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Matthew Pejkovic

Agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

Publications:: FILMINK (Australia) , Matt's Movie Reviews , Trespass

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3.5/5	56%	Oblivion (2013)	" It isn't by any means a game changer, but it has the performances, the story and especially the look to make a trip to the cinema worth it." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Apr 12, 2013
2/5	9%	The Host (2013)	" Like everything else brand Stephenie Meyer, The Host is a mostly empty, dull and underwhelming genre re-hash. Here's praying that poor box office makes it the last of its kind." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Mar 26, 2013
3.5/5	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" While Judy Garland sang "Over the Rainbow" this is Sam Raimi taking us to the dark side of the rainbow and parents be warned: your wee ones will get nightmares of the winged-baboon variety." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Feb 28, 2013
4/5	87%	Arbitrage (2012)	" Ethically driven storytelling at its best with an outstanding Richard Gere delivering one of his best performances." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Feb 17, 2013
4.5/5	93%	Zero Dark Thirty (2013)	" It's quite remarkable how Bigelow and Boal managed to take 12 years of information (including a conclusion that everyone knows) and packaged it into a coherent, intimate and intense movie. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Feb 10, 2013
4/5	79%	Flight (2012)	" In John Gatin's script not only have Robert Zemeckis and Denzel Waashington found an outlet to profess their spirituality, but they also deliver some of their best work. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Feb 7, 2013
2/5	14%	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)	" A ho-hum example of not only style over substance, but also over any redeeming entertainment value, bar watching Renner think to himself, "What the hell am I doing here? I've got two Oscar nominations!"" — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Feb 6, 2013
4/5	81%	The Impossible (2012)	" The Impossible reminds that no matter the odds, human kind has the potential to rise above adversity no matter how great, for the human spirit knows no bounds." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jan 24, 2013
3/5	63%	Hitchcock (2012)	" Hitchcock is a film that constantly proclaims its importance but never lives up to it with a light, almost comical tone clashing against the myth of Hitchcock as a talented albeit troubled mind." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jan 24, 2013
—	72%	Fracture (2007)	— Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jan 22, 2013
2/5	32%	Gangster Squad (2013)	" The first big film of 2013 has the potential to be its most disappointing, with Gangster Squad a major fumble for director Ruben Fleischer who wastes an all-star cast and sure fire premise." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jan 7, 2013
4/5	88%	Django Unchained (2012)	" Quentin Tarantino sets his sights on the spaghetti western and delivers on the talky, ultra-violent bombast expected of him in the entertaining and confronting Django Unchained." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jan 4, 2013
4.5/5	66%	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)	" A marvel of filmmaking wizardry and engrossing adventure storytelling, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey marks another triumph by director Peter Jackson who once again takes J.R. Tolkien's words and brings them to life with skilful, passionate expertise." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Dec 30, 2012
4/5	92%	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)	" A delightfully dysfunctional romantic comedy that's moving, funny and features just the right amount of crazy love. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Dec 25, 2012
2/5	52%	This is 40 (2012)	" An endurance test of mistrust, stress and simmering bitterness, layered by the type of crass humour that is unbecoming of Apatow's age. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Dec 18, 2012
4/5	70%	Les Misérables (2012)	" Hooper gives us a one of a kind, immersive cinema experience that is a feast for the eyes, ears and the heart. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Dec 13, 2012
4/5	61%	Jack Reacher (2012)	" That Tom Cruise intensity fuels a refreshingly old school, stylish and brutally violent murder mystery. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Dec 10, 2012
4/5	92%	Skyfall (2012)	" Sam Mendes has done a magnificent job, creating both a relevant and timeless entry into the Bond canon, while deftly adding homages to the series' past." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2012
4/5	94%	The Sessions (2012)	" It is rare to watch a movie where sex is treated with maturity, religion is treated with respect and characters are so heart-warmingly written and portrayed. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2012
3.5/5	49%	The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)	" The Man with the Iron Fists is a visually glorious mix of violent chop suey, Blaxploitation and spaghetti western conventions, played to a hip-hop beat as only RZA could do." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Nov 1, 2012
4/5	85%	End of Watch (2012)	" Tough, gritty, full of feeling and atmosphere, thanks to Ayer's authentic touch and the excellent performances of its cast." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 31, 2012
2.5/5	25%	Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)	" For the most part Paranormal Activity 4 is effective. It's problem lies in originality. Needed was something more than the "same old" for this sequel to truly stand out." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 30, 2012
4/5	86%	The Master (2012)	" Felt most of all is the relationship and juxtaposition between these two men: master and disciple, civilised charlatan and tortured brute, humans one and all." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 24, 2012
4/5	96%	Argo (2012)	" Affleck's seamless melding of intense thrills in Tehran and biting humour in California makes for a wholly satisfying movie." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 22, 2012
3.5/5	87%	Frankenweenie (2012)	" To witness Burton's talent, heart and spirit working in unison to create a fine movie is a special treat that should not be taken for granted." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 8, 2012
