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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 27 Feb 2014

Narrative cohesion is not the film's strong suit, but battlefield authenticity most certainly is…

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Review of Her (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 27 Feb 2014

A beautiful, bewitching and deceptively warm experience…

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Review of Herø (2001)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 27 Feb 2014

A beautiful, bewitching and deceptively warm experience…

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Review of Le Week-End (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Feb 2014

It never quite lightens up enough to connect on a comic level, and the drama derived from the late-life crises of the protagonists is never…

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Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Feb 2014

Viewed independently of the argy-bargy surrounding it, Blue Is the Warmest Colour is simply a remarkable work of cinema…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Feb 2014

Exceptionally well-written and directed, this tough, yet tender-hearted film doesn't take the easy road towards winning your full respect and…

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Review of That Awkward Moment (2014)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Feb 2014

Heavy-hitting support players Teller and Jordan steal every scene they can from the lightweight leading man…

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Review of Winter's Tale (2014)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Feb 2014

This really is a film of negative fits and starts. Nothing really fits, and it never really gets started…

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Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Feb 2014

Unfortunately, the trashier urges that made the original such a unique pile of junk have been resisted here…

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Review of Endless Love (2014)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Feb 2014

Though the acting always teeters on the brink of terrible and you'd think twice about lining a budgie cage with pages from the screenplay,…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Feb 2014

Minds will be opened, perhaps even changed by what they see (and indeed, feel) here…

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Review of Grudge Match (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Feb 2014

Stallone and De Niro are burning up what goodwill they have remaining with their respective followings for the sake of an easy payday…

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Review of Kick-Ass (2010)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Apr 2013

With its electrifying action sequences, a killer storyline and a maverick comic sensibility, the brilliance of Kick Ass will hit those who…

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Review of The Host (2013)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 27 Mar 2013

It is almost impossible to believe this high-concept, low-impact sludge is being pumped into cinemas by a filmmaker as once upon a time as…

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Review of The Host (2015)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 27 Mar 2013

It is almost impossible to believe this high-concept, low-impact sludge is being pumped into cinemas by a filmmaker as once upon a time as…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 Feb 2013

A multiple award winner at film festivals around the globe, and it is easy to see why. Highly recommended…

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Review of The Sweeney (2012)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 14 Feb 2013

The Sweeney is a modern mauling of an old TV show that went quite alright in its day…

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Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Neala Johnson (1) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 10 Dec 2012

Where the format comes into its own is in intense, action-packed territory. An Unexpected Journey's battle sequences are especially striking…

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Review of Pitch Perfect (2012)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 07 Dec 2012

On purely escapist terms, however, the over-supply of so-so sounds is never enough to ruin anyone's enjoyment of a very likeable picture…

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Review of Frankenweenie (2012)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 24 Oct 2012

Burton is in lively, playful and sharp form here, deftly balancing blatant eeriness with a chipper cheeriness that excuses many a macabre event…

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