Lost-looking Bana dies a slow death
DELIVER Us From Evil: While trace elements of this horror flick do have a capacity to truly horrify, the bulk of it is just truly horrible.
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Terrible truth still bound in mystery
DEVIL’S Knot: Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth star in the story of a real life triple murder and the teens accused of the horrific crime.
Rom-com stars deliver chemistry lesson
WORDS and Pictures: Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche’s sparring and swinging at each other as they shimmy closer to an inevitable clinch is a delight to watch.
An utterly brilliant train of thought
SNOWPIERCER: 10,000 survivors travel the globe by train after a man-made Ice Age, but this is still a world of haves and have-nots and not everyone is prepared to stay in their place.
Gulpilil calls the shots in homegrown drama
CHARLIE’S Country: There is no point in trying to spot where the real David Gulpilil ends and the character of Charlie begins in this award-winning performance.
Diaz’s Sex Tape fails to raunch
SEX Tape: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel make the mistake of recharging the batteries of a flat marriage by sneaking a camera into the bedroom.
Polanski lookalike teams up with director’s wife
VENUS in Fur: Mathieu Amalric is a dead-ringer for a younger Roman Polanski in this ever-intensifying war of words, wills and talents.
Dead end job is uniquely rewarding
STILL Life: A story about death, loneliness and life’s squandered chances proves unexpectedly warm and comforting.
Ape-ocalypse wow! You can’t miss this movie
REVIEW: Whether you attend this movie as a deep thinker or a thrill seeker, Dawn of the planet of the Apes will deliver everything you want.
A true love to dine for
REVIEW: A richly flavoured tale of misplaced meals and unrequited love from India, The Lunchbox is sure to satisfy your appetite.
Angelic voice runs with devilish crowd
JERSEY Boys: Clint Eastwood’s rags-to-riches-to-ructions musical delivers much more than a bunch of catchy tunes.
Tech guru brushes up on conspiracy theory
TIM’S Vermeer: Can a man who has never picked up a brush before recreate the works of a master? And did that famous artist really “paint” at all?
Killer plot ramps up the tension
CALVARY: An extraordinary conversation in the confessional kicks of a gripping drama that’s not so much a whodunit as a whosaidit.
Colourful caper fails to take flight
RIO 2: Dead-set city slicker Blu struggles to fit in with his jungle surrounds — and a frumpy father-in-law — in this so-so sequel.
The ultimate holiday movie guide
LOOKING for a way to entertain the kids these school holidays? Here’s Leigh Paatsch’s picks for the best and worst films for kids and parents.
YSL biopic fails the dress code
YVES Saint Laurent: The rags to riches story of a haute couture high-flyer sells fashionistas short.
The worst action blockbuster ever?
TRANSFORMERS: Age of Extinction: Never before has a big-ticket budget been blown on such a small-minded outcome.
Meet the partying playboy behind hit shows
THE Last Impresario: Parties, drugs and stellar celebrity pals all but defined one of the most connected individuals in showbiz history — and all but destroyed him as well.
Tricky trio keeps tension rising
THE Two Faces of January: A downmarket incident at an upmarket hotel is at the centre of a skilful thriller that will have you firmly in its grip.
The cleverest sequel to a dumb movie of all time
22 JUMP Street: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill share a rare comedic connection that money just can’t buy in a film that cracks plenty of strong gags at its own expense.
Team Rwanda rides for a better life
RISING from Ashes: Be inspired as survivors of the Rwandan massacre became an international cycling force racing all the way to the London Olympics.
More teen angst for Ashleigh
GALORE: Puberty Blues’ Ashleigh Cummings, a teenage love triangle and the 2003 Canberra bushfires. Does Australia really need another coming-of-age drama?
Appealing rapport fights appalling script
BLENDED: With the regular release of two-tonne turkeys Adam Sandler is clearly Not Really Trying. But no matter how bad, enough tickets will be sold to justify another one.
Rover plot gets lost in the bush
THE Rover: Guy Pearce is ready to rumble, Robert Pattinson is ready to mumble in a movie destined to crumple under the expectations heaped on it.
Breathtaking visuals steal the show
HOW to Train Your Dragon 2: Some films hit the ground running. This sequel knows full well it can go one better than that.
Surviving punches life dishes out
A GRITTY, defiantly downbeat affair set in a struggling Pennsylvania steel town where good jobs are hard to come by, and bad luck is easily found.
A hefty chunk of dumb fun
THIS much we already know now that a couple of Taken movies have come and gone: age is not about to weary Liam Neeson.
Oscars 2014: And the winner is …
CATE Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey are raging favourites to win Oscars. Film critic Leigh Paatsch picks his winners.
Guide to whats on at the movies
WHAT to see at the movies? Here’s a handy guide to everything that’s showing on Australian screens right now.
What movies to see this weekend
WHICH flicks should get your hard earned cash this weekend? A bittersweet comedy-drama or a true war story out of Afghanistan? Leigh Paatsch has the answer.
Keep your eyes on this prize
AMERICAN director Alexander Payne just has to be the most reliable shots-caller in the business right now. So it’s exemplary business as usual for Nebraska.
‘Knuckle-dragging torture porn’
WOLF Creek 2 is a ‘sad and soberingly sorry sequel to the 2005 Australian horror hit’. Read Leigh Paatsch’s damning review.
Love gets parental as anything
ALL that glitters is guilty-pleasure gold in Endless Love.
A cyborg just too eager to police
The original RoboCop was one of the cleverest dumb movies of the 1980s.
A winter of discontent
TO mount a meek defence of this gloriously garbled failure, it must be stated it is not afraid to take a risk.
Nothing lasts for Efron
This curious affair was released a fortnight ago in the US under the admirably honest title of That Awkward Moment.
When love is colour blind
FOLLOWERS of the festival circuit will recall this epic French love story making several headlines in 2013.
Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline team up in Last Vegas
There’s no racy shenanigans going on in Last Vegas, a film like The Hangover, but for grandpas
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
GET the most out of your movie experience with a little help from this handy movie guide.
Should you see the new Mandela movie?
HE WAS the last true crusader of his kind and his death last year reminded us all just what some people went through for humanity. But does this new film about Mandela’s life do the great man justice?
Winslet, Brolin heat up in Labor Day
LABOR Day, an unusually focused, yet noticeably fragile romantic drama from acclaimed director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking).
Let’s get ready to bumble
Stallone and De Niro are burning up what goodwill they have remaining for the sake of an easy payday.
Watch as your heart breaks
Oscar contender 12 Years a Slave shows the worst mankind can do versus the best one man can be.
Let’s get ready to bumble
Stallone and De Niro are burning up what goodwill they have remaining for the sake of an easy payday.
The most important movie you’ll see this year
IT IS a heartbreaking story but one that has been untold for too long. If you do anything worthwhile this year, pay your $20 to see this Oscar nominated film (we gave it 5 stars) and remind yourself what’s important in life.
Money Shots: Best films about money
AS Leonardo DiCaprio proves in The Wolf of Wall Street, there is no place like the movies to find and lose a fortune.
There’s no place like Rome
TO try to decode the true meaning of The Great Beauty would be an irreversible mistake. To simply go ahead and feel The Great Beauty opens a door to many lavish, lasting pleasures.
Keanu comeback is Ronin on empty
TWO pressing questions immediately come to mind here. Where has Keanu Reeves been all these years? And why couldn’t he have stayed there a little longer?
The good stuff is in short supply
THIS Paranormal Activity spin-off is simply content to spin its wheels, rather than make tracks in any radical new direction.
Justin it for the fame & adulation
HERE comes another one just like the other one. The other one being the 2011 concert doco Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
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