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Review of The Big Chill (1983)

By Gavin P (778) on 16 Dec 2014

In this case, classic only means old, unfortunately. Nothing of consequence happens in this film - it's barely a comedy or a drama…

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Review of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

By Gavin P (778) on 16 Dec 2014

While Jim Carrey gives it a red-hot go as the Grinch, there's nothing else in this live-action version adds, that goes for 80min longer, that…

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Review of Scrooged (1988)

By Gavin P (778) on 15 Dec 2014

I'd be lying if I said this isn't an inventive twist on A Christmas Carol…

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Review of Dial M for Murder (1954)

By Gavin P (778) on 03 Dec 2014

A tense suspense film that is made memorable by Ray Milland, but it is ruined by its ending. (First and only viewing - 12/3/2010)…

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Review of Son of Batman (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 01 Dec 2014

A decent translation of the start of the Damian Wayne saga…

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Review of The Proposition (2005)

By Gavin P (778) on 30 Nov 2014

A decent Western, that happens to be set in Outback Queensland in the 1890's…

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Review of Dracula Untold (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 24 Nov 2014

I liked this because finally we have a reason of why Dracula becomes Dracula…

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Review of The Lunchbox (2013)

By Gavin P (778) on 22 Nov 2014

Nice Indian romantic mystery…

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Review of Charlie's Country (2013)

By Gavin P (778) on 21 Nov 2014

A pretty good look at what it means to be an elder Aboriginal in modern Australia…

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Review of Romancing the Stone (1984)

By Gavin P (778) on 19 Nov 2014

Romancing the Stone is not Robert Zemeckis' best films, but it is well written; well directed; well filmed; well score; well paced; and well…

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Review of Dark Star (1974)

By Gavin P (778) on 18 Nov 2014

John Carpenter's directorial debut, was originally a short student film, in which 15 mins was added, to make a feature length film…

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Review of Frank (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 15 Nov 2014

Frank' is basically a story about an indie/avant-garde band trying to record their first album - the only difference is that their lead singer…

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Review of Blended (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 14 Nov 2014

A decent effort compared to Sandler's recent efforts, but it still comes up far short of his 90s films…

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Review of This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 11 Nov 2014

Good film. Jason Bateman was superb, as was Jane Fonda. Great punchlines. Very enjoyable…

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Review of Pride (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 05 Nov 2014

Pride' is a simple British film that manages to be about lots of things all at once, all while being charming and quaint, as only the Poms…

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Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 04 Nov 2014

I like your dolls... A young couple and their child have a horrific event happen where some cultists invade their house…

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Review of The Double (2014)

By Gavin P (778) on 03 Nov 2014

As much as I want to like Ayoade as a director - and 'Submarine' was OK, if a little Wes Anderson-lite - this is trying too hard to be a noir-ish…

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Review of The Fringe Dwellers (1986)

By Gavin P (778) on 17 Oct 2014

Not a bad snapshot of mid-80s Australia. Hopefully, in terms of racial stereotypes and profiling, a lot has changed since then…

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Review of Robot & Frank (2012)

By Gavin P (778) on 17 Oct 2014

A very simple story of a man and his domesticated robot, but its much more as franks character is really shown as robot tries to be the perfect…

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Review of Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

By Gavin P (778) on 16 Oct 2014

Bad Grandpa is not for the faint of heart but its a great time if you're into these movies…

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