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At first blush, Harmony Korine’s new film doesn’t have much in common with The Great Gatsby. But under the bonnet, it may echo the themes of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal work more powerfully than Baz Luhrmamn’s movie, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Writer/director Derek Cianfrance’s follow-up to Blue Valentine is extraordinarily bold and compelling. It’s one of the pedigree American films of 2013, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Mads Mikkelsen is perfectly cast as a man unfairly accused of child abuse in writer/director Thomas Vinterberg’s cautionary tale about small town mob justice. But like the film, there is something cold and clinical about it, writes Luke Buckmaster.

The most interesting thing about Iron Man 3 isn’t the movie itself, but the return of legendary screenwriter Shane Black, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Terrorists storm the White House. Aliens roam the surface of a ravaged earth. A comedian sleepwalks and Hugh Jackman sings. This and more with Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy in The Parallax Podcast.

Tom Cruise and the director of Tron Legacy teamed up to make a US$100+ million art movie. It didn’t quite go to plan, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Oscar-nominated director Alex Gibney’s exposé about sex abuse in the Catholic church may be slanted, but it has every right to be, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Paul Fenech has been lobbing comedy grenades for eons. Whether he intended it or not, his latest movie is one of Australia’s most brutal satires of lower class suburbia, writes Luke Buckmaster.

The cast and crew of Australian drama Blinder have shown courage in confronting complex issues head on. And with that courage should come the conviction to admit they got it very, very wrong, writes Luke Buckmaster.

It made a lot of sense to green light an unpretentious cricket-themed comedy featuring a bunch of fair dinkum Aussie blokes who travel to India, writes Luke Buckmaster, but the results are a mixed bag.

Post-Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to his first starring role in almost a decade in The Last Stand, writes Luke Buckmaster. In this new era of Arnie, how does the film represent his values as a politician?

Star-studded comedy anthology Movie 43 opened to one of the greatest critical shellackings in years. Luke Buckmaster explains how we arrived at this point — and why reviewers have gone too far.

What were the best films of 2012? Luke Buckmaster rewinds an impressive year at the cinema and names his top ten titles.

What was the best film of 2012? The best TV show? The book you have to read, the video game you have to play, the album you have to download, the theatre you should have seen? Crikey picks the best.

Having trekked these beautiful Middle Earth mountains so many times before, it’s easy to under-appreciate the first of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies. But non-believers may find it too much.

Old school Hollywood legend Jack Warner wouldn’t have made it through director Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Les Misérables. Luke Buckmaster explains why.

At the peak of its powers, Ang Lee’s highly anticipated adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling book feels like the cinematic equivalent of touching God. Which is to say, nice work, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Skyfall and The Master are the top two items on the menu for this fortnight’s The Parallax Podcast, hosted by critics Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy.

Dispirited by a bunch of “historical” Hollywood movies that rampantly fudge the facts, Luke Buckmaster set out to spend an entire day at the cinema wallowing in 100% escapism. This is the story of how best laid plans went horribly wrong.

Early buzz suggests Argo, director/star Ben Affleck’s entertaining “historical” thriller, has a good shot at the top prizes come awards season next year. Here’s why Hollywood should not reward it with an Oscar.

Want to scares? Laughs? Shocks? A thrill a minute? You won’t find them in Paranormal Activity 4. What you will find is one of the easiest ways for a bunch of lucky producers to make windfalls of cash, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Is Ben Affleck’s acclaimed drama Argo as good as the hype suggests? Is Dredd 3D as bad as it looks? Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy discuss these and more in this fortnight’s The Parallax Podcast.

Actor Mark Duplass might be signing off from the mumblecore movement with this sweet-hearted dramedy splashed with a side of SCI-FI, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Director Andrew Dominik’s third and most assured feature film — a gritty crime drama headlined by Brad Pitt — isn’t just an inventive rumination on the faltering US economy. It’s a masterpiece.