Devotees of young adult novel The Hate U Give should track this film down ASAP. Rock solid in its intentions, it’s a quality teen movie destined to be vaguely admired than genuinely embraced.
From the failed Fyre Festival that duped the filthy rich with its lavish social media spin, to a nerve-shredding, spellbinding, impossible to turn away from thriller that should have been in Oscars contention, here’s what you should stream this week.
As Clint Eastwood pits himself against a nasty drug cartel in The Mule, Leigh Paatsch picks out five more flicks to stream that show just what happens when you upset a kingpin.
The incredible Oscar-nominated documentary Free Solo introduces you to a professional climber who wants to ascend El Capitan, a legendarily intimidating, unforgivably sheer rock face standing almost a kilometre high in Yosemite National Park.
AND So It Goes: The directorial mojo that resulted in crowd-pleasing classics When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, Stand By Me and This Is Spinal Tap is gone forever.
MONTY Python Live (mostly): As an exercise in giving the people what they want, the Python’s last hurrah cannot be faulted.
BEGIN Again: Keira Knightley supplies her own vocals as an unknown British musician who catches the ear of a troubled talent scout in New York.
GUARDIANS Of The Galaxy: The story is “complete balderdash”, the special effects definitely hit and miss, so why does Leigh Paatsch love Marvel’s latest adventure?
THESE Final Hours: A brave, brash apocalyptic Aussie drama achieves an instant impact, and also leaves a lasting mark.
THE Keeper of Lost Causes: A cold case detective becomes obsessed with what was thought to be an open-and-shut case of suicide in this engrossing Danish crime drama.
MRS Brown’s Boys D’Movie: At least on the small screen, the pain from Brendan O’Connell’s crass-quipping cross-dresser is confined to a relatively merciful half-hour.
A MOST Wanted Man: The late, great actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is captured at the very peak of his powers in his leading-role swan song.
HERCULES: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is every bit the right fit for a lighter, brighter and swifter take on the legend in a film that refuses to take itself seriously.
LUCY: When a drug pouch placed inside a student by a sinister trafficking cartel bursts the power unleashed must be seen to be believed (or not).
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