Movies
Why Dornan will miss Fifty Shades
AFTER filming Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed back to back, Jamie Dornan is happily moving on. There’s something though he’ll miss.
Highly enjoyable despite its length
REVIEW: This wonderfully unconventional, yet highly enjoyable comedy has enjoyed non-stop acclaim at festivals despite running close to three hours.
Bob, you just can’t stop the feline
REVIEW: This is one of those unfailingly nice, middle-of-the-road movies that has its heart in the right place, yet its head is sometimes elsewhere.
Denzel near peak of his powers
REVIEW: Denzel Washington gives an immense performance of ferocious intensity and precise focus yet Fences is a very wearing 140 minutes.
Never-ending shame of Fifty Shades Darker
REVIEW: If it is punishment you want, it is punishment you will get with Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to 2015’s box office hit.
Lion bares its claws at Paul Hogan
LION has held on to the coveted number one spot for three weeks in a row, a feat that was last achieved more than 30 years ago by Australia’s most popular film ever.
The one thing banned for 50 Shades cast
FOR the purveyors of the most famous erotic film franchise in history, the bosses behind Fifty Shades Darker are oddly prudish.
Best and biggest Super Bowl trailers
SUPER Bowl audiences had a sneak peek at some of the year’s movie blockbusters — from Transformers to Life and Ghost in the Shell. Check them out.
Ordinary people — with attitude
REVIEW: Oscar-nominated father/daughter film Toni Erdmann takes audiences to the edge and back.
Washington embraces his dark side
REVIEW: Denzel Washington is a towering presence in Fences, a 1950s hard-hitting tale of a bitter, selfish patriarch that packs a hefty punch.
An epic tale of sex, power and revenge
REVIEW: South Korean crime thriller The King from director Han Jae-Rim has enough twists and turns to keep audiences guessing until the bitter end.
‘He literally held me that whole day’
HOW Rachel Keller, set to star in Marvel’s new X-Men series Legion, went straight from uni to a breakout role in Fargo, and why she loves Aussie Angus Sampson.
Films get their groove back
EVERYONE wants to sing a movie theme, with pop stars lining up to lend their voices to the family-friendly animated films and potential blockbusters.
Is this the most humble of heroes?
REVIEW: The true story of a how a ginger cat rescued a stray junkie from the streets of London.
‘We’re going full guns right now’
AVATAR fans have waited more than seven years for a second instalment of the sci-fi film but James Cameron’s announcement is better than that.
Terrible movies you have to watch
THE first of these movies is so bad that James Franco is currently making a movie about the making of the terrible movie. These are the best bad movies ever.
Dakota’s parents aren’t happy
THE latest instalment of the Fifty Shades franchise is sexier and more graphic than ever, and Dakota Johnson’s famous mum and dad don’t love it.
One of the best films you’ll see in 2017
REVIEW: Manchester by the Sea is a superbly written and acted American drama that must be hailed as one of the best films you will see in 2017.
Boston bombing not embellished in film
REVIEW: The precise blending of perspectives of policemen, perpetrators and public bystanders impresses in the film of the Boston bombing.
The more McConaughey the better
YOU can keep your six pack, dreamboat Matthew McConaughey. Bryce Dallas Howard says she’d take beer-gut, balding McConaughey every time.
Wahlberg: Patriots Day has a message
PROUD Bostonian Mark Wahlberg says love will conquer terror every time — and reveals why he’s inspired by telling true life stories on film.
Resident Evil finally makes some sense
REVIEW: IF you have stuck with the five previous Resident Evil films, the latest The Final Chapter finally starts to make some sense to the saga.
Gold fails to live up to its title
REVIEW: The only real glittering prize on display in the movie Gold is an energised and hardworking lead performance from Matthew McConaughey.
LOTR cast reunion is adorable
WHAT do you get when a man, an elf and three hobbits walk into a bar? The sweetest reunion come to pass of course.
Wahlberg in compelling retelling of Boston bombing
WITH a title like Patriots Day, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s going to be a nauseating flag-waving exercise in American exceptionalism. It’s not.
Why Rose didn’t share the damn plank
ROSE was hogging one huuuge piece of debris at the end of Titanic, leaving Jack to freeze and die. Director James Cameron has finally explained this atrocity.
First look at all-girl Ocean’s 8 cast
THE gender-reversed reboot of the heist franchise is still 18 months away but a new photo gives us a tantalising glimpse.
Why McConaughey walked away from rom-coms
MATTHEW McConaughey won hearts all over the world starring in rom-coms — but he won’t be going back to them.
Stranger Things star lands blockbuster
MILLIE Bobby Brown, who played Eleven in the smash-hit Stranger Things, has won her first major film role.
