Mothering Sunday is slow cinema. And while you will marvel at how the movie looks, it’s unlikely to really make you feel.

As hard as this movie works at being bloody awful, there’s a kernel of something here that keeps you hooked.

This animated offshoot feels like an extended TV episode, rather than a cinematic experience. 

Top Gun: Maverick is a triumph, that makes you feel the need; the need for speed.

The blend in this mincemeat could have been better, but in the end it’s perfectly edible. 

An underwhelming and largely unambitious take on the multiverse, that throws opts for jump scares and cameos rather than character development and fresh takes.

Nic Cage is back, with a meta action/comedy that holds your interest, examines his fame, while also adroitly plumbing the depths of his back catalogue.

A haunting, homoerotic Shakespearean tragedy couched in the Viking era, that is as bloody as it is weird, beautiful and engaging.

We caught both the new Harry Potter film, and the two-part Melbourne stage show, to see which avenue is furthering the franchise, and which is a stuttering mess going off the rails.

The Bad Guys is a winning adaptation of the children’s literary sensation.

Mind-boggling multiversal musings ultimately take a backseat to an emotional family tale in this must see movie.

Big, loud and dumb - but a helluva lot of fun.