A Simple Favour Film Review
Best served with a cocktail in the middle of the day Few movies manage that precarious balance between parody and ...
Juliet, Naked Film Review
Try as you might to resist it—it’s a winner Certain movies simply win you over. Even when you can see ...
The Nun Film Review
A movie that should’ve stayed a painting. Sitting through The Nun like a half-baked high-schooler trying to will something into existence ...
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: Three Film Reviews
Climax When I tell people about Gaspar Noé’s films (likely often enough to constitute a social faux pas), I like ...
Mission Impossible: Fallout Film Review
This is what a perfect blockbuster looks like. Here’s the thing with Tom Cruise: watching him, it’s hard not to ...
Whitney Film Review
A comprehensive investigation into an iconic figure There’s a moment in Whitney in which, during the titular superstar singer’s rise ...
The Equalizer 2 Film Review
Nasty fun Critics have been using words like ‘sadistic’ and ‘nasty’ (RogerEbert) to lambast The Equalizer 2, labelling it a ...
Skyscraper Film Review
Too much dumb, not enough fun To explain why Skyscraper (dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber) doesn’t work, I have to resort ...
Ant Man and the Wasp Film Review
More B movie than Ant movie Ant Man and The Wasp (dir. Peyton Reed) fits into a peculiar tradition in ...
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Film Review
As fun as it is bleak and disturbing A couple of things happen when a new screenplay written by Taylor ...
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
A B-movie that falls victim to the requirements of a blockbuster The biggest question raised by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ...
Tag Film Review
At least Hannibal Buress is funny Is it to the film’s credit if you laugh a great deal, but every ...
The Incredibles 2 Film Review
Revitalises the superhero genre, Pixar-style The Incredibles 2 opens where the last one left us 14 years ago, with the ...
Hereditary Film Review
Resist expectations and trust the filmmakers We will always need movies that mess with our expectations. Ari Aster’s Hereditary arrived ...
Ocean’s 8 Film Review
Another missed opportunity to subvert Hollywood’s problematic genre tropes Working within the confines of a Hollywood studio system must be ...
Cargo Film Review
We’re not using the ‘z’ word Cargo is packed full of ideas. Directed by Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling and ...
Reconsidering Red Sparrow: The Critical Aversion to Violence on Screen
There’s a sequence part-way through this year’s Red Sparrow (dir. Francis Lawrence) that feels designed to confound audiences: Spy-in-training Dominika ...
Crooked House Film Review
An unexpected improvement on the last Agatha Christie adaptation, Crooked House still leans on its source material like a crutch ...
Solo: A Star Wars Story Film Review
A phoned-in Star Wars entry with some memorable lead performances It’s seems odd that Solo: A Star Wars Story reportedly ...
Tully Film Review
Cody, Theron and Reitman are a filmmaking ménage à trois—Tully is their beautiful baby Back in 2007 (Australian release 2008), ...
Deadpool 2 Film Review
More wisecracks don’t hide Deadpool 2’s lack of purpose Probably the worst thing about Deadpool 2 is that it has ...
BREATH: FILM REVIEW
Breath knows its audience well It’s a difficult thing for a film critic to review a movie that hits close ...
Unsane Film Review
This prickly thriller is an unsafe bet Unsane is an unsafe bet. The ‘safe bet’ is the norm in today’s ...
Avengers: Infinity War Film Review
More showreel highlight than cinematic event While watching Wonder Woman in a packed screening, something occurred to me about modern ...