Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Cast: Jimmy Barnes, Garbage, Dave Grohl
Director: Paul Goldman
Rating: M
Synopsis: The wild ride of maverick entrepreneur Michael Gudinski, who defied convention and revolutionised the Australian music industry.
Reviews
“It’s a nod to a self-made icon, a journey through our country’s entertainment past, and a treasure trove of material captured from historical events that can never be recreated.”
SWITCH.
“It’s a tale which had to be told and told well. Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story has achieved all of that and more.”
Australian Musician Magazine
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu
Director: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Rating: PG
Synopsis: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Reviews
“With its refreshingly glitchy animation style and superb hip-hop soundtrack, the reptilian superheroes’s latest outing is a fizzing treat.”
The Guardian
“…this “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” while a half shell of those films, has its own low-key charms. It’s goofier, grosser and mostly fun.”
AP News
Haunted Mansion
Cast: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson
Director: Justin Simien
Rating: PG
Synopsis: A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.
Reviews
“Haunted Mansion has a busy, forgettable plot that exists mainly to set up all the macabre sight gags you might remember from the ride.”
NPR
“Justin Simien’s chiller based on a Disney attraction is a grimly efficient intellectual property cash-in that’s devoid of scares.”
The Guardian
Sound of Freedom
Cast: Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Rating: M
Synopsis: Sound of Freedom, based on the incredible true story, shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death.
Reviews
““Sound of Freedom” takes place in, and posits to be, a tough conversation piece about the world of child sex trafficking, but it’s hardly any more informational than a horror movie about bogeymen.”
Roger Ebert
“The QAnon-tinged thriller about child-trafficking is designed to appeal to the conscience of a conspiracy-addled boomer.”
Rolling Stone
Gran Turismo
Cast: David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Rating: M
Synopsis: Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.
Reviews
“The latest motorsport story film adaptation takes the world of Gran Turismo and turns it into an approachable, entertaining watch, with some minor hiccups along the way.”
Drive
“Who better to send to see the new GT film than someone who hasn’t played it since the dawn of the millennium? Erm…”
Top Gear
Barbie
Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae
Director: Greta Gerwig
Rating: PG
Synopsis: Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.
Reviews
“Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and lovingly subverts it.”
The Guardian
“…Barbie is uneven and the script could have used a lot more tightening up, however, it’s definitely a fun film to watch.”
City Hub Sydney
Oppenheimer
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Director: Christopher Nolan
Rating: MA15+
Synopsis: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Reviews
“Given Nolan’s preference for shooting on Imax 70mm film, the picture has a depth of detail you could drown in.”
The Guardian
“Christopher Nolan masterfully captures one of history’s defining figures.”
ABC News
Asteroid City
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks
Director: Wes Anderson
Rating: M
Synopsis: Following a writer on his world-famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to a small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Reviews
“Like many of his films, it contains visual reminders of a children’s storybook. While there are shadows, they look as if they have been painted on.”
smh.com.au
“Led by Willem Dafoe’s Actors Studio guru, the cast is united by a somnambulant mantra that invokes the power of art – and the imagination – to absorb the delusions of an insane time. I found it very moving.”
ABC News
The Equalizer 3
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Rating: CTC
Synopsis: Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.
In theaters August 31, 2023
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Cast: Stephanie Nur, John Corbett, Andrea Martin
Director: Nia Vardalos
Rating: CTC
Synopsis: Join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns.
In theaters September 7, 2023
