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NewsIt Looks Like Some of 2023's Big Movies Might Delay Releasing Until 2024 Due to the Actors' Strike
'Dune: Part One' was delayed due to the pandemic — and 'Dune: Part Two' might take longer to make it to the big screen, too.
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NewsEight Movies You Really Need to See at the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival
This year's NZIFF standouts include a deeply affecting romance, Sydney Sweeney's most stunning performance yet and a heartbreaking French courtroom drama.
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NewsGetting Paul Mescal Dancing in the Australian Desert: Benjamin Millepied Chats Reimagining 'Carmen'
In the acclaimed dancer-turned-filmmaker's hands, outback town Broken Hill backdrops a brand-new take on the classic opera.
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News'The Bear' Serves Up Another Course of Sublime TV in the Hit Dramedy's Sizzling Second Season
Yes chef — the best new show of 2022 is finally back, and it's just as appetising and intense as ever.
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News'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Is No Longer Hitting Cinemas in August Due to the Actors' Strike
You'll have to wait a little longer to see Eric Bana return as detective Aaron Falk, with a new release date not yet confirmed.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2023 So Far
Watching flicks on the couch has delivered Oscar-nominees, unsettling horror gems, delightful walk-and-talk rom-coms and more across 2023's first half.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now
From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2023 So Far
Whether you love feuding families, survival-of-the-fittest thrillers or savage satires of history, this year's best returning series have kept delivering.
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NewsPlaying Detective, Parodying Genres and Loving Murder-Mysteries: Sam Richardson Talks 'The Afterparty'
He has two Emmy nominations for 'Ted Lasso'. He loves getting ridiculous in 'I Think You Should Leave'. And he’s revelling in the sleuth life in an Apple TV+ gem.
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NewsHooray for HBO: 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' Lead 2023's Emmy Nominations
It's a great day to be a cast member on one of the three HBO hits, which picked up the US cable network 74 nominations.
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NewsSteven Soderbergh's Twisty New Miniseries 'Full Circle' Is an All-Round Compelling Crime-Thriller
Fresh from 'Magic Mike's Last Dance', the prolific filmmaker directs, lenses and edits every episode of this starry must-watch show.
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NewsGenre-Bending Whodunnit 'The Afterparty' Is Still One of Streaming's Funniest Murder-Mysteries in Season Two
There’s a new death and a mostly new cast, but sleuthing your way through this Apple TV+ comedy remains a treat.
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News"Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel": The Full Trailer for New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Is Here
Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Lars Mikkelsen star in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian', which hits Disney+ in August.
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NewsThe Sweet First Trailer for 'Wonka' Takes Timothée Chalamet to a World of Pure Imagination
Roald Dahl's chocolatier gets an origin story from the director of the 'Paddington' movies — and with Hugh Grant as an Ooompa-Loompa.
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NewsRyan Gosling Sings About the Struggles of Being Ken in the Latest 'Barbie' Trailer
Greta Gerwig's Margot Robbie- and Ryan Gosling-starring 'Barbie' movie now includes a hilarious Ken musical number.
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NewsJoaquin Phoenix Fights for Power in the First Trailer for Ridley Scott's Historical Epic 'Napoleon'
After working together on 'Gladiator', the actor and director reteam for another blast from the past.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2023 So Far
This year just keeps delivering small-screen gems — don't say that you don't have anything to watch.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2023 So Far
Paul Mescal, a Sardinian donkey, all the Spider-Men, Ari Aster's latest nightmare: they all featured in the best of the best flicks from 2023's first six months.
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NewsNetflix's Ace 'Heartbreak High' Revival Will Return for Season Two in 2024
School will be back in session sometime next year, including with two new cast members.
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NewsCannibalism Dramedy 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' Serves Up a Bloody Good Twist on 'Sweeney Todd'
After starting out as a one-woman play, then becoming a podcast, this tale about empanadas with gruesome fillings hits streaming.
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NewsIdris Elba's Tense Real-Time Plane Thriller 'Hijack' Is Nail-Biting and Swiftly Addictive Viewing
The actor everyone would like to see as 007 tries to stop terrorists on a Dubai-to-London flight in this new Apple TV+ series.
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NewsNetflix Just Dropped the First 'Sex Education' Season Four Trailer — and Announced That the Series Is Ending
Good news, bad news: 'Sex Education' returns in September, but only for one last season.
