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Wicked unveils the tyranny of feminine niceness – and that’s why your daughters must see it
The new blockbuster movie of the stage show Wicked calculates the cost of female niceness and has radical things to say about the way women are cast into rigid roles.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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There are 200 dogs in this film, but only one went home with the star
Guan Hu’s film Black Dog charts the unlikely bond between an ex-prisoner and a possibly rabid stray. The result is as beautiful as that Gobi Desert landscape.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
These movies have got Aussies back to the cinema. But what comes next?
The year’s biggest week at the movies has come with the surprising popularity of Moana 2.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I make the movie I want to see’: The unusual side of Viggo Mortensen’s new western
The Dead Don’t Hurt is both a traditional western and a reinvention – one that puts the story of an ordinary woman front-and-centre.
- by Karl Quinn
★★½
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Pharrell Williams tells life story in Lego: genius, or blockhead move?
A star-filled cast including Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani is still not enough to save this hyperactive film that ultimately doesn’t do justice to its subject.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
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Where Kevin Costner’s vanity Western failed, Viggo Mortensen’s succeeds
The Dead Don’t Hurt taps into the gentler, more lyrical side of the genre, in the spirit of classic Hollywood directors.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
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Cate Blanchett’s political zombie comedy swiftly descends into chaos
Featuring a starry cast, Rumours is the kind of film where the ability to keep a straight face qualifies as consummate acting.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
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Hugh Grant is seriously scary in his first horror film
At first, Grant doesn’t look like a monster in Heretic, then he pushes his familiar mannerisms into grotesque caricature.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
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Disney’s Moana retread misses the Lin-Manuel Miranda magic
Despite its lush visuals, the long-awaited sequel proves there’s no good idea Hollywood won’t drive into the ground.
- by Robert Moran
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Please stop talking about ‘Glicked’. It’s bannoying
The clumsy combination of Gladiator II and Wicked is an over-hyped attempt to capture the “Barbenheimer” success.
- by Garry Maddox
Ariana Grande holds Cynthia Erivo’s fingernail: A modern guide to movie promotion
They’re crying together in interviews, embracing each other on red carpets, and holding each other’s fingernails. Is this the new normal for movie promotion?
- by Nell Geraets