Ladies in Black is all sweetness and light
LADIES in Black is a sincerely sweet bundle of nostalgic joy, unwrapped amid a lovely, light-drenched and laid-back Sydney we will never see the likes of again.
Leigh Paatsch
What to stream this week
A DOCUMENTARY wrestling with the life and legacy of Andre the Giant, a gritty hip-hop classic and one for the romantics. There’s a movie for every taste in this week’s streaming guide.
Christopher Robin a gentle delight for the family
THE charm of Christopher Robin resides in the comforting manner in which the likes of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Roo, Owl and the incomparable Eeyore have been brought to believable life.
A Simple Favour won’t do you any favours
A SIMPLE Favour is a slo-mo trainwreck of a movie that is never entirely sure what it wants to be. All that remains by the end is a soft-headed, sour-hearted farce where you can sense even the cast and crew wish the whole thing was over already.
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