Film and drama
Barbie has plenty of pink but pales in progressive promise

While Greta Gerwig's Barbie has been hailed as a win for feminism, its message becomes derailed ...  
Right-wing American film and music imports pose danger

Australia has its own share of homegrown Right-wing extremism without importing conservative ...  
Warner Bros. and Mattel winners as Barbie a 'cash grab'

Despite the polarised debate surrounding Barbie, we should all remember that the film primarily ...  
Dial of Destiny disappoints: Indiana Jones belongs in a museum

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change ...  
Reefshot provides hope for the future of our Barrier Reef

The story of some of the Reef’s most loyal citizens racing against time to turn the tide on the ...  
The Kingdom: Uncovering Hillsong's rise and demise

Journalist Marc Fennell takes us into the dark heart of the Hillsong church, sharing the pain of ...  
This Little Mermaid is anything but shallow

A mermaid princess falls in love with a human prince, but following her heart comes with a trem ...  
Air goes for a slam dunk but misses the hoop

In the 1980s, a struggling shoe company bet everything on pursuing the greatest basketball player ...  
Third Guardians film gives animals a voice against cruelty

A group of friends embark on a dangerous mission to save the life of one of their own, encounte ...  
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Consent: Why we all should be 'Asking For It'

‘Sexual violence thrives in silence’, which is why a new SBS series, 'Asking For It', is ...  
The Banshees of Inisherin: Tragedy at its funniest

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with ...  
Dungeons & Dragons casts an enchanting spell

A thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but ...  
The Whale lands with an emotional splash

Knowing he has little time left, a morbidly obese man tries to right the wrongs of his life and ...  
Cocaine Bear: The grizzly side of drug abuse

An oddball group converges in a forest where a bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintenti ...  
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel.... tense

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a family of three is held hostage by four strangers who ...  
The golden age of Hollywood roars to decadent life in Babylon

A group of film industry professionals must adapt to the changing face of Hollywood while also ...  
M3GAN is more than merely a malicious machine

A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its ...  
#3 TOP STORY OF 2022: The most depressing thing about 'Don’t Look Up' isn’t what you think (prolly)

For longer than perhaps we should have expected, IA had the wit and whimsy of Andrew P. ...  
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