The best way I can think of to sum up Jobs, the hastily-prepared not-quite adaptation of Walter Isaacson's hastily-published biography of the Apple co-founder, is that its subject would have…
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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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To really understand a country you have to go and live there - embed yourself with the people, soak up the culture. If you don’t have the time or inclination…
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Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was my film of the year for 2009 - a potent and punchy roller-coaster ride of a film that made everything for months afterwards seem quaintly…
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Turkish-German director Fatih Akin has long been an arthouse favourite around these parts. Head-On (2004) and The Edge of Heaven (2007) were Festival successes so it was odd to see…
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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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