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NewsCalling All Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro Fans: The Full 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer Is Here
Martin Scorsese is back with another must-see crime drama — and makes his first feature to star both Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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NewsThe Full Trailer for 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' Plunges Sigourney Weaver Into an Aussie Mystery
The 'Alien' and 'Ghostbusters' icon sports an Aussie accent in this seven-part Prime Video series, which adapts Holly Ringland's 2018 novel.
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NewsDisney+ Has Added a Sing-Along Version of 'Hamilton' So You Can Make Your House the Room Where It Happens
If you've always wanted to belt out a tune with Lin-Manuel Miranda, this is your chance.
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News'Barbie' in Australia: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig on Turning a Toy Into 2023's Most-Anticipated Movie
Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae and America Ferrera hit Sydney to chat about bringing a live-action version of Mattel’s six-decade-old doll to cinemas.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June
Start with a surreal and stunning instant gem about a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager battling a tech billionaire — and capitalism.
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NewsTimothée Chalamet and Zendaya Fight for Freedom and Arrakis in the New Trailer for 'Dune: Part Two'
"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it."
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News'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season Three Will Sashay Into Your Streaming Queue in July
Ten more Australian and New Zealand drag queens will strut their stuff in the hit franchise's Down Under version — with RuPaul as host.
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NewsHorror Favourite 'Five Nights at Freddy's' Is the Latest Game That's Getting the Big-Screen Treatment
Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, murderous animatronics aplenty: they're all in the trailer for this game-to-cinema flick.
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NewsNeat!: 'Futurama' Has Just Dropped Its Full Trailer Ahead of the Animated Favourite's July Return
It's back, baby, with the animated comedy's 31st-century antics getting thawed out after a ten-year hiatus.
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New Zealand International Film Festival Has Just Unveiled Its Full Auckland Program for 2023
Auckland movie lovers can look forward to 129 features from 39 countries, including a Paul Mescal-starring musical and Sydney Sweeney's latest.
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NewsTurning Tongan Pride Into the Feel-Good Hit of 2023: Damon Fepulea'i and JP Foliaki Talk 'Red, White & Brass'
When Tongan rugby superfans in Wellington claimed to be a brass marching band to score World Cup tickets, their story was always going to inspire a movie.
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NewsBig, Bold and Brilliant: Boots Riley's Surreal 'I'm a Virgo' Is Like No Other Series You Can Stream Right Now
Five years after 'Sorry to Bother You' stunned in cinemas, the musician-turned-filmmaker is back with a towering achievement of a streaming series.
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News'Dirty Dancing' in Concert Is Returning Down Under to Give 80s Movie Fans the Time of Their Lives
The Patrick Swayze-starring 80s classic is getting the concert treatment, with a live band and singers performing the movie's iconic songs.
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NewsThe First Trailer for Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla' Is Here with a Different Angle on the Presley Story
'Mare of Easttown' actor Cailee Spaeny and Australian 'Euphoria' star Jacob Elordi play the famous rock 'n' roll couple, thank you very much.
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NewsSupremely Well-Cast Spy Thriller 'Secret Invasion' Finally Gives Samuel L Jackson the Marvel Spotlight
Olivia Colman, Ben Mendelsohn, Emilia Clarke and Kingsley Ben-Adir also leave an imprint in the MCU's latest small-screen series.
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Aaron Falk's Next Case Is Here: 'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Just Dropped Its Full Trailer
Eric Bana returns as the Australian detective, this time searching for Anna Torv as a missing hiker.
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News'Kraven the Hunter' Is the Latest 'Spider-Man' Spinoff About a Marvel Supervillain — and It Has a Trailer
Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the big-game hunter in the latest film in Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe, following the two 'Venom' movies and 'Morbius'.
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NewsDisney+ Will Serve Up 'The Bear' Season Two (and More Sandwich Cravings) Down Under in July
Australian and NZ audiences will have to wait a month longer than US viewers to enjoy the hit series' ten-episode return.
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NewsThe Fifth and Final Season of 'Stranger Things' Just Nabbed a Huge New Star: Linda Hamilton
The 'Terminator' great is heading to the Upside Down, joining Netflix's huge sci-fi hit for its last batch of episodes.
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NewsNetflix Just Revealed Who'll Be Playing 'Squid Game' Season Two — and Dropped a Peek at the IRL Version
Green light: more of this South Korean hit is on its way, and so is an IRL game-show version.
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NewsNew Zealand International Film Festival Has Added a Stack of Straight-From-Cannes Titles to Its 2023 Lineup
For the third year in a row, NZIFF will screen the year's Palme d'Or winner — and it'll be joined by Wes Anderson, Cate Blanchett and Aki Kaurismäki's latest movies, too.
