Director Joth Riggs Starring Natasha Henstridge & Costas Mandylor Rated M Score 0/6 Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down. Okay, I know it is an odd…
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Drama Movie Reviews
Panfilov’s 28
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Directors Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov, Vitaliy Kovalenko and Aleksey Morozov Score 5/6 USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army’s newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov’s Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight soldiers of the Red…
Golden Voices
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Director Evgeny Ruman Staring Mariya Belkina, Vladimir Friedman, Evelin Hagoel Rated M Score 4/6 Victor and Raya Frenkel were the golden voices of the Soviet film dubbing for decades. All the western movies that reached Soviet screens were dubbed by them. In 1990, with the collapse of Soviet Union, the Frenkels decided to do Aliyah…
News of the World
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Director Paul Greengrass Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel Rated M Score 4/6 A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either, can call…
High Ground
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Director Stephen Johnson Starring Simon Baker, Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Jack Thompson Rated MA Score 5/6 In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle. It should be noted that High Ground…
Hua Mu Lan (1939)
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Director Bu Wancang Staring Chen Yunshang Score 6/6 A young woman takes her father’s place in the army and, over several years, rises through the ranks to fight off invaders near the Great Wall and save the Tang dynasty. For those of you who might be interested Hua Mu Lan is also known as Mulan…
Another Round
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Director Thomas Vinterberg Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang & Lars Ranthe Rated M Score 5/6 In Australian Cinemas February 11 Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. Apparently, Another Round’s original title Druk, means…
Mrs Henderson Presents
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Director Stephen Frears Starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins Rated M Score 6/6 Laura Henderson buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues. For those of you who might be wondering there have been some odd reasons…
The Lighthorsemen
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Director Simon Wincer Starring Jon Blake, Sigrid Thronton & Peter Phelps Rated PG Score 6/6 In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock. Okay, perhaps it would have been historically relevant if…
The Dry
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Director Robert Connolly Starring Eric Bana Rated MA Score 6/6 Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound – the unsolved death of a teenage girl. I finally got my act together and got out to see The Dry while it is still at…