Now, I'm risking the ire of the extremely helpful and generous New Zealand International Film Festival team here, but I'm going to recommend an approach to festival-going that will probably…
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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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There’s something quite interesting going on with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time that isn’t immediately apparent from the publicity. Somehow, screenwriters Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard…
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A friend of mine auditioned for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (produced in Auckland in 2006) and didn't get a part. I was pleased to report to him yesterday that…
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This week, three films which trade on a twist or revelation (to varying degrees of success). First, Seven Pounds reunites the creative team behind 2006’s excellent The Pursuit of Happyness…
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This week's illustrated Capital Times film review: 28 Weeks Later (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo); The Host (Joon-ho Bong); Man of the Year (Barry Levinson); Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing (Barbara…
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