Review
★★★★
What to watch
The Watchers is proof Ishana Night Shyamalan has her father’s talent
Starring Dakota Fanning, this supernatural horror shows Ishana has inherited a taste for tinkering with the unseen and incomprehensible.
- by Sandra Hall
Latest
★★
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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
★★★★
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French designer John Galliano’s ugly side on full display in documentary
Despite undergoing rehabilitation following his 2011 antisemitic rant, the French fashion designer still seems naively tone-deaf to society’s sensitivities.
- by Sandra Hall
★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
‘Brilliant’ but ‘basically repugnant’: How we reviewed the original Mad Max
With the fifth instalment in the franchise hitting screens this week, we took a look at how The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed the first, now iconic, film.
- by Kate Lahey
★★★★
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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
★★★
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John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds are all schmaltz in too-cute fairytale
It’s filled with big-name stars and started a bidding war, but fantasy film IF leaves too many questions unanswered.
- by Sandra Hall
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
★★★
Arts
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
A reverse Notting Hill? How Anne Hathaway elevated the streaming rom-com
Looking for something slicker than Anyone But You, and saucier than Notting Hill? This movie is for you.
- by Nell Geraets
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