Review
★★★
Cinema
The smart money is on this real-life revenge-of-the-nerd story
Based on the GameStop short squeeze saga that gripped Wall Street in 2021, Dumb Money is funny, absorbing and often suspenseful.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
★★★★
Arts
Michael Fassbender is masterful as cold-blooded murderer in The Killers
Bleakly sardonic humour underlies the violence in David Fincher’s latest film.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
Arts
Facts not allowed to get in the way of Diana Nyad biopic
The story of the legendary swimmer on film only swims in the calmer waters.
- by Jake Wilson
Ambitious, powerful, flawed: Killers of the Flower Moon ends with a stroke of brilliance
Martin Scorsese’s epic, which is based on the true story of Osage Nation murders, is redeemed by a very late scene.
- by Anwen Crawford
★★★
Movies
The French comedy in which fame comes with a catch
In the Crime is Mine, the idea of having to cover up the fact you didn’t kill someone has the neat perversity that is the hallmark of writer-director Francois Ozon.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
Movies
‘Out of control’ and ‘awful’: Documentary aims to reveal real Australian Open
Australia’s Open has plenty of big matches and big names, but what it really needs is juicy backstage drama.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
M magazine
Shayda reveals truths in tender story of displacement
Noora Niasari’s directorial debut, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August, is based on the filmmaker’s own experiences.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
★★
Horror
The devil is in the detail: This Exorcist sequel too slick to be scary
The Exorcist: Believer feels too restrained and polished compared with the original.
- by Nell Geraets
★★
Arts
Young fans sold a pup with this rehashed dog tale
The Paw Patrol gang’s big screen outing borrows heavily from a 2018 made-for-TV feature.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
M magazine
The Creator’s ingenious android action will set your seat rattling
Gareth Edwards, director of 2010’s entertaining alien invasion movie Monsters, raises ethical dilemmas amid booming explosions.
- by Sandra Hall
★★½
Cinema
It’s got a flesh-eating demon, but this teen horror plays it too safe
It Lives Inside could be seen as overly conservative – even a fleeting kiss has dire consequences for its wide-eyed heroine.
- by Jake Wilson