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Special Shoot of Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones for Columbia Pictures' GHOSTBUSTERS. ...

Ghostbusters stars pity the haters

The misogynistic backlash to the reboot of a 1980s comedy favourite proves gender issues still linger.

Actor John Cho, who plays the iconic Mr Sulu in the upcoming <i>Star Trek Beyond</i>.

Star Trek's Mr Sulu comes out

John Cho reveals fan favourite character Hikaru Sulu is openly gay and married in new film Star Trek Beyond.

We won't see this ever again. Cliff Williams, far right, is the latest member of AC/DC to announce retirement. Angus ...

AC/DC bassist Williams to quit

One schoolboy uniform might look very lonely after yet another departure from the band.

Yes, she may be writing about her ex, but that doesn't make Taylor Swift unique.

Love, lust and loss: it's all grist for the songwriter's mill

Upgrading to an Aussie dollar, rapper 50 Cent has come to an arrangement with creditors in bankruptcy court, paying ...

50 Cent now worth 74 cents - in bankruptcy

Tegan and Sara: After years of friction, they are closer now.

Tegan and Sara on sibling friction

Art to art ... Del Kathryn Barton and John Beard share a moment over lunch.

Archibald: how to paint a winner

James Norton, War and Peace

Shaken and stirred: War & Peace star new favourite to play James Bond

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander in <i>The Light Between Oceans</i>.

Alicia Vikander, taking Hollywood by storm

Ethan Hawke and Greta Gerwig in <i>Maggie's Plan</i>.

A fertile jaunt along gender lines

Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgard in the film The Legend of Tarzan.

Why does Hollywood persist with Tarzan?

ANALYSIS

Not such a big deal? BFG tells the story of a friendly giant who befriends a young girl. Spielberg's film has been ...

BFG looms as a giant disappointment for Disney

Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day: Resurgence.

A true one-off, Jeff Goldblum is back

Liam Hemsworth is a pilot in <i>Independence Day: Resurgence</i>.

Independence Day: Resurgence should have left well enough alone

Maggie's Plan

Maggie's Plan: A fertile jaunt along gender lines

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Septembers of Shiraz

Septembers of Shiraz: Revolution as US melodrama

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan: Muscle and CGI action abounds

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Goldstone

Goldstone: Style rises over plot's flaws

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence: Disjointed plot

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The BFG

The BFG: Roald Dahl classic gets Spielberg magic

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man: Barely suppressed rage

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

Belle & Sebastian: A beautiful, simple fantasy

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence: Sequel doesn't take flight

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Everybody Wants Some

Everybody Wants Some: More forced than funny

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course: Franchise frozen in time

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

The Wait

The Wait: Atmosphere eclipses drive

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Finding Dory

Finding Dory: Sequel immerses us in soothing world

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Warcraft

Warcraft: Bombastic epic best left to the nerds

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Me Before You

Me Before You: Clumsy foray into euthanasia politics

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Downriver

Downriver: Dark tale takes us somewhere fresh

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Mustang

Mustang: Sisters defy marriage game in Turkey

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

TMNT 2: No one's idea of a must-see movie

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2: A supernatural thriller with flair

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Miles Ahead

Miles Ahead: 'Biopic' trumpets tone over truth

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day: Tragic weirdness of wartime logic

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Mr. Right

Mr Right: Assassin in love misses the target

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Money Monster

Money Monster: Movie battles its own demons

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2: All-star cast can't work magic

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert: Gertrude Bell deserved better

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

God Willing

God Willing: Father's farcical efforts to 'save' son

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys: Crowe, Gosling finish first

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass: An uninspiring tale

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Criminal

Criminal: Cruel, stupid, random mindless violence

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.

Hunt For the Wilderpeople: An offbeat tale

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Mimmo Cozzolino's <i>Arcadia Del Sud</i> (detail) West Heidelberg Melbourne Australia Circa 1966 #1, 2003.

Reality check

Visual artist Julie Bradley at her studio at M16 Artspace.

Strong women are the best inspiration, says Canberra artist Julie Bradley

Sally Gabori at 82, a year after she made her first painting.

Retrospective reveals Gabori's colourful freedom

Ranters Theatre erupts in kitsch with Come Away With Me to the End of the World

A scene from <i>Singin' in the Rain</i>, which opens in Sydney on July 9.

Rainmaker making a splash in stage water effects

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You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown review: Strong cast leads a trip down memory lane

Marrugeku Theatre's Cut The Sky is full of striking, emotionally powerful moments.

Cut The Sky's dystopian vision of climate refugees an elegant Indigenous parable

Nancy Fabiola Herrera, centre, in the title role of Carmen, and the Opera Australia Chorus. A recent San Francisco ...

Opera weighs cuts to the classics

Prince was found dead at his estate. The pop star died from an accidental, self-administered overdose of opiod fentanyl, ...

When the hits (to musos' health) just keep on coming

The late, great Freddy Mercury fronts Queen at Wembly Stadium in 1985. The band sold 6.1 million copies of their ...

'We are the champions': Queen beats ABBA to UK's most successful album

Mindblowing samples and sounds - The Avalanches return with a second album after an 18-year-wait.

