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After a few token appearances, mostly on television in the 1960s (The Adventures of the Terrible Ten, Wandjina Magic, The Magic Boomerang and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo), it wasn’t until the 1970s that Australian-themed drama began to make an impact with a more universal audience. Using as their premise the mystical nature of aboriginal culture and the stark landscape of the Outback, movies such as Walkabout (1971) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) gave birth to a whole new Antipodean fantasy film genre.

Unless any more missing episodes are discovered, or the BBC ever figures out what to do with the two extant episodes of The Underwater Menace, it appears that the range of classic Doctor Who DVDs came to an end with the release of The Web of Fear in February of this year.

Set in the fictional European country of Zubrowska, Wes Anderson's latest quirky comedy relates the tale of how a lobby boy called Zero would one day end up as the multimillionaire owner of the lavish hotel of the title.

This throwback horror stars Jared Harris as a college professor who gathers together a trio of students to conduct an ethically dubious study of a young woman (Olivia Cooke) who is seemingly plagued by supernatural phenomena. He intends to prove that her problems are caused by negative energy, rather than supernatural hocus-pocus; energy that can be drawn out and destroyed. And we can all guess how that is going to pan out…