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Big Steve pulling out the “wonder” card yet again…and it still works! Disclosure Day is Spielberg having fun again, and it’s hard not to get swept up in it. After a decade or so of directing heavier, more serious films, this feels like a return to the playful side of his filmmaking that was all over his early 2000s work. That being said, the film is still fundamentally “Spielbergian”. All of the things that make him Spielberg are all here including commentary on a traumatic c

Seven years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars finally returns to the big screen with The Mandalorian & Grogu. In the time since, the franchise has largely lived on Disney+ through an ever-expanding slate of television series — some successful, some decidedly less so — spearheaded in large part by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. And while The Mandalorian once felt like a refreshing shot in the arm for the franchise, this cinematic continuation unfortunately expose

There’s a chaotic energy running through Send Help that immediately reminds you why Sam Raimi remains one of the most distinct voices in horror cinema. After years of larger studio productions and blockbuster filmmaking (Drag Me to Hell notwithstanding), Send Help feels like Raimi reconnecting with the manic, off-kilter instincts that made films like The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II cult classics. It’s funny, grotesque, tense and knowingly ridiculous in equal measureand, most i

Two decades after its original release, The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives with the kind of impossible burden that crushes most legacy sequels. The original film became more than a hit, it became cultural shorthand. Its dialogue entered everyday conversation, its characters became archetypes, and its sharp observations about ambition, vanity and power only grew more relevant with age. Revisiting that world after twenty years could easily have felt cynical or exhausted. Instead,

Mortal Kombat II is one of the most baffling blockbuster experiences I’ve had in recent memory. A movie that somehow manages to squander a globally beloved franchise, a charismatic cast, and the sensory potential of IMAX spectacle all at once. I saw the film at IMAX Sydney, and quite frankly, the sound design was the only aspect of the experience that actually justified the premium format. The bass rattled the room, the impacts had genuine force, and certain moments carried t

I don’t really know where to begin with MARTY SUPREME except to say: this film is absolute madness —the kind that leaves you wired, breathless, and slightly unmoored when the credits roll. Directed by Josh Safdie (one half of the Safdie brothers behind UNCUT GEMS and GOOD TIME ), MARTY SUPREME feels like both a natural evolution of his filmmaking instincts and a sharpening of them. Safdie once again returns to the kind of archetypal, almost mythic question that I find endl

Paul Thomas Anderson and I have always had a bit of a complicated relationship. I respect the craft, I admire the ambition, but I’ve...

I might dig this more than most, but I thought THE SMASHING MACHINE was pretty great in the way it forensically and painstakingly...

When they announced this project with Spiderman director Jon Watts originally directing, I was cautiously optimistic. To do the Fantastic...

Heart. Humour. Heroics. These are the three things you need to make a successful superhero film, and I’m pleased to say that SUPERMAN has...

I went into this movie with a lot of doubts because of all the chatter and mostly negative reviews it was getting. The buzz was loud but...

Director Joseph Kosinski confidently steps into the role of the modern-day Tony Scott, presenting us with his dynamic take on Scott’s...