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Science fiction and fantasy films

  • My Neighbour Totoro.

    My Neighbour Totoro review – Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants

    Studio Ghibli’s inspirationally lovely film about a girl’s encounter with a gentle creature only becomes more beguiling with repeated viewings
  • man in a patterned shirt draws in the air with a purple crayon

    Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud

    Zachary Levi makes for a miscast lead in a poorly thought- out adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s classic picture book
  • Barret Oliver (Bastian) in The NeverEnding Story, directed by Wolfgang Petersen.

    The NeverEnding Story review – a wondrous world of beasts and young heroes

    A grieving boy is drawn into a magical land in Wolfgang Petersen’s ambitious fantasy adventure, rereleased for its 40th anniversary

July 2024

  • Two men stand at a bar, one wearing a red and black suit and the other wearing a dark jacket

    Now you've seen it
    Deadpool & Wolverine: Marvel Jesus, potty mouths and bloody cameos – discuss with spoilers

  • Don’t look now … Deadpool & Wolverine.

    Week in geek
    Attack of the spoilers: are trailers giving away too much?

  • Impassive moping … Coma

    Coma review – vital signs are weak in Bertrand Bonello’s mopey lockdown drama

  • Glen Powell – in a dark green shirt the same colour as his blazer and with a slightly wavy fringe, a bit oiled and slicked back – grins in front of the cutoff letters "E" and "R" at the Twisters premiere in Los Angeles

    Glen Powell: meet the new Hollywood A-lister who can do heart-throb, goofball or action hero

  • Week in geek
    Avenger angels: can the Russo brothers return to rescue Marvel?

  • Week in geek
    Deadpool & Wolverine sneak preview hints at a snarky satire on Marvel’s multiverse

    Ben Child
  • Melbourne international film festival 2024: 10 things to see, from Megalopolis to new Cronenberg

June 2024

  • Amitabh Bachchan as Ashwatthama in Kalki 2898 AD.

    Kalki 2898 AD review – maximalist sci-fi epic mixes Mahabharata with Mad Max

  • On the way to different worlds … still from 2007’s Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer.

    Week in geek
    Is Marvel breaking all its own rules with the new Fantastic Four movie?

  • This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Elaine Umuhire, left, and Lupita Nyong'o in a scene from "A Quiet Place: Day One." (Gareth Gatrell/Paramount Pictures via AP)

    A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang

  • Not you again … Cailee Spaeny in Alien: Romulus.

    Week in geek
    Alien: Romulus could be the back-to-basics Alien reboot we’ve all been waiting for

  • Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88

  • Week in geek
    Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock review – Kirk sacrifices all in the name of bromance

  • Arcadian review – Nicolas Cage lies low in tense post-apocalyptic thriller

  • Gremlins at 40: Joe Dante’s untamed classic is a love letter to chaos

  • Week in geek
    Has Venom: The Last Dance’s trailer drawn Spider-Man: No Way Home’s sting?

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