The Age (Australia)
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/5
Ideal Home (2018)
2
2/5
Tag (2018)
But despite the occasional mockery of action-movie cliches, Tag contains more tame, ad-libbed banter than inventive chase sequences.
Posted Jun 13, 2018
3
3.5/5
Hereditary (2018)
The paradox of Hereditary is that a film seemingly cut off from everyday experience nonetheless pushes buttons very close to home.
Posted Jun 7, 2018
4
2/5
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2018)
Gauguin has relatively little to say about the paintings of Paul Gauguin, or even about the man himself...
Posted Jun 1, 2018
5
3/5
Cargo (2018)
Cargo is a zombie movie made for viewers who don't like zombie movies.
Posted May 16, 2018
6
2/5
The Gateway (2018)
If The Gateway can be recommended to anyone, it's to buffs with a cultivated taste for Z-grade, bare-bones filmmaking.
Posted May 3, 2018
7
3/5
Last Flag Flying (2017)
8
3/5
I Feel Pretty (2018)
I Feel Pretty is plainly a message movie, but part of the fun is that we're given multiple messages to choose from.
Posted Apr 19, 2018
9
1.5/5
The Song Keepers (2017)
10
2/5
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (2018)
The tameness of Truth or Dare illustrates how far mainstream horror has lost its disreputable edge.
Posted Apr 13, 2018
11
2.5/5
Isle of Dogs (2018)
This is outwardly one of Anderson's bleakest films. It's also one of his dullest and least emotional.
Posted Apr 13, 2018
12
2/5
Blockers (2018)
In short, it appears that what Hollywood has to say on this subject remains as moralistic yet confused as ever. Someone should try making a comedy about that.
Posted Mar 28, 2018
13
3/5
Ready Player One (2018)
14
2/5
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
15
3.5/5
Love, Simon (2018)
As a sociological milestone, this is not quite in the Black Panther class, but the difference lies only in the size of the film's financial ambitions.
Posted Mar 27, 2018
16
2/5
Peter Rabbit (2018)
17
3/5
The Endless (2018)
While The Endless in some ways feels like a dead end, it still leaves you hopeful for whatever uncanny visions they can dream up next.
Posted Mar 23, 2018
18
2.5/5
In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) (2017)
19
2/5
Tomb Raider (2018)
20
3.5/5
Red Sparrow (2018)
A ponderous and abstract yet fascinating spy thriller.
Posted Mar 7, 2018
21
3.5/5
McGuigan's role is essentially to serve the script and the performers, and we can be grateful the project wasn't handed to a director more bent on imposing an authorial stamp.
Posted Feb 28, 2018
22
2.5/5
Finding Your Feet (2018)
... is far from the worst of its kind, despite a mediocre script (by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft) that goes for easy laughs and signals every plot development well in advance.
Posted Feb 15, 2018
23
Putuparri And The Rainmakers (2015)
24
Snow Monkey (2016)
That such things happen is reason to despair; that a street kid has been empowered to show them to the world is some small reason to hope.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
25
Happy Christmas (2014)
26
27
Barry (2016)
Barry pays off in the end. It takes its time, but it gets there.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
28
Jodorowsky's Dune (2014)
Pavich makes great use of the legendary and massive Dune flipbook Jodorowsky touted around Hollywood in the mid-'70s.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
29
3/5
Monster's Ball (2002)
30
Cut Snake (2015)
Cut Snake is an unexpected and invigorating piece of work, blessed with a simply brilliant central performance.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
31
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Made for the cable sports channel ESPN, OJ: Made in America is a remarkable piece of work, rich in detail and nuance.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
32
Predestination (2015)
33
Kate Plays Christine (2016)
Sheil is never less than heroic in her multi-faceted quest for truth in all its uncomfortable guises.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
34
4/5
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Bleakly brilliant.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
35
It makes you proud to be Australian - in all its multicultural glory.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
36
That's Not Me (2017)
That's not such a bad way to describe That's Not Me - a $60,000 Trojan horse of a film, fairly bursting with comedy, humanity and interesting ideas.
Posted Feb 13, 2018
37
2.5/5
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
While the Insidious series has given Shaye a rare moment in the spotlight, there's a sense in which Elise has been cursed by Hollywood's endless demand for sequels.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
38
3/5
Happy End (2017)
Formally Happy End is a crafty piece of work, but as a social critic Haneke is less convincing than ever.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
39
3/5
Sweet Country (2018)
Thornton's long-awaited second narrative feature has strengths of its own, but not the same immediate emotional force.
Posted Feb 2, 2018
40
3/5
The Shape of Water (2017)
... Del Toro's willingness to court absurdity and bad taste serves to guarantee his integrity, proving he hasn't entirely gone respectable.
Posted Jan 19, 2018
41
3/5
Mary and The Witch's Flower (2018)
Compared with most so-called family entertainment, Mary and the Witch's Flower deserves to be ranked high.
Posted Jan 19, 2018
42
2.5/5
Bleeding Steel (2018)
43
3.5/5
Coco (2017)
44
4/5
Slack Bay (Ma loute) (2017)
Slack Bay is not always funny, but it's truly unique and in the long run, more emotionally powerful than might be expected.
Posted Dec 21, 2017
45
4/5
The Florida Project (2017)
Little Moonee is innocent in every sense that counts, and even her worst misdeeds are fuelled by excitement at the possibilities of life.
Posted Dec 21, 2017
46
3.5/5
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
While The Last Jedi may not receive top marks for originality, the eighth official entry in the Star Wars saga is still one of the most entertaining blockbusters of the year...
Posted Dec 15, 2017
47
48
3/5
The Fortress (2017)
49
1.5/5
The Star (2017)
This thin storyline is padded out with subplots that showcase a bizarrely star-studded voice cast.
Posted Nov 30, 2017
50
3/5
Better Watch Out (2017)