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Melbourne International Film Festival 2021
The 2021 Melbourne International Film Festival is back for its 69th year, bigger and better than ever! With a record 40 world premieres from 283 films both online and in cinemas, it’s exactly the kind of creative event Melbourne has been crying out for. With today’s program announcement, Joel is privileged to speak to MIFF programmer Kate Fitzpatrick.

▸ More of Charlie's interview with Nashen Moodley

The Melbourne International Film Festival runs from the 5th to the 22nd August 2021. To check out the full program and to secure passes, head to www.miff.com.au.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021
The annual Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is currently underway. It’s available Australia-wide online all July, and will be hitting Melbourne’s cinemas from the 21st to the 31st of July.

The selection of films this year is wide and varied, with a sizeable selection of Australian titles - including ‘Mental as Everything’, a documentary delving into mental illness, while trying to dispel some of the myths surrounding it. Charlie sits down with the film's director and central figure, Damon Smith, to discuss.

Click here to find out more about 'Mental as Everything'.

To check out the full program and to secure passes, head to www.mdff.com.au.

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Charlie presents a special episode of SWITCHCast, with an interview with the Festival Director of the Sydney Film Festival, Nashen Moodley. SWITCHCast is privileged to get a sneak peek at the 2021 Sydney Film Festival, as the 22 teaser films for this year are announced.

▸ More of Charlie's interview with Nashen Moodley

Sydney Film Festival 2021 Key Dates
▸ Full line-up announced 21st July 2021
▸ Festival runs 18th - 29th August 2021

For more details on the teaser films and to secure passes, head to www.sff.org.au.

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Charlie, Daniel Ashley and Joel are back for a special SWITCHCast episode to celebrate everything Oscars-related! There's surprise guest stars, giveaways, heated discussions - maybe even arguments - and so much more as we discuss the biggest movies from the past year!

Best Picture Nominees
▸ The Father
▸ Judas and the Black Messiah
▸ Mank
▸ Minari
▸ Nomadland
▸ Promising Young Woman
▸ Sound of Metal
▸ The Trial of the Chicago 7

Comps
▸ We want to hear your Oscar winner picks too - we have a giveaway running right now. Go head-to-head with the SWITCH team for your chance to win big. If you correctly guess the most winners at this year’s Academy Awards, and beat our brains trust - you’ll score a massive prize pack!

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Ashley deep dive into everything Oscars-related, from our verdict on the nominees to our opinions on all the controversies. Plus we’ll share our predictions on who’ll be walking away with a statue this year - and we’re offering you the chance to go head-to-head with the SWITCH brains trust with your picks to win a massive prize!

Best Picture Nominees
▸ Ford v Ferrari (3:09)
▸ The Irishman (7:07)
▸ Jojo Rabbit (11:02)
▸ Joker (15:09)
▸ Little Women (18:11)
▸ Marriage Story (22:36)
▸ 1917 (27:04)
▸ Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (31:44)
▸ Parasite (34:57)

Click here to check out the entire list of Academy Awards 2020 nominees.

News
▸ This year, the talk from so many awards ceremonies has been the lack of females in the directing category - and when the same faux pas happened once again with the Oscars, nominee host Issa Rae commented, "Congratulations to those men." That's just the tip of the iceberg in regards to missed opportunities - so who else was snubbed in this year's nominations? (37:59)
▸ The Academy Awards are, without a doubt, the highlight of the cinematic awards season - but after 92 years, they could do with a breath of fresh air. So - if the SWITCH team had carte blanche of the Oscars, what would we do to make it more appealing? (42:12)
▸ So with that all said and done, what are the SWITCH team's predictions for the top Academy Award categories? (46:34)

Comps
▸ We want to hear your Oscar winner picks too - we have a giveaway running right now. Go head-to-head with the SWITCH team for your chance to win big. If you correctly guess the most winners at this year’s Academy Awards, and beat our brains trust - you’ll score a massive prize pack!
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'For Sama' in cinemas.
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'The Peanut Butter Falcoln' in cinemas.
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'The Lighthouse' in cinemas.

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Brent look at the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future - the SWITCH team has been feverishly compiling their top films of not just 2019, but the past decade! Now they're ready to share these tough decisions, and hear from you about your favourites.

