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Review of Even Money (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 24 Oct 2008

Ambitious as it is, Even Money truly succeeds as a gripping story about our urge to want more; more love, or more money, or just more life…

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Review of Saw V (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Oct 2008

It's questionable who suffers more in this torture porn sequel - the victims or the audience…

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Review of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Oct 2008

This male version of The Devil Wears Prada comes off second best in the comparison, but is nevertheless an entertaining jest about a young…

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Review of Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Oct 2008

The three central characters are an acquired taste, probably by the same fanclub that digs loser/doper comedies like Dumb and Dumber or the…

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Review of Burn After Reading (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Oct 2008

There is satire aplenty, comedy, relationships, and plain crazy fun as intelligence gathering characters (intelligence is relative here) come…

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Review of Max Payne (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Oct 2008

I never trust a film in which the protagonists have conversations or even arguments in the pouring rain -- without umbrellas…

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Review of The Nines (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Oct 2008

It defies categorisation, which I love, and defies logic, which is very European. But it's also clever, funny and compelling…

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Review of Towelhead (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Oct 2008

As a story, Jasira's deflowering and surrounding socialisation issues perhaps make for top reading, but as the film turns a mental image into…

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Review of The Tracey Fragments (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Oct 2008

An exploration of the heightened, extreme emotional sensations of adolescence, The Tracey Fragments is demanding and relentless, an image overload…

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Review of Transylvania (2006)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Oct 2008

The mood, the music and the melancholy remain true to Gatlif's signature, but there is a sense of incompleteness about the film which detracts…

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Review of Babylon A.D. (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Sep 2008

Mathieu Kassovitz is making a determined challenge for the stylish French sci-fi thriller crown of Luc Besson with this highly effective, highly…

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Review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

The stars here are the novelties of 3D, which certainly make it fun %u2013 just a tad repetitive for anyone over 25, I suspect…

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Review of Forty Guns (1957)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

Here is Sam Fuller in top gear, as writer, director and producer, with a Western that is solidly crafted and brilliantly cast…

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Review of Eagle Eye (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

It's presented as a thriller, and it is, but Eagle Eye is also a political film…

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Review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

The stars here are the novelties of 3D, which certainly make it fun %u2013 just a tad repetitive for anyone over 25, I suspect…

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Review of Bagboy (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

The best, best things about Bag Boy is a script that is treated as drama, a cast that excels in deadpan humour and a dry, absurdist sense of fun…

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Review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Sep 2008

The stars here are the novelties of 3D, which certainly make it fun %u2013 just a tad repetitive for anyone over 25, I suspect…

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Review of Illegal Tender (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2008

Clearly aware of the impact of visual style on the narrative, Jonathan Ogilvie uses a stylised 1920 Australian setting for a love triangle…

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Review of Puppy (2005)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2008

A strange, brave and black film, Puppy is a refreshing low budget (privately financed) romantic drama with elements of a thriller…

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Review of WALL·E (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2008

In what must be a tongue in cheek nod to his Antipodean origins, writer/director Andrew Stanton has named the CEO of By N Large, Shelby Forthright…

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