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Melbourne international film festival 2026: eight must-see films, one TV show and an ‘astonishing’ VR experience

Our picks include a hard-hitting drama starring Channing Tatum, a new Australian dramedy featuring Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, plus a film from a chook’s eye-view

The Guardian - AU

Heather Mitchell: ‘I got the biggest reaction for playing Donald Trump – but I really enjoyed playing Bill Clinton’

The stage and screen actor on her annoyingly nice co-star Hugo Weaving, her talent for toast art, and the time a tarot reader said she’d ruin her husband’s life

The Guardian - AU

20 years on, V for Vendetta director says Alan Moore still doesn't like the adaptation because it's "not a page-by-page turn of his graphic novel"

For James McTeigue , though, it's a "timeless" movie

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13 Years Later, One Of The Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Epics Ever Made Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Why settle for one story when you can have six? Here's your chance to give the Wachowskis' 'Cloud Atlas' another chance.

Inverse

Bret McKenzie reveals how Ian McKellen made him break character on The Hobbit

Exclusive: New Zealand musician and actor recalls working with the mischievous British legend, and also speaks about the prospect of a Flight of the Conchords reunion

The Independent UK

Terence Stamp filmed scenes for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel before his death

Stamp had ‘absolutely refused’ to return if new film was a repeat of original

The Independent UK

Samara Weaving: ‘Starring in a horror film shook the anxiety out of me – I didn’t need my meds after that’

INTERVIEW: The Australian actor has developed a cult fanbase from her appearances in gory movies including ‘Ready or Not’, ‘Scream VI’ and ‘The Babysitter’. As she plays a stalked pop star in ‘Borderline’, she tells Adam White about soap opera fame, being directed by her husband, and the wonder of…

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Netflix just added a gripping dystopian thriller movie — and there’s never been a better time to watch it

Netflix's sizeable slate of new movies added in July 2025 includes "V for Vendetta," a cult classic action-thriller celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Tom’s Guide

Marvel is so secretive that one Avengers star didn't even know he was in the movie until he was on set: "I almost passed out"

Red Skull actor Ross Marquand got the biggest surprise on set

Total Film

Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works

More than 50 years ago, when I was a junior curatorial assistant at the Art Gallery of NSW, I had the daunting experience of hanging the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes.

The Conversation

Laurence Fishburne wanted to return as Morpheus in The Matrix: Resurrections but the team "didn't respond well"

The Morpheus actor didn't take the red pill for Resurrections

Total Film

‘Inside the Kellyverse’: how Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy became a Christmas film

Megan Washington and Hugo Weaving share how Kelly’s anthem inspired a ‘beautiful opportunity for redemption’, while Kelly reveals he’s ‘playing around with a sequel’ to his song

The Guardian - AU

Slow Horses season 5: everything we know so far about the popular Apple TV+ show's return

Slow Horses season 5 arrives on September 24 – here's everything we know so far about the gritty spy drama's return to Apple TV+.

TechRadar

23 Years Later, One Lord of the Rings Actor Just Revealed a Harsh Truth About the Franchise

At least one original actor from the Lord of the Rings trilogy won't return for another prequel — and that's a good thing.

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Lord of the Rings actor says he’s ‘had enough’ of franchise

‘I have absolutely no desires to be a part of it anymore,’ star said

Total Film

Hugo Weaving breaks down that shocking Slow Horses season 4 finale reveal and explains why he didn't approach his character as a villain

Exclusive | Star Hugo Weaving discusses that shocking twist and why he didn't think of his character Frank Harkness as a villain

Total Film

Slow Horses season 4 star Hugo Weaving teases his potential return as villain Frank Harkness in future seasons of the show

Exclusive: The actor teases his possible return in future seasons and reveals where he wants to take his Slow Horses villain next

Total Film

Lord of the Rings star Hugo Weaving says he's "had enough" of Middle-earth and has "absolutely no desires" to reprise the role of Elrond as new movies are announced

Exclusive: Actor Hugo Weaving says he has no plans to return to Middle-earth for future Lord of the Rings movies

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Slow Horses star teases Lord of the Rings' Hugo Weaving's "scary" villain in season 4 of the Apple spy show: "That’s not the elf I know"

Exclusive: Star Christopher Chung admits he was "taken aback" by Hugo Weaving's terrifying performance as Slow Horses' first ever villain

Tom’s Guide

One of my favorite action-thriller movies is streaming on Prime Video — and viewers rate it 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Prime Video just got a must-watch action-thriller movie based on a cult-favorite comic book series — and viewers love it.

The Conversation

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at 30: more important, enjoyable and vital than ever

The lavender painted bus named “Priscilla” continues to pick up new fans while never going out of favour with its legion of original devotees, 30 years after its release.

Evening Standard

Who’s who in season four of Slow Horses: from Gary Oldman to Hugo Weaving

Old faces return, and some new ones make their debuts

The Guardian - UK

Hugo Weaving says he spent too long on Middle-earth. But he’s not the first actor to detest a classic

Marlon Brando had to be lured from his trailer with food to play Superman’s dad and Alec Guinness asked for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off to spare him from the ‘awful lines’

Total Film

After 20 minutes of screentime across 5 movies, Lord of the Rings actor Hugo Weaving admits he doesn’t think of his Elrond "with the same sort of stature" as fans do

Hugo Weaving hasn't seen The Rings of Power, either

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Why Hugo Weaving refuses to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Hugo Weaving played Lord Elrond in The Lord of the Rings movies

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