Let’s address the elephant, or rather the gargantuan dragon, in the room. Outside of commercial motivations, this near-identical remake offers little in the way of artistic justification. And yet, ...

If there’s one thing Netflix can be counted on for, it’s assembling familiar faces for unambitious but reliable genre fare. BACK IN ACTION exemplifies this, reuniting Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as a ...

In almost every country where professional baseball is played, and (let’s face it) any professional sport is organised, there is a gendered barrier between who can play. Writer/director Choi Yoon-tae ...

The history of the Australian western runs deep, from The History of the Kelly Gang (1906) through to the more recent High Ground (2020). Yet, like The Proposition (2005), there is no glorification of ...

If there’s one thing Hollywood loves, it’s exploring itself. From the earliest days of cinema—recreated in everything from Singin’ in the Rain to Babylon—the city of stars is often at its best when ...

As you work your way through any writings about Tolkien, especially those in relation to the writing or publishing of his literature, you inevitably come across references to his letters. In fact, ...

When Stephen King isn’t writing fiction, he’s writing about writing. At least that’s the impression that you’d get from SECRET WINDOWS: ESSAYS AND FICTION ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING, a collection of ...

REVIEW: Fear him, if your dare.

Yet here in Australia, Disney announced in July that they would be pulling out of all physical media in the country. This was days before the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, effectively the ...

By 1963, the studio had already taught group life lessons through horse riding (The Horsemasters), introduced us to The Horse with the Flying Tail, and even rescued horses from the Nazis (Miracle of ...

The year is 1985. The sun is setting on the Roger Moore era of the James Bond franchise—though daylight savings seems to have pushed that dusk back a few more years. After a cold open that sees Bond ...

Lux plays like a remix of the previous season’s The Devil’s Chord, even reusing some of its sets.Its rubber-band animation is striking, but like Dot and Bubble before it, its commentary on racial ...