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Coriolanus

The trouble is that Coriolanus is such a one-note drama. Or melodrama. No wonder Bertholt Brecht decided back in the 1940s to write a new version.




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Movie Review: The Hunger Games

Is The Hunger Games the new Twilight? All the kids are talking about this new teen dystopian future adventure.




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The Hunger Games

The wildly popular young-adult novel makes its way to the big screen as a smart sci-fi with dark undertones.




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Margin Call

It's a brilliantly constructed and mesmorising thriller, great filmmaking, wonderful acting and, at heart a dark moral fable that is all too dreadfully true!




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A Dangerous Method

It's a case of the battling therapists as Jung and Freud clash in David Cronenberg's thoughtful period piece.




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Movie Review: A Dangerous Method

A look at the birth of psychoanalysis and dark sexual desires which is unfortunately less spicy than required - hard to believe it's directed by David Cronenberg!




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The Rum Diary

Everyone has a ball, for The Rum Diary is one of the truly great psychedelic movies of the modern era, a tribute to all involved.





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Battleship

The story and the characters are bad enough to sink a ship, but this cinematic vessel powers on thanks to impressive effects and decent action sequences.




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Movie Review: Battleship

A big, bombastic, alien invasion film at sea by toy manufacturers Hasbro, Battleship is based on the board game Battleship.





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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor are charming in a romantic/comedy/drama that involves lots of fish.




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Movie Review: The Lady

What perfect timing! A biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi's personal struggle for Burma's political freedom.





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The Avengers

One of the most anticipated movies of the year turns out to be one of the most satisfying, thanks to a smart script and great direction from Joss Whedon.




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Movie Review: Wish You Were Here

So many Aussies run amok in South East Asia - this movie is a wake-up call for young Aussie travellers.




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The Five-Year Engagement

This uneven rom-com charts a rocky path and ends up being more Funny People than Bridesmaids.






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Dark Shadows

Johnny Depp makes a good vampire, but there really is no life in this lavish laugh-fest from Tim Burton.





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The Dictator

Aladeen may rule Wadiya, but Sacha Baron Cohen won't be ruling the box-office with his latest comedy.






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Movie Review: Bel Ami

Robert Pattinson Kristin Scott Thomas Uma Thurman Christina Ricci Colm Meaney




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The Well Digger's Daughter

If you like your French movies hyper-sweet, archetypal and a clear invitation to join a tour group at once, this is for you!




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What to Expect When You're Expecting

The popular pregnancy advice book becomes an all-star movie, but unfortunately with too many characters and situations, the stretch marks are visible.




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Movie Review: Get The Gringo

Mel Gibson's Hollywood glory days are reflected in Get The Gringo where Mel plays a tough guy, ready for action with a sarcastic wit and all the right moves, just a little older.





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Prometheus

Ridley Scott returns to the world of science fiction with a bold, visually stunning film that offers some surprises and raises lots of questions.





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Prometheus

If you thought the first Alien (or the third for that matter) was scary and out of control... strap yourself in!





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Movie Review - A Royal Affair

Lars Von Trier is the writer and producer behind this look at the Danish court in the late 18th century during the time of enlightenment, the insane monarch Christian VII and political manoeuvrings and social change.




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Ted the Movie

If you are easily offended, Ted is not the movie for you; but if you are not, it may be one of the funniest movies you will see in a long time.





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Movie Review: Margaret

Anna Paquin, J.Smith-Cameron, Jeannie Berlin, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Reno, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Allison Janney




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A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair is a wide ranging, beautifully shot (often hand-held) and superbly art directed film, that restores period movies to the realms of greatness that history well told deserves.




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Ted

The creator of hit animated TV shows makes his way to the big screen with some help from a foul-mouthed teddy bear.




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Where Do We Go Now ?

The comic routines set against the mindlessly violent men with their rages, competing religions and guns, offer no solutions, just a haunting sense of the inevitability of the tragedy that hangs over the region.





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The Amazing Spider-Man

The web-slinger's franchise reboot is well-made and entertaining, but comes too soon after the last series, and has no sense of its own identity.




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A Happy Event (Un heureux evenement)

Witty and highly cinematically inventive, a stylized affair backed by an attractive cast (including at least six credited babies and maybe an animatronic or two - who can tell?) and with plenty of ironic narration.




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The Dark Knight Rises

Christopher Nolan's Batman series reaches its cinematic crescendo with a third act that fails to match the middle movement, but serves as a fitting farewell nonetheless.




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Movie Review - The Dark Knight Rises

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman




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Magic Mike

Steven Soderberg gets his actors to shed their clothes in this stripper dramedy that's halfway between "Showgirls" and "Boogie Nights"






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Charles Bradley - Soul of America

Beginnings don't get much more humble than veteran soul singer Charles Bradley's.