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Watching Too Old to Die Young is like swimming through stylish sewerage
We come to terms with one hell of a show.
12 Jul
Luke Buckmaster
Luke Buckmaster has being writing about the cinema since 1997. In addition to writing for Flicks, he is film and TV critic for The Guardian Australia, and author of the George Miller biography Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend.
features
Steven Spielberg’s dumb crusade against Netflix is an insult to filmmaking
We expected better from you, Spielbergo.
04 Mar
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Robert Rodriguez’s 18 minute VR film The Limit is a wild and visceral ride
The latest action film from director Robert Rodriguez will not be coming to a cinema near you.
05 Dec
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On its 30th birthday, John Carpenter’s cult classic They Live is more relevant and compelling than ever
It’s time to revisit John Carpenter’s prophecy of a world clogged by signals and stimulus.
22 Nov
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A cinematic analysis of Red Dead Redemption 2, the blockbuster game deeply connected to film history
The western was baked into the very foundation of the moving image.
05 Nov
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Shadow is the best action movie of the year – and you probably haven’t heard of it
If you’re in Auckland, Luke Buckmaster implores you to see this.
25 Oct
features
Understanding The Dude: revisiting The Big Lebowski’s gloriously kooky characters
Twenty years after The Big Lebowski first arrived in cinemas, critic Luke Buckmaster revisits this inimitable comedy to see what makes it tick.
02 Oct
reviews
Walking Out review: an affecting male weepie exploring father and son kinship
Will every male weepie released in the foreseeable future pale in comparison to The Grey? Director Joe Carnahan’s 2011 survival in the wilderness drama received a positive response from critics and audiences, yet the film’s greatness remains largely unrecognised. This is perhaps in part because it was marketed as a Liam Neeson vehicle, released in […]
05 Apr
features
Netflix original films released so far in 2018: the good, the bad and the awful
There have been lots of Netflix original films released so far in 2018. Critic Luke Buckmaster picks the good, the bad and the awful.
19 Feb
reviews
The Cloverfield Paradox review: a hollow, hammy mess not even amusing accidentally
The only thing bigger than its surprise release is how dire it is, writes Luck Buckmaster.
05 Feb
reviews
Review: ‘1922’, from Australian Zak Hilditch, is the best Stephen King film this year
The story of 1922 – at least for a little while – is about a father and son bonding, with the terrible caveat that they are doing so through a mutual plan to murder their wife/mother. Australian filmmaker Zak Hilditch, adapting a Stephen King novella, renders misogyny as something passed down with chilling ambivalence by […]
29 Oct
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