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Inside the stunt that saw Ryan Gosling shut down the Harbour Bridge
Director David Leitch started his career as Brad Pitt’s stunt double, then Matt Damon’s. So who better to tell Ryan Gosling how to ride a broken bin across Sydney Harbour Bridge at 50km/h?
- by Louise Rugendyke
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The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun
“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered, 1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing, sex and satanism in the western suburbs.
- by Will Cox
This overblown Netflix space sequel to Rebel Moon is no Star Wars opera
Director Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Part 2, lacks the humour of Star Wars or the pomposity of Dune.
- by Jake Wilson
Get free movie passes to see “Freud’s Last Session”*
Subscribers have the chance to redeem one of 30 double passes* to see Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode go head-to-head in a battle of wits in Freud’s Last Session.
From K-drama to K-horror: How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks
South Korea already as a reputation for making great TV dramas and now Netflix is helping bring their horror films to the world.
- by Nell Geraets
Civil War is dividing audiences. But what is the chilling film trying to say?
The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina has made a film about the collapse of democracy. It’s a harrowing vision but, he says, it needn’t come true.
- by Karl Quinn
She took on Amy Winehouse, even though she knew the risks
Marisa Abela, who plays the British singer in the film Back to Black, says the biopic is an honest portrait of the star’s relationship with her controversial father Mitch.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Back to Black is a tasteless melodrama that tarnishes Winehouse’s legacy
No one had a voice like Amy Winehouse. The film about this once-in-a-lifetime singer disappoints.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
★★★
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Civil War began as a work of fiction, then it almost became fact
Kirsten Dunst stars as a photojournalist in this grimly candid portrait of the US ruled by a dictator in the White House – and a society under collapse.
- by Sandra Hall
From child star to global icon: Zendaya on her meteoric rise
Leaving behind the teen roles that made her famous, the 27-year-old actor channels her inner grit in Challengers.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
★★★★
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This striking film is Tomb Raider in Tuscany, and you won’t want to miss it
With a cast that includes Isabella Rossellini, La Chimera is a stunning, dream-like film where pretty much anything can happen.
- by Jake Wilson