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27 November 2011
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The Title Says It All… We Bought A Zoo Reviewed

With an early sneak preview across the country yesterday, is We Bought A Zoo the kind of word of mouth movie that will turn into a runaway hit? From director Cameron Crowe, whose last feature Elizabethtown wasn’t exactly a major moneymaker, this one seemed like a bit of a long-shot. …

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9 September 2011
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Not A Good Time To Get Sick… Contagion Reviewed

Have audiences truly seen it all before? That may be the first thing a studio head might ask themselves as they anxiously await the sales of the new virus outbreak film Contagion. Will anybody even show up? Despite the cast and the pedigree behind the camera, it seems a long …

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27 February 2011
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Your Future Has Been Adjusted… The Adjustment Bureau Reviewed

Seems like this is the year of the high-concept blockbusters, with Source Code on the horizon and a handful of other interesting projects in the pipeline. Sure The Adjustment Bureau was supposed to come out last year around summer time, but if it takes a little longer to get something …

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15 December 2010
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The Fall of Jeff Bridges, a Season to Remember… True Grit Reviewed

The Coen Brothers just make good movies. No Country For Old Men was a phenomenal piece of dark, gripping cinema. Burn After Reading was a completely off the wall comedy. A Serious Man split the genre’s down the middle. When it was announced that they would be remaking the John …

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15 March 2010
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Wait, Shouldn’t You Have Amnesia Or Something? Green Zone Review

When most people heard that Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon were gearing up to make another movie together, they assumed it was going to be the eventual fourth installment in the Bourne franchise. Imagine their surprise, when instead of the world’s most forgetful secret agent, they shifted focus to the …

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10 December 2009
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A Nelson Mandela Movie Around Oscar Season? No Way… Invictus Review

Nelson Mandela movies have been something of Hollywood kryptonite in the past. Countless projects, written, cast, and inevitably dropped, litter the land of development hell. For a man who was so inspirational to so many people, its surprising that no one has ever really managed the pivotal Nelson Mandela movie. …

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