The most radical Spider-Man movie yet
Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s yet another Spider-Man movie, because Into the Spider-Verse just happens to be the most radical, freethinking and up-for-anything of them all.
Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s yet another Spider-Man movie, because Into the Spider-Verse just happens to be the most radical, freethinking and up-for-anything of them all.
They might not have topped many best of lists, but there are some gems to be found among the year’s most underrated movies, headlined by an Aussie zombie thriller.
At 82 years young, veteran actor Robert Redford has declared that The Old Man & the Gun will be his last movie performance.
It would be hard to top the Live Aid scene in Bohemian Rhapsody for the best movie moment of the year. At the other end of the spectrum there’s Peter Rabbit, which managed to turn a loveable bunny into an insufferable jerk.
THE Two Faces of January: A downmarket incident at an upmarket hotel is at the centre of a skilful thriller that will have you firmly in its grip.
FRANK: Which X-men star is courageous — or crazy — enough to spend an entire film hidden under a giant papier mache head?
22 JUMP Street: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill share a rare comedic connection that money just can’t buy in a film that cracks plenty of strong gags at its own expense.
RISING from Ashes: Be inspired as survivors of the Rwandan massacre became an international cycling force racing all the way to the London Olympics.
GALORE: Puberty Blues’ Ashleigh Cummings, a teenage love triangle and the 2003 Canberra bushfires. Does Australia really need another coming-of-age drama?
BLENDED: With the regular release of two-tonne turkeys Adam Sandler is clearly Not Really Trying. But no matter how bad, enough tickets will be sold to justify another one.
THE Rover: Guy Pearce is ready to rumble, Robert Pattinson is ready to mumble in a movie destined to crumple under the expectations heaped on it.
GOOD Vibrations: Discover if the song hailed as “the greatest rock recording of all time” in the 1970s stands the test of time.
THE Face of Love: Annette Bening gets the worst of the script, but that’s not to say Ed Harris doesn’t have to utter a howler or two of his own.
HOW to Train Your Dragon 2: Some films hit the ground running. This sequel knows full well it can go one better than that.
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