Are Mission: Impossible’s rubber mask scenes comparable to Hitchcock?
Do the rubber mask scenes in Mission: Impossible compare to Hitchcock? Luke Buckmaster explains why it’s not so crazy.
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Why Unbreakable is one of the greatest superhero movies ever made
The trailer for director M. Night Shyamalan’s next film Glass has recently been released, revealing Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson…
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Extinction review: Netflix’s lacklustre alien invasion movie
The second film from Perth-born director Ben Young, which went straight to Netflix, is a major disappointment.
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The beauty of Columbus and the architecture of ‘pure cinema’
Who would have thought that a film about architecture could be so beautiful?
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Eight things you probably didn’t know about Mad Max: Fury Road
There is still a lot that people don’t know about the fourth instalment in Australia’s most successful action franchise. Fury Road…
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The Equalizer 2 review: flaky philosophising and ho-hum action in a middling sequel
Blue collar heroes who administer vigilante justice tend to be ideologically interesting characters, squashed by the same system they see…
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How It Ends review: Netflix’s apocalyptic road movie is a terrible bore
When will the world end, and why on earth is it taking so long? These are not ideal questions to ponder while watching a film about the…
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Skyscraper review: will this ridiculous action movie become a classic?
The great American critic Andrew Sarris once reflected on what he described as “the hard lesson” of film history, proposing that posterity…
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The Gospel According to André review: enjoyable doco about a legendary fashionista
The first words spoken in The Gospel According to André, a documentary that explores the life of former Vogue editor and legendary…
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Mary Shelley review: a wishy-washy and ideologically confused biopic
In their biopic of the great Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein when she was just 18 years old, director Haifaa Al-Mansour and…
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Show Dogs review: an imbecilic talking animals movie made on the cheap
Is it possible to make a talking animals movie on the cheap? I’ve always assumed the answer is no. A dodgy animated film, sure, or a genre…
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The best films of 2018 so far
Now that we’re half way through the year, it’s a good a time to take stock on the best cinema releases so far in 2018. Critic…
