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If you want to see apes in action, skip the cinema and head to the zoo
This Aussie-made reboot of Planet of the Apes is not a movie to be taken too seriously, but it’s also too slow and ponderous to qualify as a campy good time.
- by Jake Wilson
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After 30 years, this TV show has never been more relevant
Long before the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, Frontline eviscerated the priorities and practices of a sometimes-dubious business.
- by Debi Enker
Every life matters in this remarkable documentary set in a Paris psychiatric centre
Nicolas Philibert is the director of On the Adamant, which observes the comings and goings of patients at a centre located on a barge in central Paris.
- by Tom Ryan
Dark Matter is a ‘sliding door’ head-spinner tailor-made for Joel Edgerton
The Australian actor plays an introverted physics professor who is kidnapped to a parallel world where he finds himself single, as he chose work over love.
- by Craig Mathieson
‘As the Doctor and Ruby grew closer, so did we’: A new era for Doctor Who
As Doctor Who enters its new Disney era, stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson reveal why they’re like “besties at the back of the school bus”.
- by Michael Idato
The YouTuber taking on the old-school TV hosts in Top Gear Australia
Jonathan LaPaglia, Beau Ryan and Blair Joscelyne are in the drivers’ seats for the latest iteration of the cult motoring show.
- by Bridget McManus
This satiric series based on Tom Wolfe’s novel unpacks the fault lines of America today
Adapted by the prolific David E Kelley, A Man in Full stars Jeff Daniels as a property tycoon who won’t change with the times.
- by Craig Mathieson
Why this dystopian and bloody slapstick misses the mark
When it comes to someone getting their limbs sliced off or their head smashed in, Bill Skarsgard’s action thriller can’t be accused of stopping halfway.
- by Jake Wilson
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Tired of the cult of the celebrity chef? This Juliette Binoche movie will fix that
Juliette Binoche provides the perfect antidote to the cult of the celebrity chef in this modest film that finds fascination in life’s quieter moments.
- by Sandra Hall
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Ready to chuck it all in and go adventuring? Maybe watch this first
There’s a fine line between adventure and misadventure, as this remarkable odyssey demonstrates.
- by Sandra Hall
The teen YouTuber who grew up into a fully qualified comedian
Mawaan Rizwan cast members of his own family in his sitcom Juice, a joyous celebration of a neurotic Pakistani-British man navigating love, family and work stresses.
- by Ben Pobjie