The follow-up to Magic Mike lacks numerous elements that helped make the original a global hit: director Steven Soderbergh, Matthew McConaughey, the semblance of a plot and a modicum of wit and intelligence.
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Nicole Kidman's performance in Kim Farrant's Strangerland has been praised by US critics after its multi-platform US debut last Friday.
Cinema-on-demand platform Fan-Force is taking on a growing number of Australian films as well as working on titles with independent distributors.
Aussie co-stars Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger helped propel the Terminator franchise reboot to the top spot in Australian cinemas last weekend.
Twelve Australian films have been released in US cinemas this year led by Mad Max: Fury Road, which has raked in $147.5 million but is fast running out of gas and may finish with a bit more than $150 million.
The Little Death and the Turkey Shoot reboot had multi-platform launches in the US last Friday, drawing mostly positive reviews.
The gambit of launching Kim Farrant's Strangerland and John Maclean's Slow West in a limited number of cinemas immediately following their Sydney Film Festival premieres looks like paying off.
Rob Connolly’s Paper Planes will be released in the US and UK by two of the largest mini-majors.