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Review of Wake in Fright (1971)

By Roger R (198) on 25 Apr 2011

If you want to understand Australia - see this. Jack Thompson character : What's the matter with him? Rather talk to women than drink…

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Review of Soylent Green (1973)

By Roger R (198) on 15 Apr 2011

Although almost everyone knows that pervading closing line, it's still worth watching if you're after a good, Orwellian sci-fi…

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Review of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

By Roger R (198) on 09 Apr 2011

Pretty impressive directorial debut for George Clooney…

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Review of Suddenly, Last Summer (2013)

By Roger R (198) on 27 Mar 2011

I like how the movie evolved even if there is some parts that are kind of boring…

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Review of Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

By Roger R (198) on 27 Mar 2011

I like how the movie evolved even if there is some parts that are kind of boring…

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Review of Suddenly Last Summer (2012)

By Roger R (198) on 27 Mar 2011

I like how the movie evolved even if there is some parts that are kind of boring…

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Review of A Man for All Seasons (1966)

By Roger R (198) on 20 Mar 2011

Whatever the political correctness of the day, the honest person is the most disturbing of heretics…

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Review of Green Zone (2010)

By Roger R (198) on 16 Mar 2011

The facts of Iraq turned into a fair entertainment…

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Review of Slacker (1990)

By Roger R (198) on 03 Mar 2011

The classic low budget youth pic - just a bunch of stuff which happens…

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Review of Single White Female (1992)

By Roger R (198) on 18 Feb 2011

Every time I watch this I am more in love with Jennifer Jason Leigh - which could explain why my love life is such a disaster - I wonder whatever…

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Review of Mommie Dearest (1981)

By Roger R (198) on 15 Feb 2011

Once I stopped taking this seriously and realized it was a comedy made by very inebriated people who staged it as a drag act, I thoroughly enjoyed it…

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Review of Deliverance (1972)

By Roger R (198) on 13 Feb 2011

Whilst I had seen bits and pieces of this over the years - esp the duelling banjo sequence on youtube, I have never watched the whole thing…

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Review of Sadgati (1981)

By Roger R (198) on 13 Feb 2011

Whilst I had seen bits and pieces of this over the years - esp the duelling banjo sequence on youtube, I have never watched the whole thing…

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Review of Hester Street (1975)

By Roger R (198) on 11 Feb 2011

Ostensibly a Jewish film its really the story of the changes that can happen in the process of migration to a new culture…

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Review of Being There (1979)

By Roger R (198) on 10 Feb 2011

Does life imitate art or is the good artist merely prescient of the zeitgeist…

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Review of Repo Men (2010)

By Roger R (198) on 09 Feb 2011

An interesting distopian idea which works well to begin with, however a hugely dissapointing ending…

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Review of South Pacific (1958)

By Roger R (198) on 30 Jan 2011

I first saw this in Hawaii at their film festival - cheesy - yes. Formulaic, yes, Corny? Yes but somehow this film has an enduring magic…

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Review of Marnie (1964)

By Roger R (198) on 23 Jan 2011

Archetype strong male figure Sean Connery is not only handsome, muscular and suave, he is also very rich. He has a rescuer fantasy…

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Review of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

By Roger R (198) on 12 Jan 2011

Don Quixote Jefferson Smith takes on the corrupt Washington machine1 Sometimes I think there is some benevolent force in Foxtel programming…

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Review of Greenberg (2010)

By Roger R (198) on 09 Jan 2011

This movie is slooow. Everyone spoke as if they were depressed. Everyone. At the end of the film I was depressed…

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