Plus we’ll be looking ahead to 2020 to find out what’s on the horizon - from superhero epics to good-old-fashioned musicals to hidden indie gems, we’ll share SWITCH's most-anticipated films for the new year.

News
▸ 2019 has been a bit of a rough year for cinephiles, with true gems few and far between over the past 12 months. The SWITCH Team share their top five films of the year - with some surprising responses. (1:53)

Click here to read the SWITCH team's entire list of the best films of 2019.

▸ It’s time to get nostalgic and cast our gaze back over the decade that’s been. 2010 to 2019 has been a period full of indie classics, raucous comedies, tear-jerking dramas and out-of-this-world sci-fi epics. So this is going to be a tough one - with so many movies to choose from, everyone’s sure to have varied opinions. (17:19)

Click here to read the SWITCH team's entire list of the best films of the past decade.

▸ It’s just a matter of days until the New Year is upon us, as well as a brand new slate of film releases. With 2020 offering the chance for a fresh start, there’s plenty due in cinemas for you to get excited about. You can already find reviews for a slew of upcoming films on our website, including 'Little Women', '1917' and 'The Peanut Butter Falcon' - but what else is on the horizon? (33:54)

Click here to read Daniel's complete list of the must-see films of 2020.

Comps
▸ We want to know your favourite film of 2019 and why! Did ‘Parasite’ get under your skin? Did you fall in love with ‘Marriage Story’? Was ‘Godzilla’ your king of the monsters? Whatever your opinion, we want to know your top flick and why - and in exchange, you could win a massive prize pack!

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Charlie, Jess, Ashley and Lily review every single film hitting cinemas this Boxing Day! Plus the controversies at the SAG and Golden Globe Awards - and the one thing about Disney+ that's gotten the streaming service into hot water.

Reviews
▸ Jojo Rabbit (1:34)
▸ Portrait of a Lady on Fire (7:00)
▸Jumanji: The Next Level (10:38)
▸ Cats (14:56)
▸ Sorry We Missed You (19:42)
▸ The Truth (21:42)

News
▸ As 2019 comes to an end, it means one very exciting thing - awards season is just around the corner! But along with it comes controversies and problems. The Golden Globe nominations inspired a lot of confused looks - especially for the lack of females in the directing category for the second year in a row. (25:36)
▸ Also on the awards front - critical darling ‘Parasite’ got a nod at the SAG awards for best ensemble cast - but why is it the first time an international film has entered the category in 21 years? (28:02)
▸ One of the most exciting things to happen on the entertainment front in 2019 is the launch of Disney+. The new streaming service is packed with film and TV old and new - but Disney has copped a bit of flack after it was discovered certain unsavoury parts of movies have been removed. But should distributors be allowed to re-write history? (30:17)

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Charlie and Ashley present a special episode of SWITCHCast, with interviews with Travis Beard, the director of 'Rockabul', and the writer, director and star of 'Thunder Road', Jim Cummings.

Interviews
Travis Beard is an Aussie who lived in Afghanistan for seven years. As a music lover, he was also fascinated by Kabul’s music culture - or lack of. Imagine your favourite genre - pop, rock, R&B, country - well, there’s a good chance it’s shunned there, and potentially punishable by death. Travis befriended a group of locals who formed District Unknown, Afghanistan’s first heavy metal band. He followed their growth, from their genuinely terrible first performance through to their international success - and that footage formed the documentary ‘Rockabul’. Charlie spoke to travis ahead of the film’s Australian release.

▸ More of Charlie's interview with Travis
▸ Read Charlie's review of 'Rockabul'
▸ For more information on screenings and Q&A's, visit 'Rockabul's' Facebook page

Character studies on struggling male protagonists are a dime a dozen, but none in recent memory have captured the hearts of audiences quite like 'Thunder Road’. The film is a passion project for Jim Cummings, the film's writer, director and lead actor. Ashley spoke to Jim about the stress of single-handedly creating a feature film, and how he ended up befriending Bruce Springsteen along the way.

▸ More of Ashley's interview with Jim
▸ Read Ashley's review of 'Thunder Road'

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Charlie, Jess and Daniel discuss the week's films, plus we lay shit on the single-worst thing that has ever happened in the history of cinema, ever.

