Best new films – quick links
Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom – 31 March (Netflix)
Docuseries (2026). Netflix’s acclaimed Untold sports doco series returns in a major way with four new films blazing with drama. Premiering weekly, these gripping stories extend well beyond the playing field and feature raw, first-person perspectives from those at the heart of the action, revealing surprising truths fans have yet to hear.
The first instalment traces the life of Lamar Odom, from his rise to NBA fame and marriage to Khloé Kardashian to his near-fatal overdose in a Nevada brothel.
Kangaroo – 1 April
Film (2025). An Australian family comedy film that follows disgraced TV host Chris and a spirited young Indigenous girl, Charlie, as they team up to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Outback community.
Through laughter, chaos and unexpected adventures, the pair discover the true meaning of friendship, courage and second chances.
Starring Rachel House, Brooke Satchwell and Ryan Corr.
ScreenHub: From Looking for Alibrandi to Kangaroo – director Kate Woods returns to Australia
Whale Shark Jack – 2 April (Stan)
Film (2026). A heartwarming adventure about family, friendship, the natural world and moving forward when all hope seems lost.
Set on and around the breathtaking Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, Whale Shark Jack stars Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Michael Dorman (Territory) as husband and wife marine biologists, and Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) as their daughter.
Whale Shark Jack follows the family’s idyllic life on their research catamaran, where together they follow the migratory path of the biggest fish in the ocean – the majestic whale sharks.
Sarah, who has been raised on the sea, is fearless and embarks on adventures with her only friend, Jack, an endangered whale shark she rescued as a pup, forming an unbreakable bond.
John Wick Trilogy – 4 April (SBS On Demand)
Films (2014–2019):
John Wick (2014). Following the death of his wife, Wick is forced out of retirement when some baddies steal his car and kill his puppy.
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017). Wick has no choice but to honour a blood oath to a crime lord, which leads him to Rome. After killing a member of the High Table on Continental grounds (in addition to many many many other killings), his status is updated to ‘excommunicado’.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019): Things are still a bit tough for him, hey. With a $14 million bounty on his noggin, Wick fights to survive in New York.
Starring – of course – Keanu Reeves.
