Review
★★½
Movies
Toy Story prequel Lightyear reaches for the stars, but lands in a black hole
My first thought going into this Toy Story spin-off was to wish Pixar hadn’t bothered.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
★★★★
Cinema
A star is born in this joyous gay Jane Austen reboot
There’s sex, fighting, love, drugs, drinking and all-night parties in Fire Island, a new rom-com that offers an appealing twist on Pride and Prejudice.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★★
Cinema
Two-time Oscar winner’s superb new drama is not without controversy
The Iranian filmmaker’s works have no equal, but they also give us a very pungent sense of the forces at work in Iranian society.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★
Movies
Terence Davies calls Benediction his best movie. I beg to differ
Despite outstanding performances, the British director’s story about wartime poet Siegfried Sassoon is very much a curate’s egg.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★
See & Do
Life in lockdown when you’re a pop star: not that different (or interesting), actually
Alone Together is authentic enough, but is it depressing or empowering to watch the British singer stuck at home like everybody else?
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
Movies
A sleeper hit on TV, Bob’s Burgers goes big with chuckles and charm
The Belcher kids try to solve the crime and save the family fortunes in a fun big-screen debut for the long-running animated sitcom.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
Arts
It’s still cheesy, but the new Top Gun has heart – and an older, wiser Tom Cruise
Once again, egos feature prominently in the film’s storyline, which centres on the edgy relationship between teamwork and competitiveness.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
Movies
This is the crime-busting role Gerard Depardieu was made for
There’s little suspense and not much light in Maigret, but the French actor seems to have finally found a role that channels his rare sympathy as a performer.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★★
See & Do
In this haunting film, one question is asked: what would you do?
I can’t offer this as a cheerful night’s entertainment, but Francois Ozon’s film about assisted dying is superbly made, completely engrossing and very grown-up.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★½
See & Do
It has the spirit of Full Monty, but these women want to talk about sex
The idea for How to Please a Woman sprang from an article about an Australian company that supplies sexual services for women only.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
See & Do
Like Harry Potter for adults, this heroic war movie is a genuine surprise
Colin Firth and Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen star in an entertaining tale about one of the boldest plots of World War II, Operation Mincemeat.
- by Jake Wilson