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Steve Coogan stars in Michael Winterbottom’s Greed – watch the trailer now!

Greed tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion – bringing the high street to the catwalk and the catwalk to the high street – but after a damaging public inquiry, his image is tarnished.   //   To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant party celebrating his 60th birthday on the Greek ...

JoJo Rabbit Movie Review

Using Christine Leunens's novel Caging Skies as the nucleus for his project JoJo Rabbit finds the Kiwi in great form. Leunens's book about a Hitler youth who finds out his mother is harbouring a young Jewish girl in their house provides the basis for a Waititi screenplay that is rich in humour and subtext. It’s a wild ride that jumps from being uproariously funny to being heartbreakingly sad without missing a beat. The emotions feel real and are never less than meaningful. In contrast, ...

Jumanji: The Next Level Movie Review

The film easily divides into two halves, with the less impactful opening stanza setting up essential the same storyline as the films that have come before but with a minor tweak that doesn’t really pay off. They add two new characters into game play, Eddie (Danny DeVito) and Milo (Danny Glover) and when Eddie is cast into the Dwayne Johnson character, the Rock just can’t do justice to the DeVito voice and his mannerisms.   //   Later in the film when Awkwafina takes ...

Cats Movie Review

Oddest choice of all is not utilising the current state of the art for cinema sound with its amazing ability for massive soundscapes. Instead we often get thin eighties sounding synth line based music. Also very few of the cast members have strong voices, with the exception of Jennifer Hudson who gets to belt out the thrice repeated hit, Memories.   //   Keeping things very stagy, most of the cast is adapt at the sinuous physicality and dance movements needed to ply the ...

Watch the new trailer for Emma – in Australian cinemas February 13!

Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. Emma will be released in Australian cinemas February 13. www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU

Here is the brand new trailer for Dolittle!

Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure.   //   Dolittle hits Australian cinemas January 16! www.facebook.com/UniversalPicturesAU

Watch the Like A Boss Red Band Trailer starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne & Salma Hayek!

Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia’s lifelong friendship in jeopardy.   //   The beauty business is about to get ugly. LIKE A BOSS also stars Billy Porter, Jennifer Coolidge, Ari Graynor, Natasha Rothwell, Jessica St. Clair and Karan Soni, and will be released in Australian cinemas ...

Watch the new trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife in cinemas July 2, 2020!

From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the original Ghostbusters universe. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, when a single mum and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.   //   Directed by Jason Reitman, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, stars Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard and Paul Rudd and will be released in ...

Watch the new trailer for Trolls World Tour!

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage ...

Comedian James Veitch is returning to Australia!

James has filmed a TED Talk which went on to become the fastest ever to reach over ten million views. Currently at 52.4m views and climbing, the talk sees James narrate an hilarious exchange with an email spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal. The former Apple Store Genius brings us Tentative, a brand-new show, full of even more pranks, scams and emails.   //   “Gleefully, brazenly cheeky” (The Scotsman), the YouTube star and best-selling author delivers ...