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Biography:: Launched in February 1997, www.urbancinefile.com.au is Australia's premier online movie magazine and winner of the 1998 AFR Internet Awards Best Arts & Entertainment Site Award. It was again judged among the top three Entertainment sites in the 2000 Awards. Edited by film journalist Andrew L. Urban, it is updated weekly, with a comprehensive menu of reviews covering all new film releases, many DVD and VHS releases, plus star interviews and behind the scenes features, news and box office reports. Streaming videocontent includes star interviews, location reports, movie reviews, trailers.
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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	64%	Antiviral (2013)	" Cronenberg Jnr has created a reality that makes the skin crawl. Satire, horror and sci-fi meld into one delectably gruesome tale in which Caleb Landry Jones' pasty protagonist spends most of the film clutching a thermometer, syringe and a vial of blood" — Urban Cinefile Posted Apr 20, 2013
	80%	Warm Bodies (2013)	" Trying valiantly to replicate the charm of the enigmatic Twilight romance in a zombie reality, this adaptation stiffens like a corpse thanks to its silly script, and sadly neither Teresa Palmer or Nicholas Hoult are any match for Bela and Edward" — Urban Cinefile Posted Apr 6, 2013
	89%	Compliance (2012)	" It's a creepy and frightening demonstration of the risks society faces when accepting authority without question. And it's made visceral by the astonishing performances" — Urban Cinefile Posted Jan 12, 2013
	100%	Life In Movement ()	" What this documentary about 29 year old dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke achieves brilliantly, is the depiction of the way the artist becomes locked inside her work and creativity" — Urban Cinefile Posted Apr 7, 2012
	90%	The Yellow Sea (2011)	" Probably the year's best crime drama and might be confirmation that there is a new master of the genre, spinning tough as teak tales, ready to emerge" — Urban Cinefile Posted Dec 5, 2011
	11%	Killers (2010)	" Far from the knock out we hope for. " — Urban Cinefile Posted Jul 29, 2010
	95%	Mother (Madeo) (2010)	" Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho's fourth feature film, Mother, displays an assurance in suspenseful story telling that is remarkable." — Urban Cinefile Posted Aug 10, 2009
	——	Tyson (1995)	" A deft combination of Tyson telling his story, his boxing matches and the media view from the day makes this a left-right combo punch that hits the mark for both boxing and documentary fans" — Urban Cinefile Posted Jul 29, 2009
	81%	Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009)	" Thirst is a smart and exotic piece of film-making from one of Asia's leading commercial talents and a quality example of an Asian director exploring a classic genre." — Urban Cinefile Posted Jun 29, 2009
	75%	Caos Calmo (Quiet Chaos) (2009)	" Moretti's imposing frame and presence form the heart of this unexpected tale about love, relationships and loss." — Urban Cinefile Posted May 15, 2009
	26%	The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)	" There are more problems than ghosts in this charmless romantic comedy in which Matthew McConaughey's Lothario gets a lesson in the love stakes." — Urban Cinefile Posted May 4, 2009
	——	Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape ()	" Uncomplicated escapism, made with the well oiled machinery of Hollywood." — Urban Cinefile Posted May 1, 2009
	——	Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)	" A tad too obvious for my liking but then it's a Sean William Scott movie -- so obviously it's obvious. But as a tennis redemption movie (not too many of them around) it stands out for a sense of gruff fun." — Urban Cinefile Posted Apr 9, 2009
	——	Dead Write ()	" Competently made and full of solid performances, Dead Write is an entertaining escape." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 25, 2009
	——	The Watch (2008)	" This efficient and tightly made (if slightly flawed) horror-tinged thriller has a terrific young cast and a zesty concept." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 19, 2009
	100%	Two Fists, One Heart (2009)	" The themes are universal, and the simple (but not simplistic) story is delivered with considerable verve by debuting director Shawn Street and an ensemble cast that makes it zing." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 19, 2009
	50%	Salvation ()	" True to his creative, eccentric and mischievous self, Paul Cox has made another film in which he spins a web of man's own doing, a wry, acidic tale that unmasks televangelists as fakes and moral dwarfs." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 19, 2009
	——	Beautiful (2009)	" Clearer storytelling would bring into focus the various aspects of the film that are scattered throughout with nothing to glue them together." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 13, 2009
	——	The Combination (2009)	" The kind of film Australians should be making more often. Hats off to the entire team and to David Field for his mature and intelligent direction of this gripping and relevant drama." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 11, 2009
	——	I.R.A.: King of Nothing (2009)	" The film is politically incorrect, but will no doubt connect with those who share Bobby's point of view. General audiences will no doubt find it and edgy political thriller." — Urban Cinefile Posted Mar 6, 2009
	35%	Pride and Glory (2008)	" It's predictable, it's also escapist entertainment." — Urban Cinefile Posted Jan 29, 2009
	89%	The English Surgeon (2009)	" This multi-award winning doco is a riveting insight into something that goes on every day within reach of us all, but out of sight and mind." — Urban Cinefile Posted Jan 14, 2009
	——	Restraint (2008)	" Dave Warner's taut and terrific screenplay gives director David Denneen plenty to work with in this classy, beautifully photographed thriller." — Urban Cinefile Posted Dec 15, 2008
	——	Rock n Roll Nerd ()	" It's Tim Minchin's downbeat, dark and fatalistic sense of humour that comes through in this great doco about his rise from nowhere to somewhere." — Urban Cinefile Posted Nov 24, 2008
	——	Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (2007)	" Tod Harrison Williams directs with a sense of humour that never takes cheap shots but isn't overtly reverential to the author, and the playful tone helps make the film entertaining as well as offbeat." — Urban Cinefile Posted Nov 18, 2008
	——	L' Un Reste, l'Autre Part (One Stays, the Other Leaves) (2005)	" Deception is tricky and full of pitfalls, but so is love and we are left to wonder throughout who will be the one to stay and the one to leave?" — Urban Cinefile Posted Nov 18, 2008
—	100%	All I Desire (You Belong to Me) (1995)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	93%	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	22%	Never Back Down (2008)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	8%	Prom Night (2008)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	57%	We Own the Night (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	83%	Wittgenstein (1993)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	84%	Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	64%	I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	——	Global Haywire ()	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	64%	Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	24%	Fierce People (2005)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	14%	Deception (2008)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	74%	The Boss of it All (Direktøren for det hele) (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	81%	Taxidermia (2006)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	88%	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	62%	Grace Is Gone (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
—	94%	In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 27, 2008
	59%	RocknRolla (2008)	" A messy, often self-indulgent film with some redeeming features (including some of its humour), Guy Ritchie's crime thriller has above average intelligence, a great cast but a below par story structure." — Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 25, 2008
—	13%	Agent Cody Banks 2 - Destination London (2004)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	13%	Agent Cody Banks 2 - Destination London (2004)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	75%	Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius (2001)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	82%	Monster (2004)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 18, 2008
—	82%	Monster (2004)	— Urban Cinefile Posted Oct 18, 2008

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