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Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 06 May 2013

This ambitious tale of tragedy and redemption among fathers and sons is told in three parts and, despite a superb performance from Ryan Gosling,…

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Review of The Company You Keep (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Apr 2013

You may be in the company of an all-star cast, but this is a run-of-the-mill affair with few surprises…

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Review of Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Apr 2013

A carefully constructed observation of the facts and a withering condemnation of the behaviour of the Catholic Church…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Apr 2013

The cast seem stilted, even a bit surprised, to find themselves in the fictitious land of Cloister, dressed in panto regalia with dreadful…

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Review of Rust and Bone (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Apr 2013

There is no denying the cinematic power of Audiard's fearless storytelling…

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Review of Trance (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 03 Apr 2013

Shimmering visuals and a hypnotic soundtrack cant fully hide the flaws in an improbable plot that probes into the mind and memories of an amnesia…

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Review of Goddess (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 18 Mar 2013

This upbeat and jaunty Australian musical sees mother and housewife Elspeth Dickens become an internet sensation with her kitchen-sink songs…

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Review of Blinder (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 11 Mar 2013

This story of AFL, mateship and sex scandal is let down by a clunky screenplay and some misguided morality despite the presence of Jack Thompson…

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Review of Blinder (2014)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 11 Mar 2013

This story of AFL, mateship and sex scandal is let down by a clunky screenplay and some misguided morality despite the presence of Jack Thompson…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 20 Feb 2013

Michael Haneke's most intimate and painfully truthful film - an exploration of what love means at the far end of life…

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Review of The Last Stand (2013)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 20 Feb 2013

Mindless, dumb fun as Arnie grunts a few one liners and tries to terminate an escaped drug lord who's in a fast car and heading for freedom…

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Review of Anna Karenina (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 20 Feb 2013

A visually unique story world, bold and beautiful, and dramatically fused with passion…

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Review of Footnote (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 18 Apr 2012

A dense and complex piece of filmmaking, made manageable through the warm and totally compelling performances of the two lead actors…

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Review of The Lucky One (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 18 Apr 2012

You get just what you'd expect from this Nicolas Sparks romance - good-looking people, ever so soft lighting, and music just tender enough…

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Review of American Reunion (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 04 Apr 2012

Sitting somewhere between nostalgia and limp sex romp, this is for fans only - squeezing a few more dollars out of the American Pie franchise…

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Review of The Darkest Hour (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 02 Apr 2012

Uninspiring and insipid, this contemporary take on the zombie genre sees a group of gorgeous twenty somethings trapped in Moscow trying desperately…

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Review of The Skin I Live In (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 02 Apr 2012

With a deliberately preposterous storyline involving burning bodies, evil brothers, rape, suicide, revenge, sexual identity and medical procedure,…

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Review of The Guard (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 02 Apr 2012

This film belongs to Gleeson - he seems to have effortlessly conjured up a complex and charismatic mix of world-weariness and caring, all wrapped…

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Review of Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 02 Apr 2012

Although Rossi's style is a little unruly - flitting from story to story and desk to desk without any particular emphasis - it's a fascinating…

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Review of One for the Money (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 02 Apr 2012

Light and fluffy as a cupcake, Katherine Heigl's many talents are truly wasted in this story based on the first of eighteen best-selling Stephanie…

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