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  • The Assistant (2019)
    Review preview for The Assistant

    Green shows the trickle-down effect of toxic masculinity, as Jane's male colleagues - scarcely higher in the pecking order than her - nevertheless chip away at her.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A day in the life of Jane, an assistant to a high-powered film executive.
  • Electrick Children (2012)
    Review preview for Electrick Children

    This low-key coming of age drama pokes gently into questions of faith, temptation, family and belonging.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A sheltered Mormon girl believes her unexplained pregnancy must have been caused by listening to rock music.
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
    Review preview for The Fantastic Four: First Steps

    This is not just the best of the filmed Fantastic Fours but top drawer MCU, a film that entertained me as a thing itself, as a comics connoisseur, as someone who's done their Marvel miles.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
  • Grandma (2015)
    Review preview for Grandma

    Weitz wisely has no time for fluff - these are clever women charting tricky territory and spending 78 minutes in their company is an easy choice to make.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman tries to help her granddaughter raise funds for an abortion.
  • The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
    Review preview for The Last Exorcism Part II

    Ashley Bell is outstanding once more.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    Down and out in New Orleans, young Nell discovers she is still being followed by a demon.
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
    Review preview for Martha Marcy May Marlene

    As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A woman is traumatised after fleeing a cult.
  • The Royal Hotel (2023)
    Review preview for The Royal Hotel

    The feeling that something bad could happen at any moment permeates the mood.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    US backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
  • We Are What We Are (2013)
    Review preview for We Are What We Are

    Ambyr Childers conveys the pressure the world-weary Iris is under brilliantly, while Julia Garner shines as the otherworldly Rose.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A cannibal family faces an uncertain future following a bereavement.
  • Weapons (2025)
    Review preview for Weapons

    What we see is framed from the perspective of those after whom the chapters are named but we get the consequences of their visions too. We also see what they're afraid of, and how that intersects and overlaps is where Weapons is sharpest.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
  • Wolf Man (2025)
    Review preview for Wolf Man

    There's little new under the sun, and even less by moonlight.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognisable.

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