THIS WEEK'S PREVIEW REVIEWS
Too busy to read those long reviews? Try our minis… How should you spend your precious dollars when visiting the
cinema? Read on.
Beasts of the Southern Wild ★★★★
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OUR THOUGHTS
This is one of those films that will grow on you long after your visit
to the cinema. I can quite honestly say
you will learn things about human nature you didn’t care to know. Yet, by the end of the film you will imagine
that for just a moment you shared a magical experience. The little girl is so extraordinary, as are
all the actors, that it feels more like a reality show than a work of
fiction. Don’t go expecting a big,
budget blockbuster. It is film about
life from the depths to the heights told with subtlety that makes this a work
of art.
STORY
In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the
world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of
orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she
believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce
storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in
order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to
survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
Finding Nemo 3D ★ ★★ ★½
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OUR THOUGHTS
I love all films Pixar. And I know you have this at home on the DVD (all
1.99 million of you) and the kids and you have seen it many times. However, you haven’t seen anything until you’ve
seen it in 3D. The colours and the depth
are extraordinarily beautiful. It is
just as charming nine years later as it was in 2003 and well worth seeing on
the big screen. Love, love, love it. Did
I mention that I love all films Pixar? I
did! My memory isn’t what it used to be.
STORY
Academy Award®-winning Best
Animated Feature “Finding Nemo” returns to the big screen for the first time
ever in thrilling Disney Digital 3D™. In this stunning underwater adventure,
with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, “Finding Nemo” follows
the comedic and momentous journey of an overly protective clownfish named
Marlin (voice by Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (voice by Alexander
Gould)––who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is
unexpectedly taken far from his ocean home and dumped into a fish tank in a dentist’s
office. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (voice by Ellen DeGeneres), a
friendly-but-forgetful Pacific regal blue tang, Marlin embarks on a dangerous
trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his
son––who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.
Kath & Kimderella (★★)
OUR THOUGHTS
STORY
Fountain Lakes' foxy ladies return along with many
other original characters as Kath Day-Knight and Kim Craig take an overseas
trip to Italy and find themselves being the centre of their very own fairytale.
Arbitrage (★★★★½)
Opens in Australia: 27th September
2012
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OUR THOUGHTS
This is one slick drama with an even slicker
cast. It reminds me greatly of a 2002 film
which I loved called “Unfaithful”. It
also starred Richard Gere. As each
moment unfolds I held my breath thinking, surely he’s going to come unstuck
here. But Gere’s character, Miller, is slipperier than a slimy fish—which is what
he is, despite his charm and still-gorgeous looks. Can money buy you everything? That is the question asked and answered
here. If you love intelligent films and
fine performances you will enjoy this one.
STORY
On the eve of his 60th birthday, New York
hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is the portrait of success in
American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller
is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading
empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. Struggling
to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant
daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling), Miller’s also balancing an
affair with French art-dealer Julie Côte (Laetitia Casta). Just as he’s about to unload his troubled
empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and
crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker), a face from Miller’s past. One
wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer (Tim Roth),
who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is
forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will he make it
out before the bubble bursts?
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