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  • Ang Lee's adaptation of the Booker prize winning novel is as spiritual, riveting and faith affirming as the source but with a visual edge that only the best of cinema can offer.

    Life of Pi

    Ang Lee's adaptation of the Booker prize winning novel is as spiritual, riveting and faith affirming as the source but with a visual edge that only the best of cinema can offer.

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  • Life Of Pi makes for a phenomenal time at the cinema, chiefly due to the director’s mastery over the medium.

    Life Of Pi

    Life Of Pi makes for a phenomenal time at the cinema, chiefly due to the director’s mastery over the medium.

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  • Hitchcock isn't so much about the life of the famed director as it is a behind the scenes looking at the making of Psycho, but despite this, makes for light, breezy viewing resting on the shoulders of it's formidable leads.

    Hitchcock

    Hitchcock isn't so much about the life of the famed director as it is a behind the scenes looking at the making of Psycho, but despite this, makes for light, breezy viewing resting on the shoulders of it's formidable leads.

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  • For a crime drama set during the 2008 financial meltdown, Killing Them Softly is filled with dry wit and moments of twisted humour.

    Killing Them Softly

    For a crime drama set during the 2008 financial meltdown, Killing Them Softly is filled with dry wit and moments of twisted humour.

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  • Trouble with the curve relies on our association of Eastwood’s persona as the grumpy, cantankerous grandfatherly figure with a heart, but doesn’t have enough meat in its script to merit bringing the actor out of retirement.

    Trouble With The Curve

    Trouble with the curve relies on our association of Eastwood’s persona as the grumpy, cantankerous grandfatherly figure with a heart, but doesn’t have enough meat in its script to merit bringing the actor out of retirement.

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  • Argo continues Affleck's desire to explore the thriller genre in purely conventional ways without breaking new ground as he did with his debut.

    Argo

    Argo continues Affleck's desire to explore the thriller genre in purely conventional ways without breaking new ground as he did with his debut.

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  • Silver Linings Playbook returns David O. Russell to his madcap comedy roots with a bittersweet relationship dramedy.

    Silver Linings Playbook

    Silver Linings Playbook returns David O. Russell to his madcap comedy roots with a bittersweet relationship dramedy.

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  • With some well-timed moments of sheer fright, Sinister is the type of horror film you watch by peeping through your fingers.

    Sinister

    With some well-timed moments of sheer fright, Sinister is the type of horror film you watch by peeping through your fingers.

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  • Wreck-It Ralph could have carried the Pixar badge with pride, but the fact that it comes from Disney makes it all the more impressive.

    Wreck-It Ralph

    Wreck-It Ralph could have carried the Pixar badge with pride, but the fact that it comes from Disney makes it all the more impressive.

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  • Under Sam Mendes' direction, Skyfall makes permanent, long lasting changes to both characters alike and the mythology as a whole. This is the best modern Bond film.

    Skyfall

    Under Sam Mendes' direction, Skyfall makes permanent, long lasting changes to both characters alike and the mythology as a whole. This is the best modern Bond film.

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