This film opens with the words “based on a true story” splashed across the screen. About 70-odd minutes later, just before the closing credits roll,
Category: Films
Red One review – bronto-head Dwayne Johnson weighs down Santa kidnap comedy
This profoundly depressing and blandly sentimental Christmas comedy for early November stars Dwayne Johnson as Santa’s bodyguard, out to rescue him from kidnappers and so
Barry Keoghan hits out at ‘disgusting’ online trolls using his son against him
Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan has hit back at “disgusting” online trolls who he claimed use his relationship with his son as “ammunition” against him. The
Emma Calder obituary
For more than 40 years Emma Calder forged a distinctive career as an independent animator and producer, working in short film, music video and children’s
Ida Lupino: the fearless Hollywood star who overcame typecasting
When Ida Lupino starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Raoul Walsh’s gritty film noir High Sierra, it was her name, not Bogie’s, at the top of
David Stratton on a life reviewing films – and the one TV show he thinks is ‘pretty damn good’
David Stratton’s newest book – a weighty tome chronicling contemporary Australian cinema – will probably be the last published material from the beloved critic and
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom review – intriguing fantasy franchise is far from your average anime
Starting with the customary lore-hosing and predicated on the usual tumescent brawls and characters declaiming their power moves, Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom is still a
Pedro Páramo review – Mexican magic realism is full of time slippages and perspective shifts
Here is a new adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s 1955 magic-realist novel that later inspired Gabriel García Márquez, among others; judging by the non-linear tangle of
What are the best and worst movies about elections?
The US presidential election takes up an enormous amount of space in the news cycle; even a reset and abbreviated race, like the one between
Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back
Just as jolly as the previous two films, but not really as funny, Paddington in Peru is a sweet-natured and primary-colour family adventure which takes