Entertainment
Wackiest true story to become a movie
Monday 27 August 2018 | Published in Entertainment
WHEN movies are based on true stories, they tend to be about some heroic act or great personal struggle.
Jason Statham saves the day
Saturday 18 August 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Jack Morris (Rainn Wilson) is ready to see a return on his investment.
No winner in Washington's first replay
Saturday 11 August 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is enjoying being dead – at least in the eyes of his former employers at the CIA.
Mission Impossible action-packed
Saturday 4 August 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
I think my (hard) day’s labour at work on Thursday must have taken a toll on me.
Gig review: Koi Boys pitch perfect at Rehab
Monday 30 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
The last time I saw The Koi Boys live (so to speak) I was in an audience of two and they only performed one song – a pitch-perfect rendition of doo-wop favourite “Sh-Boom”, the same song that catapulted them to stardom during the blind audition round of reality singing show The Voice Australia.
Mamma Mia! It's actually better...
Saturday 28 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
It’s been 10 years to the month since Mamma Mia! set the world’s box offices on fire with an unlikely pastiche of 30-year-old ditties being karaoked on a Greek island floating somewhere near London’s Pinewood studios – and now here we go again.
Skyscraper dumb but fabulous fun
Tuesday 24 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
It is a scandal that there is no Oscar or Bafta or Golden Globe for Best Dumb Fun.
Hotel Transylvania 3 a hit with kids
Saturday 14 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Let’s get one thing straight right from the get-go: Hotel Transylvania 3 is most definitely a kids’ film.
Ant-Man and the Wasp impresses
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Entertainment
He’s tiny, now he’s big, now he’s normal-sized, he’s tiny again, now he’s REALLY REALLY BIG!
Show Dogs a bit 'ruff' around the edges
Saturday 30 June 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Show Dogs has one function and one alone. It’s children’s entertainment in which parents should feel comfortable falling asleep, confident that this assembly-line action-comedy about a police Rottweiler, and his trainer, going undercover at a dog show is going to supply 92 minutes of innocuous distraction.
Franchise becomes a bit of a dinosaur
Saturday 23 June 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Filmmakers will go to any extent to squeeze the very last dollar from franchises which have previously been a hit among moviegoers.
Ocean's 8 isn't good - but is it fun?
Saturday 9 June 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Entertainment
Why has a man directed Ocean’s 8?
Deadpool 2 better than before
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
Ryan Reynolds, who plays Wade Wilson (aka Deadpool) in Deadpool 2, doesn’t spare anyone. Not even the Ryan Reynolds from DC Comics’ Green Lantern.
Stars Wars' Solo ride delivers the goods
Saturday 26 May 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment
It’s been a while, and it feels good to be back doing one of my favourite columns in this newspaper. I missed writing the weekly movie review. I missed the buzz of the premieres every Thursday, the salty and buttery smell of popcorn and obviously a free entry to the movie theatre.
Why Avengers ending doesn't work
Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Avengers: Infinity War is a great movie with an ending that made two very big mistakes.
A Quiet Place a roaring success
Saturday 5 May 2018 | Published in Entertainment
There’s an old saying that if a tree falls over in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?
Avengers succeeds in every way
Monday 30 April 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Avengers: Infinity War seemed like it was almost doomed to fail.
Bland effort fails to match its potential
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Published in Entertainment
It’s a bad sign when basically every character in a movie you’re watching turns out to be bland or annoying.
'Candy-coated blast of movie-going nirvana'
Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Ready Player One is set in 2045. The world is almost exactly the dystopian dump an entire generation of books and movies have been promising us.
Uprising worthy sequel to Pacific Rim
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Entertainment
Back in 2013, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim was one of the unexpected treats of the year.