Reviews
▸ The House With a Clock in Its Walls (0:32)
▸ Ladies in Black (4:49)
▸ Johnny English Strikes Back (10:08)
▸ Smallfoot (14:34)
▸ Ghosthunter (17:33)
▸ I Am Paul Walker (18:53)

Trailer Wrap
▸ First Man (21:00)

News
▸ If you want to piss off any reputable film buff, you just need to say two words - motion smoothing. It’s that function on your TV which smooths out the image to apparently make it look closer to real life, but just ends up making it look like a shitty video game. Well, purveyors of all things traditional, Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson, are making it their mission to get audiences to grab their remotes and send this bullshit function to the pits of hell where it belongs. (25:06)

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▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'McKellen: Playing the Part' in cinemas
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Charlie, Daniel and Jake discuss the week's films, plus tragedy for the sake of entertainment - should we be "enjoying" cinema which exploits historical atrocities?

Reviews
▸ The Predator (0:32)
▸ Searching (8:01)
▸ A Simple Favour (13:50)
▸ Beast (20:08)
▸ Christopher Robin (22:41)
▸ Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (23:47)
▸ Won't You Be My Neighbour? (24:59)

Trailer Wrap
▸ Halloween (26:12)

News
▸ There’s no end to films that are “based on a true story” - where real-life situations are turned into films for public enjoyment. While stories like ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘12 Years a Slave’ were critically acclaimed, it poses the question - should we be entertaining ourselves with historical atrocities, and how soon is too soon? (30:01)

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'The House with a Clock in its Walls', 'Ladies in Black', 'Smallfoot' and 'I Am Paul Walker'

Charlie, Jess and Jake discuss the week's films, plus the battle of the streaming services - can Netflix stand up to the newcomers, and is there enough room in the market for more players?

Reviews
▸ The Nun (0:28)
▸ McQueen (2:42)
▸ You Were Never Really Here (7:50)
▸ The Miseducation of Cameron Post (13:18)
▸ Hearts Beat Loud (17:34)
▸ Juliet, Naked (22:30)
▸ The Merger (26:37)
▸ Wayne (28:02)

Trailer Wrap
▸ Bad Times at the El Royale (29:07)

News
▸ There’s a hoard of new streaming services looming on the horizon, ready to compete with Netflix. The biggest contender seems to be Disney, who are preparing to launch their own platform at the end of 2019, with a huge catalog of content. Is there room for more on demand services on the market? And will this start to limit the content available on existing platforms? (33:51)

Comps
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▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'Beast' in cinemas
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▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Cotton Club' on Blu-ray
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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Searching', 'Beast' and 'The Predator'

Charlie, Jess and Brent discuss the week's films, and the Aussie director twins behind 'Kin', Jonathan and Josh Baker, join SWITCHCast to chat about working with James Franco, Zoë Kravitz, Dennis Quaid and Jack Reynor.

Reviews
▸ Crazy Rich Asians (0:47)
▸ Three Identical Strangers (7:25)
▸ The Insult (11:38)
▸ Kin (16:24)
▸ Luis and the Aliens (21:28)
▸ The Flip Side (24:45)
▸ Mile 22 (25:51)

Trailer Wrap
▸ Suspiria (26:56)

Interview
▸ It takes a lot of work to put together a debut feature film - even more so when you convince big-name stars like James Franco, Zoë Kravitz and Dennis Quaid to come on board. Two Aussie directors - who are twins, no less - managed just that for ‘Kin’. Charlie spoke to them about how they turned their dream into a reality. (30:41)

'Kin' is in cinemas from today - to find out more, head to www.kinmovie.com.au.

Comps
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'McQueen' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'You Were Never Really Here' in cinemas
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▸ Win one of five copies of 'Kodachrome' on Blu-ray
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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Hearts Beat Loud', 'The Nun', 'McQueen' and 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'

Charlie, Daniel and Jake discuss the week's films, and the SWITCH team reveal their top picks from the Melbourne International Film Festival and share their favourite films to look forward to in cinemas.

