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Review of 52 Tuesdays (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It's an imperfect but remarkable little film, and it gives us the chance to see, in Cobham-Hervey, the birth of a star…

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Review of The Night Before (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Watching these nitwits work out their issues and fumble their way through their evening is good fun, even when it gets gross…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

The pacing is off at times and the gentle flow can occasionally lead the mind to wander, but it's a delight to have Peanuts back on the big screen…

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Review of The End of the Tour (2015)

By Rachel Bache (6) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

The beautifully shot film is endearing and relatable, director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) has definitely delivered something that…

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Review of Decoding Annie Parker (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

This is lamentably short of humour. It's also lamentably short of coherence and seems to have been edited by someone with delirium tremens…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

While conventional rather than adventurous, it's a simple and sentimental story about a likeable hero who overcomes the odds to become the…

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Review of Life of Crime (2013)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

No matter what your favourite is of films based on Elmore Leonard books (and I'm for Out of Sight ahead of Jackie Brown), this crime comedy…

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Review of Everything We Loved (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Stewart and Trokenheim are excellent as a couple sinking deeper into darkness…

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Review of She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)

By Rachel Bache (6) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

The film is truly entertaining, thought-provoking, shocking, witty and sassy, managing to keep a sense of humour, whilst also keeping an honesty…

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Review of I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It plays like an extended promo, washed with a score of elevator-music strings, and composed of so many talking-head snatches that it often…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Sure, this being Philly there's fair dollop of cheese with that steak. But Creed still packs a surprising punch…

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Review of The Lunchbox (2013)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

This is not a comedy that delivers its humour broadly or a romance that seeks to induce a swoon; it has a restrained, even melancholic tone…

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Review of Boyhood (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It is sure to be one of the best films of my year…

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Review of Daddy's Home (2014)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Unfortunately, it's a lot of family dysfunction to wade through for a meagre pay-off…

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Review of Youth (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Two great veteran actors from either side of the Atlantic do their best with frustratingly uneven material…

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Review of Venus in Fur (2013)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It's tempting to conclude that the entire thing is a rather distasteful joke at the audience's (and the actors') expense…

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Review of Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Ssuperbly acted and, for much of its intricately plotted length, grips like a vice…

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Review of Boyhood (1951)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It is sure to be one of the best films of my year…

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Review of Maniac (2012)

By Rachel Bache (6) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

Maniac is gripping from beginning to end and more intellectual than your average slasher flick…

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Review of The Big Short (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 15 May 2016

It's an early call, but this film... bids to be one of the best of the year…

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