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Review of Headhunters (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Mar 2012

Like a good magician, director Morten Tyldum attracts our attention with a sleight of hand as he prepares the ground for a much edgier film…

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Review of Carnage (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

The screenplay develops beautifully as layer after layer of civilised behaviour is pared back…

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Review of Like Crazy (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

It's more like a series of sentimental greeting cards suitable at differing stages of a relationship, from sparkling first love to broken relationship…

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Review of Carnage (1984)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

The screenplay develops beautifully as layer after layer of civilised behaviour is pared back…

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Review of Carnage (2002)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

The screenplay develops beautifully as layer after layer of civilised behaviour is pared back…

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Review of Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

There is a simplicity to the film that is endearing and the expat community of New Zealanders and Polynesians will embrace it wholeheartedly,…

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Review of Carnage (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

The screenplay develops beautifully as layer after layer of civilised behaviour is pared back…

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Review of A Separation (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Feb 2012

The performances and direction match the sharply observed screenplay, which is layered and nuanced, never settling for the pat answer…

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Review of Contraband (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2012

Wahlberg and the rest of the excellently chosen cast keep us engaged, even though the screenplay and direction are full of holes and contrivances…

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Review of Love (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2012

All the performances are excellent, which no doubt helped get the film into the prestigious Berlin Film Festival (2011)…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2012

Simple but not simplistic, McQueen explores what happens when a man's sexual addiction distracts him enough to delay responding to a cry for…

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Review of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2012

Daldry honed his prowess for stories about boys on a mission with his worldwide hit, Billy Elliot (2000); here, the stakes are different but…

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Review of Killer Elite (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2012

It's an extraordinary (and almost plausible) story, and we can only wish that the filmmakers had told it better…

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Review of Buck (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2012

The great pleasure of this film is that we meet Buck the man as well as Buck the horseman; it's a rounded and balanced doco, a rich, complex,…

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Review of The Grey (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2012

There are echoes of John Boorman's iconic survival drama Deliverance (1972) as the men come to realise that nature has no pity, no feelings…

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Review of This Means War (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2012

Director McG has made a McMovie; a take-away that doesn't satisfy but it's something for the eyes to chew on…

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Review of My Week with Marilyn (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2012

Made with sublime sensitivity - not to be mistaken for weakness - My Week With Marilyn is a shimmering, memorable, magnificent movie…

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Review of The Vow (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2012

It's not really cinematic in scale, but it is made with heart and emotionally it should please the target audience of young women - and romantic…

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Review of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Jan 2012

A movie for film lovers who can handle disturbing subjects about the human condition and do not feel the need to see a cute puppy in every film…

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Review of Underworld: Awakening (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Jan 2012

More creature feature than vampire movie, this fourth edition of Underworld tries to emulate the stylistics of Len Wiseman's 2004 original,…

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