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Review of Still Life (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

The film rewards a look for the performance of Marsan alone…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

It achieves a dour and plodding fidelity to the original plot, but crucially the distinction blurs between the two narrators' voices and the…

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Review of Insurgent (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

Two more films are still to come, Allegiant - parts 1 and 2. Once again the request is simple: more action and less talk next time please…

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Review of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

If the film is often pure hagiography, it's rescued by the huge charm of its subject, whose present-day interviews reveal a figure of compassion…

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Review of Focus (2014)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

While Focus is probably instructive for those wanting to know how to create a diversion and steal a wallet, it lacks the tension and jeopardy…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 26 Apr 2016

[Furiosa is] the human touch in this inhumane world and the madly beating heart of this technical wonder of a movie…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

This is an important film driven by a powerful, almost palpable, sense of moral urgency…

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Review of Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

By Russell Baillie (91) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Until the new Bondflick, Spectre, arrives, Vaughn's madly irreverent spin will do nicely…

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Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

The longer it goes on the worse it gets, which is a shame, because no one conjures up mindblowing architectural galactic worlds like the Wachowskis…

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Review of Cinderella (2015)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Kenneth Branagh's live action adaptation of Cinderella is a delightful rendition, if surprisingly traditional, that honours the classic fairy…

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Review of Gods of Egypt (2016)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Soap opera melodrama and visual effects wizardry combine in a mythical Egyptian fantasy adventure -- and it's an uncomfortable mix…

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Review of Paris Follies (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

The film is given life by its superb acting, in particular Huppert's beautifully subtle and textured performance (watch for the great, silent…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Frances Morton (22) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

The film's advantage is the ability to show the arresting landscapes from desert to snow to lush forest, shot in natural light by cinematographer…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

An often gut-wrenching work of precocious mastery, it's as close as the cinema has ever been to the middle of the Holocaust…

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Review of What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Luckily for us, and unlike their bickering and scripted parents, the kids are largely left to improvise their parts and the result is mostly…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

What's most striking about the film, which will doubtless annoy textual purists but will surely excite movie fans, is how eerily quiet it is…

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Review of Mr. Turner (2014)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

It is by turns funny, tragic and savage, but the strongest sense both leave us with is one of wistful mourning. It's not easy being an artist…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Peter Calder (131) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

What's most striking about the film, which will doubtless annoy textual purists but will surely excite movie fans, is how eerily quiet it is…

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Review of Cinderella (2013)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Kenneth Branagh's live action adaptation of Cinderella is a delightful rendition, if surprisingly traditional, that honours the classic fairy…

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Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

Not a bad way to kill a few hours these holidays…

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