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  • Avatar (2009)
    Review preview for Avatar

    There is much in Avatar that is broadly drawn, clichéd even – but it is also these very things which might just earn it the status of a classic.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A wheelchair- using former marine is conscripted to travel to a jungle moon via a biological 'avatar' to infiltrate the local aliens who are standing in the way of plans to mine ore. Being re-released with additional footage.
  • Avatar: Fire And Ash (2025)
    Review preview for Avatar: Fire And Ash

    Where the story stumbles, the film is carried forward by action.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Our heroes grapple with grief and encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, as the conflict on Pandora escalates.
  • Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
    Review preview for Avatar: The Way Of Water

    Ponderous but glorious.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Cake (2014)
    Review preview for Cake

    The trouble is you don't care

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A woman becomes fascinated with the suicide of a woman in her support group.
  • Clash Of The Titans (2010)
    Review preview for Clash Of The Titans

    If you’re looking for big-budget, popcorn entertainment, then Titans certainly won’t disappoint.

    Maria Realf · 4 out of 5
    Let the battle between men and the ancient gods begin...
  • Dirty Deeds (2002)
    Review preview for Dirty Deeds

    It is part of Aussie tradition to kick the livings out of convention, in this case gangster flicks.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Yank mafiosi try to muscle in on Aussie gangsters' one-armed bandit biz.
  • The Exorcism (2024)
    Review preview for The Exorcism

    Crowe is in his element here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A troubled actor begins to exhibit a disruptive behaviour while shooting a remake of The Exorcist. His estranged daughter wonders if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play.
  • Everest (2015)
    Review preview for Everest

    The grandeur and beauty of the place is set against figures of climbers, like black ants, across a white wilderness

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm.
  • Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
    Review preview for Hacksaw Ridge

    Gibson has an eye for a good story and knows how to lay it on with a trowel

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    An act of supreme bravery by a conscientious objecting junior medic in the battle for Okinawa
  • Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
    Review preview for Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

    It has all the hallmarks of a production destined for a television mini-series with apparently three other chapters promised by Costner.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    An epic spanning the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
  • The Keeping Room (2014)
    Review preview for The Keeping Room

    An artfully constructed and effective thriller with a feminist spine.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    On the American frontier a young woman is forced to go to any means to defend her kin from the ravages of the barbaric outside world.
  • Last Night (2010)
    Review preview for Last Night

    Worthington is so wooden it's a wonder rubbing up against Mendes doesn't cause him to spontaneously combust.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A married couple find their fidelity tested on a night apart.
  • Lansky (2021)
    Review preview for Lansky

    Eytan Rockaway balances on a thin grey line between black and white, truth and lie, and between good and evil.

    Mateusz Tarwacki · 4 out of 5
    A dramatisation of what happened when a legendary gangster asked a writer to pen his biography.
  • Macbeth (2006)
    Review preview for Macbeth

    Some viewers will think this Macbeth scarcely deserves one star, whilst others will fall head over heels in love with it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Shakespeare's classic tale relocated in modern urban Melbourne.
  • Man On A Ledge (2012)
    Review preview for Man On A Ledge

    Enjoyment of Man On A Ledge largely depends on whether you can suspend your disbelief from 21 storeys without it crashing to the ground.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
  • Nine Bullets (2022)
    Review preview for Nine Bullets

    Nine Bullets is not just an action film, which it is…but a film in which characters develop, learn and learn to get along.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A burlesque dancer must go on the run to save a neighbour boy whose life is threatened by her ex-lover.
  • Paper Planes (2014)
    Review preview for Paper Planes

    Every cliche that sang out of tune at the concert of dreams is here

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Boy from the Australian outishback competes in the world junior paper planes contest in Japan. Frankie should have sung a song.
  • Rogue (2007)
    Review preview for Rogue

    McLean eases us into the story and straight away begins to slowly crank up the tension and muster an unshakable air of sickening foreboding.

    James Gracey · 3.5 out of 5
    Snappy creature feature sees croc go wild in the outback.
  • Sabotage (2014)
    Review preview for Sabotage

    It doesn't quite add up to the sum of its parts, but there's still enough salty brio to Sabotage to keep it eminently watchable.

    David Graham · 3 out of 5
    A corrupt drug task force find themselves on a hit list.
  • The Shack (2017)
    Review preview for The Shack

    In the world of hope and love man is the servant of good

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called "The Shack."
  • Somersault (2004)
    Review preview for Somersault

    Almost everything about the film just feels right.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Sexually awakened 15-year-old escapes to an Australian ski resort and lives off her wits.
  • Terminator Salvation (2009)
    Review preview for Terminator Salvation

    Terminator Salvation looks more towards its potential sequels than towards itself.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    After Judgement Day, the last remnants of humankind battle for survival against the machines.
  • Wrath Of The Titans (2012)
    Review preview for Wrath Of The Titans

    Worthington is as nebulous a charisma void as ever, sucking all the life out of everyone and everything around him, while Liebesman is reasonably capable with action but proves a total hack when it comes to handling anything remotely resembling drama.

    David Graham · 2 out of 5
    The quest is on to rescue Zeus from the underworld.

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