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Review of Mustang (2015)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 20 Jun 2016

Erguven has a naturalistic style and doesn't seem too concerned with flash or wizardry, preferring to let the story and characters take centre stage…

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Review of Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 20 Jun 2016

In trying to recapture the sheer entertainment value of the first movie, Independence Day: Resurgence forgot it was making a movie for modern…

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Review of Finding Dory (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 19 Jun 2016

For kids and adults, there's a lovely parable about persistence, optimism and embracing difference. Something we could all use a little more of…

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Review of Certain Women (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 09 Jun 2016

Like the women whose stories it tells, Certain Women exudes a quiet strength…

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Review of Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 31 May 2016

It's quite possibly the best movie (so far) this year…

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Review of The Nice Guys (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 24 May 2016

The Nice Guys is a madcap ride with some bumps along the way but there is beauty in the chaos…

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Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 17 May 2016

Lacking the fun, chemistry and emotional stakes of its predecessors, this X-Men installment is decidedly second class…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 10 May 2016

[Fey has] grown as a performer over the years and handled the emotionally heavy scenes in this film with a more considered and convincing approach,…

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Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Apr 2016

There's enough variety in the action to sustain at least four major arrangements without resorting to more boom, smash and bam…

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Review of Midnight Special (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Apr 2016

Director Jeff Nichols has created a bleak world confronted with the real prospect of hope, but only if you let yourself believe in it…

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Review of Where to Invade Next (2015)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Apr 2016

While Where To Invade Next doesn't offer any real solutions nor does it peek behind the curtains of anything earth-shattering, it is entertaining…

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Review of The Daughter (2015)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Apr 2016

Moody and intense story with powerhouse performances from Ewen Leslie, Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Sam Neill and newcomer Odessa Young…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 26 Apr 2016

Over two-and-a-half hours, it stumbles its way through what feels like at least three different movies with clumsy tonal shifts and an entirely…

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