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Pam & Tommy is an addictively entertaining history lesson – full of sex, drugs and wobbly bits
Turns out the tape is the least interesting part of this wildly entertaining new series.
27 Jan
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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Netflix’s stop-motion triptych The House is like a Wes Anderson animation gone horrifyingly wrong
An early candidate for the weirdest film of the year is this trippy stop-motion animated feature.
18 Jan
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Capsule reviews of action movies
We’ve kept our reviews of some terrific action movies right here, even if they’re not on their original streaming homes.
16 Dec
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Let there be carnage indeed: the Venom sequel is sly, sharp and wickedly funny
This is what the first Venom movie should have been: a devilishly different comic book blockbuster that’s very damn funny.
26 Nov
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Titane is just your average, everyday film about a woman impregnated by a car
This disgustingly weird French film will make you say “I can’t believe they went there.”
24 Nov
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All we wanted for Christmas was a sadistic Home Alone movie, but instead we got Home Sweet Home Alone
The new Home Alone under-delivers on two important fronts: cartoon carnage and humiliating pain.
16 Nov
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Tom Hanks + a robot + a dog make the apocalypse kind of adorable in Finch
Aw, look at that lil robot. And that lil dog. And that…Tom Hanks.
05 Nov
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Despite another magnetic Gandolfini performance, The Many Saints of Newark feels mostly irrelevant
The prequel film makes fans an offer we can’t refuse—but it can’t live up to the addictive TV magic of The Sopranos.
29 Oct
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Retrospective: 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
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Retrospective: 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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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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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