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Mad Max: Fury Road | Stream now on Showmax

Production started in June 2022 on Furiosa, the origins story of renegade warrior Furiosa before she teamed up with Mad Max in Fury Road.

Billed as “the biggest film ever to be made in Australia”, Furiosa will see Anya Taylor-Joy star in the title role, opposite Chris Hemsworth.

While we wait for Furiosa, it’s the perfect time to revisit Fury Road.

When the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads the despot’s five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance with Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a loner and former captive.

Fortified in the massive armoured truck the War Rig, they try to outrun the ruthless warlord and his henchmen in a deadly high-speed chase through the Wasteland.

Filmed in Namibia and at the

Cape Town Film Studios, Fury Road won six Oscars, with nominations for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography and Visual Effects.

The 21st biggest box office hit of 2015, Fury Road has a 97% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The New York Times calling it “a modern action classic”.

Birds Of Prey | Stream now on Showmax

Did you ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the Mafia princess?

The 10th biggest box office hit of 2020 globally, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only she can tell it.

After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Nominated for four People’s

Choice Awards, including Favourite Movie, Birds of Prey has won 17 awards so far, including Best Actress for Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Best Actor for Ewan McGregor as Roman at the 2021 Critics Choice Super Awards’ superhero category, where Birds of Prey was also nominated for Best Superhero Movie and Jurnee Smollet was up for Best Actress as Black Canary.

Birds of Prey was Rotten Tomatoes’

best reviewed comic book and graphic novel film adaptation in 2020, and one of its 10 best-reviewed wide-release films overall.

In their four star review, The Observer hailed the film as “the movie equivalent of a fairground ride with all the bolts loosened and the safety booklet blazed long ago when someone ran out of Rizlas”.

Wonder Woman 1984 | Stream now on Showmax

With director Patty Jenkins back at the helm and Gal Gadot returning in the title role, fast forward to the 1980s as the DC superhero faces two all-new foes: Max Lord (Critics Choice nominee Pedro Pascal) and The Cheetah (Oscar nominee Kristen Wiig).

The 13th biggest box office hit of 2020, it also stars Emmy nominees Natasha Rothwell, Robin Wright and Chris Pine. It is hailed as one of the 10 best films of 2021 by Owen Gleiberman. –