Neve Campbell and Dwayne Johnson star in the edge-of-your-seat action drama Skyscraper. Photo: Universal Pictures International. By Matthew Lau Global icon Dwayne Johnson stars in Skyscraper as the death-defying protagonist Will Sawyer. Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures have teamed up to produce an intense action-thriller that is not for the faint-hearted. Will is a form...

Paul Rudd stars in a scene from the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp. Photo: Marvel Studios/CNS. By Mark Pattison What’s noticeably lacking is any exposition or guidance for those not already familiar with the characters and their relationships from 2015’s Ant-Man and 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. While the film can still be enjoyed on its own, newcomers will feel somewhat left out ...

Chris Pratt stars in a scene from the movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Photo: Universal Pictures/CNS. By Matthew Lau Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal Pictures), explores the dangers of “playing God” with life-forms. Dinosaurs are about to become extinct once again, as the abandoned Jurassic World theme park on the Costa Rican island Isla Nublar is in danger of an impe...

This is a scene from the animated movie Incredibles 2. Photo: Disney-Pixar/CNS. By Joseph McAleer The first family of superheroes return in Disney’s Incredibles 2, the highly anticipated sequel to a much-loved 2004 animated film. Alas, the passage of time (a truly incredible 14 years) has not been kind. Despite Brad Bird’s return as writer and director, Incredibles 2 lacks the spon...

Alden Ehrenreich plays Han Solo and Joonas Suotamo plays Chewbacca in a scene from the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story. Photo: Disney/CNS. By John Mulderig Before he grew up to be Harrison Ford, inter-galactic freebooter Han Solo was Alden Ehrenreich – or so at least the folks behind Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney), the pleasing but insubstantial latest addition to the blockbuster franchis...

Beauty truly can come out of ashes as Ryan Reynolds reprises his starring role in Deadpool 2. Photo: Twentieth Century Fox/CNS. By Matt Lau & John Mulderig After the smash hit success of the original 2016 Deadpool movie, hopes are high for the sequel which again stars Ryan Reynolds as the wisecracking mercenary. Deadpool 2 (Fox), directed by David Leitch, delivers on its promise...

This is the art for the movie Pope Francis: A Man of His Word. Photo: Focus/CNS. By John Mulderig Veteran filmmaker Wim Wenders respectfully profiles the current successor of St Peter in the well-crafted, sometimes moving documentary Pope Francis: A Man of His Word. Though Wenders also provides some narration, as his title suggests, he largely lets the pontiff speak for himself. ...

The Crucifixion of St Peter painted for the Cerasi Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome by Italian-Baroque painter Caravaggio. Photo: Sourced. By Amanda Murthy Provocative, unsettling, creative yet controversial, Luna Palace Cinemas and Sharmill films presents a spectacular and rip-roaring tale, full of action, anguish and blood, as it pieces together the accurate historical recon...

Amy Schumer stars in the STX Entertainment movie “I Feel Pretty”. Photo: CNS/STXfilms. By Kurt Jensen Whacks to the noggin make such convenient plot devices. In I Feel Pretty, the latest Amy Schumer comedy, a tumble during a Soul Cycle workout gives her out-of-shape character the reverse of body dysmorphic disorder. Thus she sees herself as slim, beautiful and perfect – and this...

Paul, played by James Faulkner in the movie Paul Apostle of Christ, portrays a series of true events taken from the Bible, leading up to his death when he was martyred by the Romans. By Amanda Murthy From being the most infamous persecutor of Christians, to Jesus Christ’s most highly regarded apostle. The latest biblical narrative to be translated into film, entitled Paul, Apostle ...