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Brad Pitt in production on ‘F1: The Movie’.

Brad Pitt goes full movie star in skilfully made but monotonous motor-racing drama

The central relationship in F1 is between Pitt and the camera – and he knows exactly how to use it.

  • Jake Wilson

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Dem bones, dem bones: Alfie Williams, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes in a temple of doom.

28 Years Later review: Zombie franchise pushes boldly into new terrain

It’s 23 years since director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland redefined the zombie genre. Their latest outing proves there’s life in it still.

  • Karl Quinn
Elio and his alien friend Glordon.

Which is the best new child-meets-alien movie? We give Elio the edge

With inventive animation and neat plotting, this Pixar production is more ambitious than the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch

  • Jake Wilson
Pierce Brosnan, left, and Brandon Lessard in Richard Gray’s Western The Unholy Trinity.

Pierce Brosnan trades licence to kill for sheriff’s badge in revenge tale

New western The Unholy Trinity, shot in Montana, has an unlikely Australian connection.

  • Karl Quinn
Pablo Pauly, left, and Camille Rutherford star in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.

This modern homage to Jane Austen is genuinely charming, but it’s no Clueless

Set in Paris, the film is a romantic comedy featuring Jane Austen fan girl, Agathe.

  • Jake Wilson
Dakota Johnson plays a matchmaker torn between two men in Celine Song’s Materialists.

Celine Song blew us away with Past Lives. Is Materialists a perfect match?

Billed as a rom-com, the Dakota Johnson-Chris Evans-Pedro Pascal love triangle is actually a rather hard-headed look at marriage.

  • Karl Quinn
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Nico Parker as Astrid, and Mason Thames as Hiccup.

Dragon live-action remake maintains a safe distance from reality

Writer-director Dean DeBlois evidently sees no need to mess with what worked in the past in this new version of How to Train Your Dragon.

  • Jake Wilson
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Cult filmmaker meets cult musician in a documentary that is hard to pin down

Justin Kurzel’s film about Warren Ellis makes for intriguing though not especially coherent viewing.

  • Jake Wilson
Jai Courtney plays a shark-obsessed serial killer in Dangerous Animals.

Serial killer thriller or shark movie? Actually it’s both

Set on the Gold Coast, this shark-cum-serial killer thriller doesn’t set sail for new territory, but it does make for a decent (dis)pleasure cruise.

  • Karl Quinn
Ana de Armas learns to fight like a girl in Ballerina.

Ana de Armas learns to ‘fight like a girl’ in John Wick spin-off

Ballerina takes risks as it tells the story of a graduate from an academy for assassins bent on revenge.

  • Jake Wilson

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