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★½
Review
Russell Crowe stuck between credibility and camp in blockbuster shocker
Crowe plays a Russian gangster in Kraven the Hunter, which alternates between entertainingly awful and just terrible.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
The bizarre Holocaust ad that sparked Jesse Eisenberg’s most personal film
The actor wrote, directed and stars in A Real Pain, a film that’s part memoir, part biting comedy.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Twenty-five years on, Australian classic Two Hands is set for a sequel
Garry Maddox revisits the beloved crime comedy that helped catapult a teenage Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne into stardom.
- by Garry Maddox
I watch a Hallmark movie every night. You should too
I brush my teeth, apply my retinol, and then I receive the greatest Christmas gift of all.
- by Damien Woolnough
Kidman, Pearce, Blanchett and Watts nominated for Golden Globes
There’s a strong Australian showing among an especially star-studded list of nominees for the revamped awards.
- by Kate Lahey
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen
Two weeks ago, Margaret Pomeranz gave us 10 lesser-known great movies to watch. Now it’s the turn of her long-time collaborator and friend, David Stratton.
- by Peter FitzSimons
A monkey playing Robbie Williams in a film was a gamble. But it appears to be paying off
Michael Gracey’s follow-up to The Greatest Showman, Better Man, has set a record for most AACTA Award nominations.
- by Garry Maddox
There are 200 dogs in this film, but only one went home with the star
Guan Hu’s film Black Dog charts the unlikely bond between an ex-prisoner and a possibly rabid stray. The result is as beautiful as that Gobi Desert landscape.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
These movies have got Aussies back to the cinema. But what comes next?
The year’s biggest week at the movies has come with the surprising popularity of Moana 2.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I make the movie I want to see’: The unusual side of Viggo Mortensen’s new western
The Dead Don’t Hurt is both a traditional western and a reinvention – one that puts the story of an ordinary woman front-and-centre.
- by Karl Quinn
★★½
Review
Pharrell Williams tells life story in Lego: genius, or blockhead move?
A star-filled cast including Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani is still not enough to save this hyperactive film that ultimately doesn’t do justice to its subject.
- by Sandra Hall