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Posted at 10:36am Friday 17th May, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 The Master
Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams - Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Joaquin Phoenix is a returned world war two sailor, prone to violence, obsessed with sex like a naughty boy and seemingly unaware of his motivations. He is most likely suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Philip Seymour Hoffman is the Master, the head of a...
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Posted at 10:14am Friday 10th May, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 Beasts of the Southern Wild
Quvenhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly - Dir: Benh Zeitlin
Beasts of the Southern Wild was very much the little engine that could at this year’s Oscars. It was far and away the smallest-budgeted film nominated but, despite coming away empty handed there (it has won many other awards), the magical tale held its...
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Posted at 11:46am Friday 03rd May, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 Life of Pi
Ang Lee - Starring: Suraj Sharma, Ifran Khan, Adil Hussain
OK, I realise that despite it’s Oscar nominations this could be a hard sell. It’s a story largely set on a small boat at sea which contains a shipwrecked boy and a tiger. And it doesn’t star anyone you’ve ever heard of (unless you’re Indian). And it’s...
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Posted at 8:49am Friday 26th Apr, 2013 | By Winston Watusi
 RebellionMatthieu Kassovitz - Starring: Matthieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi
Matthieu Kassovitz made a big splash as both actor and director internationally with La Haine. But that gripping thriller was almost twenty years ago now and he has struggled to repeat its success. With Rebellion he once again sets himself amongst the first rank of...
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Posted at 10:22am Friday 19th Apr, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 Fresh MeatTemuera Morrison, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita - Dir: Danny Mulheron
I missed this homegrown action horror comedy at the movies as did – considering its box office take – most people. Which is a shame because I was completely blown away by its gleeful mix of sex, violence and kitsch Kiwi culture.It arrives with the same unselfconscious...
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Posted at 10:39am Friday 12th Apr, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 You’ve been TrumpedAnthony Baxter - Starring: Donald Trump, a bunch of ordinary folk
You’ve been Trumped is a riveting spectacle: a documentary front seat as Donald Trump bullies and manipulates his was into creating a golf course – inevitably it will be “the world’s greatest golf course” – on one of Scotland’s...
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Posted at 9:29am Friday 05th Apr, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 The Angels Share
Paul Brannigan, William Ruane, John Henshaw, - Dir: Ken Loach
I’ve long been a fan of left-wing political English director Ken Loach, whose work ranges from astute portraits of working class lives (Ladybird Ladybird, Raining Stones) to examinations of historical struggle (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Land and Freedom)...
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Posted at 10:25am Thursday 28th Mar, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 Skyfall
Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench - Dir: Sam Mendes
Due to its biffo box office bonanza, the largest ever for a Bond film, many have bandied around the words “Best Bond Eva”. I beg to differ. However, I do come from a generation who actually remembers going to see Sean Connery’s Bond at the cinema, so I may be biased....
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Posted at 10:04am Friday 22nd Mar, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 Game of Thrones Series 2
Peter Dinklage, Charles Dance, Maisie Williams - Dir: various
OKAY, so it’s not a film. But, with the imminent arrival of series 3 (kicking off on Sky’s Soho channel at the beginning of April, a mere 24 hours behind the US) anyone not yet in thrall of this magnificent fantasy epic should climb on board. Take the...
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Posted at 11:09am Friday 15th Mar, 2013 | By Winston Watusi Author
 The IntouchablesFrancois Cluzet, Omar Sy - Dir: Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Here’s a question: what’s the highest-grossing movie worldwide in a language other than English? The answer? This one. According to Wikipedia it has so far taken well over US$400 million and is still going strong.
And what a joy it...
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