What to stream this weekend
IT might be all about the footy this weekend but over on the Foxtel Now, Netflix and other streaming platforms there’s plenty of non-AFL viewing to get stuck into.
Leigh Paatsch
The best school movies streaming right now
KEVIN Hart’s new comedy Night School is hitting cinemas this week, but there’s plenty of other great films centred around the classroom. Here’s five of the best streaming right now.
Custody drills into blast crater left in wake of explosive divorce
REVIEW: CUSTODY drills deep into blast crater left in the wake of an explosive divorce. French filmmaking does not get much better than this in the present day.
Ian McKellen doco celebrates a great actor and storyteller
REVIEW: MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART spends some high-quality time with the venerated acting legend and riveting raconteur Sir Ian McKellen. A fine doco about a fine actor.
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Rocket powered by a twin engine
MOVIE REVIEW: A tough-skinned, yet tender-hearted coming-of-age drama, The Rocket effortlessly launches itself in viewers’ affections, and remains there throughout.
Wizard of Oz’s extra dimension
MOVIE REVIEW: THE WIZARD OF OZ 3D. “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.”
White House Down but not out
FILM OF THE WEEK: There is some magnificent trash to be treasured in White House Down.
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch writes about movies for newspapers. He tried writing newspapers for movies, but the work was often scarce.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
NEED help deciphering the cinematic carte du jour? This comprehensive movie guide has all the information you will need.
A sad sequel that fails to kick arse
MOVIE REVIEW: What was once so rad is now just plain sad. Kick Ass 2 is everything its subversive predecessor so cleverly avoided becoming.
Little girl lost in parents’ bitter war
IF ONLY Maisie didn’t know anything in What Maisie Knew. Sometimes ignorance can indeed be bliss, writes Leigh Paatsch.
No real laughs from phony family
THERE are just enough laughs to be had from We’re the Millers to allow this sketchy, smutty comedy the benefit of the doubt, writes Leigh Paatsch.
A dystopian future up in the air
A STUNNING sci-fi action film, Elysium brings a crashing hammer down on the US summer blockbuster season.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
EVERY time you go to the movies there’s a cinematic smorgasbord from which to chose. Leigh Paatsch helps you make up your mind.
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