Novel approach fails to fly for The Goldfinch
How do you condense a 780-page novel about grief, guilt and transgression into a coherent two-and-a-half movie? Not like this!
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Zombie hunters get stuck in art house detour
Writer-director Jim Jarmusch takes Adam Driver, Bill Murray and the zombie genre on an art house detour but ultimately gets lost
Teens’ new scream queen does predecessors proud
A soul-sucking scarecrow, a casserole made out of human body parts, and a giant, spider-spewing zit … this is a deliciously cheesy haunted house horror
Why Tina Arena finally decided to make a movie
She’s done music, TV, touring and theatre, but ARIA Hall of Famer Tina Arena has finally made her feature film debut and there’s a very personal motivation behind the new career move.
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Black Panther breaks superhero rules
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The woman who will rule Hollywood
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Superhero for the real world
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Five-star movie is best of the year
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Black Panther has lost its roar
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Lady Bird breaks new ground
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Fifty Shades Freed is ‘irrelevant’
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50 Shades Freed goes out with a bonk and a whimper
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