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Fight Club 20 years on: how does its politics stand up?
A lot has changed in the world since Tyler Durden burst upon the scene.
11 Dec
Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster has being writing about the cinema since 1997. In addition to writing for Flicks, he is film and TV critic for The Guardian Australia, and author of the George Miller biography Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend.
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Knives Out and the everlasting appeal of the whodunit genre
Here’s what makes the critically acclaimed box office hit Knives Out so much fun
04 Dec
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The visual inventions of The Irishman, from tracking shots to deadly callbacks
Ah, Marty, great to have you back doing your gangster thang.
22 Nov
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For All Mankind and the appeal of alternate history dramas
In this world Neil Armstrong got pipped to the post and the god darn commies got to the moon first.
14 Nov
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The snoozy Doctor Sleep is your cure for insomnia
Having trouble sleeping? Maybe this belated sequel to The Shining can help.
08 Nov
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Terminator: Dark Fate is a step too far. This entire franchise should be erased from existence
The Terminator movies stopped making sense a long time ago. This goddamn franchise has gone too far.
04 Nov
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Netflix’s supernatural thriller Rattlesnake is reminiscent of a thousand B movies
Australian director Zak Hilditch’s thriller violates the spirit of silly movies spurred on by dumb decisions.
28 Oct
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Watchmen is a mind-bending superhero show about a tripped-out alternate America
Good guys, bad guys, heroes, villains – they’re all thrown into a blender in this mind-boggling alternate universe.
24 Oct
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What makes Joker a rare and incendiary work of art
This is a shockingly relevant art film torn from the spine of a multiplex movie franchise.
03 Oct
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Ad Astra shows why outer space is a great setting for drama
What makes outer space such a compelling setting for stories about personal voyages?
23 Sep
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Undone is an exquisite time travel drama from the creators of BoJack Horseman
You’ve never seen a TV show quite like this visually extraordinary production.
19 Sep
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What the It movies are really about and why the sequel is superior
The idea that the first It movie is better than the sequel is complete poppycock, says Luke Buckmaster.
06 Sep
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6 reasons why The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a modern masterpiece
Netflix’s brilliant Dark Crystal prequel series will blow your mind.
05 Sep
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What Netflix’s magnificent The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is really about
This magnificent series makes a political statement about how human beings should deal with the climate crisis,
23 Aug
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I watched Hobbs & Shaw while an ‘immersive’ seat vibrated my butt. This is my story
Maybe cutting edge immersive entertainment is all about gyrating butts.
14 Aug
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The Boys made me revisit the greatest superhero scene of all time, from Zack Snyder’s Watchmen
Superhero cinema never got better than this.
06 Aug
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Why The Wizard of Oz should be remade – and exactly how it should be done
What sort of maniac would suggest that this incredible classic should be remade?
31 Jul
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Apollo 11 is a magnificent documentary about ambition and imagination
This magnificent film is not to be missed
17 Jul
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Watching Too Old to Die Young is like swimming through stylish sewerage
We come to terms with one hell of a show.
12 Jul
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I hated Spider-Man: Far From Home, until the villain blew me away
There’s a big twist that makes this new Spider-Man movie worthwhile.
05 Jul
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Is Blood & Truth the most cinematic VR experience yet?
The most exhilarating action ‘movie’ of the year might not actually be a movie at all.
28 Jun
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