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Inkheart
Dir. Iain Softley. Ger/UK/US. 2008, 106 mins.A long, long time in the releasing - first it swerved The Golden Compass, then was caught in the New Line merger - fantasy adventure Inkheart chases down the Stardust/Princess Bride audience, with a bit of bibliophile Nim's Island thrown in to the mix. ...
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Nothing Like The Holidays
Dir: Alfredo de Villa. US. 2008. 98 mins.A celluloid mirror is held up to many December family gatherings in Nothing Like the Holidays, a lively, well-cast dramedy which captures both the exasperation and joy in being cooped up with blood relatives who remain outside of driving distance for the rest ...
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Punisher: War Zone
Dir: Lexi Alexander. US. 2008. 103 mins.A blithely depraved shoot-'em-up in which its glum protagonist lays waste to a vast criminal underworld, Punisher: War Zone recalls low-budget action movies of the 1980s in which dialogue was only something to fill three to five minutes between set pieces. Steeped in as ...
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Largo Winch
Dir: Jerome Salle. France/Belgium. 2008. 109mins.A fun slice of escapism, neatly packaged for international consumption, Large Winch falls just a sliver short of creating a new action-adventure franchise, although a sequel is apparently at script stage. Lanky French stand-up comic Tomer Sisley isn't conventionally movie-hero rugged as the titular protagonist ...
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Four Christmases
Dir: Seth Gordon. US. 2008. 88 mins Four rounds of family festivities produce very little merriment for either its protagonists or audiences as holiday season romantic comedy Four Christmases slogs its way through a sub-90 minute running time. The pairing of Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon and the presence of ...
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Australia
Dir: Baz Luhrmann. Aus/US. 2008. 165 mins With Australia, Baz Luhrmann has fearlessly gone for the biggest, lushest goal he could imagine - a romantic, old-fashioned epic to stand beside Gone With The Wind. Though it fails to reach such Hollywood heyday heights, Australia's combination of high adventure, awesome landscapes ...
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Transporter 3
Dir: Olivier Megaton. US/UK/France. 2008. 103 mins.A perfunctory action film which drives around in noisy circles but goes nowhere, Transporter 3 is neither compelling enough nor outlandishly goofy enough to leave much of an impression. Series star Jason Statham supplies ironic cool as the titular tough-guy courier, but first-time director ...
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Defiance
Dir: Edward Zwick. US. 2008. 129 mins.In trying to add a new chapter to the long history of films made about the Holocaust, Defiance can barely move a narrative muscle without bumping into another, better movie that covers some of the same ground. Based on the true story of three ...
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