The long anticipated sequel to the financially successful and critically middling 2023 Super Mario Bros Movie is out now and improves on its predecessor in almost every way. By a little.

If you’re into the whimsy of childhood, fun cinematography, quirky plot lines, and family reconnection then The Magic Faraway Tree is the film for you!

The film being the winner of the Enrico Fulchignoni Award, an award given at the Venice Film Festival to films that best represent UNESCO values, is perhaps the best summation of what this film strives for.

Fire and Ash is a compelling demonstration of what blockbuster filmmaking can still achieve when craft, ambition, and heart align - a film that will satiate fans hungry for spectacle while offering enough character work to give the stakes meaning.

Eternity is a must watch. It’s not just a great romantic comedy, but also one which has a perspective that almost none of its genre companions do.

Christmas Karma certainly isn’t boring, but not in the way you would want it to be.

Wicked: For Good is good, not great. But that’s okay - it still manages to hold space for an extremely emotionally satisfying ending.

Sketch is a charming, chaotic blend of fantasy, gateway horror, and emotional earnestness - heartfelt and imaginative, leaving one with the sense that your own little creative scribbles might be worth keeping.

Imagine (2025) is a collaborative animation project […] that explores layered ideologies and Indigenous wisdom through the surreal journey of a teenager.

Many films could be described as dream-like, but few embody the truly indecipherable logic of the subconscious like Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Genre fans looking for a siege of monsters and otherworldly horrors may come away disappointed, but those looking for a more cerebral and borderline ethereal experience will likely find themselves embracing the film and its scrappy charm.

For the most part […] Freakier Friday succeeds as a sequel and will delight fans both old and new.

What the actual Smurf was that?

Unlike other live action remakes, How to Train Your Dragon is not a chore to watch. You won’t feel anything new that you haven’t already felt before from this franchise, but it’s a hell of a ride.

Sword of Silence believes in the strength of [its] ‘unique’ visual style to carry the film’s shortcomings, which unfortunately still manage to detract from the feature’s overall potential.

If the goal of A Minecraft Movie is to entertain fans of the game and their parents while turning a profit, then based on the crowd's reaction, the movie does its job.

Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) is back for its 2025 programming, and cinephiles with a taste for the experimental, esoteric, and independent, brace yourselves!

In an era of ever-increasing shake-ups in the animation world, it’s no wonder the best animated feature film of the past year was made by a small team of Latvian filmmakers in Blender.

For all of the hysteria that has surrounded this adaptation, when I watched this in a preview screening surrounded by cheering girls in Snow White costumes, it was hard to remember why people were convinced of the insidiousness of this film in the first place. 

Bird is a visceral coming-of-age tale that soars thanks to its naturalistic approach to both performances and on-screen craft.