If A Life on Our Planet is to be David Attenborough’s final film, he has definitely saved his most important lesson for last.
The rev of the engine, the shatter of glass, that climactic crash – the car chase is an integral part of action movies. But not all are created equal. Here’s our list of some of the best – and watch each one.
Lynton Grace
From Trolls to The Secret Garden: Movie guru Leigh Paatsch breaks down which titles best fit the bill for every young viewer these school holidays.
Leigh Paatsch
Everybody was kung fu fighting in the 1970s. And thanks to a Noongar language re-dubbing of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury many more will be this year too.
Simon Collins
Sean Connery goes on an action adventure in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Woody Allen takes us on a Spanish romp in Vicky, Cristina Barcelona and a West Texas high-school football team captivates in Friday Night Lights. Here’s all tonight’s TV fare rated.
While many in the film game have hit pause, Kevin Bacon is keeping creative both on and off the screen. The 80s heart-throb is back, this time in a psychological horror he produced and stars in.
Ben O'Shea
Backed by improvements in CGI effects and a cast that includes British screen icons Colin Firth and Julie Walters, the newest Secret Garden has plenty to offer.
Pattinson’s positive COVID-19 test brought the superhero film to a screeching halt last month, just days after production first resumed in the wake of the initial shut down in March.
Lily Hoffmann
Perth actor Dacre Montgomery may be rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty in one of the movie industry’s most anticipated new biopics, but he was once fired from a job at his local McDonald’s.
Madonna will be writing and directing her own music biopic. Before then, click through for our list of the best musical movies.
Olivia Nardini’s breakthrough role comes amid a pandemic in the kind of comedy she’d always dreamt of while growing up, watching Jim Carrey.
The formulaic Tinseltown rom-com has entered a new era, with actors of colour, and those from Australia, the beneficiaries.
Sweet As is the debut feature film for highly-respected Nyul Nyul/Yawuru director Jub Clerc, who based the script on her own experiences growing up in WA’s north-west.
In a candid interview with Stellar, Keith Urban discusses life in lockdown with Nicole Kidman and their kids, his troubled past, and being home to Australia with his family.
Cameron Adams
Josephine Langford admits the performances in After We Collided did get a little steamy — but not in the way you might be thinking.
Tom Hanks is undergoing quarantine in Queensland ahead of shooting an Elvis biopic, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Patrick Frater
The star-studded teaser for the silver screen adaption of Frank Herbert’s famed 1965 science fiction novel Dune has arrived - and it’s going to be massive.
Pierra Willix
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reflect on their return to the truly excellent franchise as dads out to unite the world through song.
Michele Manelis
From Vin Diesel as an intergalactic outlaw with night-vision to a star-studded cast in Little Women, these are the movies to put on your list tonight.
Six months after his Gold Coast coronavirus diagnosis sent shock waves around the world, Tom Hanks has returned to quarantine in Queensland with production on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie set to resume.
Amy Price
There might have been more empty rows than audience members at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, but that didn’t stop critics raving about The Furnace, a gritty new WA-made film.
There have been some fantastic on-screen fathers and some absolute shockers, but Leigh Paatsch has found these Hollywood movie dads at their best and worst.
“Lubna Azabal, in particular, is brilliant in a tricky role that is so critical to the film’s success”.
The Iron Man star has confirmed he won’t be returning to the Marvel cinematic universe.
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