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February 7, 2016 in Films, Reviews
Spotlight
By Hollywood’s explosion-heavy standards, writer/director Todd McCarthy’s Spotlight – which follows the real-life 2001 investigation by the Boston Globe into the Catholic Church’s protection of paedophile priests – seems as close to drama-free as it gets.
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February 4, 2016 in Films, Reviews
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) is a week away from getting married when his recently widowed grandfather (Robert DeNiro) asks him to drive him down to Florida to play golf. Surprise! Grandpa is really looking to party hard and Jason – the most uptight man alive – is along for the ride.
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January 29, 2016 in Films, Reviews
Goosebumps
When New York teen Zach (Dylan Minnette) and his newly-widowed mum (Amy Ryan) relocate to the suburbs of Delaware, they find themselves next door to a big old spooky house where instant love interest Hannah (Odeya Rush) is kept under lock and key by her creepy dad (Jack Black).
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January 27, 2016 in Films, Reviews
The 5th Wave
Dystopian teen fiction has reached a stage where the only thing that separates one series from another is the surface details.
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January 25, 2016 in Films, Reviews
The Big Short
Who would have thought the most scathing film about the Global Financial Crisis would come from a director best known for the Anchorman films? Based on Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, this focuses on the handful of money men who, leading up to the GFC, saw the crash coming.
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January 21, 2016 in Films, Reviews
The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film is full of the things he does best: sudden violence, self-satisfied dialogue, powerhouse performances and a lot of the n-word.
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January 16, 2016 in Films, Reviews
Point Break
The secret behind making a good trashy movie is that it has to be both trashy and good. While the first Point Break managed to be both, this remake seems to have largely taken its cues from various extreme sport marketing videos where the focus is on how awesome the stunts are rather than having any kind of fun with them.
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January 11, 2016 in Films, Reviews
Daddy’s Home
The alarm bells started ringing when Daddy’s Home (which re-teams The Other Guys stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) was rated PG.
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January 9, 2016 in Films, Reviews
The Walking Who: Lewiside
For the psychedelic lovers out there, we’ve found your next big thing with Sydney psych-rock trio the Walking Who.
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