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Meet Dave
Dir. Brian Robbins. US. 2008. 90 minsThe puzzler that is Eddie Murphy's career continues apace with this low-fi kiddy-oriented affair featuring the comedian as both a human-shaped spaceship called Dave Ming-chang and the commander of said vessel.With Dreamgirls well-established as a flash-in-the-quality-pan, and the stunning comedic turns of the 80s ...
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Eldorado
Dir/scr. Bouli Lanners. Belgium/France. 2008. 86 mins.A dysfunctional Belgian pair of Laurel and Hardy loners bond affectingly in Eldorado, Bouli Lanners' second directorial outing which picked up the Europa Cinemas Label and the FIPRESCI Quinzaine award at this year's Cannes festival. Visually striking and musically inventive, Eldorado doses out its ...
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My Friends, My Loves (Mes amis, mes amours)
Dir. Lorraine Levy. Fr, 2008. 98 minAn idea that probably sounded good on paper - starting with the best-seller status of Marc Levy's source novel - proves inconsequential on screen in My Friends, My Loves, a London-set romantic comedy about two divorced French fathers who chafe at strict ground rules ...
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Dir: Guillermo Del Toro. US. 2008. 115 mins. Trust Guillermo Del Toro to deliver a summer action adventure which is gleefully unpretentious in its desire to entertain while filled with some of the season's most inventive visual effects and creature designs. This bigger-and-better sequel should be a solid hit for ...
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Journey To The Centre of the Earth 3-D (2008)
Dir. Eric Brevig, 2008, US, 92 minutesEffects whiz Eric Brevig (Total Recall, Pearl Harbour) makes his feature debut with this 3-D take on Jules Verne's classic 1864 novel; the result targets children (particularly boys) and their parents. In fact, the 3-D novelty could prove to be more of a draw ...
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Hancock
Dir: Peter Berg. US. 2008. 92 mins.A fun, fairly crisp opening hour gives way to a muddled, entirely unsatisfying ending in the action-comedy Hancock, which finds Will Smith starring as a sullen superhero trying to win over the population of Los Angeles via a very public makeover. Smith's first summer ...
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Wanted
Dir. Timur Bekmambetov. US. 2008. 110 mins. Maximum violence and minimum plot are the formula for Wanted, a flashy comic book adaptation that marks the US debut of Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov. It also marksthe transformation of British actor James McAvoy into something resembling a Hollywood action hero. The ...
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The Love Guru
Dir: Marco Schnabel. US. 2008. 86 mins.The Love Guru 's rascally self-help guru who needs to learn to love himself may be Mike Myers' first original big-screen character in a long while, but he still feels familiar. Trading in Myers' favoured trademark steady diet of scatological humour, outlandish asides and ...