Reviews
Early look review: Joker is a provocation that demands we rethink power and violence
Is it a celebration of vigilante justice, or a brutal exposé?
19 Sep
Last Blood shows Rambo’s not leaving without bringing an ungodly amount of pain
Should keep anyone with an appetite for bloodthirsty action satiated.
19 Sep
Dora and the Lost City of Gold is inventive, amusing and hallucinatory
Part children’s entertainment, part Indiana Jones and part Tomb Raider. Sweet!
18 Sep
Good Boys is what you want from a tween comedy laced with F-bombs, sex toys and drugs
Teen comedy tropes get appropriately scaled down to 12-year-olds.
17 Sep
You’ll feel every drop of sweat in the stunning Amazing Grace
Aretha Franklin’s performance will blow you away.
04 Sep
The Nightingale is unforgettable – but not without its flaws
An unforgettable film, but not without its flaws.
30 Aug
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is a hang out adventure about how everything comes to an end
Quentin Tarantino criss-crosses 1969 Los Angeles to create an enjoyable hang out adventure.
13 Aug
Late Night’s an often funny, surprisingly old-fashioned comedy of manners
When his film falters, the ace up its sleeve is Emma Thompson.
08 Aug
Adam Goodes doco The Australian Dream is a fascinating study of modern Australia
This film takes us to a place that leads to the heart of modern Australia.
02 Aug
Hobbs & Shaw is a major disappointment
First and foremost, the action is underwhelming.
01 Aug
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut is Francis Ford Coppola’s true war movie masterpiece
The final version of this Vietnam War classic is a bona fide masterpiece.
30 Jul
Diego Maradona is a fascinating portrait of the retired soccer superstar
Like many elite athletes Maradona was a wonder at a game and less than perfect at life.
29 Jul
Booksmart hits the spot but can hardly be considered ground-breaking
Still, it’s a fun ride.
23 Jul
Netflix’s Point Blank is a damn good action movie full of grievous bodily harm
Lean, mean high order violence.
19 Jul
Apollo 11 is a magnificent documentary about ambition and imagination
This magnificent film is not to be missed
17 Jul
The Lion King constantly imitates the original—and that’s a big problem
Fortunately, no one dresses in drag and does the hula.
12 Jul
New release film Crawl is a beer-guzzling blast of survival horror
A much-needed gasp of air from tentpole franchises.
11 Jul
Daisy Ridley brings Ophelia to life in this fresh take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
And Clive Owen’s wig is a truly absurd sight to behold.
11 Jul
Stuber gets by on its fantastic buddy-cop pair and some sweet as violence
Unfortunately, it falls short of greatness.
10 Jul
Mystify: Michael Hutchence succeeds in separating the man from the myth
It’s close to amazing that this documentary about the late INXS frontman works as well as it does
05 Jul
The new Spider-Man offers something pretty great in the post-Endgame MCU
Don’t write this off as ‘just another superhero film’.
03 Jul
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