Jake Wilson
Jake Wilson is a film critic for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Michael Keaton returns to his Mr Mom roots in this old-fashioned slice of life
In Goodrich, he plays a gallery owner who must look after his nine-year-old twins when their mother leaves to go to rehab.
- by Jake Wilson
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★★★½
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Confused? That seems to be the whole point of this movie
The plot is familiar in Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, but it comes with a subtle twist.
- by Jake Wilson
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Mescal is the star of Gladiator II, but Denzel Washington steals the show
As the gladiator Lucius, Paul Mescal wisely doesn’t try to emulate Russell Crowe’s swagger in the original film.
- by Jake Wilson
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The Rock’s Christmas comedy is neither naughty nor nice
As seasonal cash-grabs go, Red One is relatively benign – and it never transcends its status as a family-friendly product.
- by Jake Wilson
★★
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Saturday Night Live’s origin story gets lost in the nostalgia
Director Jason Reitman’s fanfic is crammed with characters and subplots, yet it is too micromanaged to convey any real feeling of anarchy.
- by Jake Wilson
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Tom Hardy’s final monster mash-up has well and truly lost its bite
The spirit of resignation is all over Venom: The Last Dance, which feels like a contractual obligation for everyone involved.
- by Jake Wilson
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Impersonating Donald Trump is a losing proposition, but Sebastian Stan nails it
The Apprentice is an origin story and a buddy movie about two men who would go on to change the course of history.
- by Jake Wilson
You will believe a man can cry: Laying bare Christopher Reeve’s vulnerabilities
The archetypal Superman’s personal story is every bit as dramatic as one of his movies.
- by Jake Wilson
★★½
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The Critic is nasty but not nasty enough (as a critic, I would say that)
This sordid yet cosy British melodrama starring Ian McKellen is full of people behaving badly, but it never quite comes together.
- by Jake Wilson
France’s most successful film bromance finds the funny side of debt
After striking gold with The Intouchables, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano return with A Difficult Year – and it’s not as dark as you think.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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Demi Moore’s audacious body horror dives beneath the surface
The Substance is a morbid satire on Hollywood, the beauty industry and the dream of eternal youth.
- by Jake Wilson
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