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Movie Review - A Great Friend

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30 Aug 2023

A Great Friend is a typically French character comedy, that takes the old city clicker/country bumpkin formula and adds some unexpected twists. Starring Lambert Wilson (Mrs Harris goes to Paris) and…
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Movie Review - Retribution

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30 Aug 2023

Retribution sees Liam Neeson in Speed territory - trapped in a car with a bomb primed to go off under the driver's seat. Co-starring Noma Dumezweni (The Little Mermaid) and Matthew Modine (Stranger…
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Review - Sound of Freedom

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30 Aug 2023

Sound of Freedom is an American surprise success - a low-budget real-life thriller about rescuing kidnapped children from traffickers in Colombia. Stars Jim Caviezel (Passion of the Christ) and…
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Review - Strays

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23 Aug 2023

Strays is that rare thing - an R-rated comedy featuring live-action dogs. Abandoned pet Reggie plans revenge on his deadbeat owner. Featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Isla Fisher.
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Review: Last Film Show

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23 Aug 2023

Last Film Show is a semi-autobiographical, independent film from India about a poor tea-maker's son who's determined that one day he'll become a film maker. Directed by Pan Nalin (Samsara).
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Movie review - The Last Voyage of the Demeter

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16 Aug 2023

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is the story of the doomed ship that carried Dracula to England. Starring Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Corey Hawkins (Straight outta Compton).
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Movie Review - Gran Turismo

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16 Aug 2023

Gran Turismo tells the story of a gamer who took his skills to some of the top real race-tracks in the world. Stars David Harbour (Stranger Things), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean), Archie…
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Movie Review - Asteroid City

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16 Aug 2023

Asteroid City is an all-star oddity from Wes Anderson (Grand Budapest Hotel) that rolls just about every mid-'50s element into one package. Stars Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Bryan…
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Movie review: Chevalier

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9 Aug 2023

Chevalier tells the incredible-but-true story of the "Black Mozart" Joseph Bologne - a swordsman, composer, virtuoso violinist and lover of women in the court of Marie Antoinette.
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Review: Munich: The Edge of War

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9 Aug 2023

Munich: The Edge of War tells a fictional story behind the British Prime Minister's famous Munich rendezvous meeting with Adolf Hitler. Stars George Mackay (1917), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)…
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Movie review - Meg 2: The Trench

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9 Aug 2023

Meg 2: The Trench sees Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis once again wrestling with giant, prehistoric sharks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
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Review: The Miracle Club

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2 Aug 2023

The Miracle Club is a little Irish film with a better cast than most about four women on a trip to Lourdes. Starring Kathy Bates, Laura Linney and Dame Maggie Smith.
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Review: Anatomy of a Fall

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2 Aug 2023

Anatomy of a Fall is the opening movie for the International Film Festival, a French drama that picked up the prized Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. Stars Sandra Hüller (the Oscar-nominated Toni…
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Review: Oppenheimer

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26 Jul 2023

Oppenheimer is the story of the man behind the atom bomb, who ended the World War II and started the Cold War. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily…
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Movie review: The Out-Laws

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19 Jul 2023

A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix)
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Movie review: Robots

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19 Jul 2023

Robots imagines a world where your robot can do all the boring parts of your work and play. Starring Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) and Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies).
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Movie review: A Good Doctor

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19 Jul 2023

In the hilarious French film A Good Doctor, an unwell emergency doctor recruits a totally unqualified courier to perform his rounds.
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Movie review - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt One

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12 Jul 2023

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One - is Tom Cruise finally winding up the Impossible Missions crew? Co-starring Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), Rebecca Ferguson (Dune) and Hayley Atwell (Captain…
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Movie review - The Last Rider

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5 Jul 2023

The last rider is a documentary about the first American to win the Tour de France cycle race, and Greg LeMond did it without drugs! Directed by Alex Holmes (Maiden).
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Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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5 Jul 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny sees Harrison Ford don the hat and crack the whip one last time. Co-starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and Toby Jones (The Detectorists).
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At The Movies - The 2023 NZ International Film Festival

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28 Jun 2023

Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival. General Manager Sally Woodfield talks…
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Review: The Flash

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21 Jun 2023

The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and both Michael…
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Review: You Hurt My Feelings

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21 Jun 2023

You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, The Last Duel), it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)…
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Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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14 Jun 2023

Dan Slevin reviews the long awaited sequel to the animated smash hit superhero film from 2018.
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