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Review of Total Recall (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

Total Recall is it's own beast - one that needs to be caged off and held at arm's length…

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Review of The Expendables 2 (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 25 Sep 2012

Perhaps we're pawns in an elaborate homage to excess and macho stupidity. It's purposefully - even wilfully - bad…

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Review of On the Road (2014)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

The final film holds true to the source material - but it's just not a journey everyone's going to want to take…

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Review of On the Road (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

The final film holds true to the source material - but it's just not a journey everyone's going to want to take…

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Review of Hit & Run (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

If Hit & Run is guilty of being generic, it's arguably the best kind of generic: inoffensive, well made and probably a lot more fun than Joe…

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Review of On The Road (2013)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

The final film holds true to the source material - but it's just not a journey everyone's going to want to take…

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Review of Spider-Man (1977)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

Not quite 'amazing' then, but there will always be a deserving audience for rock-solid superhero movies done with this kind of heart and care…

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Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

How Wes Anderson stitches it all together is far beyond the reach of most filmmakers…

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Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

This is a film that manages that rare bridge between end-of-days epic and intimate humanist storytelling - fantastical but still just rooted…

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Review of Cosmopolis (2012)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 25 Sep 2012

For one of the smartest films I've seen in a while, Cosmopolis is also one of the least outwardly enjoyable…

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Review of The Social Network (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 22 Oct 2010

Fincher has constructed a wonderfully balanced tale of a young narcissistic genius in want of status and recognition…

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Review of Buried (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 28 Sep 2010

Buried does do a hell of a lot with very little. Through clever camerawork, it's surprising how much action and tension can be built…

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Review of Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 27 Sep 2010

Dinner for Schmucks, while not as instantly iconic and defined as [Jay Roach's] previous work, still delivers a lot of entertainment…

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Review of The Other Guys (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 06 Sep 2010

While Anchorman still stands as Adam McKay's high watermark, The Other Guys manages to take a worn concept and make it feel fresh and lively…

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Review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 09 Aug 2010

It's audacious and youthful -- and a film that squarely targets geek culture and revels in it playfully…

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Review of Inception (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 19 Jul 2010

Indeed, Hollywood's obsession with 3D has extended to the storytelling process, and with Inception, it also reminds us that story and characterization…

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Review of Get Him to the Greek (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 01 Jun 2010

An overdose of pop-culture and some memorable set-ups make this a very amusing commentary on the foibles of rock stardom…

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Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 19 May 2010

It's not a good film, but if you're feeling jaded and just want to watch a demonic killer pound his fist through the chest of some hapless,…

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Review of Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 19 May 2010

A messy comedy, Wog Boy 2 pitches itself at a demographic that, incredibly, it also alienates with cultural insensitivities and stupidity…

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Review of Iron Man 2 (2010)

By Patrick Kolan (76) for IGN Movies AU (31) on 26 Apr 2010

Like Tony Stark himself, Iron Man 2 is a sleek and cheeky number that almost certainly trumps the fun-factor of Jon Favreau's 2008's surprise hit…

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