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Review of Bran Nue Dae (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Jan 2010

The strength of [Perkins'] filmmaking lies in a chaste yet sensual feeling for actors and landscapes, expressed most strongly and frequently…

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Review of Up in the Air (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 13 Jan 2010

[Reitman] delves far beyond the obvious satirical targets to deliver a more mature, well-rounded tale about the emotional collateral of cold…

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Review of The Lovely Bones (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 23 Dec 2009

It is unusual, emotionally satisfying and, in an echo of his early exploitation splatterfests, darkly funny…

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Review of Broken Embraces (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 17 Dec 2009

Spain's best-known living director Pedro Almodovar ranks among the modern masters of melodrama -- as he demonstrates once again in Broken Embraces…

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Review of Avatar (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Dec 2009

As superbly rendered as his 3D world is, Cameron has populated it with characters who are strictly 2D. And sometimes not even that…

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Review of Avatar (2011)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 Dec 2009

As superbly rendered as his 3D world is, Cameron has populated it with characters who are strictly 2D. And sometimes not even that…

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Review of Planet 51 (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Dec 2009

Just how much of this will be appreciated by children is questionable, but the film is clearly intended to keep them happy with lashings of…

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Review of Away We Go (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Dec 2009

Mendes paints in broad strokes, but in this case he seems little more than an interpreter of his screenwriters' obsession with innocence…

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Review of Religulous (2008)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 09 Dec 2009

Rather disconcertingly, the film builds towards a vision of the apocalypse, the destructive fate that religious conflicts have in store for…

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Review of Zombieland (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Dec 2009

The only quibble is that unlike a classic horror comedy such as An American Werewolf in London, Zombieland goes for the laughs over providing…

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Review of Paranormal Activity (2007)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Dec 2009

Demonstrates that when filmgoers decide they want to be scared, they will forgive absolutely anything -- bad acting, cheesy dialogue, poor…

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Review of Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Dec 2009

Young actor Max Records gives a terrific performance that captures both the uncertainty and the rampaging energy of his character…

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Review of The Strength of Water (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 02 Dec 2009

There are more ambitious films around at the moment than The Strength of Water, but it would be a shame if this small gem were forgotten in…

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Review of Cold Souls (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 26 Nov 2009

Cold Souls is imitation Kaufman, written and directed by newcomer Sophie Barthes, who makes no effort to hide the source of her inspiration…

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Review of The Invention of Lying (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 26 Nov 2009

Fans of Gervais from the classic TV shows Extras and The Office will enjoy the half-sentences, stop-start comic delivery and awkward pauses…

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Review of A Serious Man (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 19 Nov 2009

On some level, the Coens' flippancy is self-protective…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 17 Nov 2009

Weitz brings a few more flickers of humour to the narrative, but the essential, appealing earnestness of the book remains, whole-heartedly embraced…

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Review of 2012 (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Nov 2009

It's easy to mock throwaway blockbusters like 2012, but as enthralling, mindless entertainment, the film is difficult to fault…

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Review of Prime Mover (2009)

By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Nov 2009

An uneasy blend of whimsy with elements that are deliberately harsh or humdrum…

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Review of Amelia (2009)

By Jim Schembri (1,298) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 12 Nov 2009

Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank gives Earhart a convincing Kansas twang but little else in a performance that is unaccountably stiff…

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