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Review of Carol (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

Both women are magnificent and it's thanks to them, and to Haynes's refined talent, that this story of love and passion is so convincing, so…

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Review of The 5th Wave (2016)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

I didn't know anything about The 5th Wave before seeing J. Blakeson's film and assumed it would be a dystopian action thriller…

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Review of Carol (1990)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

Both women are magnificent and it's thanks to them, and to Haynes's refined talent, that this story of love and passion is so convincing, so…

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Review of The Big Short (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

At the end of the film, I was hardly any the wiser as to the reasons eight million jobs and six million homes were lost in the US, even though…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

It's all a bit of a mess and just not funny. Anyone who hasn't seen the first film will wonder what on earth is going on…

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Review of Goosebumps (2015)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

Black is in good form as the enigmatic Stine, but it is Minnette as Zach who impresses most…

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Review of Room (2015)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

There's no denying that Room starts from a dark place, but that does not necessarily make it a bleak film…

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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 09 Feb 2016

It's fascinating to watch -- not once was I bored -- and superior to most other offerings on the big screen at the moment…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 05 Feb 2016

Ronan's accomplished performance provides the heart of the film, and, despite the mistakes she makes, the viewer comes to care deeply for this…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 05 Feb 2016

Spotlight is a celebration of the freedom of the press, a riveting story of investigative journalism and of the role played by The Boston Globe…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 05 Feb 2016

Ronan's accomplished performance provides the heart of the film, and, despite the mistakes she makes, the viewer comes to care deeply for this…

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Review of Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 01 Jan 2016

As Vreeland's diligent documentary makes clear, Guggenheim was an artist of sorts, too: she created her extraordinary self…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 01 Jan 2016

This is a visual and sensory experience rather than a literary one, and on that level it succeeds admirably…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 29 Dec 2015

Some of the most interesting aspects of the suffragette movement are glossed over without examination, and you get the feeling that, while…

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Review of Youth (2015)

By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 18 Dec 2015

Youth may not be as culturally specific as The Great Beauty or Sorrentino's other Italian-language films, but its universal story of how to…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 16 Dec 2015

Story and spectacle are what count, and Abrams delivers the latter with deftly realised reprises of favorite scenes and thrilling set piece…

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Review of Return of the Jedi (1983)

By Evan Williams (98) for The Australian (781) on 15 Dec 2015

There are all sorts of hints in the latest escapade (notionally directed by Richard Marquand) that we are meant to be taking it seriously…

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Review of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

By Evan Williams (98) for The Australian (781) on 15 Dec 2015

The special effects, of course, are incomparably good and the digital photography achieves a dazzling clarity…

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Review of The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

By Geraldine Pascall (1) for The Australian (781) on 15 Dec 2015

The Empire Strikes Back is no bland derivative. It has all the freshness and exuberance of an original…

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Review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

By Evan Williams (98) for The Australian (781) on 15 Dec 2015

The film is touching, spectacular and surprisingly coherent. It also has something the others lacked entirely: old-fashioned charm…

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