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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 01 Nov 2012

A new Bond film, we are assured in the closing credits, is on its way -- Skyfall provides reasons to look forward to more…

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Review of Hail (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 25 Oct 2012

It's Courtin-Wilson's willingness to push boundaries, to explore ways in which the troubled self can be depicted, that makes Hail so singular…

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Review of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 17 Oct 2012

The film balances the extraordinary and ordinary with great aplomb, and Duplass and Plaza give beautifully judged performances…

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Review of Savages (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 17 Oct 2012

The messy insouciance wears a little thin, and by the time we get to the absurdity of the extended ending, enough is definitely enough…

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Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Oct 2012

As a perverse portrait of management issues and the challenges of ''getting the job done'', it is sure-footed, dark and comic…

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Review of Ruby Sparks (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 19 Sep 2012

It's a witty, appealing romantic comedy with a surprising edge, a cleverly written and deftly acted exploration of what happens when dreams…

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Review of Kath & Kimderella (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 05 Sep 2012

Despite these familiar set-ups, it soon becomes clear that there is something missing from Kath And Kimderella…

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Review of Holy Motors (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 29 Aug 2012

In Leos Carax's beautiful, exhilarating, transporting new film, there is something special, and singular, about the act of filming and the…

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Review of Hope Springs (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 22 Aug 2012

A sense of well-executed blandness sets in…

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Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Aug 2012

There's enough there, in all likelihood, to make audiences hope for more, but it's not as finished or complete a work as it should have been…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jul 2012

It doesn't have quite the emotional intensity of the second movie, The Dark Knight, but it's a powerful, intricately constructed work, thoughtful,…

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Review of Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 28 Jun 2012

The Ice Age format has endured surprisingly well: the fourth instalment in this lavish animation series is once again a buddy movie with a…

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Review of Wrath of the Titans (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 29 Mar 2012

Amid the fast-moving chaos, it gets a little repetitive: there's so much volcanic action, so much fire and brimstone that all that heat might…

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Review of The Hunger Games (2012)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 20 Mar 2012

The Hunger Games' strength is not its social critique - rather, it's an exhilarating sense of a character learning to control her own destiny…

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Review of I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Nov 2011

There's nothing particular strong or telling about its comedy…

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Review of Priest (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 24 Aug 2011

Its visual style veers between bleached desert tones and slimy undercover dankness, but the 3D version is undistinguished…

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Review of Green Lantern (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 10 Aug 2011

The green aesthetic misfires: the whole film looks as if it's been inspired by a particular shade of washing-up liquid, or the glowing screens…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Aug 2011

Its human characters are ciphers, even if the actors include Franco, Lithgow, Brian Cox and Freida Pinto, but its animal rebels are utterly…

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Review of Love Crime (2010)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Aug 2011

Rather than contemplating the tension of performance, we are resigned to watching the elements of the story click mechanically and rather drearily…

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Review of Here I Am (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 01 Jun 2011

Quietly, and with an unobtrusive grace, Here I Am explores harsh truths, everyday realities and intimations of change…

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