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Stuck for something to watch? Here are 40 of the best movies to stream these Easter holidays

Stuck for something to watch? Here are 40 of the best movies to stream these Easter holidays

Forget the flipping and dive into our comprehensive guide to the finest films at your fingertips right now.

  • by Craig Mathieson

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The Sydney suburbs being considered for a new film studio
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The Sydney suburbs being considered for a new film studio

NSW is well-placed to attract overseas film and TV production, but a shortage of screen stages is hobbling the sector. Three separate plans aim to fix that.

  • by Linda Morris and Garry Maddox
A rich man out for revenge: The Count of Monte Cristo still rings true

A rich man out for revenge: The Count of Monte Cristo still rings true

A new version of the classic French tale reminds us of the power of forgiveness.

  • by Jake Wilson
The building blocks are there, but this movie cash-in is chaotic and uneven
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The building blocks are there, but this movie cash-in is chaotic and uneven

A Minecraft Movie, a live-action adaptation of the biggest video game ever, grafts a stock fantasy quest onto a landscape where plot was never the point.

  • by Jake Wilson
Looking back on Val Kilmer's career
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Looking back on Val Kilmer's career

Val Kilmer has starred in some Hollywood classics. Here he is in some of his most beloved roles.

Before his career began, Val Kilmer made a telling choice. It showed in his films

Before his career began, Val Kilmer made a telling choice. It showed in his films

A dramatic journeyman, Kilmer’s career was defined in many ways by the roles he knocked back.

  • by Michael Idato
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Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and Batman, dies aged 65

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and Batman, dies aged 65

Kilmer starred as Batman as well as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film The Doors.

  • by Kate Lahey and Will Dunham
This hyperactive animal yarn left me exhausted
★★½
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This hyperactive animal yarn left me exhausted

The latest movie from DreamWorks confuses constant movement with meaningful action.

  • by Sandra Hall
Gimmicks aplenty and a very odd ending in this coming-of-age tale
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Gimmicks aplenty and a very odd ending in this coming-of-age tale

In Head South, Ed Ozenbould stars as an awkward teenager who finally finds his tribe through punk rock.

  • by Jake Wilson
The Beatles biopics: Your five big questions answered

The Beatles biopics: Your five big questions answered

Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan have been cast as the Fab Four across four movies. But how is this epic going to work?

  • by Neil McCormick
The Australian film with a ‘tiny’ budget winning international awards

The Australian film with a ‘tiny’ budget winning international awards

Sophie Somerville had no money to shoot Fwends. So she packed her camera gear in a beach cart and followed her actors through the streets.

  • by Garry Maddox

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