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Inside Out 2 becomes the biggest animated movie in history
Inside Out 2 has broken two major records since its release but a Disney film is still beating it at the box office.
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Her father found Sam Neill. Has this debut director also cast a future star?
When India Donaldson asked her little sister if she knew any actors, she couldn’t have guessed that Lily Collias had the makings of a star.
- by Karl Quinn
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This again? Ryan Reynolds’ jokes wear thin in Deadpool & Wolverine
It’s not clear why anyone would want more of Deadpool. It’s not like we haven’t had a steady supply of Ryan Reynolds’ motor-mouthed schtick.
- by Jake Wilson
National treasure Hugh Jackman is too good for Deadpool
What is daring and fun in small doses can become grating and superficial over successive films.
- by Mali Waugh
How son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins came up with horror hit of the year
Longlegs has taken everyone by surprise, rekindling hope that people will still go to the cinema for the right movie.
- by Karl Quinn
Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham lack spark in Holocaust survivor tale
German director Julia von Heinz’s Treasure is an adaptation of Too Many Men, Lily Brett’s highly regarded novel about a daughter who travels to Poland with her father, a Holocaust-survivor
- by Sandra Hall
This quiet Australian horror has style in spades but not enough guts
Birdeater uses the seclusion of the landscape to build and sustain a deep psychological unease, but struggles with characterisation and pacing.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Megalopolis to a ‘must-squatch’: 13 highlights at the Melbourne International Film Festival
From Francis Ford Coppola’s extravagant folly to a movie about Bigfoot and the premiere of Adam Elliot’s new animation, here are our top MIFF picks.
- by Cameron Williams
Animated films are helping save Hollywood, and it isn’t just kids showing up
Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 have rescued Hollywood from a bleak year at the box office - with help from Gen Z.
- by Nell Geraets
Psycho star’s son directs Nicolas Cage in this creepy new horror movie
Director Osgood Perkins, the son of the star of Psycho, mixes familiar scary elements in Longlegs, but adds something extra.
- by Jake Wilson
Meet the young Australian actor about to become a superstar
At 28, Australian actor Toby Wallace is going places. But he’s looking forward to the day he can just stay put for a while.
- by Karl Quinn