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Review of Love (2011)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 30 Aug 2012

At about the two-thirds mark, the film starts to wander off on its own, seemingly without really caring if the audience is following along or not…

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Review of Money or Love (2011)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 30 Aug 2012

At about the two-thirds mark, the film starts to wander off on its own, seemingly without really caring if the audience is following along or not…

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Review of The Sapphires (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 10 Aug 2012

An Aussie film with real mainstream chops, not a film you watch out of patriotic obligation, but one you watch simply because it is a top-quality,…

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Review of Magic Mike (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 26 Jul 2012

Come for the half-naked hunky guys, stay for the expertly crafted story and gorgeous direction…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 22 Jul 2012

The intimate symbiosis between the loosely defined concepts of good and evil is a vital element in Batman lore and something that Christopher…

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Review of Not Suitable For Children (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 13 Jul 2012

Breaking down some stereotypes and making you think about a common issue in an uncommon way, this is a smart little flick, with some top acting…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 06 Jul 2012

Something Webb does very well is to build and capture the emotion of this story, even if his handling of plot and action leave something to…

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Review of Spider-Man (1977)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 06 Jul 2012

Something Webb does very well is to build and capture the emotion of this story, even if his handling of plot and action leave something to…

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Review of Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 29 Jun 2012

A solid performer, keeping its target audience in its sights much more firmly than many of its big studio contemporaries…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 21 Jun 2012

Feels confused, directionless and overstuffed, with an uneven pace and a tone that lurches from dark gothic horror to candy-coloured fairy…

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Review of Men in Black 3 (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 24 May 2012

Not bad but not memorable, it seems to only exist as a kind of nostalgic revival piece, a belated attempt to wring one last curtain-call from…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 17 May 2012

It's funny enough, even hilarious at times, but is it really being incisive and intelligently manipulative, or is it just ignorant, offensive…

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Review of Iron Sky (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 16 May 2012

Let's face it: it's Nazis from the Moon invading Earth in flying saucers, if you're expecting anything other than abject absurdity, you're…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 11 May 2012

Much like pizza and sex, even when a Tim Burton film isn't great, it's still pretty good, it's never really bad…

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Review of The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 05 May 2012

More dark comedy than rom-com, perhaps a little too honest, like someone who is telling you something funny but then overshares just a little…

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Review of The Avengers (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 27 Apr 2012

Joss Whedon, with his demonstrated ensemble cast-wrangling expertise, is the only director who could have pulled this off…

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Review of Romantics Anonymous (2010)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 22 Apr 2012

So much is conveyed in what isn't said: the half-finished words, the broken syllables, the inarticulate noises, even the silences…

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Review of A Dangerous Method (2011)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 01 Apr 2012

IF you're up for some solid intellectual stimulation and don't mind having to work hard for it, this one will really give you something to…

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Review of The Hunger Games (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 25 Mar 2012

Finally we have a female lead character who is strong without being brutal, appealing without being objectified, and confident without being…

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Review of 21 Jump Street (2012)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 16 Mar 2012

Hollywood is obsessed with strip-mining old TV shows and movies for remake fodder these days, but 21 Jump Street is an example of how it can…

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