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Supergirl tanks with $68 million opening weekend at the global box office

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It’s been a disappointing weekend for Warner Bros. and DC Studios, with the freshly-rebooted DC Universe’s second big screen offering Supergirl failing to take flight with audiences and grossing just $68 million worldwide across the Friday-to-Sunday period. Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock in the title role as Kara […]

12 Essential Road Trip Movies

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Embark on a journey with these twelve essential road trip movies… In the world of movies, going on a road trip isn’t just about reaching the destination, but also serves as a reflection of how a journey, no matter near or far, shapes a person through experience, truth, and relationships. Movies about road trips have […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Wake in Fright (1971)

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Wake in Fright, 1971. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kaye, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, and Al Thomas. SYNOPSIS: After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent. When […]

10 Delectable Films About Food Guaranteed to Make You Hungry

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Prepare to feel hungry, as these 10 delicious films about food are guaranteed to make your mouth water… Food and film have gone together for a long time. I’m not just talking about an overpriced bucket (or Dune fleshlight) of slightly stale popcorn, or a hotdog that’s been spinning on the plate for 23 years, […]

Pixar Doesn’t Have an Originality Problem, It Has a Universality Problem

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Joseph Jenkinson on Pixar’s “originality problem” and its shifting storytelling priorities… Pixar earned its reputation through a seemingly endless run of original stories. Aside from the occasional revisit to the Toy Story world, the period between 1995 and 2010 (often regarded as the studio’s golden age) was defined by a string of beloved films that […]

10 Essential Australian Outback Horror and Thriller Movies

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Casey Chong presents ten essential horror and thriller movies set in the Australian Outback… The Australian Outback has been a recurring visual and thematic playground for filmmakers to mirror its geographical settings of huge deserts, empty highways, isolated towns, and crocodile-infested rivers with the likes of primal danger, guilt, and loneliness. Such locations make it […]

10 Stylish Thrillers You Need to See

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You can’t beat a thriller that oozes style and the might of a director expressing themselves, so here are ten for you to check out… There’s making a film, and then there’s making a film with style. That style might come from the design, costumes, swagger of the cast, or from a director given the […]

Seven Essential Robin Hood Movie Portrayals

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Casey Chong with the essential Robin Hood movie portrayals… The Robin Hood legend has been interpreted in various forms, from ballads to plays, books, TV series, and, of course, movie adaptations. The latter has been played by different actors, stretching way back to 1912 when Robert Frazer played the titular role in a 30-minute silent […]

10 Essential Workplace Movies

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Casey Chong with ten essential workplace movies… Going back as far as the black-and-white film era, workplace movies remain popular even today, even as technology and culture have evolved over the years. But the universal themes of dealing with difficult and obnoxious bosses, office politics, and the banality of working dead-end jobs with zero career […]

Masters of the Universe Isn’t the Bomb You Think It Is

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Masters of the Universe has opened as analysts expected, with underwhelming box office. But the doom-mongers might be missing something… Despite a strong marketing campaign and positive early buzz, Masters of the Universe has performed as pessimistically suggested by box office analysts, if not slightly less than those low estimates. The film was greeted with […]