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How did Bill Nighy learn an Australian accent? He went to a bar
How Bill Nighy learned to speak like an Aussie sheep farmer.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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'Mandy' official trailer starring Nicolas Cage
Watch the official trailer for 'Mandy' starring actor Nicolas Cage.
No Sudden Move trailer
Starring Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin, Noah Jupe, Craig Grant, Julia Fox, Ray Liotta, and Bill Duke.
Has social media put an end to the Christchurch movie They Are Us for good?
The furore could prove to be a test of how much influence people power now wields over decisions in the world of arts and entertainment.
- by Karl Quinn
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Who’s the beautiful, brooding, man in Martin Eden? Meet Luca Marinelli
He won best actor at the Venice Film Festival with a mesmerising performance in a new film version of Jack London’s classic novel.
- by Paul Byrnes
What is wrong with this picture? Cinema feeds our latest sci-fi fears
My Zoe and Little Joe join a long list of films in which science slips its ethical leash.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Cruella got a redemption story. Shouldn’t these villains, too?
A new movie has shed light on Cruella de Vil’s backstory. It makes us wonder: which other controversial characters could do with a bit of revisionism?
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
‘Don’t F it up’: why In The Heights is more than just another Hollywood movie
The director of Crazy Rich Asians has brought Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first hit musical to the screen, and the story resonates loudly.
- by Garry Maddox
MIFF goes to the drive-in as The Drover’s Wife set to open the festival
The revisionist western, adapted from a Henry Lawson short story, will kick off the 69th edition of the festival, as it takes on a hybrid form.
- by Karl Quinn
★★★
Review
There’s a hint of melancholy as Fast & Furious nears its end
The fast-car franchise is more like a live-action cartoon than ever, and all bets are off as it begins its allegedly final “blaze of glory” trilogy.
- by Jake Wilson