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Up, up and away: this blog has moved
Luke BuckmasterJan 23, 2014
Crikey has launched a new culture website -- and this blog has moved.
Bad Grandpa movie review: low, low, low-art
Luke BuckmasterNov 15, 2013
Bad Grandpa, from Jackass alumni Jeff Termaine and Johnny Knoxville, isn't exactly high-art. But who cares?
The Counselor: Ridley Scott breaks bad on the Tex-Mex border
Luke BuckmasterNov 5, 2013
Veteran Ridley Scott adapts an off-the-wall screenplay from esteemed novelist Cormac McCarthy, and the results are nothing if not audacious.
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Thor: The Dark World movie review: a superhero craptastrophy
Luke BuckmasterOct 29, 2013 7
In some circles superhero movies have a bad name. Want to know why? Go see Thor: The Dark World.
Captain Phillips movie review: bus stops, billboards and HMS Hanks
Luke BuckmasterOct 29, 2013 5
Paul Greengrass' breathlessly intense drama Captain Phillips is being marketed as a Tom Hanks movie. What impact does that have on the film's quasi-documentary grasp of realism?
About Time movie review: less rom-com, more tick-tock?
Luke BuckmasterOct 20, 2013 3
English writer/director Richard Curtis' new movie -- a sweet-toothed time travel rom-com starring Domhnall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams -- poses several interesting questions, and answers almost none of them.
Prisoners movie review: trapped in a maze of moral murkiness
Luke BuckmasterOct 19, 2013 1
Studio-produced Hollywood mystery-thrillers don't get a great deal better (or bleaker) than director Denis Villeneuve's enthralling film about a search for two abducted young girls.
Win a double pass to About Time
Luke BuckmasterOct 18, 2013
Writer/director Richard Curtis' time travel rom-com About Time is now playing in Australian cinemas. Cinetology has 10 in-season passes to give away, valid nation-wide.
‘Where the fuck were you?’ Interview with John Landis, director of The Blues Brothers & Three Amigos!
Luke BuckmasterOct 16, 2013 1
On the subject of business in Hollywood, veteran John Landis -- director of classics such as The Blues Brothers, Three Amigos! and Animal House -- pulls no punches.
Rush movie review: pole position for Ron Howard, the invisible auteur
Luke BuckmasterOct 9, 2013
Capturing the sensational long-running stoush between Formula 1 racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, Ron Howard has directed one of his most entertaining movies in years.
Gravity movie review: a new space odyssey
Luke BuckmasterOct 4, 2013 3
Prepare to return your jaw to its upright position. Alfonso Cuarón's space-set drama -- starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock -- is a sight to behold.
The Best Offer movie review: the finer points of fakery
Luke BuckmasterOct 3, 2013
Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore directs a perfectly cast Geoffrey Rush in this gloomy and deceptive film set in the industry of high-end art dealing.
Stories We Tell movie review: basking in narrative confusion
Luke BuckmasterSep 26, 2013 1
In its own modest way, Sarah Polley's debut documentary feature about her family is a sophisticated and beguiling work.
Mood Indigo movie review: don’t cry for me, I’m already dead
Luke BuckmasterSep 20, 2013 2
Michel Gondry is celebrated for odd films and visual flair, but his work has never felt pretentious or inaccessible. Until now.
So, Harvey Weinstein is coming to Australia. Here’s 5 things he can do to help us out
Luke BuckmasterSep 18, 2013 3
Legendary studio mogul Harvey "Scissorhands" Weinstein is coming to Australia. Here are five ways he can help the Australian film industry.
Blue Jasmine movie review: dramatic masterclass c/o Woody Allen and Cate Blanchett
Luke BuckmasterSep 15, 2013 3
A late-period masterstroke from the ever prolific Woody Allen offers many things, including one of Cate Blanchett's finest performances.
The Rocket movie review: explosive melancholia
Luke BuckmasterSep 11, 2013
Australia's nomination for best foreign language film for the 2014 Oscars is a quaint and beautifully balanced Laos-set drama.