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2.5/5
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Mortal Kombat II
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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More of the same.
Posted May 07, 2026
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3.5/5
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The Sheep Detectives
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A delightful, delightfully inventive family film lark...the sheep drive a parallel story that develops to a remarkable degree...It is both philosophical and moving.
And we’re talking here about talking sheep.
Posted May 07, 2026
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3/5
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Hokum
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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[A] terrific slice of schlock horror...an unashamedly lowbrow affair with some lovely jump scares.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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4.5/5
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Wolfram
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A quietly powerful masterpiece.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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3.5/5
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The Devil Wears Prada 2
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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Clocks in as a surprisingly story-strong dramedy with some poignant and timely things to say about short-attention spans, corporate maneuvering and the precarious state of journalism.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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3.5/5
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Alphabet Lane
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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[A] quietly bizarre Australian psycho-drama...a marvellous, beguiling squib of a film that keeps you guessing.
Posted Apr 23, 2026
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4/5
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Calle Málaga
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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[A] strong, moving, beautifully contoured drama...Brandishing a fully developed narrative and delicate direction, the film chimes in as one of the finest movies in a long time about the elderly.
Posted Apr 23, 2026
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3.5/5
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Michael
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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Given the out-sized life Michael Jackson lived, it’s a notable achievement the makers of this fine, very entertaining, long-awaited biopic managed to cram in so much without making it feel rushed or too episodic.
Posted Apr 23, 2026
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3/5
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Fuze
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A terrific, tight, race-against-time crime thriller...[Director David Mackenzie] does a bang-up job ratcheting up the tension...The guy sure knows how to tighten the screws.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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5/5
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The Stranger
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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It’s as though Camus has dreamed his novel onto the screen.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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4/5
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The Drama
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A compelling, well-thought through, morally complex chamber piece that confronts a host of hot-button topics...The ever-tightening narrative is tempered with some well-judged humour as the chain of cause-and-effect runs its course.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3.5/5
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The Deb
(2024)
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Jim Schembri
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Pacy, full of laughs and crammed with top musical numbers and gags about digital culture...It’s a really accomplished, winning piece of entertainment, splendidly shot and edited, boasting a positive vibe and wonderfully fizzy performances.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3.5/5
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The glorious sequel to The Super Mario Bros Movie is even better....It’s Bowser’s arc that grounds the film amidst all the beautifully rendered, candy-coloured action and unavoidable 8-bit references to the classic video game.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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4/5
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The President's Cake
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Given the grim nature of Lamia’s thorny traverse through a hostile terrain, Hadi nonetheless weaves in ironic moments of visual beauty and long takes. He clearly loves shooting widescreen and certainly knows how to deliver a truly memorable finale.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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2.5/5
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The Magic Faraway Tree
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The classic tale is brought sufficiently to life in this pretty-looking, if overlong, update...takes a tad too long to get to the magic...The visuals are good and there’s a nice piece of work from Nicola Coughlan, a bubbly Faraway Tree tenant.
Posted Mar 25, 2026
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4/5
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Hoppers
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A high-spirited sci-fi lark that, like Wall-E, has a warm, unforced eco-theme...Fast, funny, full of verbal and visual wit...lands as one of the most mature, thematically rich and emotionally nuanced Pixar offerings yet.
Posted Mar 25, 2026
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4/5
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I Swear
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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An amazing, brave, incredibly funny, somewhat sad yet ultimately uplifting tale about personal courage and the importance community support plays in embracing those dealing with challenges.
Posted Mar 25, 2026
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2.5/5
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Proclivitas
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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The first hour is really very good, with solid, nuance-infused lead performances driving an increasingly tense, slow-burn build-up...Once we get to the money reel, however, you can feel the film straining for, yet failing, to nail the Big Moment needed.
Posted Mar 21, 2026
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2/5
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The law of diminishing returns applies pretty harshly with this blood-soaked try-hard sequel to the surprisingly enjoyable 2019 lark...Arguably more violent than the first film...Harder to argue is the film’s nastiness, lack of wit and dreary sameness.
Posted Mar 18, 2026
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2.5/5
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Project Hail Mary
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The narrative bones involving Grace’s relationship with the alien are perfectly fine...The film boasts a decent dash of humour and some cool VFX but, man, does this thing drag, taking its time with [its] languid flashback structure.
Posted Mar 18, 2026
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3/5
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Cold Storage
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A zippy horror-comedy featuring gore galore as heads and chests explode with Cronenbergian zest...In a year that’s turning out to be a big one for zombie yarns, this number chimes in as a singularly silly, fun frolic with the Undead.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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3.5/5
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GOAT
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The snappy story is stuffed with hip pop culture references and moves at a breakneck pace...
Running beneath all the fun is a swag of positive messaging involving self-respect, teamwork and friendship.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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3/5
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Reminders of Him
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A very ably directed romantic tearjerker, a multiplex weepie that knows exactly what emotional buttons to press and which heart strings to pluck.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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4/5
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Arco
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A beautiful, traditionally rendered tale...Again demonstrating how the look of old-style cel-animation holds charm and warmth unmatched by the sheen of digital.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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3.5/5
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Anemone
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A searing psychological drama [and] a punchy return that reminds us what a compelling screen presence this guy can generate through little more than dialogue.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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3.5/5
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How to Make a Killing
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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[A] winning, biting black comedy about retribution, greed and poetic justice...there’s also some nicely thought through mental chewing gum...serves as a prime case study about how to do remakes (even loose ones) properly.
