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Movies to see this week: It’s been almost a decade. Was Zootopia 2 worth the wait?
Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas this week.
- byJake Wilson andSandra Hall
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Emma Thompson a credible, touching heroine in snowbound thriller
In Dead of Winter, the English star plays a woman menaced by armed kidnappers in a remote cabin.
- bySandra Hall
Elizabeth Olsen’s new film got her thinking about the afterlife. Brace yourself
Starring in Eternity left the Hollywood star with some unusual ideas about where she’ll end up.
- byRichard Jinman
Why Russell Crowe was the perfect choice for Hitler’s charming henchman
Nuremberg director James Vanderbilt says he needed an actor with as much charisma as Hermann Goering reportedly possessed.
- byStephanie Bunbury
‘Creativity meets opportunity’: Margot Robbie heads to Sydney for Tropfest revival
The Barbie star has become a Hollywood heavyweight – now she’s helping grow our next generation of talent.
- byGarry Maddox
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Knives Out goes Gothic in latest Daniel Craig whodunnit parody
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery also stars Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington and Josh O’Connor.
- byJake Wilson
Bondi’s only world surfing champion finally gets a statue
A community fundraising campaign has led to the honour for trailblazing surfer Pauline Menczer whose 1993 world title was largely forgotten – until a documentary four years ago.
- byGarry Maddox
Primary school bans students from singing hit KPop Demon Hunters tunes
It’s a film about the power of friendship and self-acceptance that has broken viewing records across the globe. But one principal says it makes the community feel “deeply uncomfortable”.
- byBronte Gossling
This story made Scarlett Johansson cry. It was time to keep a 28-year-old promise
Delaying her directorial debut was no longer an option when the Hollywood star read Eleanor the Great.
- byStephanie Bunbury
Tattoos, $900 movie tickets and days decorating slippers: It’s a Wicked time to be a fan
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s turn as Elphaba and Glinda comes to a close this week. It’s a second act devotees happily spend a fortune on – because what they get back is priceless.
- byBronte Gossling
Movies to see this week: George Clooney in full movie-star mode, a new horror and a Gaza doco
Adam Sandler and Billy Crudup join Clooney in Jay Kelly, a film about an actor on a journey of self-discovery, while hope and devastation collide in the documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.
- bySandra Hall andJake Wilson