Reviews
▸ Book Club (0:36)
▸ Leave No Trace (4:57)
▸ The Happytime Murders (6:47)
▸ Mirai (11:34)
▸ West of Sunshine (14:35)
▸ Slender Man (16:21)

Trailer Wrap
▸ What Men Want (19:55)

News
▸ Celebrating its 67th year, the Melbourne International Film Festival featured its largest program ever - 374 Films from over 80 countries, 254 features, 120 shorts, 19 VR movies, 27 world premieres, 168 Australian premieres, and 90 female directors featured. That adds up to a mammoth amount of diverse films, with something for everybody. It was also the eighth and final festival for artistic director Michelle Carey - and there was one cool as fuck marathon for Nicolas Cage. So what did we watch? And what did we wish we had watched? (23:15)

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'The Insult', 'Kin', 'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'Luis and the Aliens'
▸ Charlie chats to the Aussie director twins behind 'Kin' about working with James Franco, Zoë Kravitz, Dennis Quaid and Jack Reynor

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, and share their predictions of the year's biggest upcoming films that were glimpsed at this year's CinemaCon.

Reviews
▸ Breath (0:32)
▸ The Gateway (8:24)
▸ National Theatre Live: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (11:38)

Trailers
▸ Crazy Rich Asians (19:29)
▸ Woman Walks Ahead (23:48)
▸ Whitney (26:42)

News
▸ Just wrapping up over in the states is CinemaCon, which is essentially the world’s largest cinema trade show, where film studios and cinema owners come together to showcase their upcoming films. With studios hawking all their wares, we get our very first looks at some of the most anticipated films coming down the pipeline. Stars! Stunts! Cher singing ABBA! Films we all thought sounded terrible that might actually be good! So what were all our highlights? (32:13)

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▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Tracker' on Blu-ray
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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Deadpool 2', 'Tully' and 'On Body and Soul'

Charlie, Daniel, Jake and Chris discuss the week's films, and look at what's next for superhero films with 'Avengers: Infinity War' bringing this chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a close.

Reviews
▸ Avengers: Infinity War (0:31)
▸ Unsane (7:30)
▸ Gurrumul (14:55)
▸ Last Flag Flying (21:44)
▸ Loveless (27:37)
▸ Double Lover (32:03)

Trailers
▸ Tea With The Dames (34:20)
▸ American Animals (37:12)

News
▸ With the release of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ this week, the superhero genre has reached a long-awaited turning point. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been moving towards since the beginning, and it’s easily the biggest film of both the series and the genre. So... where to next? What is there left for the superhero genre to do, and what exciting directions could it go next? (39:55)

Comps
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Post' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure' on Blu-ray

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Breath' and National Theatre Live's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Jake discuss the week's films, Daniel speaks to the director of 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' Mike Newell about the making of the film, and we join the battle between Netflix and Hollywood's heavyweights as the streaming service's feud with Cannes Film Festival divides opinions.

Reviews
▸ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (0:42)
▸ I Am Not A Witch (7:40)
▸ Super Troopers 2 (8:23)
▸ The Song Keepers (17:11)
▸ I Feel Pretty (18:52)

Trailers
▸ Hot Summer Nights (26:26)
▸ Mary Shelley (30:20) - you can also read Jake's 'Mary Shelley' review here
▸ The Meg (35:21)

News
▸ The new-school world of movie streaming and the old-school world of movies in theatres are now at war - and at the centre of that war is a feud between Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival. It all kicked off at the end of March, when Cannes announced that Netflix movies would be banned from competing at the festival because of the streamer's refusal to embrace old-fashioned theatrical rollouts. Last week, Netflix announced that it was pulling out of Cannes completely - not just the competitions - to protest the decision. No films with Netflix distribution will play in any section at Cannes this year. This conflict is really about two very different cinema cultures - the French perspective, which sees cinema as a communal experience devoted to an art that is meant to be projected onto a big screen - and the American one, which values choice and individual taste and looks at a movie as something that’s the same no matter the size of the screen and the viewing conditions under which you see it. Now, with an increasing amount of directors, actors and film critics weighing into the Netflix vs Cannes debate... who is right and who is wrong? (40:21)

Interview
▸ With the release of ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ this week, Daniel had the chance to chat with acclaimed director Mike Newell about his experiences making the film, dealing with a relatively unknown moment in the history of the Second World War, and to ask him - is a potato peel pie really as bad as it sounds? (47:48)

‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is in cinemas now - for more information and to buy tickets, head to www.guernseymovie.com.au.

