Poor Things director back with another unconventional film
This is a wonderfully acted absurdist drama that made me look away at times and laugh out loud at others.
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This is a bloodbath to the maxxx
When British actor Mia Goth is on the screen, she commands attention. As someone puts it, she’s ‘a powder keg ready to blow’.
Johansson takes this film from launch pad to lift off
There’s a lot to like about the 1960s space race comedy-drama Fly Me to the Moon – drama, humour, a touch of romance and plot twists that will appeal to conspiracy theorists.
Sharpen those stilettos, the Devil is back in style again!
Avert your eyes, Anna Wintour – a Devil Wears Prada sequel is in the works.
It’s Mescal vs Pascal in the first Gladiator II trailer
The first look at Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2000 Oscar-dominating epic is here | WATCH
Alec Baldwin manslaughter trial over Rust shooting begins
The actor is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on set. He has pleaded not guilty.
Margot Robbie ‘pregnant’ with her first child
The 34-year-old star was photographed debuting her baby bump with her husband, Tom Ackerley, in Lake Como.
Andrew McCarthy: ‘Who wants to be a brat, in a pack? It harmed all of us’
From St Elmo’s Fire to Pretty in Pink, the Brat Pack ruled Eighties Hollywood. It was thrilling, fun – and career-ruining, Andrew McCarthy tells all.
Plot fails revved-up cast of The Bikeriders
The pleasure of looking at Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy – all of whom are terrific actors – is the main appeal of this weakly plotted and thinly characterised film.
The Hardest Line goes soft on Midnight Oil’s politics
This new documentary veers towards hagiography but remains a worthwhile chronicle of the band – as well as a social history snapshot of Australia from the mid-1970s | Watch the trailer.
Mentor Bella ready to square the ledger
For actress Bella Heathcote, winning the Heath Ledger Scholarship was ‘a godsend,’ now she’s ready to return the favour.
Resounding tale of real-life crime
In A Silence, Daniel Auteuil plays a lawyer based on Belgian Victor Hissel, who represented parents of children murdered by serial killer Marc Dutroux.
Netflix forced to remove sex scene that offended drug trafficker
Notorious drug smuggler Laureano Oubina will be paid more than $24K for violation of privacy.
This is a gritty performance by Mads Mikkelsen
There are times in this film where Dr Hannibal Lecter peeks from the eyes of the main character – a retired army captain battling to cultivate virgin territory and reap vast rewards.
Donald Sutherland’s irresistible macho twinkle
How crude, how disrespectful, how downright immature to begin an article about an actor as talented as the late Donald Sutherland by talking about a sex scene. But what a sex scene.
How Austin Butler’s career shifted into high gear
In the wake of his BAFTA and Golden Globe Award winning performance as Elvis, Austin Butler has become one of Tinsel Town’s most sought-after actors. His latest film tracks the rise and fall of an outlaw motorcycle gang in 1960s and 70s Chicago.
‘We’re fighting it’: Rachel House’s outrage over Maori rights rollback
As she launches her debut feature – a family movie about a sacred mountain – director Rachel House lashes out at the New Zealand coalition government’s treatment of Maori.
‘Never daunted’: Donald Sutherland dead at age 88
Kiefer Sutherland says his father, whose lengthy career encompassed films including MASH, and The Hunger Games, was one of the film world’s most important actors.
This film is proof it’s possible to do something right twice
This is a PG movie that is aimed at adults. It’s highly clever and extremely entertaining – not to mention LOL funny.
There’s a ceremonial haka … and then there’s a real one
When two Maori tribes square up for battle, stamping their feet, beating their chests and sticking out their tongues, it is a turning point in this film.
Isabelle Huppert is outstanding in this thriller
This film is a provocative and at times disturbing drawn-from-life drama that is given extra power by Isabelle Huppert.
‘Lord have mercy’: All I could think watching Crowe flick
This is Russell Crowe’s second crack at a devil-be-damned movie, following The Pope’s Exorcist in 2023. He’s solid for the first hour – but things go downhill from there.
‘Dreadful,’ said author: how the 007 film legend was born
Ian Fleming had imagined James Bond as a secret agent who enjoyed women and luxury. Cue Sean Connery and Dr No. A stunning new book shows how film’s longest franchise began despite the author’s distaste.
Musical, film? Swiftie sleuths eye Taylor’s next move
How do you follow the highest-grossing tour to date? Here’s what the pop megastar could be lining up.
This film is a joy, despite such sadness
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea puts Spain’s civil war history smack bang in our faces and asks us not to look away.
Eva Green captivates as a merciless femme fatale
‘So handsome, yet so stupid.’ So Milady de Winter teases D’Artagnan when they first cross paths in The Three Musketeers: Milady.
Can Lady Gaga save Hollywood from an unhappy ending?
The latest Mad Max has joined a string of blockbusters that tanked at the box office, but don’t write cinema off just yet
Tough year for a pop princess. Can things get any lower for JLO?
An album and film based on her love story with Ben Affleck have tanked; her tour has been cancelled; her marriage may be next. What went wrong for Jennifer Lopez.
This action-comedy is thrillingly absurd
Hit Man is a humorous diversion into what can happen when an existential crisis and subsequent role play move past the point of no return.
Did you ever have a teacher who changed your life?
This uplifting movie, written and directed by New York-based filmmaker Christopher Zalla, is a potent reminder that we should never give up on children.
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