Posted Mar 05, 2026
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3.5/5
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THE BRIDE!
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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Very inventive, highly enjoyable, marvellously off-centre Gothic frolic riffing merrily on the classic 208 year-old premise and on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein...The film is wild and deliberately erratic, as all cinematic thrill rides should be.
Posted Mar 05, 2026
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3.5/5
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A weird, wondrous, beguiling film...This is real curveball cinema, splendidly made and another showcase for Seyfried, whose immersive rendering of Ann Lee gleams with an intensity verging on the fanatical.
Posted Feb 26, 2026
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4/5
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Scream 7
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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Expecting yet another juicy slice of franchise extender, Scream 7 turns out to be, well, yet another juicy slice of franchise extender – only with extra-large dollops of fun, wit and ingenuity, with one encounter qualifying for neo-classic status.
Posted Feb 26, 2026
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2.5/5
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Fackham Hall
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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There are enough decent laughs in this spotty spoof on Downton Abbey to pass muster, yet it lacks the punch, pace and cheek of the classic comedy films it strives to emulate, such as Flying High and the ‘70s oeuvre of Mel Brooks.
Posted Feb 22, 2026
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1.5/5
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Jimpa
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Largely boring, unengaging waffle...chances are we’ll be chalking this up as yet another Australian film to draw a blank at the box office.
Posted Feb 19, 2026
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4/5
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A dazzling, loving, lovingly assembled bio-doc designed to please those who love Elvis.
For those who think they don’t, consider the film a dose of cinematic conversion therapy – and prepare to see the rhinestone-spangled light.
Posted Feb 19, 2026
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3.5/5
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Crime 101
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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It’s tight, serious-minded stuff especially designed for those crime movie lovers who prefer their screen crims to carry strong motivations as well a few chips on each shoulder.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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3/5
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War Machine
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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After decades of Transformer and alien invasion movies, War Machine might not lay claim to being all that original, but as far as seat-filling, sci-fi-hued action mulch goes it’s very well done.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/5
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Wuthering Heights
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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The umpteenth version of Emily Brontë’s eternal tale of doomed romance, unbridled jealousy, sexual sadism and steamed nookie unspools as a barely restrained, goth-tinged bodice-ripper that gets you from the git-go. It’s a thoroughly satisfying sit.
Posted Feb 10, 2026
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1.5/5
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Is This Thing On?
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Unfortunately, Bradley Cooper’s much-ballyhooed movie goes belly-up pretty quickly once you realise it’s in no particular hurry to get to anywhere particularly interesting.
Posted Feb 05, 2026
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3/5
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Saipan
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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The performances are strong, with Hardwicke proving especially convincing as a team captain who’s not much of a team player.
Posted Feb 05, 2026
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4/5
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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Jim Schembri
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How gratifying it is to see such invention and fresh ideas wash through such a highly codified, convention-driven genre as the zombie movie...[it's] an excellent Australian take that adds new dimension to the well-worn zombie scenario.
Posted Feb 05, 2026
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1/5
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Addition
(2024)
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Jim Schembri
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Dreadfully dull...Yet another Australian film with a weak narrative, no apparent target audience and a microscopic marketing profile. Seriously, how are people supposed to care about a film they haven’t heard about? Even the trailer sucks.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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2.5/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Earnest as it is, to be frank, the film turns out to be something of a downer.
Dare one suggest the film is a tad overrated?
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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3/5
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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The ever-reliable, too-cool-for-school Ethan Hawke takes a terrific left turn, putting in some of his best work yet.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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3/5
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Send Help
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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A fun, funny satirical revenge comedy with an acidic tongue that takes aim at male chauvinism and old-fashioned boy’s-club office politics.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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0.5/5
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Air Shift
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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A lame attempt at a horror-comedy, Air Shift is just plain awful.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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1/5
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Misfits
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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There are hints throughout of potentially engaging themes...Unfortunately, they are squashed by sheer narrative sloppiness, waffling dialogue, overuse of f-bombs, poor continuity and, painful as it is to say, a pretty ordinary lead performance.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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3/5
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Vineyard Ablaze
(2024)
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Jim Schembri
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In a strong feature debut, Troy Blackman methodically unfolds his tense drama in a minimalist framework, with stately black-and-white cinematography evoking a subtly haunting domestic atmosphere that feels progressively constrained and threatening.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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1/5
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Primate
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Think Cujo with a monkey and you’ve got the measure of this film, with one huge caveat – it ain’t scary...chalk this trash up as a date-night time killer for the easily spooked.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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3.5/5
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Breathlessly paced...Accompanying Chalamet’s outstanding performance are visuals and top-shelf production values that ooze with authenticity.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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3/5
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David
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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The biblical yarn gets a rather good rendering here as a faith-based family film telling the tale of the boy-king with the help of high-quality animation and a clutch of catchy songs. Things do get dark, yet the film is fashioned for easy ingestion.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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4/5
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Jim Schembri
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Gosh, this is good stuff, a zombie-palooza with plenty of meat on the bone that delivers all the gratuitous gore and shrieking shenanigans you’d expect. The point of distinction this time around is the wily use of humour.
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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2/5
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The Choral
(2025)
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Jim Schembri
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Things just don’t gel in this try-hard attempt at a feel-good WW1 flag waver...Seems it’s OK to send men off to the killing fields so long as you get the choir right.
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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