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Scream started a conversation 25 years ago – and horror fans are still talking
What’s your favourite scary movie…about scary movies? Let’s go deeper into this densely metatextual slasher franchise.
21 Oct
Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster is the editor of Flicks.com.au. In addition to writing for Flicks, he is film critic for Guardian Australia and author of Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend.
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In the age of augmented reality, cult classic They Live is an even wilder film to rewatch
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
13 Oct
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Free Guy and the matrix-busting joys of the simulation movie
Movies like The Matrix and Groundhog Day suggest that if nothing’s real, we might as well enjoy the game.
06 Oct
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Netflix’s gnarly Squid Game is the world’s latest TV obsession – but does it live up to the hype?
The sadistic South Korean series has rocketed to sudden popularity: and amazingly, the show seems to really be ‘that good’.
30 Sep
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Australian Gangster is a frantically entertaining if trashy Aussie crime series
Pasquale Barbaro is the latest Aussie criminal to be the subject of a fast-paced and debaucherous TV series
15 Sep
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Revisiting 9/11 truther doco Loose Change, the granddaddy of modern misinformation
Debunked or not, this influential 2005 documentary could be a factor in our current state of post-truth paranoia.
14 Sep
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The best 25 comedy movies on Stan
Got a subscription to Stan? Want something funny to watch? ‘Course you do.
09 Sep
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The 25 best comedy movies on Netflix Australia
We’ve combed through the Netflix archives to find the very best comedy movies on offer.
03 Sep
reviews
Adrien Brody’s mug is beautifully mopey in the atmospheric but slow Chapelwaite
Spooky and squidgy moments are too few-and-far between, in Stan’s deflating gothic horror series.
25 Aug
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The bitter brilliance and savage insight of Kevin Can F**k Himself
This legitimately one-of-a-kind comedy frees the ‘sitcom wife’ from an oppressively sexist TV format.
20 Aug
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The juicy Nine Perfect Strangers is like Agatha Christie at a posh wellness retreat
Filmed in Byron Bay, Prime Video presents a “deliciously entertaining” blend of comedy and mystery.
13 Aug
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The teen delinquents of Reservation Dogs reflect a fresh and funny Indigenous perspective
BINGE’s hilarious new drama, from producers Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, is both playful and meaningful.
10 Aug
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Vivo is a colourful Cuban love song, celebrating family and music itself in a major key
Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his usual Broadway flair to this Netflix adventure, and voices its too-cute protagonist to boot.
04 Aug
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Jungle Cruise is about what you’d expect from a movie based on a cheesy theme park ride
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt sail down the Amazon in a chaotic but vanilla SFX-filled adventure.
28 Jul
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The 25 best action movies on Netflix Australia
Featuring everything from assassins to cops, thieves, fugitives and cowboys.
22 Jul
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Nicolas Cage goes whole hog in Pig, delivering a morosely understated performance
Nicolas Cage delivers one of his most acclaimed performances in years as a truffle forager searching for his pig.
20 Jul
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Space Jam: A New Legacy isn’t a bad movie – because it’s not really a movie
The belated sequel is less a movie than a video game you can’t play and a theme park you can’t explore.
09 Jul
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Blandly bombastic sci-fi The Tomorrow War cries out for a world with more buff science teachers
A snappy, silly spectacle may have hit the spot – but this llloonnngggg and heavy spectacle will test your patience.
05 Jul
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Monsters Inc. is the Pixar franchise you never knew was a metaphor about climate change
Seriously, hear us out. It’s not so crazy…
29 Jun
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15 years on, Children of Men is still a knuckle-gobbling dystopian masterpiece
Grim, thrilling, illuminating, inspiring…this film will never get old.
22 Jun
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Storytelling magic’s in short supply in Pixar’s pretty but shallow Luca
Pixar’s visually lavish coming-of-age film is sweet but pea-brained.
21 Jun
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