STUCK for ideas on what to watch on TV this weekend? From a highly enjoyable crime caper starring two great Hollywood actors to a one-of-a-kind awful Aussie film with cult potential, here are Leigh Paatsch’s pick of the bunch.
REVIEW: THE EQUALIZER 2 brings Denzel Washington back on sequel duty for the first time in his career. Once again, he’s crabby, he’s stabby and, err, not so gabby.
REVIEW: A wonderful, illuminating documentary, Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible is an open celebration of one of the hidden living treasures of Australian cinema.
A DECADE ago, the first Mamma Mia! movie was an out-of-nowhere hit, despite severe shortcomings across the board. This time, the Here We Go Again sequel has packed more than one surprise into the package.
AUSSIE director Robert Connolly has found heart, soul and fun in a home-grown kids’ film that truly soars.
ADAPTED from the 2010 best-selling book and directed by Angelina Jolie, Unbroken is a demanding true story of survival set in the later years of World War II.
IT’S the movie everyone’s talking about. So just how good is Birdman? Very, very good, says Leigh Paatsch.
THE man who mastered the musical with Chicago is back with a fractured fairytale film and a cast to die for, including Meryl Streep and Anna Kendrick
THEY are no longer snarky sidekicks — the penguins from the Madagascar series have got their own movie, and it’s funny-business-as-usual for the most part.
OSCAR hopeful Benedict Cumberbatch cracks the enigma of brilliant but blunt code breaking genius Alan Turing in a gripping World War II drama.
REVIEW: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a fitting reward for sitting through the first sluggish instalments of Peter Jackson’s trilogy.
REVIEW: Big Hero 6 is a refreshing mix of American and Japanese cartooning kids will love and parents will find refreshing
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