Tiny but mighty: ‘I’ve had two runts in as many months’
New dad Craig Silvey on his new novel, Runt, in which small people (and one small dog) show the value of having a big heart.
Stephen Romei
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Blonde is about how Hollywood and the men behind it created, chewed up and spat out a star.
Poitier’s journey expertly captured
Sidney Poitier’s return slap in 1967 drama In the Heat of the Night changed American cinema as America itself was changing in the tumult of the civil rights movement.
Echoes of self in ‘story of a lifetime
Ian McEwan’s 16th novel is billed as ‘The story of a lifetime’. Perhaps it is therefore no surprise that, at almost 500 pages, it is by far his longest work of fiction.
Watts is ‘mommy’ of your nightmares
Dark psychological thriller Goodnight Mommy has traces of Stephen King’s Misery.
Bowie’s life as vivid dream
Moonage Daydream is not a cradle-to-grave life of the English singer-songwriter. Such a “safe” approach would, according to Bowie, mean the director was “not working in the right area”.
Elba should put this unfortunate beast behind him
In this film about a killer lion, Idris Elba doesn’t phone it in — it’s worse than that. He acts, but not very well.
Sly’s Rocky-meets-Batman-meets Thor superhero
It’s fun to see 76-year-old Sylvester Stallone playing someone roughly his own age in Samaritan.
Forrest Gump with a sprinkle of Bollywood
The box of chocolates are a box of the Indian sweets golgappas in this most watchable film starring Aamir Khan.
Check your pulse if this film doesn’t make you cry
This filmmaker’s doco about his mother’s slide into dementia is both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
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