USA
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Egyptian deities in Alex Proyas’ spectacular CGI crapfest. Listen to my review (at 30:34) Read More
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The latest offering from wayward director David Gordon Green (Our Brand Is Crisis, Pineapple Express) stars Al Pacino as a reclusive, heartbroken locksmith who is given a final shot at… Read More
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Michael Bay delivers is best film in quite some time, largely side-stepping politics to tell a tense, high-octane thriller. Listen to my review (at 22:39) Read More
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Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie are four women desperately seeking love in New York City. Listen to my review (at 32:49) Read More
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Ryan Reynolds breaks the fourth wall – and all our preconceived notions of Marvel superheroes – in this gleefully Category III-rated comic book adaptation. Listen to my review (at 13:00) Read More
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Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara engage in an elicit romantic tryst in Todd Haynes’ impeccable adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price Of Salt. Listen to my review (at 34:15) Read More
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The perfect lives of two beautiful people living in an idyllic small-town setting are thrown into chaos when they fall in love in The Choice, the eleventh screen adaptation of… Read More
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Michelle Yeoh reprises her role as lovelorn warrior Shu Lien this belated sequel to Ang Lee’s worldwide smash hit wuxia drama, directed by Hong Kong action legend Yuen Wo-ping. Read… Read More
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Pixar’s latest takes their familiar mis-matched buddy format into a strange and uncertain prehistoric setting. Listen to my review Read More
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The fourth big screen outing for Jason Lee and his trio of CGI rodents. Listen to my review Read More
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Quentin Tarantino returns with another bloodsoaked western, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Listen to my review Read More
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Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton head up this journalism drama that’s proving a major awards contender. Listen to my review Read More
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Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt bet against the American economy in Adam McKay’s comedy-drama. Listen to my review Read More
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Robert De Niro sinks to a new low when he drags grandson Zac Efron to Miami for one final fling. Listen to my review Read More
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It is no easy task to make Sandra Bullock unlikeable on screen, but director David Gordon Green manages just that in his toothless South American political satire that squanders its… Read More
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Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet star in Danny Boyle’s inventive biopic of the controversial Apple founder. Listen to my review Read More
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No sooner has The Hunger Games been laid to rest than another dystopian sci-fi franchise is born with this big-screen adaptation of Rick Yancey’s warmly received young-adult page turner. Read… Read More
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An inspirational event that captured the world’s attention, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident in Chile – in which 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days – seemed tailor-made for… Read More
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