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Here's what's worth catching at the cinemas these school holidays

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  • A patently ridiculous take on the true-crime thriller, By Any Means pairs FBI agent Wayne Strider with real-life Brooklyn mobster Greg Scarpa as they investigate a series of Klan murders in 1960s Mississippi.
  • The second error is the casting of a built Mark Wahlberg, who sends the hammy script spinning into parody.
  • Coyote vs Acme is all there in the name: after decades of painful accidents at the hands of faulty Acme products, Wile E Coyote resolves to sue the monolithic company with the help of flop-sweat attorney Kevin Avery.
  • Coyote vs Acme might not reach the rich heights of its forefather, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but it has the same spirit, and that is something worth keeping alive.
  • On their last night together before college, BFFs Jo and Raissa discover a portal to Nakali, an island of lost mythological creatures Jo's grandmother once told them stories about.

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Until it can get there, Dave Green's Looney Tunes caper is more than worth a trip to the cinema these school holidays. In this universe, Acme makes more than rubber chickens, they make anything people will buy and they're exploiting the oppressed for their own financial gain.

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Welcome to the ABC Arts September film wrap.

A patently ridiculous take on the true-crime thriller, By Any Means pairs FBI agent Wayne Strider with real-life Brooklyn mobster Greg Scarpa as they investigate a series of Klan murders in 1960s Mississippi.

The film's first miscalculation is to cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a browbeaten law enforcer; he spends too much of the movie visibly awkward, shrinking away from his naturally powerful stature.

The second error is the casting of a built Mark Wahlberg, who sends the hammy script spinning into parody.

Surprisingly, this is one of the more visually arresting studio movies released this year, putting every direct-to-Netflix thriller to shame.

Coyote vs Acme is all there in the name: after decades of painful accidents at the hands of faulty Acme products, Wile E Coyote resolves to sue the monolithic company with the help of flop-sweat attorney Kevin Avery.

Acme's head lawyer Buddy Crane is the man sent in to protect those profits with a farcical court case, complete with conspiracy, kidnapping and an A-list whistleblower. Coyote vs Acme might not reach the rich heights of its forefather, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but it has the same spirit, and that is something worth keeping alive.

The Hangover meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind should categorically not work as a family film, but Forgotten Island blends the two in a riot of colour and art styles to create something magical.

On their last night together before college, BFFs Jo and Raissa discover a portal to Nakali, an island of lost mythological creatures Jo's grandmother once told them stories about.

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