I was musing at the top of the Downstage stairs yesterday evening that a Wellington Film Critics Circle (for no reason other than to say we have one) might be…
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It's Bourne-time again and rogue-agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is still trying to find out who he is, who erased his memory and why. A Guardian journalist (Paddy Considine) seems…
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Returning swiftly from the Festival is The Italian, a lovely and old-fashioned art-house winner about a six year-old Russian orphan played by the wonderful Kolya Spiridonov. He's Vanya, a little…
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Eagle vs Shark carries a great burden of expectation: Taika Waititi's Oscar nomination, invitations to Sundance, international Miramax support, pointless comparisons with Napoleon Dynamite. A film with less heart than…
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More from the ever-growing annals of corporate stupidity: Johnson & Johnson (founded 1886) sues the Red Cross (founded 1881) for appropriating their red cross trademark.from Wonkette (and CNN)
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It's been a tough old week to be a cinephile. Firstly, poet of the dark interior of human existence Ingmar Bergman finally gives up the ghost, then I get to…
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