Street gang: Celebrating neighbourhood togetherness in ‘In the Heights’. IN THE HEIGHTS ***1/2 (143 minutes) PG One of the many clichés spawned by the Covid […]
My little friend: Valerie Taylor’s life-long love of sharks is featured in the documentary ‘Playing with Sharks’. PLAYING WITH SHARKS: THE VALERIE TAYLOR STORY *** […]
Over easy: A truck has braking issues in the long-delayed ‘Fast & Furious 9’. FAST & FURIOUS 9 **** (143 minutes) M It is beyond […]
Lost spirit: Mata (Tanea Heke) yearns for home in the New Zealand drama ‘Cousins’. COUSINS **** (98 minutes) M The quiet power of simplicity is […]
Caper crusaders: A gang of swindled investors scheme against a banker in ‘Heroic Losers’. HEROIC LOSERS (LA ODISEA DE LOS GILES) ***1/2 (116 minutes; subtitled) […]
Spy games: An elderly gent is sent by a PI into a nursing home in ‘The Mole Agent’. THE MOLE AGENT **** (90 minutes; subtitled) […]
Feisty farmer: Christopher Walken plays a battler battling a corporation in ‘Percy vs Goliath’. PERCY VS GOLIATH *** (99 minutes) PG Another week, another anti-corporate […]
Hey there: Two professional killers face-off in the action film ‘Deliver Us From Evil’. DELIVER US FROM EVIL ***1/2 (108 minutes; subtitled) MA Fans of […]
High on horses: Girl-power meets horse-power in the animated film ‘Spirit Untamed’. SPIRIT UNTAMED *** (88 minutes) G Long before it even reaches its half-way […]
Man with a plan: Johnny Depp portrays photo-journalist Eugene Smith in the drama ‘Minamata’. MINAMATA **1/2 (115 minutes) MA So soon after Crisis comes another […]