The latest Stephen King screen adaptation doesn’t try to be high-brow cinema - and it’s all the better for it.
Ben O’Shea
There’s warmth, gentle humour and genuine emotion but Mad About The Boy highlights the true superpower of Bridget Jones — relatability.
Anthony Mackie was always pushing the proverbial uphill replacing Chris Evans as Captain America, but giving him a villain whose superpower is basically maths certainly didn’t help.
Ben O'Shea
The inspiring story of the Widow Clicquot in Napoleon’s France will have you looking differently at your next glass of bubbles.
Angelina Jolie puts her all into playing iconic opera singer, Maria Callas.
The great 20th century songwriter Bob Dylan gets the biopic treatment in A Complete Unknown.
Adrien Brody shines as a tortured artist in this ambitious film about an architect.
Stars Andrew Garfield and Julia Garner elevate this tear-jerker into something special with stellar performances.
Mikey Madison shines in Anora, which may just be one of the year’s best films.
There is already Oscar’s buzz for this sweet character study that may just be writer-director and star Jesse Eisenberg’s best film yet.
In many ways the Robbie Williams biopic is like many others in the genre, but with one key difference — Williams is played by a CG chimpanzee.
Too much cheese in this gravy.
Hugh Grant will send chills down your spine as a creepy retired academic in Heretic.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo deliver style, substance and great voices to the screen adaptation of this much loved musical.
Defying gravity is a neat trick but the real magic of Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is living up to the ridiculously high expectations of millions of Wicked tragics.
‘Paul Mescal, in his first blockbuster, does the best he can with a screenplay that is notably lacking in memorable quotes.’
Are you not entertained? Well might one ask after watching Ridley Scott’s $470 million Gladiator II, but this sword-and-sandal epic ultimately falls short of the original.
‘Sasquatch Sunset is one of the weirdest movies you’ll see all year. Think Harry And The Hendersons, only if Harry spent most of the movie with his wang flapping in the breeze.’
The movie that captures the early days of iconic sketch show, Saturday Night Live.
Kate Winslet shines in this incredible true story of one of WWII’s greatest photographers.
A less-than-flattering origin story of a man who looms large over global politics.
Joker: Folie a Deux hit theatres this week restarting the debate around one of cinema’s most controversial characters.
As blasphemous as it is to admit in these parts, Joker: Folie a Deux proves Joaquin Phoenix is a better Clown Prince of Crime than WA’s Heath Ledger.
‘Written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Megan Park (The Fallout), the film examines what would happen if you could have a conversation with your future self.’
