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Review of Toy Story 3 (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Jun 2010

Driven by a good plot and clearly defined characters, Toy Story 3 is injected with humour and powered by fun as the adventure of their lives…

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Review of Mother and Child (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 11 Jun 2010

The characters and the cast should deliver in spades, but the story falters, makes a couple of clumsy jumps and twists into contorted tangles…

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Review of Shrek Forever After (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 11 Jun 2010

The writing is brisk and funny, the situation allows for plenty of adventure to keep our characters busy and Shrek himself takes a big lesson…

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Review of The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 May 2010

With the melancholy cry of a sad cello, the film opens with a golden sun rising over the hills of a remote Iran landscape...It's a devastating…

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Review of Animal Kingdom (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 May 2010

It's a pleasure to see an Australian genre movie in which story and character are given equal importance and are so well defined and delivered…

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Review of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 24 May 2010

The film is directed with grand abandon by the illustrious Mike Newell, embracing the needs of his target audience, delivering the 'cool' factors…

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Review of Robin Hood (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 May 2010

The attention to detail is extraordinary, from the dialogue and the storyline to the myriad elements in production design, as the filmmakers…

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Review of Letters to Juliet (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Apr 2010

The double romantic payoff is beautifully directed and performed; it's not just what but how it's done in this satisfying escapist romance…

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Review of 44 Inch Chest (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 23 Apr 2010

The title suggests an exploration of the macho notion of masculinity, and while the theme filters through, it is less than satisfying; the…

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Review of The Burning Plain (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 23 Apr 2010

A melancholy but also profoundly uplifting film by the talented Guillermo Arriaga. Storytelling is an artform and Arriaga is a master…

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Review of Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Apr 2010

It's a breathtakingly beautiful film, never mawkish, never less than vibrantly real and never more affecting than when it explores the nature…

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Review of Date Night (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 31 Mar 2010

The old mistaken identity device (brilliantly handled in Hitchcock's North by North West) that leads innocent characters into deadly danger…

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Review of Micmacs (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Mar 2010

The two main baddies are weapons makers and dealers. This is the serious grounding for what is a comedy filled with invention, and inventions…

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Review of Little Ashes (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 18 Mar 2010

A snapshot of an insight into the life of Salvador Dali, one of the most complex artists in history and it intensifies rather than satisfies…

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Review of The Spy Next Door (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 18 Mar 2010

Jackie Chan always guarantees a good time with his friendly manner combined with intricate fight stunts inventively choreographed and smoothly…

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Review of My One and Only (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Mar 2010

Funny, surprising, moving and uplifting, the film soars in a restrained, early 50s kind of way…

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Review of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Mar 2010

Promises more depth and substance than it delivers, leaving all the fireworks of the visuals to drive the film's appeal…

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Review of Alice in Wonderland (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Feb 2010

The colours are dynamic, Danny Elfman's score is larger than life and Johnny Depp is magical…

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Review of The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Feb 2010

It's more like a series of amazing anecdotes and crazy adventures than a fully formed story…

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Review of A Single Man (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2010

Uou don't have to be gay to appreciate George's emotional journey nor the unexpectedly ironic ending…

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