In Like Flynn an old-timey Aussie adventure that doesn’t excite
REVIEW: In Like Flynn is the biopic of a young Errol Flynn nobody wanted. Did this dud really cost 12 million bucks to make? Oh, my …
Leigh Paatsch
What to stream this week
THERE might be a giant footy-sized hole in your weekend, but there’s a wealth of great movies to fill the gap. Leigh Paatsch runs the rule over the new movies to stream this week.
First Man blasts off as one of the year’s top films
FIRST MAN with Ryan Gosling as pioneer astronaut Neil Armstrong approaches our fascination with space from an unexpected angle, and with breathtaking creative flair.
American Animals shows how not to pull off a heist
AMERICAN Animals tells the true story of four college kids who thought they had what it takes to become robbers. To no one’s surprise, they had no idea at all.
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A formula for intense rivalry
DIRECTED by Ron Howard from a workmanlike script, Rush goes about its business like Hunt and Lauda themselves: briskly and bluntly.
Out of this world
AT once a stunning work of science fiction and a truly heartfelt work of human drama, Gravity casts a powerful spell that cannot be broken.
Evil brings heinous deeds to life
WHERE The Act of Killing will end will shock you to the core. As a sociocultural experiment, it’s a doco about the survivors of a 1960s massacre.
Lights! Cameras! Fornication!
LOVELACE is a fascinating biopic tracking ‘70s porn star Linda Lovelace’s swift rise to infamy, and a long, slow journey to the bottom of the barrel.
Taking a turn for the diverse
WITH characteristic frankness, Australian author Tim Winton says he is “still trying to make sense of the damned book” he wrote in 2005.
Risky bet Runner pulls up lame
AFTER the Town and Argo, Ben Affleck is undoubtedly one of the finest directors splashing about in the mainstream today.
Lovelace lacks deep discoveries
FOR a brief spell in the early 1970s, hardcore pornography almost became big box office.
Adults act up and dumb down
GROWN UPS 2. A deer enters a house and wee-wees in the face of selected residents.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
THIS compact and comprehensive movie guide gives you an an idea of what to expect from the films now showing.
Flick Picks: Take an emotional ride
BE MOVED wih Stories We Tell, laugh like a child again with Pixar’s latest production Turbo or join excited teens for One Direction: This is Us.
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