Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall is a film critic for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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Perfectly cast, Wicked is made bigger and better on screen
Director Jon M. Chu has taken a successfully radical approach to the beloved Broadway musical, smoothing out the kinks in the narrative.
- by Sandra Hall
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Indigenous thriller’s child-stealing spirit conjures horrors of the Stolen Generation
The Moogai is both monster and metaphor, but unfortunately, this well-intentioned film isn’t as scary as it’s trying to be.
- by Sandra Hall
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A Different Man is an audacious attempt to analyse the taboo
Sebastian Stan stars as an actor who undergoes a radical procedure to remove his facial tumours – with unexpected results.
- by Sandra Hall
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Kate Winslet is a powerhouse as war photographer Lee Miller
Lee Miller had an extraordinary life, and this film more than does her justice.
- by Sandra Hall
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It’s not cute like Pixar, and that’s what makes Memoir of a Snail a joy
Australian writer-director Adam Elliot’s “claymation biographies” are definitely not for children, but they find hope among the gloom.
- by Sandra Hall
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Depressing and cliched, this new Hellboy is just too much
In a story drawn directly from one of the comic books, Hellboy: The Crooked Man takes us a long way from Guillermo del Toro’s slick vision of the franchise.
- by Sandra Hall
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At first, Joker: Folie a Deux is entertaining. Then it quickly isn’t
Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, the sequel is wildly misconceived – a small story inflated by grandiose intentions.
- by Sandra Hall
There’s not enough Aubrey Plaza in this Aubrey Plaza film
In My Old Ass, a teenager is visited by her 39-year-old self who offers a preview of their shared future. And it’s not what she hoped.
- by Sandra Hall
The director of How to Train Your Dragon is back with another excellent animation
Featuring a cast including Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Pedro Pascal and Mark Hamill, The Wild Robot is both beautiful and original.
- by Sandra Hall
James McAvoy is electrifying in this buzzy horror. But is it any good?
Horror remake Speak No Evil is a clever but nauseating frightener about the consequences of remaining silent in the face of rampant domestic abuse.
- by Sandra Hall
Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make
Forget about political correctness, director Paul Goldman and the film’s writers have no desire to give us a revisionist version of the past.
- by Sandra Hall
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