Pitch Perfect 3; All the Money in the World; Big in Japan; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
NEW RELEASE MOVIE REVIEWS – 5 Jan PITCH PERFECT 3 **1/2 (93 minutes) M With the clock quickly running out on the comic
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Movies & Streaming
Paddington 2; Ferdinand; Breathe; Coco; Downsizing; Jumanji; The Greatest Showman
PADDINGTON 2 ***1/2 (103 minutes) G Gleeful sequel to the 2014 hit family film that avoids the law of diminishing returns by studding
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Wonder Wheel; Wonder; Secret Scripture
WONDER WHEEL *** (101 minutes) PG The latter-day gleaming of Woody Allen’s film career continues apace with his piercing 1950s period drama Wonder
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The Disaster Artist; Only the Brave; Shot Caller; The Man Who Invented Christmas; The Star; The AACTA Awards mess
THE DISASTER ARTIST **** (104 minutes) M Though Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 independent film The Room is not, by any fair measure, one of
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Daddy’s Home 2; Goodbye Christopher Robin; The Butterfly Tree;
DADDY’S HOME 2 *** (98 minutes) PG A surprisingly spright sequel to the low-flying 2015 comedy hit in which Will Ferrell and Mark
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Thor Ragnarok; The Snowman; Home Again
THOR RAGNAROK ***1/2 (130 minutes) M It’s a truth universally held though rarely discussed that if Marvel studios had announced that there would
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Blade Runner 2049; Wake in Fright
BLADE RUNNER 2049 *1/2 (164 minutes) MA The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner arrives with a resounding thud,
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Battle of the Sexes
BATTLE OF THE SEXES **** (121 minutes) MA The crusade for women’s rights in the 1970s found no better expression than in 1973
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The Hitman’s Bodyguard; Girls’ Trip; Gifted; Ali’s Wedding
THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD ***1/2 (118 minutes) MA Provided you’re not going to drive or operate heavy machinery, a fun game to play while
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Australia Day; Kingsman: the Golden Circle; The Lego Ninjago Movie
AUSTRALIA DAY **** (98 minutes) MA The darker side of human nature, and of the Australian character, get a searing going over in
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