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Review of Night School (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 Sep 2018

In light of how hit-and-miss (mostly miss) much of the comedy component of Night School proves to be, it remains hard to fathom the running…

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Review of Alpha (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 Sep 2018

Older onlookers won't mind it either as a shorter, sweeter version of The Revenant, minus the murders and revenge killings, of course…

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Review of The Bleeding Edge (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 20 Sep 2018

Despite its plain-wrap shooting style and dry, analytical tone, this American doco is one of the most vital and worrying pieces of investigative…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (1991)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

The end result both saved and revitalised the studio's animation division: a sublime combination of masterful storytelling and magnificent…

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Review of Hugo (2011)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

However, it is when Scorsese moves to celebrate the early magic of silent cinema with some inspired flashback sequences that his film really…

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Review of Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

The story is a complete bust when it comes to landing laughs on a regular basis…

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Review of Hugo (2012)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

However, it is when Scorsese moves to celebrate the early magic of silent cinema with some inspired flashback sequences that his film really…

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Review of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

A family-friendly (ish) affair... The House with a Clock in Its Walls is an endearingly odd mash-up of some tried-and-true elements…

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Review of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 19 Sep 2018

He casting of Gene Wilder in the title role is the key: there is a crazed, yet knowing, glint in his eye that suggests the world of corporate…

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Review of Andre the Giant (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Sep 2018

While the doco celebrates the myth of the man, it also crafts a portrait of a rather solitary figure whose gregarious personality masked a…

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Review of 8 Mile (2002)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 13 Sep 2018

To be admired rather than enjoyed, but a considerable achievement nonetheless…

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Review of Christopher Robin (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Sep 2018

Overall, a little bit slower and unspectacular than contemporary family films, but a little more memorable…

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Review of Searching (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Sep 2018

While Searching's innovative and highly efficient visual structure does impress, it is the screenplay's efficiency in playing upon our deepest…

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Review of A Simple Favor (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 11 Sep 2018

All that remains by the end is a soft-headed, sour-hearted farce where you can sense even the cast and crew wish the whole thing was over already…

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Review of The Nun (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Sep 2018

All that is conjured before your eyes is one of the worst movies of 2018…

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Review of Swinging Safari (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Sep 2018

Unfortunately, once the need to tell a tall story about partner-swapping parents and their hilariously unsupervised offspring kicks in, the…

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Review of The Square (2017)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Sep 2018

You won't forget it in a hurry, but you may never come to understand it…

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Review of Wayne (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 06 Sep 2018

What the doco Wayne does very well is chart the immense distance - both literally and metaphorically - Gardner had to traverse to become the…

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Review of McQueen (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 05 Sep 2018

A captivating work sure to enhance the subject's stature as one of the great creative influences of our time…

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Review of Hearts Beat Loud (2018)

By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 05 Sep 2018

All in all, a diverting, endearing and unpretentious slice of life, carved out with real feeling and shrewd good taste…

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