Gangster Squad (2013) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

My first viewing of a proper 2013 release, and not an auspicious start. Gangster Squad has been the target of reviews that ...
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Les Misérables (2012) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

The movie musical, like the western, is a film genre whose heyday seems long past. And yet it has suffered ...
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New Moon (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

The price I’ve paid for my mild appreciation for the first Twilight movie hasn’t been small. I turned to Stephanie ...
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Goya’s Ghosts (2006) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Not quite as bad as some critics said, and yet also a long way from great, Milos Forman turns in ...
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The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio, 2008) Movie Review & Film summary,Cast

In honour of this film’s subject, I recommend downloading a pirated copy of the soundtrack album, which features a cornucopia ...
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Mutiny (1952) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

. .Excruciating naval yarn set during the War of 1812, in which, according to this film, many toy ships attempted ...
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The Tender Hook (2008) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

.. Or, Who Killed The Australian Film Industry? Case No. 278. This sorry excuse for a period drama takes a ...
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Brideshead Revisited (2008) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

A dreary affair. I was pulling for it to work on its own terms. The Granada mini-series is one of ...
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10,000 B.C. (2007) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

. Where’s Sarah Palin when you need her? Lo, the legends tell that in the dark years of the millennium’s ...
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The Sentinel (1977) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

. Knife-wielding lingerie models in the haunted house of Satan. Oft-referenced (Ghostbusters, 1984; The ‘Burbs, 1989) but witless horror yarn ...
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