ABC Radio (Australia)

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Oct 14, 2026 4/5 I can appreciate why people hate this movie. It seems like an utterly reasonable response. I wasn't sure if I liked it for the majority of its run time. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Sep 29, 2026 3/5 Heart Of The Beast does a decent job at what it sets out to do, but I can't shake the feeling that it wanted more from me as a viewer and I didn't feel the film earned it. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 84% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Sep 19, 2026 4/4 If you can tolerate the music (and you should because Noel Gallagher writes bloody great songs), then this is a must-see music documentary. Go to Full Review Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger (2026) 97% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Sep 15, 2026 3/5 Rarely has surviving the end of the world seemed so languid, bucolic and rural as it does in The Dog Stars. Go to Full Review The Dog Stars (2026) 41% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Aug 23, 2026 3/5 A serviceable actioner with a surprising brutality to it, yet oddly po-faced in the face of its plot's absurdity. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Aug 9, 2026 4/5 Tom Holland can't be Spider-Man forever, but so long as he keeps starring in films this good, I hope he is. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Jul 25, 2026 5/5 No other story could be more fitting for the talents of one of history's greatest directors than one of the greatest stories known to humankind. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Jul 9, 2026 4/5 Combining the goofy hi-jinks of Guardians Of The Galaxy and some apocalyptic baddies out of Furiosa, Supergirl is a surprisingly dark sci-fi adventure that makes Supergirl feel very human, while creating a universe that's both fun and scary to play in. Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Jun 25, 2026 3/5 The Mandalorian & Grogu isn't aspirational - it's just fun. It's a big-screen blast that looks like the small-screen version, and wants you to not take it all too seriously. Go to Full Review Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) 60% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Jun 25, 2026 3/5 The new film acknowledges the goofiness of its source material (perhaps a little too much) but seems fully aware of what worked for the franchise in its many incarnations. Go to Full Review Masters of the Universe (2026) 67% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Jun 25, 2026 4/5 Toy Story has the best strike rate of any film franchise, and #5 manages to keep that streak alive. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) May 4, 2026 3/5 People will want to hate this because of what's not in the movie, and that's fair enough. But judging this film purely by what's on the screen, it's actually not a bad film. Go to Full Review Michael (2025) 38% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Apr 22, 2026 2/5 A dark tale that feels largely too dark for young kids, yet not actually dark enough to do Orwell's story justice, making you wonder if this could ever really work for a family audience. Go to Full Review Animal Farm (2025) 29% - -

Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Apr 1, 2026 4/5 Part-eco-warrior fantasy, part-love letter to the good in people, part-animals-go-wild comedy, Hoppers has a lot to say, which it says in between manic bursts of hyperactive insanity. In other words, it's exactly the kind of film that Pixar does so well. Go to Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Feb 16, 2026 [For] people who like sexy vibes and don’t care about things like story or characterisation or thematic coherence. … It’s basically a dull ‘Cathy 4 Heathcliff 4eva’ story. … All these cool-looking things are just moments; they never add up to anything. Go to Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Feb 16, 2026 Laura Dern’s character is the real protagonist of this … But Will Arnett is likeable enough to sell it, and Dern’s guarded but tender rediscovery of her husband is another way to rehabilitate an unpleasantly sad-sack kind of movie. Go to Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 87% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Feb 16, 2026 We never really understand what’s going on with the zombies; it’s kind of like death in that way. When a person you love is taken, you’re forced to put these meanings onto a blank canvas … A really interesting meditation on how different people cope. Go to Full Review We Bury the Dead (2024) 87% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Jan 31, 2026 A gonzo companion piece to One Battle After Another [with] a similarly physical and hilarious central performance by this completely put-upon protagonist. … Marty might be a table tennis player, but he’s also a creature of the post-WWII United States. Go to Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Jan 31, 2026 [Dempsie’s] character is underwritten in such a hollow and weird way. He’s just endlessly supportive, and I guess for some people that really is a fantasy. But on the other hand, I want in a rom-com a meeting of minds, of people who like each other. Go to Full Review Addition (2024) 55% - -

Mel Campbell ABC Radio (Australia) Jan 31, 2026 Such a fun time at the cinema! Raimi knows how to manipulate the cinematic medium for the purposes of entertainment. … I love watching someone being resourceful and clever with what’s around them, and seeing someone who’s beaten down come into their own. Go to Full Review Send Help (2026) 92% - -