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Jerry Maguire (1996) 86% EDIT “It's such a lively, well-furnished film that plot isn't really the point. It's enough to watch Cruise justifying his Oscar nomination by gradually stripping away the gloss to show the raw desperation beneath Jerry's plastic carapace.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 10, 2026 Full Review All That's Left of You (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Dabis’ screenplay is episodic but it gathers power as it goes. She doesn’t believe in shorthand. Nor does she hold back in portraying the tragic consequences of the Palestinians’ expulsion from their homes. ” – The Age (Australia) Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The Deb (2024) 83% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a wonderful mix of the raucous and the heartfelt and charges along at an exhilarating pace, punctuated by a series of setbacks and misunderstandings which are predictable but persuasive. ” – The Age (Australia) Apr 9, 2026 Full Review The President's Cake (2025) 99% 4/5 EDIT “It’s certainly not a tragedy yet Hadi is too much of a realist to deliver a happy ending and he finishes on a note of sadness. But you’re still left with great faith in Lamia and Saeed’s ability to make their way in the world, no matter what lies ahead.” – The Age (Australia) Apr 2, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 77% 4/5 EDIT “It all confirms Borgli’s credentials as a skilled satirist as well as showing that he’s a master when it comes to fomenting suspense. His ending lives up to your expectations and your forebodings. ” – The Age (Australia) Apr 2, 2026 Full Review The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “I doubt that Enid Blyton ever visualised a future in which children scorned books in favour of games and stories which played out on portable screens. But that’s what’s happening in the new film of Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 25, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% 4/5 EDIT “[The film's] serious side is so well camouflaged by the happy absurdities flitting around on its surface that it could be selling snake oil and you wouldn’t mind.” – The Age (Australia) Mar 25, 2026 Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 73% 3/5 EDIT “Without [humor], the films’ graphic demonstrations of the many ways in which the human body can be dismembered, impaled, eviscerated, blown up and otherwise abused would constitute unadulterated sadism.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 18, 2026 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a very clever screenplay with unsettling shafts of black humour and perfect pacing. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 11, 2026 Full Review Reminders of Him (2026) 57% 3/5 EDIT “The last Hoover adaptation, Regretting You, was a flop because it failed to distil Hoover’s convoluted plot into an emotional cocktail potent enough to justify its weepy finish. This one, which is also out to inspire tears, has a better chance.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 11, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 67% 3/5 EDIT “The best lines are swamped by background noise and overlapping dialogue and the action has a zigzagging trajectory without rhythm or variations in mood. ” – The Age (Australia) Mar 10, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 43% 3/5 EDIT “Powell makes a likeable lead and the action sequences are reasonably inventive with some adroit bits of choreography, but none of this outweigh the plot’s fundamental flaws. ” – The Age (Australia) Mar 10, 2026 Full Review Solo Mio (2026) 83% 3.5/5 EDIT “It’s rare to find an American movie which approaches mature-age romance as engagingly as this one. It’s sweet-natured with a big heart.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% 3/5 EDIT “Films have taken me to some strange corners of the world but I’ve never felt quite as disoriented as I did while watching Pillion.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 18, 2026 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 97% 3.5/5 EDIT “...in the incidental asides between Elvis, his audiences and his fellow musicians you’ll find a greater display of charm, humour and intimacy than in all two-and-a-half hours of Luhrmann’s biopic. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Jimpa (2025) 53% 3.5/5 EDIT “When the main character in a film is a filmmaker herself, it can look like a red flag. But a willingness to risk self-indulgence is part of the daring of Jimpa...” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 58% 3/5 EDIT “All [Margot Robbie] needs is her appeal as an A-list movie star. Her acting talent is a bonus. As for her Heathcliff he’s appropriately cruel, moody and Byronic and more importantly, they make an exquisitely glamorous couple.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Saipan (2025) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “Hardwicke invests every silence with great eloquence.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 87% 3/5 EDIT “There’s very little spark between Dern and Arnett, and while it’s clear that this group of old friends enjoyed putting the film together, they fail to bring us in on the fun.” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 89% 4/5 EDIT “It’s a bravura effort which has deservedly scored an Oscar nomination.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “[Sam Raimi] treats us a crafty mix of blood, gore and gallows humour featuring two actors inviting us to share in the great time they’re having.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “There’s plenty of suspense here, but also a strong strain of gallows humour running through the serpentine storyline as if to pay tribute to the benefits of absurdism as a survival strategy, and Mendonça Filho has done a great job evoking the 1970s.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Primate (2025) 78% 3/5 EDIT “It’s a wild ride during which you’re not even tempted to wonder if there’s a man in the monkey suit.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 21, 2026 Full Review David (2025) 79% 3/5 EDIT “The film’s strengths are in the vitality of its animation and the beauty of its settings. ...Its flaws lie in its evangelical moments which sit oddly with its Disneyfied tone but that doesn’t seem to be deterring audiences.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 87% 4/5 EDIT “The film’s storyline is more straightforward than the book’s and its main points are spelt out more emphatically but if the plot loses some of its delicacy on screen, the impact of its ending makes up for it.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 13, 2026 Full Review
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