Never having seen an episode of Sex and the City on television, I'll have to leave it to others to place it in context. From what I can gather, though,…
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The two universes of Steven Spielberg's biggest films of the 70's and 80's collide in Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Harrison Ford's ageing Indie and…
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Ah, the perils of reviewing New Zealand cinema in New Zealand – or even tougher – Wellington cinema in Wellington. How does one approach a film that was executive produced…
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Many years ago English comedian Ben Elton cracked a joke about Bob Dylan: "For all you young people in the audience he was the one who couldn't sing on the…
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W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel The Painted Veil has been given a handsome new adaptation by Australian director John Curran (We Don't Live Here Anymore). Naomi Watts takes on the…
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Earlier this year I arbitrarily decided that the Hannah Montana 3D concert movie was not cinema and chose not to review it. Now, a few short weeks later, I exercise…
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