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Review of Me Before You (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 14 Jun 2016

The film's lack of ardour in sufficiently addressing or exploring the nature of Will's immovable despair sends out a garbled message that only…

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Review of Warcraft (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 14 Jun 2016

The dialogue is pressure-packed with fortune-cookie foreboding (no-one can ever stand against the darkness alone) and greeting-card slogans…

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Review of Mr. Right (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 14 Jun 2016

Teamed together on another project in the future, [Rockwell and Kendrick] could really be on to something…

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Review of Finding Dory (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 14 Jun 2016

Though a clear notch beneath its classic predecessor Finding Nemo, lively pacing and a genuinely inspired finale is sure to leave viewers of…

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Review of A Perfect Day (2015)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 07 Jun 2016

Hardly the most uplifting film of 2016, but does cast a caustic spell that carries it a long way…

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Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 07 Jun 2016

While Out Of the Shadows more than holds its own as a visual spectacle, you may be tempted to hold your nose when taking a whiff of what occurs…

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Review of Queen of the Desert (2015)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 31 May 2016

Though Nicole Kidman gives it her all, a torrent of clinical cliches and passion-free romantic clutches keeps washing away any hard-won points…

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Review of Money Monster (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 31 May 2016

Money Monster so desperately wants to Occupy Wall Street, but it can't even make it to the outskirts of Vacant Hollywood…

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Review of Chasing Asylum (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 May 2016

In Chasing Asylum, we have one of the most important documentaries ever made in this country, addressing one of the most important issues to…

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Review of Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 24 May 2016

There is a pleasurable zip and zing to Through the Looking Glass that marks it out as fine escapist fare for children…

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Review of The Nice Guys (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 24 May 2016

While The Nice Guys is definitely a popcorn movie front-loaded with cracking comic interplay and surreal set-piece action sequences, the package…

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Review of Highly Strung (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 May 2016

If anything, it could be argued Hicks has too much strong material at his disposal here…

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Review of The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 17 May 2016

Whereas you only needed a single finger to play the game, not one brain cell is required to process this busy, fizzy, empty-calorie calamity…

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Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 17 May 2016

Is X-Men: Apocalypse the worst-ever film to carry the venerated X-Men brand? Perhaps not. Is X-Men: Apocalypse the dullest of the whole lot…

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Review of The Meddler (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 17 May 2016

After a tricky transition period, it turns out The Meddler has plenty of room in which to both extend its story's themes, and grow in your estimation…

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Review of National Theatre Live: Hangmen (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 May 2016

Hangmen is the latest work by acclaimed playwright and maverick filmmaking talent Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), and it is nothing short of an…

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Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 May 2016

All in all, it was a filling serve of empty-calorie laughs that left most undemanding viewers more than satisfied…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 May 2016

This effective blend of genial light comedy and intelligent drama is the best thing Fey has done as a film performer by a considerable space…

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Review of Mother's Day (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 May 2016

An echo chamber of botched gags gibbered by idiotic caricatures who are intended to come off as naturally wacky, but appear to be clinically insane…

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Review of Mother's Day (2016)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 May 2016

An echo chamber of botched gags gibbered by idiotic caricatures who are intended to come off as naturally wacky, but appear to be clinically insane…

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