Jake Wilson
Jake Wilson is a film critic for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum’s NASA comedy fails to take off
As a marketing whiz and an astronaut, the stars have zero chemistry in the wildly overextended and flat rom-com Fly Me to the Moon.
- by Jake Wilson
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Sorry, but Kevin Costner’s new western is both incomplete and dull
The Oscar winner has returned to directing after 20 years, but Horizon – set to be one of four – is exposition-heavy and a three-hour-long trek to nowhere.
- by Jake Wilson
★★½
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World domination, sure, but how well does Gru settle into suburbia?
The anti-hero’s family has expanded in Despicable Me 4, and they enter a form of witness protection.
- by Jake Wilson
Exorcism movies are everywhere. Why are we obsessed with them?
Fifty years since The Exorcist themes of demonic possession still loom large, with Russell Crowe starring in yet another exorcism film.
- by Jake Wilson
★★
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Will Smith is back – and yes, Bad Boys jokes about that slap
The banter between the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence remains the only drawcard in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
- by Jake Wilson
★½
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Big fat hairy deal: Chris Pratt’s new Garfield goes to the dogs
In this dull big-screen adaptation, the orange plus-sized house cat even addresses the psychological issues underlying his food addiction and lack of motivation.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Chris Hemsworth steals the show in this ambitious addition to Mad Max saga
George Miller’s action sequences in Furiosa, the most expensive Australian film ever, are as exhilarating as ever.
- by Jake Wilson
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is less entertaining than a nature doco
This Aussie-made reboot of Planet of the Apes is not a movie to be taken too seriously.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
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A beautiful jigsaw puzzle of a film that will ultimately move you
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda takes his time unfolding this complex story.
- by Jake Wilson
Why this dystopian and bloody slapstick misses the mark
When it comes to someone getting their limbs sliced off or their head smashed in, Bill Skarsgard’s action thriller can’t be accused of stopping halfway.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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Drive My Car director changes gear with this slow-building forest tale
Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi has made an intriguing film, but is it a gently satirical comedy of urban and rural manners, an eco-philosophical fable or something else?
- by Jake Wilson