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★★★
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The new Spider-Man is utterly bewildering – but it’s all part of the plan
If you’re excited to hear that the 1970s Japanese TV version of Spider-Man has a cameo, this is definitely the movie for you.
- by Jake Wilson
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★★★★
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A feel-good film about hating banks? With a cameo by Def Leppard? Sign me up
If you’re only going to watch one movie about a karaoke-singing Lancashire businessman on a mission, you should make it this one.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★
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This Stephen King story is scarier on the page than the big screen
The Boogeyman is a familiar horror set-up, with bloodless set pieces and flashing lights to distract us from the fact not much is going on.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Coming-of-age story looks predictable, but finds sweet spot in outback
Life is tough for 16-year-old Murra in Sweet As. But that changes the day someone puts a camera in her hand.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
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Guess what? Nicolas Cage’s vampire comedy doesn’t suck
He may be off-screen for a large part of Renfield, but the actor gives a barnstorming performance as Dracula opposite Nicholas Hoult as his lowly assistant.
- by Jake Wilson
★★
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I’m sorry to say the new Little Mermaid is extremely mediocre
The film is even less imaginative than you’d expect from one of the live-action remakes Disney grinds out relentlessly – and fails to be about anything at all.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
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In 2016, a French-Senegalese woman was accused of infanticide. Her story inspired this compelling movie
In Saint Omer, Kayije Kagame plays a novelist inexplicably drawn to the courtroom as Guslagie Malanda stars as the woman on trial for the murder of her baby.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
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In Limbo we watch as an unrecognisable Simon Baker takes on a cold case
The director of Mystery Road and Goldstone, Ivan Sen, returns to a tried-and-true formula to examine the schisms between black and white Australia.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★
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Vin Diesel loses his humanity in race to become America’s James Bond
As the Fast and Furious saga nears its end, its star becomes more interested in family and less in reality.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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Forget the mean streets, Liam Neeson turns on charm as famous detective
This new take on Raymond Chandler’s iconic character Philip Marlowe is a deluxe nostalgia trip.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
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John Farnham doco Finding the Voice is a tribute to singer’s incredible talent
A new documentary about John Farnham’s life and career leans on his famous friends, including Jimmy Barnes, Daryl Braithwaite and the late Olivia Newton-John.
- by Sandra Hall