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Review of Infamous (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 31 Aug 2007

In a solid, unshowy turn by Bullock, a very underrated actress, as Harper Lee (plainly a co-creator of the landmark book), and you have a compellingly…

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Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

If you ever enjoyed an English comedy show on the telly and you're ready for a laugh, you're going to love this…

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Review of World Trade Center (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

A movie that's dull, plodding and extremely conventional…

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Review of Up and Down (2004)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

This densely textured film by the writer-director team responsible for the sublime wartime drama Divided We Fall (2000) displays the same giddy…

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Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

This elliptical structure demands and rewards close attention for the powerful ironies it illuminates: seeing actions lionised before we see…

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Review of Hard Candy (2005)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

It is extraordinarily accomplished but finally pretty sick…

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Review of Bullet Boy (2004)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

The film certainly has a chillingly predictable arc -- and there's something slightly glib about the upbeat ending -- but it's a very accomplished…

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Review of The Departed (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

This is not a film Scorsese will be or should be remembered for - though fans of Goodfellas may relish the profligate bloodshed…

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Review of The Nativity Story (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

[A] sincere and utterly unremarkable retelling of the Christmas story…

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Review of Jindabyne (2006)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

[Jindabyne] accomplished and impressive but if it has a frustration, it's that finally it is less than it seems…

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Review of China Blue (2011)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 30 Dec 2006

It's a sobering assessment, rescued from being entirely depressing by the sunny, matter-of-fact disposition of Jasmine and her mates…

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