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Ryan Reynolds asks the audience to lower their expectations at the start of Deadpool & Wolverine. This is good advice

This latest team-up from the MCU sees Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds stuck in a purgatory for cinematic superhero rejects — and it's a fitting metaphor.
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Ryan Renyolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine

Meet the duo representing Australia in the world's biggest cosplay competition

Emerald King and Amy King are two of the country's best cosplayers, and they're aiming to be crowned best in the world at the upcoming World Cosplay Summit in Japan.
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Duration: 3 minutes 23 seconds

Birdeater is a new Aussie horror about 'a national male identity in crisis'

A bucks party in the bush serves as the setting for Birdeater, a debut psychological thriller that re-evaluates contemporary masculinity.
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Nadine Bates speaking on the Combat Wombat movies

Animated characters balance real-world themes with fun and humour, turning the films into relatable hits.
A scene from a kids' movie shows animated animals talking to each other.
Duration: 36 seconds

A suite of voice actors worked on the 2023 film

Anna Torv was among the voices featured in Scary Girl, a movie made for children with the help of Brisbane-based Like a Photon Creative.
A split-screen of a film's animated character next to the woman voicing her.
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds

The Wishmas Tree was popular around the world, hitting the second spot on Poland's box office

The trailer for Like a Photon Creative's first film was well-received, with the jokes proving popular among children around the globe.
A still from a movie shows an animated turtle speaking.
Duration: 19 seconds

The Sloth Lane, coming to Australian cinemas soon

Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates, the duo behind Like a Photon Creative, premiered the movie at the prestigious Annecy Film Festival in France.
A still from The Sloth Lane, showing an animated character smiling.
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds

Can't get enough of Bluey? These Queensland animators are giving the popular Heeler family a run for their money

"Creative hurricanes" Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates might be Queensland's best-kept secret, with the duo raking in awards for their popular kids' movies.
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No one was allowed to see Nicolas Cage's face as Longlegs before the film's release. Is it that scary?

No one was allowed to see Nicolas Cage's face as Longlegs before the film was released. Is it really terrifying or just marketing bluster?
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analysis:Andrew McCarthy looks back on what it was like to be named a member of the 1980s 'Brat Pack'. It ruined him

I dived with glee back into a cherished chapter of my youth with the documentary Brats, made by former teen star Andrew McCarthy about the 1980s rise of teen movies and their young talents who came to be known as the Brat Pack.
The cast of 1985 movie St Elmo's Fire sitting around a table

'Everyday I drink two Fantas': Black boyhood is in the spotlight at this inaugural African film festival

A delightful mockumentary that underscores the universality of childhood grandiosity and imagination, plus seven feature films by Black filmmakers to catch at the very first Africa Film Fest Australia this weekend.
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Actor Dane Simpson on his stranger-than-fiction comedy The Emu War

Australia once lost a war to hordes of emus. (Yes, emus.) Now, a team of Australian actors and producers including Dane Simpson have dialled the story up to 11 in their new comedy, The Emu War.
Two men in green army fatigues and one of them with binoculars rest their arms on boulders.
Duration: 4 minutes 8 seconds

Some of the Big Five studios' first logos emerged during the 1910s

Some of the Big Five studios' current logos emerged during the 1910s, although 20th Century Fox came later when Fox Studios merged with Twentieth Century Pictures.
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Duration: 56 seconds

Major Hollywood studio logos have evolved with special effects technology

Major Hollywood studio logos have evolved with special effects technology
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Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds

The story behind Hollywood's all-powerful studio logos as Netflix, streaming services force change

Film studio logos are as well-known as our favourite movie actors, but are they finally losing their prominence due to the rise of streaming?
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'It's not defamation if it's the truth': Rebel Wilson's film to premiere despite legal stoush with producers

Despite producers allegedly threatening to block the premiere, and then filing a lawsuit against actor-director Rebel Wilson, The Deb will close Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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Scarlett Johansson stars in Fly Me to the Moon, a rom-com and a conspiracy thriller all at once

Scarlett Johansson plays a bright marketing expert, hired to make sure everyone knows the US put a man on the Moon, opposite Channing Tatum as NASA's launch director.
A still from the movie Fly Me to the Moon with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in 50s clothes standing on a wooden bridge

The late Shannen Doherty was a 'soft-hearted badass' and a 'force of nature', say fellow actors

Here's what you might have missed in entertainment news over the weekend, from the many tributes to Shannen Doherty, to Harry Styles taking to the stage with Stevie Nicks.
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Phoebe, Prue and Piper Halliwell sisters smize in a promo image for the Charmed TV series, cut out against a blue backdrop.

Tornado-chasing blockbuster Twisters is back to give us some of the best thrills we've seen in ages

The tornado-chasing blockbuster is back, as Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in this hootin' and hollerin' tribute to the American heartland.
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An Actio shot from the movie Twisters shows stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell sheltering from high winds.

'Confronting' film explores how 100k children were forcibly removed from their families

How much do you really know about the Stolen Generations? A group of documentary filmmakers say their confronting new project is another stepping stone to achieving healing for those affected by WA's dark past.
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An Indigenous man standing in front of an Aboriginal flag.

Alec Baldwin breaks down in tears as judge dismisses charges over Rust movie set killing

A New Mexico judge has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin over the shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.
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analysis:Is it time to address the prominence of arrogance as we age?

As Maggie Beer brings out a new television program with a focus on elderly citizens, while we witness the US President Joe Biden once again stumble — the complexities of ageing once again comes to the surface. 
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Why Shelley Duvall disappeared from Hollywood

Shelley Duvall's retreat from Hollywood was a favourite topic among internet sleuths throughout the years. In some of her last interviews, the former star gave insights into her disappearance. 
Shelley Duvall stands among a crowd of photographers. She looks over her right shoulder and smiles.

Gun manufacturer tells Alec Baldwin trial trigger needs to be pulled for weapon to go off

On day two of Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial into the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, the court heard from numerous witnesses including gun manufacturer Alessandro Pietta, who produced the weapon used on the set of Rust.
Alec Baldwin with prayer hands to his face sitting next to a member of his legal team, wearing a suit, blue shirt

Actors Margaret Qualley and Mamoudou Athie discuss Kinds of Kindness

Margaret Qualley and Mamoudou Athie on working with director Yorgos Lanthimos in their new movie Kinds of Kindness.
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Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds