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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)

Comps
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Greatest Showman' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'The Tracker' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Chappaquiddick' in cinemas

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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

You can also read Daniel's 4K UHD review for 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure' here.

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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
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Pitch Perfect 3' 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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Next week's episode
▸ 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.

Comps
▸ 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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Next week's episode
▸ 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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Next week's episode
▸ 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.

Comps
▸ 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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Charlie, Jess, Brent and Jake discuss the week's films, go in-depth for the drama, the intrigue and the outrage of the 90th Academy Awards, and take a look at some of the most useless yet intriguing facts about Hollywood and its stars.

Reviews
▸ In The Fade
▸ 12 Strong
▸ The Mercy
▸ Westwind: Djalu's Legacy
▸ Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

News
▸ It was Hollywood's night of nights, with much on the menu. SWITCH was there for the (almost) four hours bringing you the happenings live - but to save you time, Jess has put together a handy little two-minute summary of the winners plus the less obvious highlights.
▸ Did you know that the “real mafia” did not allow the producers of 'The Godfather' to use the word mafia in the movie? And that the 40th President of the United States was denied the role of a president because he didn’t look presidential enough! There are so many useless yet endlessly entertaining facts about famous personalities - so we decided to share a few amongst ourselves.

Competitions
▸ Win one of 10 double passes to the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
▸ Win one of 10 double passes to see 'Human Flow' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Only The Brave' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'A Bronx Tale' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten $20 Dendy Direct vouchers

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▸ Reviews of 'Tomb Raider', 'Human Flow', National Theatre Live's 'Young Marx' and 'That's Not My Dog!'

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, ask whether it was worth changing 'Lady Bird' to get it a lower classification rating, and share our hopes and dreams for this year's Oscar winners!

Reviews
▸ Red Sparrow
▸ The Square
▸ Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
▸ Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Trailers
▸ Best F(r)iends

News
▸ In Australia, we’ve got a complicated history when it comes to film classifications and restrictions, and now the conversation's back thanks to 'Lady Bird'. With a particular perfect punchline mangled and a brief, emotionally resonant image of a penis removed, we get our Margaret Pomeranz on and talk about censorship.
▸ The most exciting date in the film buff calendar is only days away - but after one of the most exciting nomination line-ups in years, this year’s Academy Awards are looking to be a little predictable. So, to build our hopes, we’re going to name some of our dream Oscar winners from this year's nominees!

For the first time ever this year, we'll be broadcasting the Oscars live this year! Join Charlie, Jess and other SWITCH guests as we emote the highs and lows of this year's ceremony as they happen. Join us on Monday 5th March from 12pm AEDT by heading to www.maketheswitch.com.au.

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▸ Reviews of 'In The Fade' and 'Take Every Wave'

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Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, check out the surprises at this year's BAFTA awards, revisit Oscars history to look at the most shunned movies we love, and ask if our pure imagination is ready for a third incarnation of 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'.

Reviews
▸ Game Night
▸ Finding Your Feet
▸ A Fantastic Woman
▸ Winchester
▸ 2:22
▸ The BBQ

Trailers
▸ Incredibles 2
▸ The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
▸ The Breaker Upperers

News
▸ Earlier this week, the BAFTA awards brought us to the final step before the Oscars, and the winners were quite predictable - in fact, in a lot of cases, they mirrored what happened with the Golden Globes. We look at the winners and ask whether the Oscars follow suit, or surprise everyone?
▸ A recent Indiewire article delved into the greatest films of the 21st century that somehow missed out on a single Oscar nomination in their respective years. Now, with the 90th Academy Awards getting closer and closer, we thought it’d be a fine time to talk about our favourite films and their most infuriating misses.
▸ In 1971, audiences were invited to “view paradise” with ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ - the first big screen adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic. It was a box office flop, but found its place in our hearts, home movie collections and pure imaginations in the decades that followed. Then in 2005, Tim Burton (and Johnny Depp in an Anna Wintour wig) gave kids a chance to score a golden ticket once again. It was the remake no one wanted or asked for - it made millions, but not the cultural impact of its predecessor. Now it’s 2018, and a third adaptation is in the works, this time helmed by ‘Paddington 2’ director Paul King. It's been 13 years since we’ve visited the Oompa Loompas - is it time to explore the chocolate factory again?

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Red Sparrow', 'The Square' and 'Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool'

Charlie, Daniel, Jake and Chris discuss the week's films, take a look at the Mardi Gras Film Festival as it kicks off in Sydney today, discuss whether Netflix's release of 'The Cloverfield Paradox' is game-changing or trickery, and get their nerd on as they reveal their favourite film-related books.

Reviews
▸ Black Panther
▸ Lady Bird
▸ Stronger
▸ National Theatre Live: Follies
▸ Beuys: Art As A Weapon
▸ Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars

Trailers
▸ Solo: A Star Wars Story
▸ Venom
▸ I Feel Pretty

News
▸ The 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival kicks off in Sydney today - and this year’s line-up is huge! Running for 15 days, it has something for everyone. For tickets and more info, head to www.queerscreen.org.au.
▸ Netflix surprised everyone during the Super Bowl, by announcing the release of the latest ‘Cloverfield’ instalment… and then releasing it at the end of the game. Quality of the film aside, this is (i’m sorry for the pun) game changing, using the franchise to once again redefine the way a film is publicised. So what kind of effect will this unconventional release approach have?
▸ All of us here at SWITCH are just a bunch of massive nerds, really, and that takes a surprising amount of work. In one of our recent episodes, Chris cheated in our recommendations by choosing a book rather than a film, so now it's time for a bunch of nerds to choose their favourite books about films for filmmakers or filmmaking - because why just spend hundreds of hours watching films, when you can spend thousands of hours reading about them?

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'A Fantastic Woman', 'Game Night', 'Finding Your Feet' and '2:22'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Jake discuss the week's films, check out the winner of the Directors Guild of America Awards and find out what they could mean for the Oscars, take a look at the top film scores of the 21st century, and find out why Nicolas Cage is set to appear in more new (and old) films.

Reviews
▸ Fifty Shades Freed
▸ Happy End
▸ The Wound
▸ Insidious: The Last Key
▸ The 15:17 To Paris
▸ Menashe

Trailers
▸ Ant-Man And The Wasp
▸ Unsane
▸ Disobedience

News
▸ This past weekend the gongs continued to sound out as the Directors Guild of America Awards took to the stage. How could the outcome affect the Oscars?
▸ Recently, the writers at Indiewire named their top 25 film scores of the 21st century, a list that includes some of the biggest films of the last two decades along with some unexpected surprises. Film music has changed dramatically in the last 17 years, from even richer orchestral scores to experimental work from some of the best music artists in the world. So what are some of our picks for best scores of this century?
▸ Ever wanted to see Nicolas Cage as Luke Skywalker, or Scarlet O’Hara? Wonder Woman? Even Oskar Schindler? Well, you’re in luck. A little piece of software called FakeApp uses an algorithm which makes it possible to scan a celebrity’s face and glue it over preexisting video content. Finally, a positive use for all the fancy, high-tech deep learning technology!

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Black Panther', 'Lady Bird', National Theatre Live's 'Follies' and 'Stronger'

Charlie, Jess, Brent and Chris discuss the week's films, share their favourite Oscar nominations and the most heinous snubs, and ask whether the Razzies are lighthearted fun or a dated hate ceremony?

Reviews
▸ Phantom Thread
▸ Molly's Game
▸ Den Of Thieves
▸ Father Figures

Trailers
▸ Gurrumul
▸ I Kill Giants
▸ The Hurricane Heist

News
▸ With last week’s announcement of the Oscars nominations and the Oscars themselves a mere 32 days away, there is a veritable pantheon of things to talk about: Netflix has nabbed itself 8 nominations, there have been surprise nominations and even bigger and more shocking snubs. There are campaigns to run and win and hearts to fill and break. So with so much to digest over the next few weeks, let’s take a first bite!
▸ With every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Therefore with the Oscar nominations comes the Razzie nominations, with the ceremony to be held the day before the Oscars. Now in its 38th incarnation, what was once a fun tongue-in-cheek anti-Oscars now seems like a vicious attack on easy targets such as the 'Transformers' franchise, the 'Fifty Shades' films, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. So is there still a place in the season for the Razzies, or does the award for worst film awards go to the the Golden Raspberries?

Comps
▸ Win one of ten double passes to attend a special preview screening of National Theatre Live's production of 'Follies'
▸ Win one of five copies of 'November Criminals' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Menashe' in cinemas

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Next week's episode
▸ Reviews of 'Fifty Shades Freed', 'Menashe', 'Happy End' and 'The Wound'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, Daniel gives his candid (and frequently very animated) response to the Oscars nominations announcement, and Jess checks out the glitz, glamour and girl power of this year's Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Reviews
▸ I, Tonya
▸ Sweet Country
▸ Faces Places
▸ The Jungle Bunch
▸ Manifesto

Trailers
▸ Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
▸ Beast Of Burden
▸ That's Not My Dog!

News
▸After months of speculation, arguments and crossing of fingers and toes, the Oscar nominations have finally been announced. With so many wonderful films in contention, there were bound to be a few shocks and surprises, and what better way to experience this rollercoaster than capturing Daniel's initial, high-pitched, hyperbole-laiden reactions as they happened?
▸ The ladies rocked this year’s SAG awards with a host for the very first time - Kristen Bell, along with all-female presenters. Jess has the breakdown of all the highlights, winners and losers.

Comps
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see 'Molly's Game' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Home Again' on Blu-ray

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▸ Reviews of 'Molly's Game' and 'Phantom Thread'

Charlie, Jess, Brent and Jake discuss the week's films, discuss how actors without a disability are cast in roles that require them to portray one, and ask why 'Black Panther' has become Marvel's fastest-selling movie in history?

Reviews
▸ The Shape Of Water
▸ Maze Runner: The Death Cure
▸ The Commuter
▸ Swinging Safari
▸ Mary And The Witch's Flower
▸ The Final Year

Trailers
▸ Break In
▸ Flower
▸ The Female Brain

News
▸ With the release of ‘The Shape Of Water’, it seems prudent to discuss casting, and how actors without a disability are cast in roles that require them to portray one. Sally Hawkins’ Eliza is mute, relying on American Sign Language to communicate with those around her, and this casting decision has been met with criticism from the deaf community, with notable deaf celebrities like Nyle DiMarco (winner of America’s Next Top Model) talking about how the signs she uses, while correct, aren’t how someone who natively signs would use the language. With technology the way it is and society almost as progressive as we’d like it to be, do we have any excuses to not allow differently abled actors to play their own disability or be cast more often?
▸ Marvel’s next highly-anticipated movie, 'Black Panther', which is due to hit Australian movie theatres on February 15, has already broken an impressive record: it is now the number one pre-sale movie in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, toppling the previous record holder, ‘Captain America: Civil War’, which debuted the character. To say Marvel fans are excited for 'Black Panther' is an understatement - but why are ticket sales so high on this instalment?

Comps
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Battle Of The Sexes' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of ten double passes to see the highly acclaimed 'Sweet Country' in cinemas
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Happy Death Day' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Mother!' on Blu-ray
▸ Win one of five copies of 'Blade Runner 2049' on Blu-ray

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▸ Reviews of 'I, Tonya', 'Sweet Country' and 'Faces Places'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Brent discuss the week's films, take a look at the Golden Globe winners and dissect the hell out of them, ask why bad movies get even worse sequels, and discuss what crazy 24-hour TV channels we'd like to see come to fruition.

Reviews
▸ The Post
▸ Darkest Hour
▸ The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature

Trailers
▸ Early Man
▸ Slender Man
▸ Death Wish

News
▸ The biggest film news this week was the announcement of the Golden Globes, which kicks the awards season into a new gear. With their very passionate opinions, Daniel and Chris dissect the night's best moments and all of the winners.
▸ We all know how the model works: a film is slightly successful (or very successful) and the studios decide to capitalise on this and create a sequel. So now we have 20 'Fast And Furious' movies and a second 'Pacific Rim' film - and now, even the very mediocre ‘Bright’ has been confirmed for a follow-up on Netflix. So why do we keep getting sequels to generally considered bad movies?
▸ This week saw the release of a controversial new book about the inside of the White House during Donald Trump’s first year in office. A fake except of this book has since gone viral, explaining Trump’s obsession with a non-existent 24 hour Gorilla Channel. Which got us thinking - what 24 hour channel would you like to see come to fruition?

Comps
▸ Win one huge TV prize pack including ‘Pan Am’ the Complete Series, ‘Powers’ Season 1, ‘In Plain Sight’ the Complete Collection, and ‘The Expanse' Season 1
▸ Win one of five double passes to see Liam Neeson's 'The Commuter' in cinemas

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▸ Reviews of 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure', 'Mary And The Witch's Flower', 'The Commuter' and 'The Shape Of Water'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Brent discuss the week's films, look at the secret behind A24, the distribution company responsible for some of the biggest indie hits of the past few years, plus ask when will Marvel get a female-led film?

Reviews
▸ All The Money In The World

News
▸ After garnering awards attention and critical praise, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut ‘Lady Bird’ has become the highest earning film for U.S. film distribution company A24. Casual filmgoers might not know that name, but they’ve been responsible for some of the best films of the past few years, including ‘The Disaster Artist’, ‘The Witch’ and Oscar winner ‘Moonlight’. So who is this little company-that-could, and how have they changed the way Hollywood works?

A24's films include...

▸ Moonlight
▸ The Witch
▸ The Florida Project
▸ Spring Breakers
▸ The Lobster
▸ Good Times
▸ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
▸ A Ghost Story
▸ 20th Century Women
▸ Swiss Army Man
▸ Ex Machina
▸ Room
▸ Krisha
▸ Under The Skin
▸ The Rover
▸ Amy

▸ Karen Gillan - who you might remember as Amy Pond from ‘Doctor Who’ or Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - is continuing her push for an all-female Marvel film. Not only is it a great idea, there's nothing holding back the studios anymore who claim that female action films don’t make money - ‘Wonder Woman’, anyone? So what would make this film work?

Comps
▸ To kick off the New Year, we have a 197-disc Australian TV drama giveaway
▸ Win one of 10 double passes to see Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks' 'The Post' in cinemas

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▸ Reviews of 'The Post' and 'Darkest Hour'

Charlie, Jess, Daniel and Chris discuss the week's films, count down the best and worst films of 2017, and reveal what they're most looking forward to in cinemas next year.

Reviews
▸ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
▸ Pitch Perfect 3

News
▸ It’s time to look back on the last year in cinema, with all of SWITCH’s members sharing their top five films of 2017. so - let the controversy begin!
▸ We also have plenty to look forward to in the year ahead… so we thought we’d share a few of the films we’re anticipating in 2018! Awards season is already looking great, with the previously mentioned ‘Three Billboards’, ‘I, Tonya’ ‘The Shape Of Water’, ‘The Post’, ‘Phantom Thread’ and ‘Lady Bird’, but what else is on the horizon?
▸ Just a few short weeks ago Jess claimed SWITCH’s first ever half-star review with Woody Allen’s 'Wonder Wheel' - making it the lowest rated film in our history... and it’s now sparking our worst films of 2017 debate. There are plenty of potentials, but what are the biggest stinkers of 2017?

Comps
▸ To celebrate the end of 2017, we also want to know your favourite films from throughout the year. Submit your top five films to us for your chance to win a massive prize pack! Maybe you agree with some of our selections, or perhaps you have some favourites of your own.

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▸ Review of 'All The Money In The World'

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