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Heartbreak High a resounding success

“Teen shows” is an ever-trending search term on Netflix, with shows such as Riverdale and Outer Banks sitting with unwavering certainty on the top...

Fate: The Winx Saga returns for sophomore season

The second season of Fate: The Winx Saga landed on Netflix last week, and it shows the team behind the series is finding their...

’Do Revenge’ leaves Netflix teen legacy

Say what you want about Netflix, but when the streaming service releases genuinely good content, it takes over the cultural zeitgeist. From ’Stranger Things’...

A fun return to the movies

It’s been said that romantic comedies are a dying genre as Hollywood is making less and less of them as each year passes. However,...

Hollywood’s revision isn’t a bad thing

While there's a plethora of articles online declaring that Hollywood has "run out of ideas", why are we so quick to demonise updating classics...

The Understudy is the new gripping Australian mystery

The Understudy by Julie Bennett, released earlier this year, is the new Australian book making waves. Immersed in the underbelly of the theatre world in...

Looking back at Grease

One of the biggest, most successful films of the 70s that’s had an enduring legacy is Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as...

Taylor Swift does heartbreak All Too Well

Taylor Swift attended the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday to screen her All Too Well short film. The fifteen-minute-long clip starring Stranger Things’...

Entertainment in brief

Don't Worry Darling 'spitgate' controversy At the Venice Film Festival earlier last week, all eyes were on the cast of Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry...

Emmys season ends with a bang

The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards happened in Los Angeles on Tuesday and the big winners of the night were 'The White Lotus', 'Succession' and...

Teen horror is having a moment

Nostalgia is trending, and studios are pumping out the reboots. Horror is no stranger to this, with classics like The Silence of the Lambs...

Superhero knockoff not worth the watch

Over the past nearly two decades, superhero films have been at the centre of movie-watching culture. Leading the pack is Marvel Studios and its...

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Supplying various countries

Allora and District Days for Girls provides reusable feminine hygiene products through a worldwide organisation which supplies the kits (as they are known) to...