4.5/5	76%	Killing Them Softly (2012)	" With its focus on American capitalism played out in the mean streets of Boston, Killing Them Softly establishes itself as a new crime classic that is as thought provoking as it is visually and narratively absorbing." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Oct 8, 2012
1/5	47%	Bait (2012)	" Had director Kimbell Rendall, his 6 screenwriters, and the studio brass focused on creating a good film rather than selling a glossy product, then humiliation would have been avoided. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 26, 2012
4/5	93%	Looper (2012)	" Looper blends visual spectacle with an intelligent, twist filled screenplay that is sure to cement writer/director Rian Johnson's reputation as one of America's most exciting filmmakers. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 24, 2012
4/5	97%	Monsieur Lazhar (2012)	" Monsieur Lazhar is a film that focuses on humanity when at its most vulnerable, with the film itself a warm embrace that will evoke tears of joy." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 6, 2012
2.5/5	65%	The Expendables 2 (2012)	" The Expendables 2 may talk a big game, yet can't back it no matter how many muscles are on display. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 6, 2012
3/5	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" A sci-fi action movie that wears its influences loudly, what Total Recall lacks in originality it makes up in its brooding tech-world action noir spectacle." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 6, 2012
4/5	90%	Holy Motors (2012)	" Make no mistake about it, Holy Motors is a film that makes no sense at all. Yet like the most beautiful, twisted and irrelevant of dreams it is a movie that will stay in your head and create dreamscapes of its own." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 5, 2012
3/5	——	Bad Karma (2012)	" As a performance driven film Bad Karma holds an ace in Ray Liotta. Fans of his work will find an interesting and surprising alternate to the usual. It's only a shame he has to travel to Australia to make that so." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Sep 5, 2012
3.5/5	87%	Bully (2012)	" Bully is a solid documentary but one that's built to garner a specific reaction. In doing so Lee Hirsch has missed an opportunity to go deeper into the issue, offering a faceless enemy to protest against." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 20, 2012
4/5	90%	Bernie (2012)	" While Linklater does a fantastic job in creating an entertaining true crime story, he also hits home the realisation that darkness can be found in the sweetest of souls, making a film that is as tragic as it is funny. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 20, 2012
2.5/5	56%	The Bourne Legacy (2012)	" When it comes to action filmmaking Tony Gilroy still has much to learn, namely: don't expect underwhelming action sequences to be a life preserver in an ocean of complicated plot devices." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 20, 2012
3.5/5	93%	The Sapphires (2013)	" So good are the interactions between Chris O'Dowd and the rest of the cast that its weaknesses are forgiven, for it's the relationships not the politics that makes The Sapphires work. Not to mention the music. That sweet soul music." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 11, 2012
2.5	65%	The Campaign (2012)	" A political comedy with little bite in its satire and bias in its political stance, The Campaign is still kept in contention thanks to the over the top theatrics of Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 10, 2012
3.5/5	80%	Magic Mike (2012)	" Reigning men on a physical, philosophical and psychological level, Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike also completes the transformation of Channing Tatum from mumbling toy-boy to thinking man's beefcake." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 4, 2012
2/5	64%	Cosmopolis (2012)	" Cosmopolis is a soulless, confusing, bore of a film, a pretentious message movie where the message itself is lost in dialogue equal to verbal masturbation where big questions are asked, and waffling diatribes are given in response." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Aug 1, 2012
5/5	87%	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	" Simply speaking this is a film that deals with good vs. evil, yet it's the grey between the black and white that makes this superhero movie such a provocative and entertaining watch." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jul 17, 2012
4/5	73%	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)	" A blockbuster with heart, humour and brilliantly staged scenes both dramatic and action packed. In other words, The Amazing Spider-Man is a reboot that's up there in quality to Batman Begins and Casino Royale." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 27, 2012
3.5/5	69%	Ted (2012)	" Ted is an entertaining film sure to please MacFarlane's fans and may even win over a few detractors as well. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2012
4/5	91%	Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)	" Hope is a powerful thing and Safety Not Guaranteed delivers in its tale of longing, deliverance and connection during the here and now." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 16, 2012
4/5	92%	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	" Witty, scary and wickedly entertaining, The Cabin in the Woods takes on and savages the biggest monster in the horror genre: caricature." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 16, 2012
2/5	41%	Rock of Ages (2012)	" Despite a hard rocking performance from Tom Cruise, Rock of Ages fails to tap into that sex, drugs and sleazy rock 'n' roll spirit of the 1980s with director Adam Shankman confusing glam with camp." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 16, 2012
4/5	93%	Amour (2012)	" A confrontational look at a taboo issue, Amour sheds light on how the embracement of humanist values has seen the physically disadvantaged ostracised into the clutches of a culture that embraces death." — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 16, 2012
3.5/5	58%	I, Anna ()	" A solid entry in the neo-noir canon, I, Anna blends style with smart writing to make for an engaging crime thriller led by two of modern cinemas more watchable veterans. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 13, 2012
2.5/5	21%	That's My Boy (2012)	" Funny is some spots, idiotic in others and a combination of both during its moments of raunchy insanity, That's My Boy is a suitably moronic entry into the canon of Adam Sandler's man-child comedies. " — Matt's Movie Reviews Posted Jun 13, 2012

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