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Review of Scary Movie 4 (2006)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 09 Oct 2009

By the time you get to see the fourth incarnation of any movie franchise, you should be pretty sure what you're in for %u2013 and this one…

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Review of Looking for Eric (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Sep 2009

When the whistle blows on this rather unlikely Ken Loach film, they'll be plenty of cheers at the result, but also a sense that it's been a…

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Review of Orphan (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 12 Aug 2009

Strange and nasty Esther is the consummate political player in a deadly game of unhappy families, in this fairly straightforward psychological…

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Review of Beautiful Kate (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 05 Aug 2009

Director Rachel Ward creates an beautiful, tender and delicate story, exploring a damaged family and complex social taboos - with Ben Mendelsohn…

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Review of My Sister's Keeper (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 29 Jul 2009

What starts as an exploration of the ethics of organ-donation and genetic selection, rapidly disintegrates into a sloppy, unstructured, tear-jerking…

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Review of Keeping Mum (2005)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 29 Jul 2009

Don't expect Rowan Atkinson in full Bean or Blackadder flight: this is much more delicate Country Life comeuppance at the hands of a deliciously…

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Review of Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Jul 2009

The perfect combination of old and new versions of the American Dream: country girl riding out into the misty wilderness by day, and teen pop…

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Review of Inglourious Basterds (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 13 Jun 2009

After some indulgent side trips (Grindhouse, Deathproof), Quentin Tarantino is back to form with this World War II fantasy fiasco…

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Review of Shall We Kiss? (2007)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 10 Jun 2009

This is a delicate and naïve piece of French fluff, part love story, part morality tale, part bedroom farce, and all very much in the style…

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Review of Land of the Lost (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 10 Jun 2009

Somewhere in a distant corner of the near infinite universe there must be a life form that finds Will Ferrell funny. Come and take him. Please…

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Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 03 Apr 2009

Slow and beautiful, rather than intense, dramatic and insightful…

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Review of Fugitive Pieces (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 03 Apr 2009

Take a dip into this thoughtful and intimate portrait of a man slowly warming to the beauty of life as he shakes off the ghosts of a family…

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Review of Summer Hours (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 01 Apr 2009

A fractured, ultra-naturalistic and detached examination of the significance of memory and the value of objects, explored through the story…

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Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 25 Mar 2009

Allen has definitely made something special with this charming, light and warm romantic comedy…

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Review of Australia (1989)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 25 Mar 2009

It is a huge film - in scale, scope, look and feel, and of course budget. It is also a huge disappointment…

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Review of Australia (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 25 Mar 2009

It is a huge film - in scale, scope, look and feel, and of course budget. It is also a huge disappointment…

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Review of Hotel for Dogs (2009)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 25 Mar 2009

So, never work with children and animals, eh…

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Review of RocknRolla (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Mar 2009

A self conscious re-working of Guy Ritchie's now familiar style and storyworld…

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Review of Max Payne (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 24 Mar 2009

Based on a Finnish shoot-em up video game, Max Payne is all style and little story, cheerless detective Max (Mark Wahlberg) drifting through…

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Review of The Class (2008)

By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 21 Mar 2009

So truthful and engaging that you feel part of the class, sitting at a desk in the room as the events slowly unfold…

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