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Jobs REVIEW

Written by Matilda Mornane. Jobs is a cunning film. From the very first scene, it fills you with an uplifting sort of inspiration, the kind that makes you nod along with all of these defining moments in Jobs’ life. But

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Stoker REVIEW

Written by Douglas Whyte. Korean director Park Chan-wook is renowned for his masterful, ostentatious displays of violence. The intensely cult-ish Oldboy (2003) is perhaps his best known venture into such territory. In Stoker, his English-language debut, violence is treated with

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Batman: Behind the Mask

Written by Lily Davis. Who is the Batman? For the fictional citizens of Gotham City the answer is tantalising yet unknown. He remains a masked vigilante, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader. However for us Batman has had various very

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Red 2 REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. Red 2 picks up where we left off with ex-ex-ex-black ops agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) enjoying suburban bliss with Sarah (Marie-Louise Parker). While Frank is fairly happy in his re-retirement, the magic is starting to

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The Best Offer REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Guiseppe Tornatore has never quite been able to top his 1989 Academy Award winner, Cinema Paradiso. He’s come close a few times, with Everybody’s Fine and Maléna both gathering accolades and praise. The Italian writer-director is

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Kick-Ass 2 REVIEW

Kick-Ass 2 is the second film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s hit comic series about people in the “real world” deciding to follow their comic book icons by fighting crime as costumed superheroes. But the grounded view

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Upstream Color REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Upstream Color is the brain-child of Shane Carruth, a former software engineer that made a noticeable splash in 2004 with Primer. Primer was a unique, albeit challenging, collision of ideas and sci-fi influences. Carruth’s $7000 indie

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What Maisie Knew REVIEW

Written by Douglas Whyte. What Maisie Knew, co-directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, is a contemporary adaptation of Henry James’ 1897 novel of the same name. Set in Manhattan, it details the tumultuous divorce of a recklessly selfish couple

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Elysium REVIEW

Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Neill Blomkamp burst onto the scene with District 9, a unique sci-fi film that blended genres and film-making styles while providing both social commentary and blockbuster entertainment. Many proclaimed that sci-fi cinema had an original new

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