The Wife could be the movie to partner Glenn Close with an Oscar
REVIEW: The Wife is a superb acting showcase for the evergreen talents of Glenn Close, who plays the long-suffering and smothered spouse of an award-winning novelist.
Leigh Paatsch
What to stream this week
WOULD you rather chill on the couch than get up early for the blood moon this weekend? Here’s your guide to the best new movies to stream on Netflix, Stan and Foxtel Now.
New Whitney Houston doco is full of sad revelations
REVIEW: Whitney is the second recent documentary to chart the irresistible rise and irreversible demise of American singing legend Whitney Houston. It is also clearly the better one.
Breaker Upperers a comedy gradually falling apart
REVIEW: The Breaker Upperershas been touted as another Kiwi comedy hit that could follow in the footsteps of Hunt for the Wilderpeople. That’s not gonna happen, but it’s a nice try.
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Review — The Theory of Everything
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Review — Foxcatcher
FOXCATCHER is a creepy tale of tragedy snatched from the jaws of triumph, with an unrecognisable Steve Carell giving a career-best performance.
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The withering reviews of 12 awful movies
FILM reviewer Leigh Paatsch has seen more great movies than he can count, with stirring performances, brilliant directing and truly clever scripts. These aren’t among them.
Review — The Wedding Ringer
KEVIN Hart and Josh Gad stink it up in a sub-par goof-fest, cobbled together from second-hand ideas and third-rate gags.
Review — Wild
AMERICA’S former sweetheart Reese Witherspoon plays against type in a real-life story as a troubled woman on a voyage of self-discovery.
Review — American Sniper
VETERAN director Clint Eastwood pits good versus evil in a thriller based on the life of Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper.
Review — Taken 3
DESPITE the efforts of Liam Neeson, the latest chapter in the Taken series of thrillers rarely engages like its pulpy predecessors did.
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