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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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Review of "Mammuth"  

by: Roger

Mammuth  

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on: 25 Jun 2011

Review extract: Appalling print quality - grainey and badly graded - detracted slightly from an engaging story. ...

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Review of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"  

by: Roger

Close Encounters of the Third Kind  

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on: 12 Apr 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "The Seventh Continent"  

by: Roger

The Seventh Continent  

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on: 08 Apr 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "Catch-22"  

by: Roger

Catch-22  

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on: 19 Mar 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "The Madness of King George"  

by: Roger

The Madness of King George  

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on: 08 Mar 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "MASH"  

by: Roger

MASH  

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on: 06 Mar 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "Himalaya"  

by: Roger

Himalaya  

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on: 20 Feb 2011

Review extract: Simple story well told

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Review of "Woyzcek"  

by: Roger

Woyzcek  

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on: 19 Feb 2011

Review extract: Woyzcek is Everyman - buffetted by the world, tearing through life, a philosopher, a lover and alone.

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Review of "Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh"  

by: Roger

Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh  

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on: 17 Feb 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "The Odd Couple"  

by: Roger

The Odd Couple  

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on: 08 Feb 2011

No summary or description available

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Review of "The White Ribbon"  

by: Roger

The White Ribbon  

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on: 22 Jan 2011

Review extract: B&W photography, elliptically framed, voice-over narrator (the village schoolteacher) provides periperially invovled observation of the unfolding events. ...

Full review 34 words

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