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Review of People, Places, Things (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 03 May 2016

Nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the film has plenty of smart, witty lines, and Clement is the perfect actor to give them life…

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Review of Iris (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 03 May 2016

A charming if occasionally too-reverential portrait of New York identity and self-described geriatric starlet Iris Apfel…

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Review of He Named Me Malala (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

A few too many shots of his subject receiving awards and meeting famous people, however Malala Yousafzai is an extraordinary woman and, no…

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Review of Martian (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

The interplanetary tech geek gardening thriller of the year…

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Review of Burnt (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

What does shine through though is Steven Knight's (Eastern Promises) pacey, humorous script, and director John Wells' (August: Osage County)…

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Review of Legend (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Lesser characters are caricatures - Eccleston as a dogged detective is particularly ill-used - and the film as a whole is all over the place,…

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Review of London Road (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Improbably affecting approach to a crime thriller…

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Review of Pixels (2010)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Not as bad as advance word - the words being Adam Sandler movie - would suggest. Still…

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Review of The Intern (2010)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

The Intern has a broader appeal with a cross-generation story staring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, but it retains Meyer's warm tone, upper-middle…

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Review of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

As far as the greatly anticipated reveals, they're a little underwhelming too, although sure to give fans the payoff they need so they can…

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Review of Far from Men (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

As Westerns go, it is certainly well outside the mainstream, but this small film will linger in the mind longer than most shoot-out standards…

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Review of The Walk (2015)

By Dominic Corry (151) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Although the experience may be slightly less suspenseful for viewers of the earlier film, The Walk is worth seeing alone for its mounting of…

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Review of Sicario (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

A riveting thriller led by the compelling performances of flinty Emily Blunt…

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Review of 99 Homes (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Dynamic and passionate, thrumming with barely suppressed anger, this sleek American indie has the brains of a documentary, the soul of a moral…

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Review of Pixels (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Not as bad as advance word - the words being Adam Sandler movie - would suggest. Still…

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Review of Queen & Country (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

The whole thing exudes a warm, honeyed glow, particularly in those scenes where the women - Bill's mum (Cusack) and the object of his affection,…

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Review of The Intern (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

The Intern has a broader appeal with a cross-generation story staring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, but it retains Meyer's warm tone, upper-middle…

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Review of Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

It's a mesmerising look at one of the greats who was, finally and for all that, just a man…

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Review of The Dressmaker (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Director Moorhouse co-wrote with her husband P.J…

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Review of Pan (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 02 May 2016

Collectively, it's all too much, and this sweet story about a boy looking for his mother and finding his place in the world is overpowered…

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