1917 (Universal) is a great movie about the Great War. By turns harrowing and lyrically beautiful – and deeply humane throughout – director and co-writer (with Krysty Wilson-Cairns) Sam Mendes’ gripping historical drama displays both the horrors of trench combat and the endurance of fundamental decency and spiritual striving.

According to the ‘Old Boys’ (the Aquinas College Alumni) Br Clery is an institution, a brother who has become an icon of a complex set of values that represent aspiration, education, and the increasingly complex role that the Church has played in the formation of young Australian men.

In The Two Popes (Netflix), their glossy but highly speculative account of supposedly real events, screenwriter Anthony McCarten and director Fernando Meirelles ill-advisedly try to extol Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) by trashing retired Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins).

Both the filmmakers and the central voice cast of the much-loved 2013 original are reunited in Frozen II (Disney). They deliver an exuberant animated musical adventure that’s suitable for a wide demographic.

The eRecord is giving away five DVDs of “Summer in the Forest”. To enter, send an answer to the following question to therecord@therecord.com.au: Where was the location of the first L’Arche community founded by Jean Vanier in 1964?

The holiday-themed blend of romantic comedy and drama Last Christmas (Universal) is both awkward in execution and problematic in content.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton star in a scene from the movie "Terminator: Dark Fate". Photo: Paramount Pictures/CNS. By John Mulderig Grown fans of the action genre will find the sci-fi adventure Terminator: Dark Fate (Paramount) a serviceable diversion. Logicians dedicated to the details of cause and effect, not so much. There's a feminist cast to the proceedings as direct...

A full decade after the unusual combination of horror and comedy in 2009’s Zombieland proved popular with both critics and audiences, the follow-up Zombieland: Double Tap (Columbia) arrives on screen.

The eRecord is giving away five DVDs of “Pilgrim’s Progress”. To enter, send an answer to the following question to therecord@therecord.com.au: From which language does the word “Lux” come from and who does the character represent?

By John Mulderig The moral probing and feminist revisionism that characterised its 2014 predecessor are mostly absent from the routine follow-up Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Disney). So much so, that ethical straightforwardness makes its title seem somewhat misleading. Having undergone a fundamental conversion in the previous film, the title character, once again portrayed by Angelina Joli...