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Movie Reviews by Luke Goodsell - Page 5 of 7

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Review of The Brothers Grimm (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

At times this fanciful romp lurches uneasily between violence, slapstick comedy and sublime escapism - in other words, it's pure Gilliam…

Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Stands alongside -- if not above -- Adaptation as one of the best films about the process…

Review of Uptown Girls (2003)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

The sheer charisma of the performances - from a screwball Murphy and a caustic Fanning - manages to float a sentimental script that frequently…

Review of Favela Rising (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

A hit on the festival circuit -- socially-aware white liberals loving to groove to world music and all -- this well-intentioned documentary…

Review of Domino (1982)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Scott never takes his finger off the remix button, meaning scenes play out in microflashes and dialogue is chopped and scratched like a beatmixing…

Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Captivating hyper-realism, a taut political thriller, and the performance of the year…

Review of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

In the 13 years since it was released to a predictably puzzled family audience, Tim Burton's macabre stop motion musical has wound its way…

Review of A Scanner Darkly (2006)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

A Scanner Darkly is the most faithful Dick adaptation to date…

Review of My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Though not without its amusements, My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a high-concept studio pitch trying to pass itself off as an actual movie…

Review of Domino (1973)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Scott never takes his finger off the remix button, meaning scenes play out in microflashes and dialogue is chopped and scratched like a beatmixing…

Review of Turtles Can Fly (2004)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Visually beautiful and acutely observant, this Iran-Iraq co-production presents a compelling, sentiment-free drama that moves on a human level…

Review of Duelist (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

The bent chemistry between Ji-won's screwball tough gal and Dong-won's effeminate wraith injects just enough charm into the overwrought stylistics,…

Review of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

A neon-lit western where the steeds are cast in steel and the drifter's gunfight for the town and the girl is fought on four wheels; it's a…

Review of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Love, the filmmakers repeat ad nauseum, is the only act of freedom in times of trouble.   So it is about girls, after all…

Review of Thank You for Smoking (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Curiously, the film's key drawback --its impassive resolution feels a little too slick -- is arguably indicative of the theme: no matter how…

Review of Failure to Launch (2006)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Fans of Bongo playing narcissist Matthew McConaughey will breeze through this formulaic rom-com, though it possesses about as much charm as…

Review of Domino (1988)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Scott never takes his finger off the remix button, meaning scenes play out in microflashes and dialogue is chopped and scratched like a beatmixing…

Review of Munich (2005)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

This punishing, borderline amoral picture is Spielberg at his most bleak, and most challenging…

Review of Brothers (2004)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

Strong performances and scenes of the father's imprisonment in war camps make for tense viewing…

Review of Happy Endings (2014)

By Luke Goodsell (126) for Empire Magazine Australasia (200) on 07 Nov 2012

The drama never feels more than a well-shot TV soap…

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Luke Goodsell has written reviews for:

Movie Mezzanine (782)
4:3 (202)
Empire Magazine Australasia (200)
The Final Cut (64)
The Monthly (Australia) (39)
The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia) (13)
ABC News (Australia) (10)

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