M magazine
Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and the art of social suicide
The new film Friendship is a comedy of embarrassment as a man with no friends teams up with an adventurous TV weatherman.
- Sandra Hall
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I Know What You Did sequel is hooked on setting up another sequel
This reboot of the 1997 slasher movie has more ideas than the original, but makes less sense than these films usually do
- Jake Wilson
‘It must be in the DNA somewhere’ - Annie star credits her famous gran
In her latest role Mackenzie Dunn is following in the footsteps of her grandmother, Australian stage legend Jilly Perryman
- Sonia Harford
Does the new Smurfs movie find its thing?
With an all-star cast including John Goodman, Rihanna and James Corden, Smurfs boasts some appealing backdrops, a few neat gags, and not much else.
- Jake Wilson
Jurassic adventure, a deadly doll and body horror: What to see at the movies now
The Jurassic Park franchise finds new life, a deadly AI doll returns and David Cronenberg delivers another body horror.
- Jake Wilson and Karl Quinn
At the heart of the Superman reboot is the story of father and son
James Gunn’s film does not change the origin story, but perhaps gently reshapes the emphasis.
- Michael Idato
AI doll M3GAN grows up for this campy techno thriller sequel
The sinister talking doll of the original movie is reborn to battle a new killer robot in this unpredictable sequel.
- Jake Wilson
Beloved French veterans spice up this frothy love triangle
Sabine Azéma and André Dussollier play an elderly married couple rocked by the discovery of old love letters from a karate instructor played by Thierry Lhermitte
- Sandra Hall
Which is the best new child-meets-alien movie? We give Elio the edge
With inventive animation and neat plotting, this Pixar production is more ambitious than the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch
- Jake Wilson
Celine Song blew us away with Past Lives. Is Materialists a perfect match?
Billed as a rom-com, the Dakota Johnson-Chris Evans-Pedro Pascal love triangle is actually a rather hard-headed look at marriage.
- Karl Quinn
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