Comps
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Darkest Hour' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Gurrumul' in cinemas
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Last Flag Flying' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Jungle Bunch'
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Florida Project' on Blu-ray
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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Avengers: Infinity War', 'Gurrumul', 'Double Lover', 'Loveless', 'Unsane' and 'Last Flag Flying'

Charlie, Jess, Brent and Chris discuss the week's films, follow in Molly Ringwald's footsteps and ask if we can still cherish the films we grew up with when watched with today’s socially sensitive eye, and celebrate Meryl Streep joining the 'Big Little Lies' cast by looking at other Hollywood stars who have made a leap to the small screen.

Reviews
▸ Isle of Dogs (0:42)
▸ Rampage (10:12)
▸ Truth or Dare (14:27)
▸ The Party (17:57)
▸ National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (24:35)

Trailers
▸ Night School (25:47)
▸ Farenheit 451 (29:10)
▸ Johnny English Strikes Again (34:02)

News
▸ Esteemed director John Hughes' muse, Molly Ringwald, wrote an essay for the New Yorker describing her view of her most famous films and the scenes in them that today, and in light of the #MeToo movement, will now be seen as sexist, misogynistic and homophobic. So it poses the question - should we judge past films by today’s moral standards? (38:13)

Click here to read Molly Ringwald's article in the New Yorker.

▸ Around a month ago, dogs across Australia had a near-death experience thanks to the piercing sounds of Chris' terrifyingly high-pitched screams in response to the news that Meryl Streep would be joining the cast of 'Big Little Lies' Season 2. With the just released first image of Meryl and Nicole Kidman, AKA two of the greatest living actresses in character in the one frame, we thought we’d celebrate la Streep’s return to television for the first time in over a decade by looking at the big Hollywood names taking the plunge into the golden age of television. (44:41)

Comps
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' in cinemas

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▸ Reviews of 'The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society', 'I Feel Pretty' and 'Super Troopers 2'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Jake discuss the week's films, ask whether politically correctness is destroying the Australian film industry, and Daniel delves down the rabbit hole for the upcoming exhibition at Melbourne's ACMI that explores all things Alice, Wonderland.

Reviews
▸ A Quiet Place (0:38)
▸ Walking Out (8:35)
▸ Have You Seen The Listers? (15:31)
▸ Pop Aye (16:57)
▸ Hitler Versus Picasso (18:12)

Trailers
▸ Cargo (19:32)
▸ First Reformed (24:09)
▸ Terminal (28:01)

News
▸ It’s no secret that the world has gone PC mad. Not a joke, an idea, nor an anonymous user comment in free from offence. But what about film? A recent ABC Australia article suggests that local cinema is pandering of late. With audiences sparse when it comes to Australian movies anyway, is the industry so scared to alienate even a single moviegoer that they’re forcing themselves to make nothing but rehashes of ‘The Castle’ and anything the reflects a quote “politically correct ideology”? (32:21)

Interview
▸ For the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Daniel put his obsession with the novel to good use and threw together an article for SWITCH about the history of Alice on film. Well, you can imagine the shrill noises when Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image announced their new exhibition ‘Wonderland’, a look at the relationship between the beloved classic and cinema. Daniel went along to check out the exhibition, and had a chance to chat with curator Jess Bram about how it came about. (37:55)

For an extended version of the interview, visit SWITCH's YouTube channel.

‘Wonderland’ is now open as ACMI’s contribution to Melbourne’s Winter Masterpiece season, so head to acmi.net.au for more details.

You can read Daniel's cinematic adventure with Alice here.

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▸ Win one of five copies of 'In This Corner of the World'
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Adventures of Skippy'

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Isle of Dogs', 'Rampage' and 'The Party'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, look at the impact of 'Love, Simon', the first film ever released by a major Hollywood studio with a queer main character, and discuss the filmography of Steven Spielberg to celebrate the release of 'Ready Player One' and Chris' article ranking all 31 of his movies.

