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    Sep 10 2013
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    Review: Kick-Ass 2, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Much Ado About Nothing & Frances Ha

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    There has been much discussion in the circles in which I move about the quantity of films released to local cinemas. Not only are there too many films coming out…
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    Sep 04 2013
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    Cinematica 4/21: Carry That Weight

    By Dan Audio, Cinematica
    Ashton Kutcher impersonates Steve Jobs in Jobs, Bruce Willis impersonates an action hero in Red 2 and Denmark/NZ co-production The Weight of Elephants slips quietly into theatres.
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    Sep 03 2013
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    Review: Pain & Gain, Only God Forgives, The Wolverine, The Way Way Back, The Conjuring & Byzantium

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Still hovering around some local cinemas - and the longest-delayed of all my outstanding reviews - Still Mine is a surprisingly effective Canadian drama about an elderly man (James Cromwell,…
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    Aug 28 2013
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    Cinematica 4/20: Much Ado, Indeed

    By Dan Audio, Cinematica
    Guest reviewer Liam from flicks.co.nz (@AManof100Words) helps out on The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Kick-Ass 2, Shakespeare is sexy again in Joss Whedon's LA version of Much Ado…
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    Aug 27 2013
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    Review: Elysium, Stoker, We’re the Millers, The Heat, Giselle, Private Peaceful, Reality and Now You See Me

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    With this year's festival now a rapidly diminishing memory - and my recovery from that event (plus another magazine published, some "live" podcast recordings, a few Q&A's, some director interviews…
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    Aug 22 2013
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    Cinematica 4/19: The Man from Elysium Fields

    By Dan Audio, Cinematica
    Reviews and news but no interviews: Matt Damon in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, Park Chan-wook’s Stoker plus coming-of-age comedy The Way, Way Back. Listen for ticket giveaways, too.
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