Nearly everything about The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros), writer-director James Gunn’s DC Comics-based follow-up to 2016’s Suicide Squad, is intentionally over-the-top.
In 1916 Brazil, an intrepid British researcher (Emily Blunt) forms an unlikely alliance with a fast-talking Amazon River steamboat captain (Dwayne Johnson) and aided by her brother (Jack Whitehall), they set off in quest of a mystical tree the healing flowers of which she believes will revolutionize medicine. By John Mulderig/CNS.
There’s a strained tone to Space Jam: A New Legacy (Warner Bros), director Malcolm D Lee’s sequel to the 1996 sports comedy. LeBron James plays himself this time out, as Michael Jordan did a quarter of a century ago.
As an addition to the Marvel Comics cinematic universe, the origin story ‘Black Widow’ (Disney) provides the expected elements of large-scale special effects and intrepid derring-do.
‘Two Cultures, One Story’ is an Aboriginal Elder’s memoir bridges the cultural divide between black and white Australia, celebrating the talent and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices through the publication of quality literature.
Nondenominational religious flourishes and an emphasis on the value of family offset occasionally intense showdowns and some unsavoury vocabulary in F9: The Fast Saga (Universal).
Applecross parishioner Giuseppe Cinanni was announced as one of 1190 Australians to receive a 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for Australia. He was honoured for his involvement in Catholic-based and community support initiatives, where he co-ordinated, volunteered, and organised various fundraising projects through collaboration with strong networks, which he built over the years. By Amanda Murthy.
“Impossible” is taken off the table in Manifest when an aircraft harbouring 191 souls bound for New York mysteriously disappears before re-emerging five-and-a-half years later.
An inspirational story of making the right decisions in life, taking responsibility, forgiveness, and the importance of both having and being a father. After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason. By Sister Hosea Rupprecht, CNS.
Burnt Butter Tortellini w Chicken & Sage (serves 3)