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Review of Up (1984)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Unknown2 (29) on 15 Sep 2009

Pixar's latest hero is a septuagenarian, misanthropic crank. And this film is all about him. It shouldn't work…

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Review of Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Unknown2 (29) on 15 Sep 2009

From naked models draped in fabric, to private jet passengers draped in dogs, Valentino is a warts and all, fly on the wall insight into the…

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Review of Up (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Unknown2 (29) on 15 Sep 2009

Pixar's latest hero is a septuagenarian, misanthropic crank. And this film is all about him. It shouldn't work…

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Review of Blessed (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Unknown2 (29) on 09 Sep 2009

Blessed's relentless melodrama means the situations feel staged and stereotypical and both the mothers and children for the most part become…

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Review of Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 09 Sep 2009

See Anvil! if you love heavy metal, because these guys are legends. See Anvil! if you don't love heavy metal because this story is legendary…

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Review of Sorority Row (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 09 Sep 2009

Won't be the most intelligent or best acted film you'll see this year, or maybe even this week, but it could be the best fright flick of 2009…

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Review of Funny People (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 09 Sep 2009

Funny People has some very funny moments but don't expect a joke fest. And don't expect a tight film either…

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Review of Funny People (1976)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 09 Sep 2009

Funny People has some very funny moments but don't expect a joke fest. And don't expect a tight film either…

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Review of Taking Woodstock (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 22 Aug 2009

Like its namesake festival it is crazy, naive, full of hope and features extensive drug use…

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Review of Inglourious Basterds (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 18 Aug 2009

A two and half hour film made up of only a handful of beautifully crafted scenes. Superbly exagerated characters in high intensity moments…

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Review of The September Issue (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 18 Aug 2009

A documentary portraying the Vogue editor's preparations for her biggest issue, and it demonstrates that if anything, Streep toned Wintour down…

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Review of Balibo (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 08 Aug 2009

The worst cliche in Australian cinema is that we have so many Australian stories that need to be told. Normally it is tripe…

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Review of My Sister's Keeper (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 28 Jul 2009

The decision to avoid unnecessary sentimentality defines this film, elevating it to a more thoughtful if a touch less engaging arena, sacrificing…

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Review of Beautiful Kate (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 28 Jul 2009

This is an extraordinary film not only for its subject matter, and its approach, but for the extraordinary qualities it demonstrates in every…

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Review of The Red Cliff (1949)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 26 Jul 2009

Like your chinese action? The huge battles, physics defying fight sequences, the sense of history in the making? Then you'll love Red Cliff…

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Review of Red Cliff (2008)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 26 Jul 2009

Like your chinese action? The huge battles, physics defying fight sequences, the sense of history in the making? Then you'll love Red Cliff…

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Review of Chéri (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 26 Jul 2009

Sadly the few good elements of Cheri only serve to highlight the films considerable inadequacies, and the only bedroom-based action it will…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 21 Jul 2009

If Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a roller coaster, it's the tiny train meant for only the very youngest kids, the one that seems…

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Review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 27 Jun 2009

Any review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen only needs be one line long. If you liked the first film, you'll like this one…

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Review of Coco Before Chanel (2009)

By Giles Hardie (120) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 27 Jun 2009

The story of Coco's formative years is fascinating, if let down a little by a somewhat stereotypical orphan opening and a haphazard rush to…

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