Of all directors currently working in the Hollywood mainstream Michael Mann is arguably the greatest stylist. No one at the multiplex has more control of the pure aesthetics of filmmaking,…
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I've just started the process of migrating the blog (and the other sites I run) to a new host. For that reason I'm going to keep updates to a minimum…
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While the Film Festival continues to deliver untold pleasures to Wellington cinephiles, the commercial distributors dump (shall we say) less-heralded product at our currently very quiet multiplexes and arthouses. My…
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What is there left to say about Harry Potter films? It seems like only yesterday that I wrote of The Order of the Phoenix: "this Harry Potter is not a…
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Sacha Baron Cohen is, in this reviewer’s opinion, the most gifted comic actor of his generation - a new Peter Sellers for those of us who remember who Peter Sellers…
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