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Review of The Conjuring (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 26 Jun 2013

Australian-trained director James Wan...continues to exhibit growth as a filmmaker with a keen eye for genre scares; if he can hone his ear…

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Review of The Way Way Back (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 14 Jun 2013

It is a work of outward simplicity but resonates with a depth that anyone who was ever an awkward teen will identify with instantly…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 13 Jun 2013

Shyamalan mashes up the man-vs-nature journey with some post-apocalyptic sci-fi stuff, and neither manages to hold audience interest…

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Review of Lovelace (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 10 Jun 2013

Given content that screamed out for a vital, 'Boogie Nights'-style treatment, what we get is a workmanlike biopic that feels TV-safe rather…

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Review of The Rambler (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 10 Jun 2013

Dermot Mulroney's 'Man with No Name' drifter is all too appropriately at the centre of offbeat auteur Calvin Reeder's 'Film with No Point',…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 31 May 2013

Luhrmann's current creative mindset reflects more PT Barnum than J Gatsby; a manipulative showman able to conjure images of light and colour…

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Review of A Haunted House (1975)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 29 May 2013

Sporadically misogynistic, homophobic and grade-school puerile in equal measure, it is also not without the occasional laugh-out-loud moment…

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Review of A Haunted House (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 29 May 2013

Sporadically misogynistic, homophobic and grade-school puerile in equal measure, it is also not without the occasional laugh-out-loud moment…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 18 May 2013

Abrams works in scenes of friendship, honour, loss and loyalty, but the drama coasts on the emotional legacy of the series rather than creating…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 24 Apr 2013

Shane Black's perfunctory, fatigued film will suffice for the fans who have to have their regular cinematic superhero fix, but will leave others…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 09 Apr 2013

It is just as well director Joseph Kosinski renders his vision of a post-apocalyptic Earth with such crisp acuity, because his story plays…

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Review of The Host (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 28 Mar 2013

Simply dismissing The Host as a shallow Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Romeo and Juliet mash-up would be to ignore how effectively it will…

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Review of The Host (2015)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 28 Mar 2013

Simply dismissing The Host as a shallow Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Romeo and Juliet mash-up would be to ignore how effectively it will…

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Review of The History of Future Folk (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 20 Mar 2013

If it sounds nutty, it is; but it is also an effortlessly lovable study in friendship, the power of the imagination and the joy of a musical…

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Review of Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 18 Mar 2013

Sleepwalk With Me is a disposably sweet 'Annie Hall' rehash that achieves its minor ambitions with unremarkable efficiency…

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Review of Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 13 Mar 2013

All that Hoene must do is stage his action well (he does), nail the comedic beats (gets it mostly right) and generally bring enough freshness…

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Review of All Superheroes Must Die (2011)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 10 Mar 2013

Constantly struggling to match the promise of its premise, writer/director/star Jason Trost becomes mired in his own cyclical construct in…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 10 Mar 2013

Few other mainstream directors wear their creative heart on their sleeve like the talented Singer; when next offered a time-filling gig, he…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 28 Feb 2013

All four principals and their director Sam Raimi emerge no worse off for the experience, but nor do they cover themselves in any type of ground-breaking…

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Review of The Last Stand (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 20 Feb 2013

Resembling more the 'Austrian Oak' with each passing year, Arnold Schwarzenegger still manages to make a big, bloody fist of the archetypal…

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