School holiday movie guide
WITH the July school holidays now upon us, our cinemas have been swamped by a rush of titles geared towards younger audiences.
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Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
WHAT better way to while away a winter evening than by heading to the pictures. Leigh Paatsch has reviewed the current crop.
Epic fun just around the fauna
The new animated adventure Epic is, above all else, a children’s picture.
Is the new Superman movie any good?
REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Hopes were high for Man Of Steel, which hits cinemas today. Just like Batman, Superman was crying out for a makeover. But does it work?
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
WHAT better way to while away a winter evening than by heading to the pictures. Leigh Paatsch has reviewed the current crop, including stand-out Mud, showing at Dendy.
Struggle to send Satellite signal
A QUIET, unhurried and graceful Australian drama, Satellite Boy is going to experience much hardship finding an audience during a limited release in coming weeks.
Pitt’s at war with quiet achievers
MOVIE REVIEW: It will stress you out. It will mess you up. But you’re still going to love living through every last dismembered bit of World War Z.
Monsters learn a lesson in scaring
MOVIE REVIEW: Hard on the heels of Despicable Me 2 comes another cartoon contender for that much-contested all-ages entertainment dollar.
Home Time: Rest and relax
THANK God it’s fabulous. Here are our dinner and TV picks for tonight which include a risotto and some home renovation TV.
The Internship is a feature-length ad
Google is great! That’s pretty much the key message of Vince Vaughn’s new comedy The Internship.
After Earth a test of Will power
There is an eerie, dreary stillness to After Earth that can only be the work of director M. Night Shyamalan.
Finally time for Big Star to shine
If you’ve been hanging out for another music documentary every bit as great as Searching for Sugar Man, the wait is over.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
THERE’S a cinematic smorgasbord from which you can pick each time you go to the movies. Leigh Paatsch has reviewed your selections.
Cast brings class to French drama
IN the early days of the French Revolution, a key lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette has the prime position to watch a kingdom crumble before her.
True love builds something good
As they say in the classics, true love will conquer all. This love story overcomes all cynicism as it goes down to the wire.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
FEEL like watching a film but can’t decide which one? Leigh Paatsch has you covered with this quick and honest movie guide.
Jokes that go kerplunk in the night
It was only last month that the triumphantly terrible Scary Movie 5 successfully drilled through the bottom of the spoof-horror barrel.
Super-8 is Sinister’s key creeper
Should you give your horror movie a title as forbidding as Sinister, then you better not be light on with the heavy stuff.
Review: Is Gatsby really so great?
Finally, after all the hype, The Great Gatsby is here. But is it worth your time? Our peerless film expert Leigh Paatsch delivers his verdict.
Leigh Paatsch’s guide to movies
FEEL like watching a film but can’t decide which one? Leigh Paatsch has you covered with this quick and honest movie guide.
Film reluctant to cut to the chase
The new political thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist is not unlike a new brand of margarine.
Hangover to end all Hangovers
The mega-popular comedy franchise The Hangover is, well, permanently hungover.
Thriller confusing yet captivating
A comprehensively strange and intermittently compelling crime thriller, Dead Man Down both fascinates and frustrates in equal measure.
Hangover III no match for original
THE mega-popular comedy franchise The Hangover is still hungover.
Emotionally-layered film not Broken
The nicely naive world view of an 11-year-old girl living in suburban London is nastily changed when she witnesses a violent incident near her home.
Likeable dram-edy hard to fault
Australia is just about the only place on the planet that has given A Place For Me a place in its cinemas.
Halle humanises half-baked script
Here we have a good example of getting a little something out of a whole lot of nothing.
Dramatic and odd turn for The Rock
In Snitch, that likeable lunk Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson puts on his serious acting hat.
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