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Netflix’s The House is like a Wes Anderson animation gone horrifyingly wrong
An early candidate for the weirdest film of the year is this trippy stop-motion animated feature.
19 Jan
Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster is the editor of Flicks.com.au. In addition to writing for Flicks, he is film critic for Guardian Australia and author of Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend.
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Let there be carnage indeed: the Venom sequel is sly, sharp and wickedly funny
This is what the first Venom movie should have been: a devilishly different comic book blockbuster that’s very damn funny.
26 Nov
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Titane is just your average, everyday film about a woman impregnated by a car
This disgustingly weird French film will make you say “I can’t believe they went there.”
24 Nov
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All we wanted for Christmas was a sadistic Home Alone movie, but instead we got Home Sweet Home Alone
The new Home Alone under-delivers on two important fronts: cartoon carnage and humiliating pain.
16 Nov
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Tom Hanks + a robot + a dog make the apocalypse kind of adorable in Finch
Aw, look at that lil robot. And that lil dog. And that…Tom Hanks.
05 Nov
features
Scream started a conversation 25 years ago – and horror fans are still talking
What’s your favourite scary movie…about scary movies? Let’s go deeper into this densely metatextual slasher franchise.
21 Oct
features
In the age of augmented reality, cult classic They Live is an even wilder film to rewatch
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
13 Oct
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Free Guy and the matrix-busting joys of simulation movies
Movies like The Matrix and Groundhog Day suggest that if nothing’s real, we might as well enjoy the game.
11 Oct
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The world’s obsessed with Netflix’s gnarly Squid Game – but does it live up to the hype?
Mega-popular and sadistic, amazingly the show seems to really be ‘that good’.
01 Oct
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Nicolas Cage delivers one of his most acclaimed performances for years in Pig
The prolific actor delivers an intensely morose yet understated performance.
20 Sep
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Nine Perfect Strangers is like Agatha Christie at a posh wellness retreat
A “deliciously entertaining” blend of comedy and mystery.
23 Aug
features
The bitter brilliance and insight of Kevin Can F**k Himself
One-of-a-kind comedy frees ‘sitcom wife’ from an oppressive TV format.
23 Aug
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Colourful Cuban love song Vivo celebrates family and music
Lin-Manuel Miranda brings Broadway flair to Netflix animation.
06 Aug
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Jungle Cruise is what you’d expect from a movie based on a cheesy theme park ride
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt sail the Amazon in a chaotic but vanilla SFX-filled adventure.
28 Jul
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The future is blandly exhausting in sci-fi action pic The Tomorrow War
Chris Pratt goes to war with aliens, ho-hum action scenes and stinkerific dialogue.
06 Jul
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Aotearoa-shot Netflix series Sweet Tooth is a beautiful apocalyptic fantasy
It’s got a pandemic – and at the same time, it’s pretty bloody cute.
04 Jun
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Robin Wright goes off the grid and into heavy-handed cliché in directorial debut Land
Robin Wright ditches city life and heads for the sticks in a film that treats the audience “like ninnies”.
05 May
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Willy’s Wonderland is a weirdly entertaining experiment in the lab of Nicolas Cage
The best film you’ve ever seen about Cage beating up demonic animatronic creatures.
09 Apr
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Preposterous sci-fi Chaos Walking lives up to its title, if not potential
Daisy Ridley can’t stop hearing Tom Holland’s thoughts in occasionally entertaining pic.
10 Mar
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Malcolm & Marie is Netflix’s super stylish shouting match
John David Washington and Zendaya argue with each other for two hours. It’s better than it sounds!
05 Feb
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The protest movement is on trial in Aaron Sorkin’s energetic courtroom drama
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is hugely relevant 50-plus years after the events depicted.
19 Oct