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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 08 Apr 2015

The cinematic frame might have contracted, but there's a kind of ferocious compassion in Dolan's vision, and its embrace is startlingly wide…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 08 Apr 2015

The cinematic frame might have contracted, but there's a kind of ferocious compassion in Dolan's vision, and its embrace is startlingly wide…

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Review of Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 01 Apr 2015

There's something indomitable about her will to perform, and insecurity has been part of her experience for decades, it's clear…

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Review of The DUFF (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 01 Apr 2015

[The DUFF] looks at first as if it's set in a post-clique world, where it's ok to be niche…

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Review of Furious 7 (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 31 Mar 2015

The sheer implausibility is entertaining, yet it feels as if nothing is really at stake: everyone has nine lives…

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Review of A Little Chaos (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 25 Mar 2015

Sometimes it's awkward, sometimes it works…

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Review of Insurgent (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 18 Mar 2015

There's also not much in the way of lightness or humour in these kinds of films…

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Review of Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Mar 2015

Given what happens and what's at stake, it's surprisingly dull…

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Review of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Mar 2015

There's a doleful beauty and elegance to the look of the film…

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Review of A Most Violent Year (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 27 Feb 2015

In the end, a little too much rides on what we make of this couple and their partnership, and the movie, well-conceived as it is, has drawn…

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Review of The Hurt Locker (2008)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 25 Feb 2015

There is much that is fiercely modest about its ambitions. And, for a war film, it is often disconcertingly quiet…

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Review of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Feb 2015

It has an impressive performance from Dakota Johnson (daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, granddaughter of Tippi Hedren.) But it…

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Review of Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Feb 2015

It has an impressive performance from Dakota Johnson (daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, granddaughter of Tippi Hedren.) But it…

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Review of Night Will Fall (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 22 Jan 2015

As well as footage of Bernstein, Singer has some fascinating interviews with English, Soviet and American soldiers who did the filming…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jan 2015

It is a handsome film, bleak and dark and elegantly filmed told with a mixture of intensity and something like restraint, even distance…

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Review of Taken 3 (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jan 2015

There's something sluggishly formulaic about the rollout of smackdowns, chase scenes and general mayhem involving wrecked cars…

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Review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Jan 2015

Larry and his crew head for London and more slightly laboured mayhem, with slapstick gags that seem designed for younger viewers…

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Review of The Interview (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 06 Jan 2015

The Interview might be a cause celebre, whose temporary shelving by Sony was treated as a free speech issue, but it is a broad, somewhat laboured…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 04 Jan 2015

For the filmmakers, there are simplifications that must have been inevitable, for dramatic and narrative purposes, when it comes to depicting…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 04 Jan 2015

For the filmmakers, there are simplifications that must have been inevitable, for dramatic and narrative purposes, when it comes to depicting…

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