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With great comedy and heartfelt stories, Baymax! is good for your health
This handsomely-produced short film series feels like the return to San Fransokyo we’ve been waiting for.
New family films and kids shows now streaming
Get familiar with the best new whānau-friendly films and shows new to Aotearoa.
What to watch on Neon, Netflix, and other streaming services right now
Add to your watchlist with these new streaming releases.
13 Thor-some things to know about Love and Thunder
All about the most muscly Thor yet, Natalie Portman’s turn with Mjolnir, and space sharks and goats.
New te reo version of The Lion King is much more than a translation
Director Tweedie Waititi tells us: “the foundations of the original film is definitely there but the thinking is different.”
Pixar’s promising Lightyear quickly nosedives into disappointment
Pixar’s latest effort is a disappointing experience, though not a disaster.
Marvel fandom is a key to inner power in enthusiastic teen series Ms Marvel
Are this show’s sweet specificities going to melt away favour of cameos and people doing zoomies in the air?
How to watch The Lion King Reo Māori in Aotearoa
Translations were completed by Te Reo Māori experts in each rohe (regions) with different mita (dialects).
Pistol is a print-the-legend punk series that has problems avoiding parody
Danny Boyle’s biopic series would’ve been better as a movie, rather than this too-clean too-new limited series.
Obi-Wan Kenobi realises the full potential of Ewan McGregor—and franchise innovation
Consider this the prequel trilogy’s victory lap, proving there’s a little more juice in the Skywalker saga.
13 things to know about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series
Anakin’s return, the “haunting” new score, weird co-star casting: these are the facts you’re looking for.
Retrospective: superhero series Legion was stranger than Doctor Strange and deeper than Moon Knight
Now streaming, this artsy series went for Kubrick psychedelia in its portrait of a schizophrenic mutant hero.
Be patient with How I Met Your Father, a familiar yet refreshing requel series
Fans of HIMYM might take a while to fall for this serendipitous sitcom, starring Hilary Duff as our new lovesick lead.
Turning Red is a big, fuzzy, funny metaphor for puberty
2002 teen angst gets adorably animated in this Disney+ exclusive, with boyband songs that actually slap.
Third-date thriller Fresh won’t sate your appetite for scares or laughs
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan never cut deep enough into their blackly comedic characters.
Big heroes on the small screen: the 5 best Marvel TV shows so far
Whether they’re on Netflix or Disney+, the MCU’s made-for-TV stories still manage to be cinematic.
Xmas-themed Hawkeye is a much-needed holiday from MCU doomsday threats
The show gets a lot of early mileage out of Clint and Kate’s master-apprentice/Grinch-and-Cindy-Lou relationship.
How to watch Marvel’s Eternals in New Zealand
The 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is upon us.
How to watch Marvel’s Hawkeye series in New Zealand
Before you ask: no, Shane Black has nothing to do with this Christmas-themed Marvel series.
Disney+ is offering new subscribers a super cheap first month
This week only, save some dosh on your first month of subscription.
Trailer and NZ release date for Star Wars gangster series The Book of Boba Fett
The eight-episode series will see Fett and Shand attempt to claim the territories Jabba once controlled.
New to NZ streaming services this November
This month’s round-up of the big shows and movies coming to NZ.