THIS
WEEK'S PREVIEW REVIEWS
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busy to read those long reviews? Try our minis… How should you spend your
precious dollars when visiting the cinema? Read on.
To
Rome with Love ★★★ ½
Opens
in Australia: 18th October 2012
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Countries: Release Information
OUR
THOUGHTS
‘To
Rome With Love’ is hugely anticipated after the wonderful, whimsical ‘Midnight
in Paris’. It does fall short in
comparison. However it is fantastic to
see Woody Allen in this one himself as husband to hugely brilliant Judy Davis. The one-liners zing as always and the
characters are a mixed bunch as usual.
There’s nothing new but it’s a Woody Allen through and through and that’s
always a good thing.
STORY
To ‘Rome with Love’ is a
kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world's most enchanting cities.
The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving
his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome's
biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic
encounters; and an American opera director endeavoring to put a singing
mortician on stage. -- (C) Sony Pictures Classics
Taken
2 ★
Opens
in Australia: 4th October 2012
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Countries: Release InformationOUR THOUGHTS
If it was
a comedy this would get 4 stars but as a thriller it’s a real dud. Most of us were laughing through the bits
where I think we were meant to be on the edge of our seat. Terrible script, wooden acting and the most
illogical set up for a rescue I have ever seen.
Footnote: to those who find themselves kidnapped, just send smoke
signals. I know you liked the first one
but just keep it there. If you see this
you will begin to hate the film studios for throwing out their trash in your
direction.
STORY
Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills,
the retired CIA agent with a "particular set of skills" who stopped
at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers. When the father of one of
the villains Bryan killed swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage
in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape. Bryan then employs his
unique tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the
kidnappers, one by one. -- (C) Official Site
The
Words ★★★★
Opens
in Australia: 11th October 2012
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Countries: Release Information
OUR
THOUGHTS
Despite
this film receiving very poor reviews, I really enjoyed it, as did several of
my fellow reviewers. It’s a story within
a story within a story so maybe it was a little confusing. I loved the questions it posed. Can you live with guilt? What price do you pay in deceiving
others? I suggest you go and make up
your own mind. And girls, Bradley Cooper is an absolute dish and there are
loads of close up shots. What is not to enjoy? PS. The movie is much better than the terrible poster.
STORY
Starring Bradley Cooper, Jeremy
Irons, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Zoë Saldana, the layered romantic drama
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought
after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's
only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and
his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep
price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing
ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
Lawless
★★★★
Opens
in Australia: 11th October 2012
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Countries: Release Information
OUR
THOUGHTS
This is
bloody but brilliant, although it did receive some mixed reviews. Those who didn’t like it found it unengaging.
However, I was really drawn in and found Tom Hardy’s performance Oscar-nomination-worthy and Shia Labeouf’s best role yet (he can act without robots). It’s a fascinating tale with a top ensemble
cast. Something about that era, just as
in Boardwalk Empire, really rocks my boat, so I was always going to love
it. I did feel like having a bath
afterwards. These people always look so dirty.
Warning, the violence is particularly nasty but they were rough and
tumble days.
STORY
Lawless is the true story of the infamous
Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream
in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life
tales of author Matt Bondurant's family in his novel "The Wettest County
in the World", the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against
the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave. -- (C) Weinstein
Opens
in Australia: 4th October 2012
Other
Countries: Release Information
OUR
THOUGHTS
One of
the most appalling films I have seen in years.
Why the likes of Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schrieber and
Rebecca Gibney would want to be seen in this is beyond me? Apparently, they did it for very little $$ too. Written and directed by P.J. Hogan (he’s the
director of ‘Muriel’s Wedding’ and ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding.’) supposedly this
is based on a true story of his childhood.
We are meant to be laughing at date rape, menstrual stains on white lounges
and Toni Collette, naked from the waist down, lighting a fart and setting a doll
on fire with the flame. If there is a
God of film, please do not let this gain distribution in many countries. It will set the image of Australia back a
hundred years. We are not all idiot
yobbos. P.J. Hogan is just mental and
misguided. It’s labelled an art-house
flick but I would say its closer to a crap-house flick.
STORY
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms
a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
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