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Review of The Light Between Oceans (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 04 Nov 2016

It probably goes without saying, but tissues are a must…

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Review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 04 Nov 2016

It's hard not to be impressed by Gibson's efforts at recreating the Okinawa battlefield, or by Garfield's endearing, committed portrayal of…

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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 27 Oct 2016

Hell, it sets a high water mark for movies this year…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 27 Oct 2016

This doctor, it seems, has a cure for superhero fatigue…

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Review of Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 27 Oct 2016

As a spoof or spy movie, you have to say this about Keeping up with the Joneses -- it sure can't keep up with those Smiths…

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Review of I, Daniel Blake (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 27 Oct 2016

While it's a typically plain-looking Loach film, there's grim poetry in the script by Paul Laverty, his eighth for the director…

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Review of Café Society (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 19 Oct 2016

The costumes are exquisite, the cinematography luminous, the acting wonderful, and there are plenty of witty Woody Allen quips to smirk over…

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Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 19 Oct 2016

It's unlikely to have you looking over your shoulder as you walk to your car on the way home, but it may well sell a few Ouija boards to teenagers…

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Review of Under the Shadow (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 19 Oct 2016

Yes, if you see only one Iranian horror movie this year, make it this one. A smart choice for Halloween…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 11 Oct 2016

Watching it feels like signing up to a tour group visiting the sites of Brown's less popular works and you're not allowed off the bus…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 11 Oct 2016

Watching it feels like signing up to a tour group visiting the sites of Brown's less popular works and you're not allowed off the bus…

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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 06 Oct 2016

Yes, there is much more that can be said about the catastrophe than this movie does…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 06 Oct 2016

Only Blunt's gutsy performance keeps The Girl on the Train on track while so much is trying to derail it…

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Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 29 Sep 2016

If you can ignore a plot hole or two, and grasp the time travel, you'll find a film filled with delightful and slightly macabre... well, peculiarity…

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Review of The Magnificent Seven (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 29 Sep 2016

[It] has a pleasing full-on embrace of things a western must have: tobacco spitting, gun twirling, trick riding, men bursting out of saloon…

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Review of Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 21 Sep 2016

This installment captures the charm and hilarity of the original film, rather than the silly sequel, and presents a Bridget more likeable than ever…

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Review of Captain Fantastic (2016)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 21 Sep 2016

[Ross has] delivered a movie that might hit some soft, sentimental notes towards the end…

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Review of Storks (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 20 Sep 2016

It may be a rather perplexing premise, but somehow the chaotic and unpredictable slapstick, sight gags, and sharp script translate into a fun,…

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Review of The Rehearsal (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 14 Sep 2016

Edward's startling authenticity and composure as Isolde means it's hard to take your eyes off her, while Michelle Ny, Alice Englert, singer…

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Review of Nerve (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 07 Sep 2016

As entertainment goes, Nerve is fun due to the chemistry of its leads, but it's what it has to say that is where it makes its mark…

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