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The slasher film that takes aim at wellness influencers

Australian directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes have put a fresh twist on the classic horror genre with the new film Sissy.

Ben O'Shea

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Despicable misstepCommentsPremium
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The Rise of Gru suffers from failure to take off

‘When you keep going back to the same well, there’s always a risk that it’ll run dry’

Ben O'Shea

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Fit for a kingCommentsPremium
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Revealed: Is the Elvis movie actually any good?

It’s one of the biggest films of the year — so what’s the verdict on Baz Lurhmann’s epic biopic?

Ben O'Shea

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Dino-sized funCommentsPremium
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Jurassic World Dominion is a step up from predecessors

‘The throwbacks are fun but the film often feels like it’s trying too hard’

Ben O'Shea

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Strap in CommentsPremium
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Tom Cruise returns in fitting sequel to Top Gun

Ben O’Shea reviews the blockbuster movie - and says there’s a mission in the film that is laughably similar to Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star.

Ben O'Shea

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Sally Phillips shines in How to Please a Woman

‘It’s Desperate Housewives crossed with Risky Business with a pinch of The Full Monty’

Ben O'Shea

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Praise beCommentsPremium
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Mark Walhberg misses the mark as a boxer who finds God

Wahlberg playing a boer is about as far removed from the idea of ‘against type’.

Ben O'Shea

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Doctor Strange sequel is the most cray cray film in the MCU

‘meddling with the multiverse comes back to haunt Strange’

Ben O'Shea

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Leah Purcell brings stage play to big screen

’That said, there is a lot to like about Purcell’s performance as Molly, which bristles with a ferocity that overcomes most of the film’s shortcomings.

Ben O'Shea

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Film within a film best bit of new Downton

‘It won a swag of major awards and became one of the most-watched TV shows of its time’

Ben O'Shea

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Nicolas Cage takes centre stage in meta movie

‘The distinction between reality and movie-making soon starts to blur, with hilarious consequences’

Ben O’Shea

‘Near perfect’CommentsThe Northman a violent Viking epic

With enough violence to make the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones look more like Brooklyn Beckham’s nuptials, Alexander Skarsgard’s Viking epic The Northman is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

Ben O’Shea

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Muddled magicCommentsPremium
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Third instalment of Fantastic Beasts fails to soar

‘We pick up the action a few years after the events of 2018’s Crimes of Grindelwald’

Ben O'Shea

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Sonic sequel among the best video game adaptations

‘There’s something so fantastic about watching Carrey lean into the wackiness of a character’

Ben O’Shea

Feel-good flickPremiumArt heist movie The Duke paints an incredible picture

The British haven’t had much luck trying to export Marmite or convince us to eat kippers for breakfast, but the Poms have absolutely cornered the market when it comes to feel-good cinema.

Ben O'Shea

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Channing Tatum writes and co-directs veteran drama Dog

‘Tatum is in career-best form’

Ben O'Shea

ReviewPremiumFilm festival leaves crowd with new-found respect for ocean

Totally awe-inspiring was the relationship he had established with an old tiger shark so familiar that when he gestured his fingers in a certain way the shark would swim to Jim nuzzling him with her head.

Kellie Balaam

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REVIEW: Turning Red’s themes could not be more ambitious

Rather than give us grandiose pseudo-psychology, Turning Red instead focuses on the experience of a tween girl hitting puberty in what could be Pixar’s boldest movie yet.

Ben O’Shea

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Cool tastingsCommentsPremium
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Doco explores themes of white dominance in the wine industry

‘Here wine is used as a tool to explore the refugee experience’

Ben O'Shea

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Darkest KnightCommentsPremium
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How does R-Patz fare as Batman?

‘A big part of Pattinson’s succes is director Matt Reeves’

Ben O'Shea

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Stylish throwbackCommentsPremium
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Refreshingly new take on Batman the darkest to date

If you like your Batman movies on the dark side, The Batman, featuring Robert Pattison’s goth-tinged version of the superhero, is darker than any previous iterations of the character — and it’s not even close.

Ben O’Shea

Remade classicPremiumPeter Dinkalge stars in Cyrano de Bergerac remake

“It’s always absolutely beautiful to look at”

Ben O'Shea

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Growing tiredCommentsPremium
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Liam Neeson returns with another predictable action thriller

‘The actor has never heard the phrase quality over quantity’

Ben O'Shea

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Nostalgia tripCommentsPremium
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife operates as a sequel of sorts

Afterlife returns to more familiar territory

Ben O'Shea