The killer doll film you really need to see
The comedy-horror M3GAN is the collaboration between two of the modern masters of the macabre: Australian James Wan and the American Jason Blum.
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“I beat the Beatles. I beat Elvis.” So Whitney Houston (a powerhouse Naomi Ackie) tells the man who makes her records, Clive Davis (the ever-watchable Stanley Tucci), in I Wanna Dance With Somebody. And so she did.
Hanks shines as the sorest grump
The American tragicomedy A Man Called Otto, is close to a frame-by-frame, word-for-word remake of the 2015 Swedish film A Man Called Ove. That’s a compliment, not a criticism.
David Stratton, Stephen Romei reveal their best films of 2022
From Banshees to Mad Gods, superheroes and superstars, there were several standout films in a tough year for cinema. The Australian’s movie buffs present their picks of the bunch.
Banned novel’s thrilling affair on film
“Are you afraid?” she asks him when the affair is in full swing. “I bloody well am,” he admits.
Avatar: sink or swim?
Avatar: The Way of Water looks good but so would a David Attenborough documentary if someone handed him $US400m, and he’d film real animals not CGI ones.
Smith finds redemption but does he deserve an Oscar?
Nine months after he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards Will Smith is back as a slave on the run in Black Lives Matter movie Emancipation. The verdict is in.
This has nothing on Home Alone and Bad Santa
Violent Night is part Die Hard Santa, part rich-but-stupid people satire, part schmaltzy Christmas-still-matters homily.
Crowe’s new film a ‘disjointed mess’
It’s been a long time between directorial drinks for Russell Crowe. But even if his latest film is full of imperfections, we can forgive him.
Guests you’d rather not entertain
The People We Hate at the Wedding ticks all the required boxes for a movie about nuptials: the bachelorette party, the rehearsal dinner, the drinking, the vomiting.
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