First look review: Emu Runner is a powerful and poetic Australian drama
Established shorts director Imogen Thomas has made a powerful feature film debut with the minimalist and poetic Emu Runner.
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First look review: Hotel Mumbai is a pulse-pounding thriller that will get people talking and thinking
This highly anticipated Australian film about the 2008 Mumbai attack delivers the goods.
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Special effects are more important than characters in the gloomy The House With a Clock in Its Walls
The characters’ actions are never as important as the special effects they create.
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Ladies in Black is an exquisitely entertaining story of romance and female empowerment
This is a wonderful and charming film and a classical slice of entertainment.
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Johnny English Strikes Again and so do the spy spoof clichés
Adam Fresco reviews the trilogy-maker.
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Mirai brings Disney-like surrealism back to animated family films
A worthwhile fantasy journey.
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The Predator is an action-packed sci-fi with a fun 80s party vibe
This film’s lunatic director is in charge of an asylum of 80s style sci-fi shenanigans.
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A Simple Favour feels stuck between a thriller, comic tale and over-the-top schlockfest
Gillian Flynn this ain’t.
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Computer screen mystery Searching is a well-oiled thrill machine
This isn’t arthouse fare. It’s a broad crowd-pleaser.
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Wayne, a documentary about racer Wayne Gardner, slows down when it should speed up
The documentary Wayne chronicles the meteoric rise of Wayne Gardner to the peak of MotoGP racing and his success eclipsing the…
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Hearts Beat Loud is an inspiring feel-good drama about music and people
What a delightful film. It’s sweet without being saccharine; optimistic without making promises.
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The Nun reeks of dumped-to-Netflix mediocrity
Aaron Yap on the prequel spin-off to the sequel.
