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Review of Desert Flower (2009)

By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 08 Dec 2010

It cannot get past the simplest of outlooks, with Waris as victim, survivor or star; there's little insight into she really is…

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Review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 01 Dec 2010

A tangibly terrifying villain is introduced in the form of a naked, wiry Peeter Jakobi whose sly, wordless performance as the evil Santa is…

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Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 01 Dec 2010

Over the interminable 112 minute running time of Michael Apted's (film), not a single discernable artistic reason emerges as to why 20th Century…

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Review of Another Year (2010)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 28 Nov 2010

Another Year may be (Leigh's) most accomplished work as a framer of images, such is the apparent ease with which he captures the interplay…

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Review of Fair Game (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 26 Nov 2010

A restrained contemplation of a marriage in meltdown in the midst of an international incident…

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Review of Monsters (2010)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 25 Nov 2010

The marketers are pushing Monsters as this year's District 9 but Gareth Edwards' modern, moody alien-invasion take on The African Queen is…

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Review of Due Date (2010)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 24 Nov 2010

America's coolest actor, funniest new comedian and hottest directing talent have somehow conspired to make one of the most worthless films…

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Review of Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 19 Nov 2010

The close-out of Pan's Labyrinth not only underlines its status as one of the great fantasy films of all time, but also its importance as a…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 18 Nov 2010

Potter devotees will find much to admire in the movie directed by David Yates, although its sensibility is much closer to that of a horror…

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Review of The American (2010)

By Peter Galvin (80) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

The American is a character study, and an old fashioned one - it is committed to a kind of existential exploration that seems decidedly out…

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Review of Wild Target (2010)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

Rarely in a British comedy have so many richly talented actors laboured so long in search of a coherent plot, plausible characters and even…

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Review of The Messenger (2009)

By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

The two leads give nuanced, lived in performances that unfold slowly but with certain determination…

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Review of Wild Target (1993)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

Rarely in a British comedy have so many richly talented actors laboured so long in search of a coherent plot, plausible characters and even…

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Review of Machete (1958)

By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

A dreadful effort, a loud and self-satisfied movie that is brazenly short-sighted…

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Review of Machete (2010)

By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Nov 2010

A dreadful effort, a loud and self-satisfied movie that is brazenly short-sighted…

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Review of Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)

By Craig Mathieson (459) for sbs.com.au (697) on 04 Nov 2010

Gainsbourg is like a song without a decent chorus, and the man himself, a gifted craftsman, would never have stood for that…

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Review of RED (2010)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 27 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke sensibly gives his cast free rein but abandons any pretence of credibility as the retirees dodge numerous bullets…

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Review of Red (2014)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 27 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke sensibly gives his cast free rein but abandons any pretence of credibility as the retirees dodge numerous bullets…

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Review of Red (2008)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 27 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke sensibly gives his cast free rein but abandons any pretence of credibility as the retirees dodge numerous bullets…

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Review of Red (2013)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 27 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke sensibly gives his cast free rein but abandons any pretence of credibility as the retirees dodge numerous bullets…

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