to The Past which opens in cinemas on March 13.

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Win Tickets to The Rocket

The Rocket punches well above its weight with a compelling narrative, heartfelt performances and stunning cinematography.

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Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?

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Terry Gilliam Goes Back to the Future with The Zero Theorem

Everything's normal when math whizz Christoph Waltz and David Thewlis in a tiger suit get together.

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Four Ideas from the Movie Her We Actually Want in Our Future

There are no dystopian trappings in Spike Jonze's vision of the future.

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Samantha Jones Hilariously Dirties Up Spike Jonze’s Film Her

Theodore Twombly's new artificially intelligent operating system is crude, lewd and incredibly rude.

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How War Became Both Beautiful and Traumatic for The Railway Man

Jonathan Teplitzky on war, visual irony and how Gen Ys respond to silence.

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Five New TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2014

Goodbye free time, hello new TV.

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Eight Things That Made the 2014 Golden Globes Totally Worth It

Don't worry, one of them is J-Law.

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Tim Minchin to Turn Groundhog Day into a Musical

The same songs over and over again?

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Macaulay Culkin Unveils Debut Music Video for Pizza Underground

Well now we just want pizza.

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Win One of Five Dregs Graffiti Documentaries

Good fortune awaits you.

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Viewers Gross’d Out By New Grill’d Ad

Responsible meat eating, or just icky?

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Ubiquitous Sriracha Sauce Now Has Its Own Documentary Film

Your favourite condiment is now a movie star.

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Netflix to Produce Its First Adult Animation, BoJack Horseman

We aren't horsing around, Netflix has a new animated series that's darkly humorous.

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