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Review of "Stroszek"  

by: Roger

Stroszek  

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on: 13 Apr 2012

Review extract: Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.

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Review of "The Enigma of Kasper Hauser"  

by: Roger

The Enigma of Kasper Hauser  

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on: 09 Apr 2012

No summary or description available

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Review of "The Kite Runner"  

by: Roger

The Kite Runner  

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on: 20 Mar 2012

No summary or description available

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Review of "Bread and Roses"  

by: Roger

Bread and Roses  

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on: 17 Mar 2012

Review extract: Interesting but not as good as Land and Freedom

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Review of "Milk"  

by: Roger

Milk  

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on: 11 Mar 2012

Review extract: Good story well told

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Review of "Fanny & Alexander"  

by: Roger

Fanny & Alexander  

on: 03 Mar 2012

Review extract: Overlong and typically Bergman ponderous but with a few compelling moments and atmosphere

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Review of "The Artist"  

by: Roger

The Artist  

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on: 01 Mar 2012

Review extract: a reasonable film made good by the presence of a Jack Russell co-star

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Review of "Source Code"  

by: Roger

Source Code  

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on: 28 Feb 2012

Review extract: Entertaining, tropes from many previous films (memento, sliding doors,) not too aggressive violent or soppy romantic although could have been either.

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Review of "Bennys Video"  

by: Roger

Bennys Video  

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on: 29 Jan 2012

Review extract: A film about alienation caused by a failure to engage with reality preferring to mediate it through the screen

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Review of "Land and Freedom"  

by: Roger

Land and Freedom  

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on: 07 Jan 2012

Review extract: Very well told compleeing story about how it descends into factionalism on the left unable to defeat the cooperation between fascists on the right. ...

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Review of "Fata Morgana"  

by: Roger

Fata Morgana  

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on: 01 Jan 2012

Review extract: Entrancing and engrossing. ...

Full review 33 words

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Review of "True Grit"  

by: Roger

True Grit  

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on: 31 Dec 2011

Review extract: Classic Western very well shot and told. ...

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Review of "Ghost in the Shell (1)"  

by: Roger

Ghost in the Shell (1)  

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on: 27 Dec 2011

Review extract: Japanese Anime animation from comic book. ...

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Review of "Last Orders"  

by: Roger

Last Orders  

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on: 13 Dec 2011

Review extract: Classic English ensemble piece

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Review of "The Hide"  

by: Roger

The Hide  

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on: 03 Dec 2011

Review extract: Fairly good adaptation from obvious stage play, a few unnecessary gimmicks (flashes into the mind of the younger man with images of crows picking maggoty flesh in a field). ...

Full review 46 words

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Review of "Route Irish"  

by: Roger

Route Irish  

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on: 27 Nov 2011

Review extract: Good story as vehicle for exploring some issues around 'security' industry and paramilitary workings in Iraq and consequences on lives of protagonists. ...

Full review 34 words

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Review of "Animal Kingdom"  

by: Roger

Animal Kingdom  

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on: 29 Oct 2011

Review extract: Believable and engrossing story of the Melbourne criminal scene in 1980s/1990s

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Review of "Into The Wild"  

by: Roger

Into The Wild  

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on: 14 Oct 2011

Review extract: Portentous low grade philosophising rather mars an ok interesting story. ...

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Review of "Picaddilly (with Wurlitza)"  

by: Roger

Picaddilly (with Wurlitza)  

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on: 10 Oct 2011

Review extract: With live musical soundtrack by Wurlitza. ...

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Review of "La Veuve de Saint-Pierre"  

by: Roger

La Veuve de Saint-Pierre  

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on: 09 Oct 2011

Review extract: Excellent performances, especially from Daniel Autiel as the captain of the guard.

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Review of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"  

by: Roger

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy  

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on: 30 Sep 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "The Seven Year Itch"  

by: Roger

The Seven Year Itch  

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on: 20 Sep 2011

Review extract: Stagey and silly

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Review of "Beginners"  

by: Roger

Beginners  

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on: 10 Sep 2011

Review extract: Redeming feature was Cosmo the Jack Russell who was in nearly every scene - 4 stars for him and one for the rest of the film

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Review of "Persopolis"  

by: Roger

Persopolis  

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on: 29 Aug 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "Get Shorty"  

by: Roger

Get Shorty  

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on: 16 Jul 2011

No summary or description available

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