Movies
Further proof Marvel is nailing it
AFTER 13 movies, Doctor Strange is Marvel’s first proper foray into magic. And it is a darkly trippy spectacle with mesmerising performances.
Gibson, Debicki lead AACTA nominations
MEL Gibson’s stellar direction of Hacksaw Ridge and Elizabeth Debicki’s chilling performance in The Kettering Incident have won them AACTA nominations.
Marvel’s Doctor Strange hits new high
MOVIE REVIEW: If you have already decided this is a year of the not-so-super superhero movie then Doctor Strange will undoubtedly change your mind.
Best film of the year or thereabouts
FILM REVIEW: If the dynamic and transfixing Hell or High Water isn’t the best film of the year, then it won’t be missing that exalted mark by much.
Jeff Bridges at 66 and retirement
JEFF Bridges, who is being tipped for an Oscar nomination for his latest film, on guns, cowboy boots and being a certain age.
Stranger things for Cumberbatch
BENEDICT Cumberbatch had reservations about playing Doctor Strange but Marvel knew he was their man. In fact, he could have been born for it.
‘Rape film’ a Basic Instinct for risk
PAUL Vehoeven doubts today’s Hollywood would make any of his classic films, even Basic Instinct. His latest about a woman’s rape is Oscar bound.
Outright bum-numbingly banal comedy
FILM REVIEW: Keeping Up with the Joneses is a bum-numbingly banal comedy that ties up proven talent with lashings of worn old rope.
‘An unforgettable, challenging film’
FILM REVIEW: Elle is a uniquely unnerving French drama with actor Isabelle Huppert’s astonishing performance in Oscars’ Best Actress talk.
Can Mel save the Aussie box office?
AUSSIE film box office figures this year are on par with the worst figures ever. But there are a few more films to come that could bring it back from the brink.
Nobody noticed this totally big mistake in Clueless
IF YOU grew up in the ‘90s, you’ll know way too much about Clueless. But there’s one thing even die hard fans missed for years.
Movie facts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
WHO was the first choice to play Indiana Jones and how come Steven Spielberg was the only crew member not to get sick? Here’s what you never knew.
Much more than your average heist movie
HELL or High Water isn’t going to be in your face with a big, expensive marketing campaign. But it’s the one movie you should catch this week.
Isla’s new movie a huge bomb
KEEPING Up with the Joneses, which also stars Zach Galifianakis, has entered the record books for all the wrong reasons after a disastrous opening weekend.
Deadpool director quits sequel
THE dynamic duo created one of the highest grossing films of 2016 but the sequel is now without a director because of creative differences.
TV anchor quit job to be porn star
AFTER 23 years as a reporter and TV anchor with two Emmy nominations, Jim Walker threw it in and reinvented himself as porn star Dallas Steele.
Aussie Isla’s action-comedy is a hit
REVIEW: There hasn’t been a spy couple this perfect since, well, Mr and Mrs Smith. And Australian actress Isla Fisher doesn’t disappoint.
Tom Cruise gets the job done
REVIEW: Veteran actor Tom Cruise hits his own cruise control button in this military-strength action-packed thriller.
Texas shines in cracker crime drama
REVIEW: Crime pays in Hell or High Water, a fresh spin on a classic story where the stars know their Bonnie and Clyde escapade is likely to end badly.
Revenge thriller with a strange twist
REVIEW: Basic Instinct, Showgirls and now a rape thriller Elle. Director Paul Verhoeven isn’t exactly mellowing with age.
Tilda’s incredible transformation
TILDA Swinton is a pale, Celtic woman — but she’s undergone a complete transformation to play a bald, mystical character in Marvel’s Doctor Strange.
Han Solo spin-off casts its newest actor
THE talented Glover will play the smooth-talking space pirate made famous by Billy Dee Williams.
This could be the year’s most divisive film
WHEN it debuted at Cannes, it was met with equal derision and adulation, setting off boos and standing ovations.
Stars who transformed for roles
MOVIE stars usually try and look their best at all times — but sometimes roles call for their worst. Here’s the best of them.
First look at Jackman’s Wolverine swan song
THE trailer for Hugh Jackman’s final Wolverine movie, Logan, has dropped and introduces us to X-23 — a female Wolverine.
It’s not easy being green, giant... and naked
ONE of the stars of Thor: Ragnarok might have left the Gold Coast set, but he left a parting gift that’s larger than life.
Cruise’s film is no frills, lots of kills
MOVIE REVIEW: Jack Reacher: Never Look Back is a marked improvement on the original film, with lots of action-packed shoot’em-up scenes.
Isla’s new movie is an all-round disappointment
EVEN its line-up of stars including Isla Fisher and Jon Hamm couldn’t save Keeping Up With The Joneses from itself.
SJP: The two films I was fired from
SARAH Jessica Parker has revealed she was sacked from two big animated hits — both times after showing up for ‘many sessions’ of work on the films.
