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    Oct 04 2009
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    Review: Up, The Soloist, The Young Victoria, Paris 36, Casablanca, The Camera on the Shore and the Vanguard 30th Anniversary

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    The theme for the week seems to be romance and some of the finest love stories of recent (or in fact any) year have just made their way to our…
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    Oct 04 2009
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    Review: The Strength of Water, Séraphine, The Cove, Taking Woodstock, Orphan and The Ugly Truth

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Festival titles are returning to cinemas at such a rate that it seems like pre-Festival cinemagoer cynicism was well-placed. 50% of this week’s new releases were screening locally only a…
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    Oct 04 2009
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    Review: Inglourious Basterds, The Age of Stupid and Departures

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Playing like the fever-dream of an obsessive teenager fallen asleep after reading a stack of Commando comics late at night, possibly after too much cheese, Inglourious Basterds is another contender…
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    Oct 03 2009
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    Review: District 9, Sunshine Cleaning, The Man in the Hat, The Rocket Post and Case 39

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    It’s going to be a massive few months for Wellywood - District 9 seems to have come out of nowhere to take the world by storm (Currently #35 in the…
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    Sep 25 2009
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    Online listening tip

    By Dan Cinema, Screenwriting
    I've just gotten around to listening to the Creative Screenwriting Q&A between Jeff Goldsmith and Rachel Getting Married writer Jenny Lumet and producer Neda Armian. It's an excellent conversation, the…
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    Sep 22 2009
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    Review: Separation City, G.I. Joe- The Rise of Cobra, Coco Avant Chanel, Flashbacks of a Fool and Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Because privileged white males haven’t had a fair suck of the sav in recent times when it comes to arts funding it seems only fair that the Film Commission should…
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