Many Australian exhibitors are up in arms about the upcoming theatrical releases of the Netflix productions 'The King', 'The Irishman', 'Marriage Story' and 'The Two Popes'.
Margot Robbie's performance as Kayla Pospisil, an associate producer at Fox News, in 'Bombshell' has been nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actress - her second nod after 'I,Tonya' last year.
More cracks are appearing in the previously impregnable 90-day theatrical window, causing consternation among the major chains and some independent cinemas.
While Australians might like to think their tastes in movies and TV shows often are markedly different to Americans, that isn't true when it comes to the most watched shows on Netflix.
The Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace is still screening Martin Scorsese's The Irishman although it's streaming on Netflix and has booked Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang, which opens on January 9, 17 days before it premieres on Stan.
Unlike the major chains, the Eddie Tamir family-owned cinemas are screening 'The King', 'The Irishman', 'Marriage Story' and 'The Two Popes' three weeks before each title’s Netflix premiere.
Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' dominated the Australian Film Critics Association's annual awards, winning all eight prizes for local narrative features, while 'The Australian Dream' was named best documentary.
Warner Bros cast the usually reliable Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson as the leads in 'Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep' and pitched the film to fans of Stephen King’s 1977 novel and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 classic 'The Shining'.