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degree of entertainment attained irrespective of critical worth

Australian Box Office:
1.Salt
2.Inception
3.The Expendables
4.Step Up 3D
5.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Weekend to 25th August - MPDAA


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29th August - Film Review - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World   New

It's hard to pick standouts from such a fantastic ensemble, but my favourites include Alison Pill as Scott's ex and drummer in his band, Kieran Culkin as Scott's gay roommate, and Ellen Wong as Knives Chau, Scott's high school girlfriend.

Rating: Rating = 4.0
Review by Stuart Wilson - 0 Comment(s)
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 4.5

28th August - Film Review - Boy   Reloaded

Timing, they say, is everything, and yet it is unfortunately rare to see a film so wonderfully conducted as this one. Waititi allows his film a gently comic introduction that adroitly establishes time, place and milieu, before swiftly and surely introducing the crises that Boy must overcome, and then deftly pulling everything together to end in just 87 minutes.


Boy is released 26th August
Rating: Rating = 5.0
Review by Mark Lavercombe - 0 Comment(s)
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 5.0

28th August - Film Review - The Ghost Writer   Reloaded

That Cattrall's accent is so bad and no-one seems to have realised during production is astonishing, and one wonders why Polanski didn't just throw in the towel and hire a British actress to play this British character.


Rating: Rating = 3.0
Review by Mark Lavercombe
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 3.0

In the long run, however, The Ghost Writer is a little disappointing. The mystery is so well crafted, the pieces of information scattered along the way so tantalising, that the end result is a bit of a letdown.

Rating: Rating = 4.0
Review by Stuart Wilson - 0 Comment(s)
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 4.0

 

28th August - Film Review - The Kids Are All Right   Reloaded

Moore and Bening are excellent, with each bringing very different women to life, both of whom have real flaws and foibles. Nic and Jules are very well written characters indeed, but both benefit from the skill of the performers.


Rating: Rating = 3.5
Review by Mark Lavercombe - 0 Comment(s)
Hoopla Factor: Hoopla Factor = 3.0

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