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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 Contraband (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Mark Wahlberg plays another working class action hero in this gritty but convoluted story about double-dealing smugglers, wharfside corruption…

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Review of The Rum Diary (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Feels like its been squeezed out of a tube rather than shot out of a canon…

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Review of The Devil Inside (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Despite a clever - if not particularly original - idea, this pseudo-documentary horror movie is let down by an immensely frustrating ending…

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Review of Chronicle (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Clearly made to kick off a new found-footage franchise, Chronicle is a very clever story about teens who develop unusual powers, mixing everyday…

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Review of Offbeat (1961)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Despite a clever - if not particularly original - idea, this pseudo-documentary horror movie is let down by an immensely frustrating ending…

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Review of Gone (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

A psychological thriller lacking in both psychological complexity and thrills…

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Review of Wrath of the Titans (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

It's a fathers-and-sons affair as epic music, computer-generated destruction and bad one liners combine to provide a sequel of similar style…

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Review of A Separation (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Fahardi's accomplishment is to have brought to the screen a group of equally complex, equally flawed, and equally human characters whose only…

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Review of Mirror Mirror (2012)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

A romantic panto-style romp through goody-gum drops land, full of the best natured fun you'll find on the big screen, and with an inspired…

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Review of Headhunters (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

This crime thriller from Norway has an entertainingly schizophrenic feel as it twists its way from daring heist movie to farcical black comedy,…

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Review of The Bucket List (2007)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2012

Meehl's gentle handling of her subject and her unobstrusive, observational camera work make this a delightful and touching experience…

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Review of Take Shelter (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 04 Dec 2011

Michael Shannon is at his best as a man plagued by apocalyptic dreams that start to bleed into his everyday life…

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Review of Fighting Fear (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Nov 2011

A documentary that reaffirms the hard-drinking, hard-partying, hard-fighting values of good old fashioned mateship, as Bra Boys director Macario…

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Review of The First Grader (2010)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Nov 2011

An uplifting, romanticised and gently-paced film infused with the dry beauty of the Kenyan landscape and powered by the moist-eyed performance…

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Review of Bill Cunningham New York (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Nov 2011

Bill has followed his bliss for 60 years, and it's a delight to follow him for 80 minutes - even if you have no interest in fashion. Don't miss it…

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Review of Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Oct 2011

It's back to the '80s as this found footage horror franchise hits the mark with demons and ghosts who shake and rattle the rambling house of…

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Review of Real Steel (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 05 Oct 2011

A well made but instantly forgettable robot-boxing movie that dishes out clichés blow-by-blow for its 12-year-old-boy target audience…

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Review of Fire in Babylon (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 22 Sep 2011

A sparkling - if perhaps somewhat nostalgic - documentary about the transformation of the West Indies calypso style of cricket in the 1970s,…

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Review of Submarine (2011)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 06 Sep 2011

A quirky and stylistically idiosyncratic tale of an angst ridden teenager trying to win the heart of a girl and save his parents' marriage…

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