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Review of Rings (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 Feb 2017

The bulk of Rings is content to repeat former gory glories (often not so coherently) for minimal impact…

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Review of T2 Trainspotting (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 Feb 2017

While T2 never gives off the same contact highs as the original Trainspotting, the writing, direction and performances are all primed to deliver…

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Review of Bitter Harvest (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 Feb 2017

There is a vital, saddening and illuminating story to be told here, and unfortunately, it doesn't always get the chance to make itself heard…

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Review of Trespass Against Us (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 17 Feb 2017

First-time director Adam Smith struggles to execute some crucial changes in tone, which often means sudden shifts from menacing dramatic developments…

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Review of The Great Wall (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 15 Feb 2017

Cracks inevitably appear in the entertainment prospects of The Great Wall due to its obligation to tell its story in two languages at the same time…

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Review of Toni Erdmann (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

Wonderfully unconventional, yet highly enjoyable…

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Review of A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

This is one of those unfailingly nice, middle-of-the-road movies that always has its heart in the right place, even if its head is sometimes…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

Only Donald Trump is more shameless when it comes to the 24/7 flaunting of great wealth and poor taste…

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Review of Fences (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

There is no doubting the power and the fury charging through the work of Washington -- who also directs here -- and a few of his most compelling…

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Review of Hidden Figures (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 08 Feb 2017

The sheer energy of the cast of Hidden Figures and the pure curiosity provoked by its subject are simply too warm and inviting to resist…

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Review of Manchester by the Sea (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 01 Feb 2017

This superbly written and acted American drama extracts so many perfect moments from one man's imperfect mourning process that it simply must…

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Review of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 01 Feb 2017

This latest offering of offings is a slight improvement over some feeble recent work…

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Review of Patriots Day (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 01 Feb 2017

Indicative of how Patriots Day keeps getting the basics right is also evident in how it approaches the dicey issue of depicting the bombers…

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Review of Live by Night (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 Jan 2017

It comes as both a genuine surprise and disappointment to report that Live by Night marks Affleck's first real stumble behind the camera…

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Review of Le Ride (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 Jan 2017

There is no real point to be proven by the exercise -- and the history angle is often underplayed -- so you'd better like lots of spinning…

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Review of xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Jan 2017

It's all blam-blam-blam, biff-bang-pow and blah-blah-blah, with Diesel always physically dismantling or mentally undressing anyone not in his gang…

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Review of Lion (2015)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 18 Jan 2017

If the second section of Lion is no match for the first, none of its obvious flaws (most notably, disjointed scripting and more than a few…

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Review of Lion (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 18 Jan 2017

If the second section of Lion is no match for the first, none of its obvious flaws (most notably, disjointed scripting and more than a few…

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Review of Monster Trucks (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Jan 2017

All Monster Trucks is really good for is as an arresting audition tape to get Creech cast in the next Fast & Furious sequel…

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Review of Collateral Beauty (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Jan 2017

[A] needlessly odd, unfashionably sentimental drama…

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