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Latest Movies & Streaming Reviews

Disgusting, offensive, funny: ‘Borat 2’ gets under your guard and returns with an actual story while still delivering shock comedy

Very nice: Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Kazakhstani reporter Borat in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’. BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM *** (96 minutes) ...
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Sobering doco explores the causes behind the US CV-19 crisis

Crisis talk: Dr Anthony Fauci discusses the virus with his boss in ‘Totally Under Control’. TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL ***1/2 (123 ...
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Liam’s latest lark is lame and laughable – with a rather stupid premise

One more time: Liam Neeson is on the run again in his latest action film ‘Honest Thief’. HONEST THIEF * ...
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Comey’s tabloid Trump-bashing masquerades as prestige drama

Dinner with Donald: James Comey (Jeff Daniels) and President Trump (Brendan Gleeson) exchange ideas over dinner in ‘The Comey Rule’ ...
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Latest Video Interviews

Spinning comedy gold from her own quarter-life crisis for ‘Hot Mess’: interview with writer/director Lucy Coleman

“I really like this Charlie Kaufman quote: What is unique to you is specific to everyone.” Based in Sydney, Lucy ...
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Not just another kung fu movie – writer/director Bao Tran talks about his funny & unusual martial arts film ‘The Paper Tigers’

“There were many studios that were interested, but unfortunately they came with caveats such as changing the race of our ...
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Beyond Max – Veteran Joanne Samuel discusses her new film and early TV career: “We saw the best of it. I felt so blessed to be there.”

The muse of Max: Joanne Samuel as she appeared in the original ‘Mad Max’. Jessie Rockatansky now takes her place ...
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Going 15 rounds with the boxing movie formula: an interview with the directors and producer of ‘In Full Bloom’

Co-directors Adam VillaSenor & Reza Ghassemi on the set of ‘In Full Bloom’. Since its completion last year the boxing ...
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Latest Articles & Commentary

Olivia de Havilland dies at 104; studio-defying actress pioneered strong female leads, sued Warner Bros and won creative freedom

Game changer: The debt actresses today owe Olivia de Havilland is incalculable. The sad passing of Olivia de Havilland – ...
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Redacting pop culture to appease woke warriors is sheer PC idiocy and won’t help Black Lives Matter

Problem?: The storm over a 45-year old episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’ hit a tipping point. CAUTION: This article contains material ...
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Oscars 2020 – Asian talent reigns but being hostless, woke and way, way long leaves viewers cold

Cow man: Joaquin Phoenix gives a shout out to cows while accepting his Best Actor award for ‘Joker’ at this ...
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Midsumma Festival 2020 – meet the two most interesting people there

T-shirt tale: this timely reminder of the 1969 culture-changing Stonewall riots in New York was a highlight at Midsumma Festival ...
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Jim Schembri

Journalist, critic and author based in Melbourne, Australia