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Review of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of The Bang Bang Gang (1970)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Dec 2014

Horrible Bosses 2 is more of the same, yet less…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Dec 2014

The plague scenes are well executed; there's a quasi-logical explanation of how the Nile is turned to blood, and the inundation of locusts…

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Review of Particle Fever (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Dec 2014

Particle Fever shows how the theorists and experimenters need and respect each other, in the course of setbacks, disappointments, premature…

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Review of My Old Lady (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Nov 2014

My Old Lady leans heavily on the relationship between parents and children, and emphasises the damaging impact of parental absence, distance…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 29 Oct 2014

Co-directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, who both come from a stunt background, keep the action relentless, although it builds to a kind…

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Review of This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 23 Oct 2014

It stays in safe terrain, and the ensemble cast members often feel as if they have been selected to revisit familiar characters and performances…

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Review of Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 23 Oct 2014

It's a project that could easily be weighed down with nostalgia or over-determination, but there's a generosity and humour about the performances…

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Review of The Case Against 8 (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Oct 2014

The Case Against 8 documents, quietly and without histrionics, a long-drawn-out process of advocacy…

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Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 30 Sep 2014

Annabelle drifts away from these potentially interesting elements into a more predictable collage of frights, demons and flickering lights,…

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Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 21 Sep 2014

The Maze Runner might seem at first to have echoes of Lord Of The Flies, with its community of boys forced to survive in the wild…

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Review of Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Sep 2014

The phantom film is, by its nature, always rich with possibilities…

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Review of The Giver (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Sep 2014

The allegorical framework starts to look contrived, and things feel far too rushed and glib after an involving start…

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Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Sep 2014

It is rich, distinctive and lush, as you would expect, although this new feature from Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai has been a long time coming…

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Review of The Reckoning (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Sep 2014

It's a heightened work whose occasional implausibilities are swiftly absorbed by the hectic energy of the storytelling…

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Review of The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Aug 2014

When it comes to character development, Manish Dayal, as Hassan, and Le Bon are sold short, landed with thankless, undeveloped roles…

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Review of 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Aug 2014

20,000 Days On Earth is elegant and elusive, artfully arranged and visualised by Forsyth and Pollard…

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