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There’s no flying cow, but this Twister sequel is still highly ridiculous
★★★½
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There’s no flying cow, but this Twister sequel is still highly ridiculous

Forget the sexual tension, Twisters is at its best when Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones are dodging an inventive variety of heavy objects.

  • by Sandra Hall

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Emma Stone returns for another wacky film, but sadly this is no Poor Things
★★
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Emma Stone returns for another wacky film, but sadly this is no Poor Things

If the filmmaker’s much-praised, award-winning Poor Things was the main meal, Kinds of Kindness is the offcuts.

  • by Robert Moran
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum’s NASA comedy fails to take off
★★
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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
Sorry, but Kevin Costner’s new western is both incomplete and dull
★★½
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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
Forget the macho men, Jodie Comer is the real star of The Bikeriders
★★★
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Forget the macho men, Jodie Comer is the real star of The Bikeriders

Tom Hardy and Austin Butler bring the beef as members of a Chicago bikie gang but Comer supplies the narration and is the main reason to see the film.

  • by Sandra Hall
Who needs sex and drugs? This rock ’n’ roll doco still compels
★★★★
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Who needs sex and drugs? This rock ’n’ roll doco still compels

This telling of the Midnight Oil story is a headlong trip through 45 years of social, political and pop music history.

  • by Sandra Hall
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Nicole Kidman deserves more than this insipid Netflix romcom

Nicole Kidman deserves more than this insipid Netflix romcom

The Oscar winner co-stars with Zac Efron in the sort of formulaic romance that is fast becoming a streaming staple.

  • by Karl Quinn
Celine Dion documentary starts slow, on its way to a cruel ending
★★★
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Celine Dion documentary starts slow, on its way to a cruel ending

Who is the legendary singer without her voice? It’s a possibility that echoes throughout the slightly unwieldy I Am: Celine Dion.

  • by Brodie Lancaster
Once Were Warriors director returns with ‘raw and vicious’ The Convert
★★★★
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Once Were Warriors director returns with ‘raw and vicious’ The Convert

Guy Pearce stars in Lee Tamahori’s story about a lay preacher in New Zealand stuck between two warring Maori tribes.

  • by Sandra Hall
World domination, sure, but how well does Gru settle into suburbia?
★★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
Pixar is in the pits. Is Inside Out 2 the hit it desperately needs?
★★★½
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Pixar is in the pits. Is Inside Out 2 the hit it desperately needs?

The original was a sophisticated and charming hit, but Riley’s emotions are now in danger of being drowned out by the sequel’s hustle and bustle.

  • by Sandra Hall