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Review of Rush (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

Hunt, played with a cavalier swagger by Hemsworth, finds nobility in the danger. Brühl's Lauda takes a far more calculating approach…

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Review of Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

Seeking to match the comic pizzazz of Shrek, Puss in Boots and Brave, Spanish-made animated adventure Justin and the Knights of Valour falls…

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Review of Borrowed Time (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

As buddy movies go, Jules Bishop's effort is distinctly patchy, with elements of social realism colliding awkwardly with cartoonish caper comedy…

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Review of White House Down (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

Emmerich has a bigger budget to play with than Olympus Has Fallen director Antoine Fuqua yet fails to get more bangs for his bucks or outdo…

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Review of Planes (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

The globe-hopping story may keep young viewers diverted, but with the destination so clearly mapped out from the start, grown-ups will find…

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Review of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

If you can overlook the lack of originality, the film actually makes a good fist of making something fresh and appealing from its second-hand…

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Review of About Time (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

It's hard not to warm towards Gleeson's appealingly unconventional lead, even if his romance with McAdams' underwritten Mary never really catches…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

Blomkamp has toned down the body horror in favour of more conventional thrills but handles the shootouts and slugfests with panache…

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Review of What Maisie Knew (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

Some scenes are tinged with dark comedy; some are heartrending; and some fuse the two, as when Maisie comforts a tearful friend during a sleepover…

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Review of About Time (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

It's hard not to warm towards Gleeson's appealingly unconventional lead, even if his romance with McAdams' underwritten Mary never really catches…

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Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

Revolutionary Road's portrait of a disintegrating marriage is so unflinching, so unsentimental, and so bleak, that you really need to be in…

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Review of 2 Guns (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

With Washington and Wahlberg sparking off each other splendidly, 2 Guns works best when it is channelling the playful spirit of such 1980s…

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Review of Pain & Gain (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

Michael Bay's lurid crime comedy Pain & Gain is as excessively pumped-up as you would imagine, a berserk, overblown action movie on steroids…

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Review of Malcolm (1986)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

An irresistibly charming film - imagine an Ealing comedy transported to the suburbs of Melbourne and you'll have a pretty good idea of what's…

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Review of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

An American teen movie that manages to be cool and smart and also sweet…

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Review of Planes (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 06 Sep 2013

The globe-hopping story may keep young viewers diverted, but with the destination so clearly mapped out from the start, grown-ups will find…

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Review of Riddick (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 05 Sep 2013

Pitch Black director David Twohy is at the helm and he's savvy enough to revert to formula: a fearsomely inhospitable planet, hordes of ferocious…

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Review of Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 13 Aug 2013

Where original director Matthew Vaughn and writer Jane Goldman somehow managed to tread a delicate tightrope between indulging fanboy fantasies…

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Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 13 Aug 2013

For the most part, the film's fusion of ancient myth and modern teen fantasy seems clumsy and forced, and the story's all-too generic quest…

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Review of The Lone Ranger (2003)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 11 Aug 2013

Yes, this $250million reboot is overlong, over indulgent and tonally uneven, but it's also stuffed full of deadpan comedy, breakneck thrills…

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