Reviews

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12 Years a Slave

Nominated for nine Oscars, and having already won Best Picture at the Golden Globes, you could say there is just a little bit of ‘buzz’ surrounding 12...

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The Wolf of Wall Street Review

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the...

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47 Ronin Review

This film arrived on Australian shores with flop and bad stamped all over it.  It’s been a massive box office failure in the US and most critics have ...

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Inside Llewyn Davis Review

It is 1961, Greenwich Village, New York City. Llewyn Davis is a musician struggling to make it in the folk scene. He has management and a record label...

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Review

Based on the CIA analyst created by Tom Clancy, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an action thriller that follows Ryan from his quiet double-life as a vete...

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American Hustle Review

Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) is a small time con artist who dreams of bigger things. He is searching for a soul mate and believes he has found one when he ...

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The Book Thief Review

While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in ...

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Philomena Review

PHILOMENA is based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee written by Martin Sixsmith.  The book is based on the true story of an unmarried t...

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August Osage County

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma ...

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review

The title packs some serious punch: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG… Hell yeah! But does the second installment in the (perhaps unnecessarily) elongated Hobbi...

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Review

There are many who describe the movie ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (2004) as one of the most quotable comedies ever made. These people then s...

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Blackfish Review

Never Capture What You Can’t Control: Blackfish has been this year’s most talked about documentary since it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in J...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Review

There are some men in Hollywood we just love to underestimate. Ben Stiller is one of them. For many he’ll always just be the mainstream comedy actor f...

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The Spectacular Now Review

A prizewinner at the Sundance Film Festival, Spectacular Now is an alt-teen entry in the world of teen films, though many have claimed, it doesn’...

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Review

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester ...

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Kill Your Darlings Review

With Harry Potter long behind him, Daniel Radcliffe takes on a rather different literary figure in KILL YOUR DARLINGS. Typical. You can never get the ...

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Carrie Review

I can’t say I was excited for this movie and the trailers released did nothing to change that. I, along with many, thought the original should have be...

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Night Train to Lisbon

About an aging Swiss professor of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in th...

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Delivery Man

Vince Vaughn musters some water works in his new comedy…wait…drama? No, comedy…No! Family flick? Errr….. film DELIVERY MAN. Based on the success...

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Ender’s Game

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formecs, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated t...