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REVIEW: A Place For Me (2013)
It’s mostly a mediocre walk through the breakdown of a marriage; dad can’t move on, the daughter avoids intimacy and the son does drugs.
GWP Roundtable: What are your must see films for the SFF 2013?
Welcome to the GWP Roundtable. Each week the GWP team will be thrown a question and their magnificent film brains will be milked for opinions. With the announcement of the lineup of the Sydney Film Festival (SFF), this week’s question is: What are your must see films for the SFF 2013?
REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness is a cosmic fireball of epic proportions. It’s fun to watch but it’s mostly just empty space dust.
REVIEW: Drift (2013)
Drift is a film that is superb on the water but a little wobbly on dry land.
REVIEW: Spring Breakers (2013)
Spring Breakers is one of the most potent pieces of satire and filmmaking to hit the screen so far this year.
REVIEW: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
After a superb first half you could probably walk from the cinema satisfied with The Place Beyond the Pines. It’s a shame to forsake that satisfaction by witnessing a well laid plan completely fall apart.
REVIEW: Iron Man 3 (2013)
…a finale that’s so spectacular a health warning should be issued for dislocated shoulders from excessive fist-pumping.
Film and Twitter: Game over man
It’s a “game over man” moment. It’s as if these people are hoping that their tweet will be some divine intervention that will send you bolting to the cinema door.
REVIEW: Oblivion (2013)
High above the scorched landscape of planet Earth that has been destroyed by alien invaders called ‘Scavs’ there sits a flash living space featuring a large glass-bottom pool where the film’s characters frolic. You know…
REVIEW: Saving General Yang (2013)
After a seven year absence the director of Freddy versus Jason, Bride of Chucky and Warriors of Virtue (yes, the Kung-Fu kangaroo film), Ronnie Yu is back … and as mediocre as ever with Saving…
REVIEW: Trance (2013)
Amnesia, long lost lovers, slimy villains; sounds like a soap opera but it’s all packed into Trance, the new film from filmmaker Danny Boyle. While Boyle’s frenetic direction excels, the film is always one long…
REVIEW: Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies constructs the Frankenstein like zom-rom-com that isn’t as grotesque as the idea sounds. It’s humorous, sweet and has unexpected depth that superbly elevates it well above the genre bending gimmick it could rest…
REVIEW: GI Joe: Retaliation (2013)
It’s simply dumb.
REVIEW: Sound City (2012)
For those about to rock, we salute you.
REVIEW: Rust and Bone (2012)
Schoenaerts and Cotillard hold their own when they are apart but are superb together. The two actors genuinely interact with each other as soul mates.
REVIEW: A Good Day to Die Hard
A bad omen at the start of any film is when main plot details are dropped by a news report and in the opening seconds of A Good Day to Die Hard there’s a news…
REVIEW: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The world of Las Vegas magicians is ripe for parody but The Incredible Burt Wonderstone feels like a joke that has been waiting to be told since the 1980s and they’ve mangled the punch line…
REVIEW: I Give It a Year 2nd Opinion
I Give it a Year is so obsessed with how clever it thinks it is that it completely sinks the romantic comedy pirate ship it sets forth to be. Nat (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Rafe…
REVIEW: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
It’s sad that in Oz the Great and Powerful Disney have chosen to pillage from the 1939 film and L. Frank Baulm’s novels to create a prequel that plays out like fan fiction written for Playboy magazine that almost completely negates the material it’s based on.
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FIVE STAR FILMS
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FIVE STAR FILMS #45: Roman Holiday (1953)
Roman Holiday certainly deserves its place in the canon of great classic films, and is an absolute treat to experience. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #44: The Leopard (1963) by Lee Zachariah
Exactly fifty years ago, The Leopard won the Palm D’or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, and this is why. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #43: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
So now on to some reasons WHY Singin’ in The Rain (co-directed by greats Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen) is so beloved … Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS: Kern Saxton (director of Sushi Girl) – Apocalypse Now (1979)
Kern Saxton, the writer, producer, editor, director and star of 'Sushi Girl' sat down with Graffiti With Punctuation to share his pick for a Five Star Film. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS: Thomas Keneally (Booker Prize Winning Author) Fargo (1996)
TK: "I think that 'Fargo' is a superb film." Read more →
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 8
“Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, the screening is about to begin. Please turn off your mobile telephones for the duration of the performance.” That recorded message plays first in French, then English, about
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 7
“And too much of your butt? Impossible!” I said [to Matt Damon], because I’m shameless.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 6
As my friend’s alarm clock signalled the start of another Cannes day, I tentatively opened my eyes, scared to feel the presence of a hangover. There was none, and I was relieved that I had enough sense to stop after a few glasses of champagne last night, which was flowing freely at the Weinstein party.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 5
It’s amazing how the weather can affect your mood. Walking out into the sun this morning, seeing the rain cleaned streets sparkle in the sun, I almost wanted to kick up my heels, pull out some jazz hands and possibly break into song. If only I could sing.
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 4
After yet another pain au chocolat for breakfast, I walked through some relentless rain, cursing my giant umbrella. Here in Cannes, the smartest guys are the umbrella sellers posted on every corner.