What to stream this week
SO the school holidays are upon us but don’t despair— there’s some top family-friendly flicks to stream right now. Here’s what shows will keep the kids (and the big kids) busy these holidays.
Leigh Paatsch
Johnny English Strikes Again a surprisingly bearable third try
JOHNNY English Strikes Again is the third in a mostly dreadful series. But in a miraculous development akin to curing the common cold, they’ve gone and made a halfway-decent one.
House with a Clock in its Walls ticks off a good time
THE House With a Clock in its Walls is an endearingly odd mash-up of a mildly Americanised Harry Potter adventure, and any old Goosebumps tale you can’t quite recall.
Five of the best school holiday films to stream
THE school holidays start this weekend, and there are options aplenty on the streaming platforms to keep the kids entertained. Here are five of the finest you can go with right away.
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Sink your teeth into world of adventure
REVIEW: It has been more than two decades since Steven Spielberg first blew our minds with dinosaurs. So has the wait been worth it with Jurassic World?
Brand’s ‘Michael Moore’ moment a bust
REVIEW: He may be passionate, but Russell Brand himself doesn’t think his new film, The Emperor’s New Clothes, offers viewers anything they don’t already know.
One of the best films of the year
IT’S only June and film critic Leigh Paatsch says a multi-award-winning crime thriller from Spain ranks as one of the best films of 2015.
Slow West is an acquired taste
FILM REVIEW: Aussies Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn, in a fur coat that deserves its own postcode, help make Slow West an acquired but interesting taste.
Strictly one for Entourage tragics
THE big-screen version of Entourage is here to give old friends a dose of that addictive hedonism they’ve been itching for since the show went off the air.
Is this the worst chick flick ever?
IT’S had shocking reviews the world over despite an all-star cast featuring Hollywood’s hottest actors. So what does Leigh Paatsch think of Aloha?
Stunning debut from Aussie director
REVIEW: THE provocative Partisan just might go down on record as one of the most significant directorial debuts we have seen in this country.
Arterton sizzles as a bored wife
REVIEW: Two very picturesque locations are continually jostling for your attention in Gemma Bovery.
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