Hugh Jackman


Real Steel movie review — straight to the junkyard

Hugh Jackman’s latest bout of small-minded big budget balderdash is a boxing movie in which the boxers are robots and the human characters are clumsily written and portrayed, writes Luke Buckmaster.

Wolverine vs. Michigan Wolverines

Sports Illustrated sizes up two well-known members of the weasel family.

Wolverine reviewed: check your brain at the door

Wolverine is clearly take it or leave it popcorn entertainment, ripe for intellectual condemnation. But it does a fine job doing what it ought to: entertain.

Media briefs: Social media bites McDonalds and Domino’s

Filthy Adelaide Maccas a worlwide hit … US paper ad revenue plummets … Should The NY Times go online-only?

Australia’s not the bomb they’d have you believe

An unwillingness to break a decade-old tradition of Oz film bashing may be infecting Australian reporters’ abilities to sensibly interpret a simple list of figures writes Michael Griffiths.

Australia: the verdict

Well, it’s official. Australia is crap. The only raging debate amongst reviewers world wide is exactly why the movie that was supposed to save our film industry is quite this bad, writes Eleri Harris.

2020 summit snips, aka Cate watch

Enthralling snippets from the 2020 summit…

No talking please, it’s a gabfest

Suppose they gave a talkfest, and nobody was allowed to talk? Bernard Keane goes 2020.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Hugh Jackman? Well thank goodness.

2020 vision: Glyn Davis reveals the lucky (semi-female) 1000

Professor Glyn Davis — 2020 Summit chair and University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor in his spare time — today announced the completion of the selection process for the summit, writes Zoe Barron from the University of Melbourne.

The WWF press conference to launch Earth Hour

Hi everyone, thanks for coming…