Avalanches review: Since they left us things have only got wilder

Justin Timberlake

'We are all the same': Justin Timberlake angers black community

Rihanna a Trekkie? Her new single Sledgehammer seems to decree it so.

Rihanna releases single for Star Trek: Beyond

Books to help you vote

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten shake hands at the People's Forum debate in Sydney in May.

There is a host of books out now to help you get informed about and laugh at the participants in this year's federal election.

Annie Proulx's new 'masterpiece'

The roots of Annie Proulx's new novel reach back to her childhood.

In many ways Barkskins is the book Annie Proulx was always meant to write.

Ken Done has been committed to only painting in the past 20 years, leaving business matters in the hands of others.

Done's very Australian life

The artist distanced himself from the commercial side of his business and for the last 20 years, he has done nothing but paint.

Rosetta
Alexandra Joel

Rosetta: A thrilling study of reinvention

Headwaters
Anthony Lawrence

Headwaters: Poetry with a touch of nature

The Art of Time Travel
Tom Griffiths

Art of Time Travel: Sure-footed look at historians

Asylum
John Hughes

Asylum: A tough-minded fantasy based in reality

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Error Australis: An irreverent take on Australia's history

The Worst Woman in Sydney
Leigh Straw

The Worst Woman in Sydney: Empress of the underworld

Golden Hill
Francis Spufford

Golden Hill: Joyous 18th-century New York romp

What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Helen Oyeyemi

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours: Brilliant fairytales

When Michael met Mina
Randa Abdel-Fattah

When Michael Met Mina: A lively teen romance

Everone is watching
Megan Bradbury

Everyone is Watching: Pinning down NY essence

Comrade Corbyn
Rosa Prince

Comrade Corbyn: How British Labour got surprise leader

The Great Acceleration
Robert Colvile

Great Acceleration: The quickening pace of life

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The Radium Girls: A tragedy that could have been avoided

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Vinegar Girl: Shrew in straitjacket is no fun

The Violet Hour by Katie Roiphe

The Violet Hour: Close-up on the death of the author

In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi

In the Darkroom: A father's search for her identity

Negroland by Margo Jefferson

Negroland: Eloquent report from the Third Race

Wood Green by Sean Rabin

Wood Green: Debut delivers incisive portrait of Hobart

The Crime Writer by Jill Dawson

The Crime Writer: Fictional portrait of Highsmith

Burn Patterns by Ron Elliott

Burn Patterns: An arsonist targets a school

Seeds & Skeletons: 30th UTS Writers' Anthology

Seeds & Skeletons: The 30th UTS Writers' Anthology

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Watercolourist: Artist in a 19th-century Italian garden

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Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman

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A Long Time Coming: Essays on old age

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Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru

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Esther the Wonder Pig: A pig that changes lives

<i>The Paper House</i> by Anna Spargo-Ryan.

The Paper House review: Imaginative look at loss

<i>The Hatred of Poetry</i>, by Ben Lerner.

The Hatred of Poetry: Chronicle of disappointment

Sheridan Palmer's <I>Hegel's Owl: The Life of Bernard Smith</i> is a brisk but ample biography.

Hegel's Owl: The man who put art on Australia's map

<i>The Teacher's Secret</i> by Suzanne Leal.

The Teacher's Secret: A modern tale of good and evil

<i>Beyond Belief</i> by Hugh Mackay.

Beyond Belief: Quest for the best way to live

<i>Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep</i>, by Michael Schulman.

Her Again: When Meryl Streep hit her acting straps

Precious Things By Kelly Doust

Precious Things: Craft to the fore in a debut novel

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The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: A lyrical masterpiece

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Gods and Angels: Intelligent stories about family

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Sunset City: Gritty thriller of lowlife in US underbelly

Watershed, by Jane Abbott.

Watershed: A vivid climate-change dystopia

By Your Side, Jason Carrasco (with Hazel Flynn).

By Your Side: Memoir of two teens with cancer

There's a Fax from Bruce, Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken.

There's a Fax from Bruce: Long road that leads to film

All My Januaries
Barbara Blackman

All My Januaries: Blackman's recollections

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Young Digger: Account of a WWI orphan's life

<i>The Healing Party</i> by Micheline Lee.

The Healing Party: An exquisitely rendered debut

Focused: Elias Anton stars as Danny Kelly in <i>Barracuda</i>.

Sink or swim: Barracuda explores national obsession

For News presenter Gretchen Carlson says Roger Ailes called her a "man hater" and said she needed to "get along with the ...

Fox News presenter sues CEO for sexual harassment

Dr Devra Davis with <i>Catalyst</i> reporter Maryanne Demasi in the episode Wi-Fried, since removed from online ...

Wi-Fried and statins: Catalyst fails viewers

COMMENT

Would <i>The Daily Show's</i> Trevor Noah have been better off developing a new show of his own?

The Daily Show proves why TV shows deserve dignified deaths

Shocking outcome ... <i>Question for Breakfast</i> host Marzena Rogalska screams after impaling her hand on a nail after ...

TV presenter impaled by nail when magic trick goes wrong

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