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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jan 2015

It is a handsome film, bleak and dark and elegantly filmed told with a mixture of intensity and something like restraint, even distance…

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Review of Taken 3 (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 16 Jan 2015

There's something sluggishly formulaic about the rollout of smackdowns, chase scenes and general mayhem involving wrecked cars…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Jan 2015

A film that, despite its surface simplicity, proves to be riven with contradictions to the point of incoherence…

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Review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Jan 2015

Larry and his crew head for London and more slightly laboured mayhem, with slapstick gags that seem designed for younger viewers…

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Review of The Interview (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 06 Jan 2015

The Interview might be a cause celebre, whose temporary shelving by Sony was treated as a free speech issue, but it is a broad, somewhat laboured…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 04 Jan 2015

For the filmmakers, there are simplifications that must have been inevitable, for dramatic and narrative purposes, when it comes to depicting…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 04 Jan 2015

For the filmmakers, there are simplifications that must have been inevitable, for dramatic and narrative purposes, when it comes to depicting…

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Review of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of The Bang Bang Gang (1970)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 14 Dec 2014

A self-referential noir-screwball-action movie that never wears out its welcome -- although it delights in taking that risk, over and over again…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Dec 2014

Horrible Bosses 2 is more of the same, yet less…

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Review of Paddington (2014)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Dec 2014

The film is a brightly wrapped Christmas present that has been assembled with love and care, and its message about the importance of welcoming…

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Review of The Princess and the Frog (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 07 Dec 2014

If the film boasts any advantages over digital, it's in the pastel richness of its colours and the elasticity of its characters, who enjoy…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Dec 2014

The plague scenes are well executed; there's a quasi-logical explanation of how the Nile is turned to blood, and the inundation of locusts…

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Review of Particle Fever (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 03 Dec 2014

Particle Fever shows how the theorists and experimenters need and respect each other, in the course of setbacks, disappointments, premature…

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Review of My Old Lady (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Nov 2014

My Old Lady leans heavily on the relationship between parents and children, and emphasises the damaging impact of parental absence, distance…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 29 Oct 2014

Co-directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, who both come from a stunt background, keep the action relentless, although it builds to a kind…

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Review of This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 23 Oct 2014

It stays in safe terrain, and the ensemble cast members often feel as if they have been selected to revisit familiar characters and performances…

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Review of Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 23 Oct 2014

It's a project that could easily be weighed down with nostalgia or over-determination, but there's a generosity and humour about the performances…

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