SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
Film round-up: May 2, 2024
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews The Fall Guy, Red Herring, Love Lies Bleeding and The Idea of You
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
The Fall Guy (12A)
Directed by David Leitch
★★★★
INSPIRED by the 1980s television series The Fall Guy (starring Lee Majors), this is a wonderfully fun and entertaining non-stop action-packed love letter to the unsung heroes of the film industry — the stunt performers who make action films and action stars look great.
Directed by former stuntman turned film-maker David Leitch (Bullet Train) this is a hilarious, high-octane rollercoaster-ride full of insane stunts, car chases and fight sequences including a world record-breaking number of cannon rolls in a car (eight-and-a-half actually).
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