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Downton Abbey movie sets 2019 release date
The anticipated film, which began shooting this month, now has a release date.
- by Nardine Saad
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Smallfoot review: Neat twist on an old tale but far cry from Warner's cartoon glory days
The anarchic spirit of the old Warners era has been sidelined in favour of a slick brand of sentimentalism.
- by Sandra Hall
Ladies in Black review: Counter culture explored
Bruce Beresford presents a puzzle to those who look for consistent patterns: what could unify a career that spans the whole history of modern Australian cinema?
- by Jake Wilson
I Am Paul Walker review: Documentary is slow and incurious
Paul Walker lived fast and died young. Blessed with great Californian surfer looks, he became the co-star of the Fast and Furious series, made lots of money, and died in a stupid car crash that was not his fault, before he really had time to find out how good an actor he might have been.
- by Paul Byrnes
Johnny English Strikes Again review: Rowan Atkinson's spy short on laughs, long on nostalgia
No one would call the Johnny English films Rowan Atkinson's best work, but they've done well at most box offices, which must be why we're getting a third instalment six years after the underwhelming Johnny English Reborn
Ghosthunter review: Past demons haunt incredible and heartbreaking documentary
Ben Lawrence's debut documentary is simply remarkable – not just for the story, which tells of a man in western Sydney who hunts ghosts, most of them in his own past – but for the sensitivity with which Lawrence tells it.
- by Paul Byrnes
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'A very special moment': Richard Gere to be a father again at 69
Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva have confirmed they are expecting a baby.
- by Julia Hunt
Film Festivals
Aussies shine at Venice and Toronto film festivals
Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Debicki and Jennifer Kent were just some of the highlights at the two great festivals that unofficially kick off the awards season.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
'A very special moment': Richard Gere to be a father again at 69
Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva have confirmed they are expecting a baby.
- by Julia Hunt
Short Cuts: Mandy, Czech & Slovak Film Festival, Ghosthunter
Film critic Craig Mathieson picks the best of what's in local cinemas now.
- by Craig Mathieson
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Teen Titans: Superheroes make pre-teens of us all
The superhero movies keep coming, and the parodies – and the parodies of the parodies.
- by Jake Wilson