Remaking a comedy classic was never going to be easy, but The Naked Gun reboot made the task even harder when it cast the deeply unfunny Liam Neeson as the son of Leslie Nielsen’s iconic Frank Drebin.
Ben O'Shea
Forget haunted hotels and killer clowns — King’s latest adaptation is a surreal, touching meditation on life, death and legacy.
Ben O’Shea
If you watch one legacy sequel this week, for the love of comedy make sure it’s Freakier Friday and not Happy Gilmore 2.
A talented cast struggles to rescue this overly whimsical film.
If Happy Gilmore 2 were a golf shot, it didn’t just miss the fairway. We’re talking the rudest of shanks that ends up so deep in the rough that you don’t even bother looking for it and never speak of it again.
With brilliant lead performances from Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is, without doubt, the best big-screen outing for Marvel’s First Family.
I Know What You Did Last Summer was huge in the 90s — can this new reboot recapture some of that old magic?
With considerable star power, Heads Of State may not blow your mind, but it’s not the worst way to spend a Tuesday evening.
It was a low bar to clear, but James Gunn’s newest addition to the Superman franchise may be the best since Christopher Reeve pulled on the blue tights in 1981.
New Superman David Corenswet had to be more powerful than a locomotive to carry the expectations of DC Studios and, indeed, the fate of the superhero movie after the genre’s recent stumbles at the box office.
Jurassic World Rebirth has blockbuster visuals and giant predators, but little of the wonder or wit that made the original iconic.
F1: The Movie feels like Top Gun in a fireproof jumpsuit: loud, glossy and mostly fine, if you don’t mind Brad Pitt playing Brad Pitt and being just a little too old for the role.
The true story of a Barcelona bus route is feel-good cinema at its best.
Jai Courtney shines as a terrifying serial killer and cereal eater in this edge-of-your-seat survival thriller.
Karate Kid: Legends gets plenty right, but there could always have been more Jackie Chan.
Adelaide filmmaker twins Danny and Michael Philippou have Hollywood at their feet and their latest flick cements their position as experts in horror.
The danger with a Wes Anderson film is it chooses style over substance. But solid performances from Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton make The Phoenician Scheme one of the director’s stronger offerings.
Nicolas Cage stars in an Ozploitation-inspired film directed by an Irishman. And yes, the oddness occasionally overwhelms the drama.
Conclave - the movie - may ultimately be a bit silly, but that’s what happens when women are sidelined.
Andrew Miller
Clown In A Cornfield plays its kills for laughs, but for a slasher flick, it just isn’t scary enough.
Can a film have too many twists and turns? Another Simple Favour might make you think it can.
‘By the time Revenge Of The Sith rolled around, fans were hopeful that final transformation into Vader would be the Jedi mind trick that erased the bad moments of the previous two films.’
‘As a reminder of the futility of war, this film is unmatched. And its unvarnished depiction of combat is commendable’
It’s about time someone revealed the truth about unicorns – that they are actually monstrous beasts, intent on killing humans in the most brutal fashion imaginable.
