THE horror genre’s rebirth continues, a groundbreaking super hero makes his debut and Wes Anderson returns: there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the 2018 crop of movies. Leigh Paatsch picks his best of the year so far.
A FUNNY sometimes tragic doco offering a final goodbye to Robin Williams headlines this week’s streaming list. Here’s what to watch, and what to avoid, on Netflix, Stan and Foxtel Now.
THIS superb investigative documentary digs deep into the tale of identical triplets reunited by the slimmest of chances after being separated at birth.
BOTH methodical and maddening, the unconventional courtroom drama The Insult serves as an apt metaphor for life along the fault lines of religious, cultural and personal conflict in the Middle East.
REVIEW: Jude Law leads a team of scary misfits on a hunt for Nazi gold in the submarine thriller Black Sea.
REVIEW: The numbers all add up for X + Y, a sensitive and sophisticated drama about a troubled teenage maths prodigy.
REVIEW: The world doesn’t really need another Nicholas Sparks movie — but with The Longest Ride, at least audiences are going to know exactly what they will get.
REVIEW: Mae Whitman is neither fat nor ugly, but she is still well cast as The DUFF — the ‘Designated Ugly Fat Friend’. Ouch.
REVIEW: Don’t be fooled by the cutely-drawn characters in The Book of Life. With Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum, this film is more ambitious than it appears.
REVIEW: Forget the plot. Come for the stunts and the heartfelt tribute to Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7.
A COMPLETE guide to all major movies currently showing in Australian cinemas: rated or slated to get you to the right movie faster.
REVIEW: Any detectable chaos is indeed very small in this polished period drama directed by respected British actor Alan Rickman AKA Severus Snape.
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