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3.5/5
|
53%
|
Albert Nobbs (2012) |
"
Nobbs is a moving, well-etched, humour-peppered film about survival and one small person's dream of liberation."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
17%
|
I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) |
"
The film uses its breezy comic tone to makes some raw points about the fidelity, motherhood and compromise."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
37%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
Takes a great premise and totally trashes it with limp storytelling and astonishingly bad filmmaking."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard () |
"
Fans will love it; non-fans will get a strong taste of the hedonistic alt.universe these people inhabited."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
Ultra-violent, ultra-tedious, bargain-basement rip-off of the classic 1978 Walter Hill film The Driver."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
83%
|
Warrior (2011) |
"
Grainy, hand-held cinematography can't lend authenticity to the forced emotion."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
PA3 not only delivers quality jolts in spades, it turns out to be much scarier than The Blair Witch Project. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
25%
|
The Three Musketeers (2011) |
"
It's as though the screenplay was brainstormed by Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne...pure multiplex mulch, as disposable as it is entertaining. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
|
93%
|
Midnight in Paris (2011) |
"
It's passable Woody waffle designed strictly for fans. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
Think of Wolfgang Petersen's magnificently entertaining 1995 virus-on-the-rampage adventure Outbreak, take out the drama, excitement and involving characters, and that's Contagion in a nutshell. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
The closing minutes of the film suggest the most challenging parts of the story still remains untold."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
24%
|
What's Your Number? (2011) |
"
The film's satirical jabs at people addicted to Facebook and Twitter raises a few smiles in what is otherwise a straight-to-cinemas DVD release."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
Hopefully we'll never tire of the visual splendour inherent in seeing human faces tear themselves apart."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
A compelling character-driven piece that offers a beguiling, unsettling inside view of a troubled mind."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
A cool, well-directed, if somewhat sterile and self-consciously quirky affair about teen awkwardness, virginity, infidelity and dead-end marriages."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
58%
|
Red State (2011) |
"
Kevin Smith fans will be curious about Red State, but few others will be able to endure its tub-thumping attempts at topicality or its lack of storytelling skill. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
59%
|
Real Steel (2011) |
"
Think of Real Steel as Robot Rocky with a heartfelt father/son overlay and you can't go wrong."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
98%
|
Project Nim (2011) |
"
Tales of the attacks Nim inflicted on his many carers are horrific, but there is a pervasive sense there was nothing else they could have expected. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
95%
|
Pina (2011) |
"
Unlike so many 3D films, Pina is a prime example of how big a difference the process can make to the film-going experience."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
74%
|
Norwegian Wood (2012) |
"
Looks great; moves like a steam roller with a flat tyre."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
85%
|
Jane Eyre (2011) |
"
The direction by Cary Fukunaga is real by-the-numbers rote. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (2010) |
"
Director Sylvain Chomet manages to rouse a lot of smirks and smiles through the small nuance and inferences that were Tati's signature."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) |
"
Gloriously over-the-top blood pudding about a homeless man (Hauer) who goes Dirty Harry on a dead-end town run by sadistic crims. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Higher Ground (2011) |
"
This cool, calculated who's-hunting-who piece that brings home all the requisite tension, gunplay and fighting with a great deal of cinematic style."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
71%
|
Hanna (2011) |
"
This cool, calculated who's-hunting-who piece brings home all the requisite tension, gunplay and fighting with a great deal of cinematic style."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
The Guard offers an offbeat take on a genre without skimping on the violence or gunplay. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Footloose (2011) |
"
The dancing sequences are terrific - even the line-dancing is tolerable - but what really sells this quality reboot are the dashes of reality missing from the original."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
El Bulli: Cooking In Progress (2011) |
"
Even docs need a third act."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
Steve Carell sets aside his goofball schtick for a more earthy role in this satisfying, mature ensemble romantic dramedy. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Beginners (2011) |
"
A quietly moving, delicately mounted romantic drama that touches the heart with resorting to melodrama or an over-reliance on conflict. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
4%
|
Abduction (2011) |
"
The holes in the film's twist-filled story are often so big you could almost squeeze Lautner's sex appeal through them. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
31%
|
The Cup () |
"
Let's face it, better to be a crowd pleaser than a critic pleaser. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Oct 12, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
95%
|
13 Assassins (2011) |
"
The excessive mind of Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition; Ichi the Killer) throttles back the gore to deliver a disciplined, refreshingly grounded samurai action film."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
0.5/5
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
Witless, overlong, unfunny and stupid, it's a film so bad it defies understanding. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
0.5/5
|
74%
|
Fright Night (2011) |
"
Tedious, scareless, worthless."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
20%
|
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011) |
"
A quality arthouse film, beautifully photographed and very well acted."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
23%
|
The Smurfs (2011) |
"
The Smurfs will likely be the best, most enjoyable kid film of 2011. And, yes, adults have been catered for. Dive in."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
FD5 is a perfect example of what 3D ultimately does best, which is to make you squirm, shudder and jump in your seat. Enjoy."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
25%
|
The Change-Up (2011) |
"
The main draw here is the raucous fun to be had watching each character inhabit the other's underpants. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
69%
|
Horrible Bosses (2011) |
"
Fun, throwaway, unofficial remake of the classic 1980 workplace comedy Nine to Five. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
14%
|
Zookeeper (2011) |
"
From the unstoppable Adam Sandler hit factory comes this pleasant, kid-friendly, ultra-formulaic shlub-does-good comedy. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
68%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
The film is a ramble; the constant shifts in dramatic focus keep you from becoming fully engaged in the characters, leaving one with that feeling of the journey having been more satisfying than the destination."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
78%
|
Chalet Girl (2011) |
"
Undemanding, forgettable, formulaic teen rom-com."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
36%
|
One Day (2011) |
"
Danish director Lone Scherfig (An Education) deliberately veers away from comedy to deliver a surprisingly earthy, soulful romance."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
The Help (2011) |
"
if you get to the end of this movie without tearing up at least once, please check for a pulse; you might already be dead. "
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
71%
|
Friends With Benefits (2011) |
"
Perfect date movie material."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
92%
|
Senna (2011) |
"
Though largely side-stepping his personal life, Kapadia goes to some lengths to highlight the importance spirituality played in Senna's sporting success, a theme at least as old as Chariots of Fire. Select."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Red Dog () |
"
An instant Aussie classic, Red Dog holds up extremely well on a second viewing and should not be missed by anyone who cares about just how good Australian films can be."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) |
"
Having gone in with very low expectations, this reviewer was totally blown away by Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It might just be the most pleasant shock of 2011."
—
The Age (Australia)
Posted Aug 4, 2011
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