All Reviews articles – Page 589
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Rio International Film Festival
Should Nothing Else Work Out (Se Nada Mais Der Certo)Brazil. 2008. 120 mins. Director: Jose Eduardo Belmonte. Production company: Film Noise. International sales: Film Noise (+ 55 11 2589-2098). Screenplay: Jose Eduardo Belmonte, Luis Carlos Pacca. Main cast: Caua Reymond, Caroline Abras, Joao Miguel, Luiza MarianeCuriously pertinent in light of ...
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Dir: Kenny Ortega. US. 2008. 109 mins.Testing the maxim that happiness can't be contrived, High School Musical 3: Senior Year sets off a joy bomb, and attempts to charm tween audiences through an explosion of primary colours, bright production design and sheer, indefatigable force of will. The first film in ...
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Max Payne
Dir: John Moore. US. 2008. 100 mins.As shiny and hollow as its used shell cases, Max Payne doesn't have much to offer beyond a recycled noir attitude and a progressively violent story that plays out rather predictably. Based on the popular video game of the same name, this action-thriller starring ...
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ReviewsSkin
Dir: Anthony Fabian. 2008. UK/South Africa. 107 mins .Telling the extraordinary true story of Sandra Laing, a woman born black to white parents in 1955 South Africa, Skin is a moving film which illustrates the impact of apartheid on a single family unit.Boasting a measured and harrowing central performance from ...
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Sex Drive
Dir Sean Anders. US. 2008. 108 mins A raunchy title and some gross-out gags have earned Sex Drive an R rating in the US, but deep down this teen comedy from Summit Entertainment is a sweet-natured and likeable coming-of-age tale that recalls the feel of the American Pie movies. Though ...
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Quarantine
Dir: John Eric Dowdle. US. 2008. 89 mins.A remake of the 2007 Spanish cult hit [Rec], Quarantine is a passably-engaging claustrophobic horror told entirely via hand-held footage shot by one of its characters (a la Cloverfield or Blair Witch). The story - about a television reporter who accompanies a group ...
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Body Of Lies
Dir: Ridley Scott. US. 2008. 129 mins.Ridley Scott employs all his cinematic tricks to craft a heart-thumping action thriller in Body Of Lies, which blends thematic elements of Syriana, Rendition and The Kingdom and then churns them through a high octane Bourne blender. More gripping to watch in the moment ...