Reviews
▸ Ready Player One (1:12)
▸ Early Man (6:58)
▸ Love, Simon (13:00)
▸ Blockers (22:27)
▸ A Wrinkle In Time (30:00)
▸ The Other Side Of Hope (36:47)
▸ The Death Of Stalin (38:37)
▸ Paul, Apostle Of Christ (45:02)
▸ Sherlock Gnomes (46:19)

Trailers
▸ Deadpool 2 (49:51)
▸ Can You Ever Forgive Me? (54:14)
▸ Under The Silver Lake (57:28)

News
▸ If you’ve been checking in with the website over the past week, then you may have had a chance to read Chris' gigantic ranking of the entire filmography of Steven Spielberg. In the lead-up to the release of ‘Ready Player One’, he spent the past six months working on this retrospective, going through all of the director's 31 films in chronological order. Now that this behemoth is up and out there in the world, we count down our favourites and discuss what makes Spielberg arguably the greatest director of our times. (1:02:12)

You can read Chris' countdown of the Spielberg biography here.

Comps
▸ Win one of five double passes to see 'Walking Out' in cinemas
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Have You Seen The Listers?' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Ferdinand' on Blu-ray

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▸ Reviews of 'A Quiet Place', 'Walking Out' and 'Pop Aye'
▸ Daniel delves into Alice's world with interviews from ACMI's new exhibition Wonderland

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Brent discuss the week's films, look at the dangers of criticism and backlashes for films before audiences have even seen them, and ask whether Australia would benefit from an in-cinema film subscription service.

Reviews
▸ Pacific Rim Uprising
▸ Peter Rabbit
▸ Mary Magdalene
▸ The Endless
▸ The Divine Order
▸ Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
▸ Earth: One Amazing Day

Trailers
▸ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
▸ Eighth Grade

News
▸ In the lead-up to its release, social media was awash with people damning Steven Spielberg’s upcoming ‘Ready Player One’ before anyone has even seen it, only for it to receive glowing reviews after its premiere. This practice of ripping a film to pieces en masse based on even just its existence is becoming an even more prevalent trend, in some cases affecting the success of the film on release. So why on earth are we proclaiming a film the antichrist before anyone on the planet has seen the damn thing?
▸ Most of us have Netflix, and some of us might even luxuriate in the divine presence of Stan. It’s safe to say that subscription services are on the rise, and have revolutionised the home entertainment market. So what about the out-of-home market? Founded in 2011, Moviepass is a service in the U.S. that lets you see one film a day in the cinema for a mere $9.95 per month - that’s basically less than a single ticket! With a similar service to supposedly launch in the UK, is it time Australia followed suit, and would you sign up for it?

Competitions
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Paddington 2' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Duckman' The Complete Series
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Murder On The Orient Express' on Blu-ray

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▸ Reviews of 'Ready Player One', 'The Death Of Stalin', 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Love, Simon', 'Blockers', 'Early Man' and 'The Other Side Of Hope'

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, we look at controversial casting in comic book movies after the announcement of comedienne Kristen Wiig in 'Wonder Woman 2', and inspired by the team behind 'Juno' and 'Young Adult' reuniting for this year's 'Tully', discuss the best writer/director partnerships.

Reviews
▸ Tomb Raider
▸ That's Not My Dog!
▸ Human Flow
▸ Kangaroo
▸ England Is Mine
▸ The Strangers: Prey At Night
▸ National Theatre Live: Young Marx

Trailers
▸ Mary Poppins Returns
▸ Tully
▸ The Grinch

News
▸ This week, the internet exploded with news that funny girl Kristen Wiig has joined the ‘Wonder Woman 2’ cast as its villain, Cheetah. Keyboard warriors-slash-geeks immediately had their claws out, objecting to this casting choice with extreme prejudice - however, this is not the first time nor will it be the last that fans have been none-to-happy about those slipping into their favourite characters - only for them to surprise us all and rule the day. So who else has suffered this same wrath?
▸ After discussing Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody's ‘Tully’ in our trailer wrap, and the SWITCH team is getting excited about a reunion from the writer/director partnership behind 'Juno' and 'Young Adult'. We check out the best behind-the-scenes relationships throughout cinema history.

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▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 1
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Catastrophe' Season 3

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▸ Reviews of 'Peter Rabbit', 'Mary Magdalene', 'The Divine Order', 'Earth: One Amazing Day' and 'Pacific Rim Uprising'

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