Robust scientific experiments are objective and separated from human influence. But the way we think about and connect with science can present beautiful stories.
Sofia Boutella plays the new Mummy.
Universal Pictures
The latest reboot of The Mummy is all you should expect from a Hollywood blockbuster on an ancient Egyptian curse. But what about the science?
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: she eschews corsets, barges into men-only meetings, and compares secretarial work to slavery.
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Captain Jack Sparrow sails the high seas again in the fifth outing of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. So did the filmmakers get the science right in the action packed adventure?
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is an at times thrilling, at times bizarre, viewing experience that blends classic English myth with a gangster aesthetic.
What’s going to happen next in Alien: Covenant?
Twentieth Century Fox
The Guardians of the Galaxy team are rocking the universe again in the latest volume of the science fiction blockbuster. But how does the science stand up to some number crunching?
Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight: one of the most beautiful films in recent years.
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After Fifty Shades of Grey there was debate about its romanticisation of an abusive relationship. The sequel confirms that this wasn’t a misconception.
Crunchy, and sustainable.
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The film presents some of the best descriptions of mathematics yet seen on the big screen. It shows mathematics as art and as a creative process of discovery.
How do we deal with people whose emotional responses we don’t understand? Demolition does not have the answers.
Nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, Spotlight has won over critics with its compelling story and strong cast featuring Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo.
Entertainment One Films Australia
If you haven’t seen Oscar winner Spotlight yet, go. It tells the true story of how decades of abuse in one city was finally uncovered - followed by revelations worldwide, including in my home town.
Daisy Domergue’s story sits at the centre of The Hateful Eight (2015).
Double Feature Films
The Hateful Eight has been praised as a violent but optimistic story of men working to come together – but it’s also been derided as a thinly veiled exercise in misogynistic violence.
An unlikely group of bounty hunters, bandits, and lawmen take shelter from a merciless blizzard.
Roadshow
Quentin Tarantino has secured his place in popular culture by reaching into neglected corners of cinema for genres that are ready for reinvention and rediscovery.
The film transcends its feelgood marketing campaign to contribute to current debates around charity and its practical implications.
Love complicates the complex marriage deals arranged by parents on the island of Tanna, though rarely with such profound ramifications as those depicted in the film.
Contact Films