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The new WWII air force drama from Spielberg and Hanks hits turbulence
Masters of the Air flies high but struggles to get any emotional uplift, despite the help of big names in front of and behind the camera.
- by Michael Idato
★★★
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The Color Purple is a traumatic story, but this reboot is too sanitised
It’s the music that mostly lets this version of Alice Walker’s book down, with songs that are either clunky or unmemorable.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
The best films of 2023, a critic’s choice
From Barbenheimer to Australian horror, veteran directors are joined by rising young talents in this year’s highlights.
- by Garry Maddox
Trying to pick an Oscar winner? It’s actually easier than you think
Trying to pick an Oscar winner? Like horseracing, the best place to start is with the form guide: awards season.
- by Michael Idato
The Goonies changed his life. He spent $2.4 million to buy the house
Previous owners of the “Goonies house” haven’t always had a good relationship with fans, but Behman Zakeri intends to redecorate the home as it appeared in the cult movie.
- by Kyle Melnick
★★★★
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Steven Spielberg’s newest film is his most personal yet. But is it good?
In The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg takes his own story and puts it on the screen, with a thin veneer of fiction to separate it from real life.
- by Sandra Hall
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‘Sometimes it was the smallest thing’: Why Spielberg had to find somewhere to cry
The legendary Hollywood director has gone bone-deep for The Fabelmans, a film about his own family life.
- by Garry Maddox
Small boobs and a secret lover? Sigrid Thornton tells the whole truth
For someone who has been in the public eye for 50-plus years, a favourite of women’s magazines and tabloids, Thornton has had some doozies printed about her.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans sparks Oscars buzz with film festival award
The legendary director’s new movie has been acclaimed for “immediately joining the first ranks of artists’ memoirs”.
- by Garry Maddox
More than a hit movie, E.T. is still one of cinema’s best magic tricks
Steven Spielberg’s suburban fairy tale was a bona fide phenomenon on its release, the kind of lightning-in-a-bottle sensation we have rarely seen.
- by A.A. Dowd