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Review of Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Jun 2011

While director Jim Loach knows how to bring trying tales of deprivation and abuse to a piercing emotional pitch, more admirable is his uncanny…

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Review of Fast Five (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Jun 2011

There's arguably even more gun and car play than in F&F4, with the prolonged car chase finale easily chiming in as the best, most imaginative…

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Review of Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Jun 2011

Debate if you must, but Cane Toads: The Conquest just might be one of the best feature-length wildlife documentaries ever made; it's certainly…

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Review of Mad Bastards (2010)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 15 Jun 2011

Mad Bastards is this year's Samson & Delilah; it bravely explores a host of hot-button issues with a deft blending of humour, sensitivity and…

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Review of Here I Am (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 01 Jun 2011

Quietly, and with an unobtrusive grace, Here I Am explores harsh truths, everyday realities and intimations of change…

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Review of The Hangover Part II (2011)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 25 May 2011

The premise and the execution are numbingly familiar, and what was funny and unexpected about a guys-bonding-under-pressure movie the first…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 18 May 2011

For those crusty old barnacles who found the first three films headache-inducing bores, Pirates 4 offers a much more satisfying voyage…

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Review of Paul (1974)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Passably funny, though one suspects even diehard sci-fi buffs will find the film's wall-to-wall pop referencing tiring and a tad lazy…

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Review of Mars Needs Moms (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

What really sells this fabulous, kid-friendly 3D adventure to anybody over eight (no offense, kids) is its astonishing visuals, which uses…

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Review of Mars Needs Moms (2011)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

The credited director is Simon Wells (The Time Machine), but the grotesque characters and dark action bear the Zemeckis stamp…

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Review of Paul (1969)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Passably funny, though one suspects even diehard sci-fi buffs will find the film's wall-to-wall pop referencing tiring and a tad lazy…

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Review of Paul (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Passably funny, though one suspects even diehard sci-fi buffs will find the film's wall-to-wall pop referencing tiring and a tad lazy…

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Review of Sucker Punch (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Heaven help us if we're ever supposed to feel guilty about watching hot chicks kick ass with guns ablazin', especially if the spectacle involves…

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Review of Rio (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

This rom-com for kids is spiced nicely by some great musical numbers and a snappy buffing up of the standard be yourself theme that now seems…

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Review of Rio (1939)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

This rom-com for kids is spiced nicely by some great musical numbers and a snappy buffing up of the standard be yourself theme that now seems…

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Review of Brighton Rock (2010)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

So much effort has gone into recreating the time and place that you can almost smell the sea spray off the beach…

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Review of How I Ended This Summer (2010)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

The evocative cinematography, often showcasing the humbling scale of the landscape, perfectly counterpoints Popogrebsky's intimate, intricately…

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Review of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Though billed as a 3D film, it only applies to the concert footage, though it's difficult to imagine any of his fans complaining…

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Review of Hop (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Perfectly pleasant, funny, if unexceptional Easter holiday movie…

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Review of Scream 4 (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Apr 2011

Written and directed by the Scream duo of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven (who really should have known better) the film makes painfully clear…

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