The perfect film for under-10s this school holidays
Alison Lester’s Magic Beach is now a charming, entertaining, visually beautiful film for youngsters.
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Howler of a remake lacks bites
Wolf Man is so bad it is unintentionally funny, which is a shame given filmmaker Leigh Whannell is an established talent.
Bridging the gap between club kids and gig pigs
When Franz Ferdinand is firing, it’s like the 2000s-era electroclash heyday never ended, wherein the Scottish indie rock band issued endearing anthems for the skinny jeans generation.
Which two 1993 films starred Denzel Washington?
And which popular internet site was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001? Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
Why beach and bush are the keys to our Australian personality
Even when crowded into a peak-hour train, we know wide open spaces are never far away and always ours to claim – but why so many cabanas?
Bob Geldof: ‘Rock ‘n’ roll as an instrument of change is over’
At 73, the frontman of Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats – and organiser of iconic benefit concerts Live Aid and Live 8 – reflects on money, his alter ego and smuggling painkillers.
Vince Vaughn’s Monkey Business is black comedy at its very best
While away the hours with a pulpy mystery series set in ‘a sunny place for shady people’ and scene-stealing wildlife.
‘It feels like we made it on a different planet’: Severance returns
After a three-year absence, Ben Stiller’s mind-bending corporate satire is back.
This film is a brutally beautiful Oscar contender
In 2003, aged 29, Adrien Brody became the youngest recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Pianist. I’ll be surprised if he is not nominated again for this film.
This film has been compared with Pretty Woman — but it’s no fairytale
The two films share a similar starting point – a rich man hires a beautiful prostitute – but Anora does what Pretty Woman thought about, but pulled back from.
Oscar buzz for this trans gangster musical is a little over the top
Geographically speaking, Emilia Perez is one out of the box. It’s cheesy and loopy and fun to watch – but I’ll be surprised if it wins an acting or directing award at the Oscars.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — charming and crackingly funny
Now widowed and in her fifties, Bridget Jones navigates love, loss, and ‘labial lockdown’. Hugh Grant steals scenes, Emma Thompson delivers comic gold, and wet-shirted romance lives on.
Which empire introduced coffee to Europe?
What fish is used in Worcestershire sauce? Which two film sequels have starred Robert Carlyle? Test yourself.
Chef Colin Fassnidge: ‘I’d catch fire if I went to confession’
Colin Fassnidge, 52, on the chef who made him cry, what his kids really think about his cooking, and his advice for succeeding in life.
Macron’s glass plan at Notre-Dame ‘a stain on culture’
President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to live forever, represented by modern stained-glass windows in Notre-Dame has been panned – and may be headed for court.
Brady Corbet: ‘Companies financing movies are risk-averse’
In the increasingly tough movie industry, the director has taken a gamble with the 3½-hour architectural drama The Brutalist, but it may just pay off.
Race to save targets from hitlist
A Dark Web investigation lands a journalist at the centre of a terrifying murder-for-hire plot.
Will the MCA door charge work?
Free entry to the great museums of the world allows truly democratic access to some of the most important art and archaeology of the world. Has the MCA doomed itself to failure?
Peace, love and country music: Ringo’s surprising turn, aged 84
As a post-Beatles solo artist, Starr recorded an album of country songs in 1970, but it’s taken him more than 50 years to record another one after a string of 20 hit-and-miss pop albums.
Michael Klim’s early life in Communist Poland
Olympic swimmer Michael Klim charts the upheaval of his childhood, and reveals how one place – the pool – became a constant.
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