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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It's an awfully long time since I have watched a complete episode of The Simpsons so I wasn't 100% confident that I would be happy sitting through an extended version…
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While the Film Festival takes up a justifiably huge chunk of time and mindspace during these two weeks the world of commercial cinema has hit back hard with two of…
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Above the proscenium arch at the Embassy theatre, on either side of the screen, there are two flashing red lights. They've been there ever since the Return of the King…
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This week's Capital Times film review: Blades of Glory (Josh Gordon & Will Speck); Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blake Edwards); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Tim Story); Paris je…
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This week's Capital Times film review (lavishly illustrated) and in no particular order: SHREK THE THIRD (Chris Miller & Raman Hui); PIERREPOINT (Adrian Shergold); OCEAN'S 13 (Steven Soderbergh); BRIDGE TO…
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