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1 week ago | 
flicks.com.au | Clarisse Loughrey |Luke Buckmaster |Daniel Rutledge |Travis Johnson
One of today’s most beloved shows returns for its fourth season, with new episodes of Hacks arriving imminently. Eliza Janssen takes a look at what makes this inside-comedy comedy so compelling. Oh, how the writers’ room tables have turned.
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1 month ago | 
flicks.com.au | Luke Buckmaster |Tony Stamp |Eliza Janssen |Travis Johnson
The most exciting film of the year so far, Steven Soderbergh’s espionage film Black Bag makes us feel like a spy and feel spied on, writes Rory Doherty. Black Bag is a portrait of how difficult it is to date in London right now.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.co.uk | Liam Maguren |Travis Johnson |Luke Buckmaster |Dominic Corry
Director Osgood Perkins follows last year’s Longlegs with Stephen King adaptation The Monkey. Like King’s short stories, there’s a freedom to The Monkey that it gleefully and sadistically exploits, writes Rory Doherty.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Clarisse Loughrey |Luke Buckmaster |Steve Newall
Take a look at the buzziest films and TV shows coming to the Australian streamer with Stephen A Russell. If you’re still sweating your catch-up list from last year and figuring out what you want to stream next is giving you hives, panic not. We’ve done a deep dive into all the glorious new shows and feature films landing on Stan in 2025, so you can be ready for the best.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Luke Buckmaster |Steve Newall |Eliza Janssen
We’ve been missing movies like You’re Cordially Invited. Dominic Corry previews the Will Ferrell/Reese Witherspoon comedy – and why its style is so welcome. The gradual de-emphasising of the comedy movie in mainstream culture is a widely-acknowledged and perhaps over-discussed phenomenon. I am not here to beat that drum. Well, maybe a bit.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Luke Buckmaster |Steve Newall |Eliza Janssen
Finally arriving in cinemas, the gripping, complex (and sexy) Babygirl pairs Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in a secretive workplace affair. Director Halina Reijn goes into detail about the film with Steve Newall. Halina Reijn’s Babygirl is about to hit cinemas in our part of the world, and we’ve already seen plenty of social media attention since US audiences encountered it late last month.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Eliza Janssen |Steve Newall |Luke Buckmaster
Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column, published every Friday, spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Shrinking Season 2. I’d find it very hard to turn down having Harrison Ford as a therapist. He has the kind easy clarity that could see him face up to a dragon, shrug, and simply blow out its fire breath.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Steve Newall |Travis Johnson |Liam Maguren
Controversial director Luca Guadagnino adapts controversial author William S. Burroughs’ controversial novel for this controversial film. How to watch Queer in AustraliaQueer is screening in Australian cinemas from February 6, 2025. Queer Coming to Cinemas - 6 February What is Queer about? We find ourselves in Mexico City, some time after World War II, in th company of dissolute, alcoholic, and gay expatriate American William Lee, Beat writer William S. Burroughs’ frequent stand-in.
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Steve Newall |Travis Johnson
Return to the world of The Lord of the Rings, as this new animated feature tells a forgotten tale of Middle Earth’s slighlty culturally confused horse-vikings. How to watch The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in AustraliaThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is now playing in Australian cinemas. What is The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim about?
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2 months ago | 
flicks.com.au | Travis Johnson |Liam Maguren
Angelina Jolie plays opera great Maria Callas in the latest of director Pablo Larrain’s long string of biographical films about famous, troubled women. How to watch Maria in AustraliaMaria is screening in Australian cinemas from January 30, 2025. Maria (2024) Coming to Cinemas - 30 January What is Maria about? Opera! Well, opera singers.
