Review
★★★★
Streaming
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is spellbinding, but not for kids
With the voices of Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett and Christoph Waltz, this version of Pinocchio is seductive, amusing, dark as pitch and full of metaphor.
- by Paul Byrnes
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So Timothee Chalamet’s buzzy cannibal movie isn’t very good. This is why
Bones and All is an overwrought story of transgression that is both consciously ridiculous and sappy.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
What’s on
Truth or fiction? The Queen of Denmark’s son who came back from the dead
In Margrete: Queen of the North, the strange, real-life 15th-century case of a peasant pretending to be a monarch’s long-lost son is given a fictional twist.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★½
Streaming
Poker Face gambles too much, but reminds us that Russell Crowe’s a star
The Oscar winner stepped in to direct this caper at the last minute, but his star power is not enough to save the rather obvious plot.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★★
Cinema
Australian high-camp is back: could this be our new Priscilla?
Seriously Red is a joyful, candy-coloured confection with a touch of lemon about the joys and sorrows of show business.
- by Sandra Hall
★★½
Movies
Oscar winner’s new film is more bearable than Birdman and The Revenant
There may be a handful of truths to Alejandro G. Inarritu’s self-indulgent Bardo, but the long stretches of tedium take their toll.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
Cinema
Ralph Fiennes as tyrannical chef is too easy in a movie of non-stop shocks
Where Rian Johnson’s murder mystery Glass Onion keeps the tone relatively light, The Menu is the kind of film that aspires to be “deliciously nasty”.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
See & Do
Unmaking a monster: The women who helped bring down Harvey Weinstein
‘She Said’ tells the story of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey and their Pulitzer-prize-winning investigation into Harvey Weinstein.
- by Sandra Hall
Mel Gibson’s new movie has one of the stupidest endings I’ve ever seen
Look hard enough and you might see a personal statement from On the Line’s star on the evils of “cancel culture”.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
Movies
Yes, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery really does live up to the hype
Daniel Craig returns as gentleman detective Benoit Blanc in a deliciously fanciful whodunit that mocks everything from Elon Musk to influencers.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
What’s on
Chadwick Boseman’s absence is felt in new Black Panther film
Life and art mirror each other in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the film navigates a loss unlike any the Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen.
- by Jake Wilson