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Review of Down Under (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 10 Aug 2016

The failure here isn't from unpacking a troubling historical moment with humour…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 05 Aug 2016

The fifth entry in the Bourne franchise is comprised of familiar character types, plot points and action beats, but there's an intense, visceral…

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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 04 Aug 2016

For someone who knows the toughness of military life and regularly makes films about how macho and brave law enforcement is, David Ayer's adolescence…

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Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 Jul 2016

Beyond could have been more interesting and memorable if it wasn't weighed down so heavily by its combat moves…

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Review of Goldstone (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 16 Jul 2016

Rarely has a film looked as jaw-dropping as this while being so poorly served by its screenplay…

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Review of Mustang (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 05 Jul 2016

While a highly realistic film because of its naturalistic actors, it's equally stylised by providing space for the actors through formal decisions…

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Review of Money Monster (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 03 Jun 2016

Everything Money Monster has to say about corporate greed is true but as a film it also leaves no contrivance unturned or untouched…

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Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 May 2016

While it's okay to enjoy big studio films of this size, one shouldn't feel obliged to trudge through them annually and celebrate their mediocrity…

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Review of The First Monday in May (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 14 May 2016

It is more than a glossy celebrity cover shoot. It has both beauty and brains…

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Review of Midnight Special (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 12 May 2016

As with the impressive Ex Machina last year, Midnight Special is, despite its flaws, another example of a modern Hollywood sci-fi film using…

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Review of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 07 May 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins is determined to shape its story into a crowd-pleaser but suffers from overexcited, uncontrolled performances and clumsy…

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Review of The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 06 May 2016

The Angry Birds Movie is both the equivalent of a screaming five-year-old and a regressive piece of American propaganda…

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Review of Marguerite (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 Apr 2016

Xavier Giannoli hasn't settled for lavish and funny alone but has also aimed high to make his film surprisingly deep…

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Review of The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 15 Apr 2016

It doesn't matter how good the cast is on paper because the basics, such as the script and the cut of the film, are not worthy of such good actors…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 27 Mar 2016

Dawn of Justice's aim of reshaping our image and understanding of Batman is squandered under the weight of its incoherent and undisciplined narrative…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 21 Mar 2016

The Witch is a rare treat today: a horror movie that gripped me not because it is immediately gory but because of the ambiguous means in which…

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Review of The Daughter (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 18 Mar 2016

The Daughter contains a number of attractive elements but the inconsistency of its filmic style and its script makes it a near-miss…

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Review of Triple 9 (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 Mar 2016

Considering the first rate cast assembled for Triple 9, directed by Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat, the film rates as a letdown…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 Mar 2016

At nearly two and a half hours long, life is too short for how little Bay offers…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 20 Feb 2016

It's a film that tests your patience because of the gentle way its angst unfolds and the measured, glacial time it provides for Charlotte Rampling…

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