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December 23, 2015 in Films, Reviews
The Danish Girl
It’s the 1920s, and Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) is the toast of Copenhagen’s artistic scene. His wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), also a painter, asks him to model a dress for one of her works, and gradually he begins to spend more and more time living as a woman named Lili.
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December 22, 2015 in Films, Reviews
Suffragette
The fight for women’s right to vote – or “suffrage” – took different forms all over the world, but in the United Kingdom in the years before World War One, a lengthy struggle with little progress led to a growing radicalisation of the movement – which is a tricky thing to dramatise.
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December 20, 2015 in Films, Reviews, Tidbits
Best and worst films of 2015
If there’s one thing that can be said about the movies we saw in 2015, it’s that there was a lot to choose from.
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December 10, 2015 in Films, Reviews
Love the Coopers
Like all major holidays, Christmas is a time for movies where a whole lot of people have individual stories that may or may not come together for a big rousing conclusion. Love, Actually has had the holiday to itself for far too long; now it’s time for the extended Cooper family to stake their claim.
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December 10, 2015 in Films, Reviews
The Look of Silence
Not so much a follow-up as a new angle on Joshua Oppenheimer’s harrowing examination of the Indonesian anti-communist massacres of 1965, The Act of Killing.
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December 8, 2015 in Films, Reviews
By the Sea
If you’ve ever wondered exactly how to make a story about a couples’ low-key marriage woes actually watchable – if for no other reason than to sell that secret to the ABC to spice up their “quality dramas” – By the Sea has it sorted. Just make sure the couple is insanely good-looking.
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December 7, 2015 in Films, Reviews
Secret In Their Eyes
Thirteen years ago, Ray (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a member of a L.A. anti-terrorism task force frantically trying to prevent another 9/11.
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December 6, 2015 in Films, Reviews
Hotel Transylvania 2
Some studios – we’re looking at you, Pixar – make kids movies that are aimed more at what adults think kids want to see.
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December 4, 2015 in Films, Reviews
The Program
The Lance Armstrong story is one of the more compelling in recent sporting history, and while Stephen Frears biopic largely sticks to the surface facts, that’s more than enough to paint a startling picture of ego run amok.
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