Recent reviews

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  The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Dec 2016

  Doc about four nice chaps with some intimate footage that gives you an insight into their 'brotherhood'. This film has made a big impact on the slightly older generation as an evocative reliving of their youth. Great catch up on what Beatle mania was, and meant for the boys. As such, a good story.

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  Australia 2008

  ★★★ Watched 10 Dec 2016

  Cliched feature of a wealthy English woman (Kidman) suddenly finding herself in charge of a farm in Outback Australia, challenging the local political hierarchy single-handedly with the help of a friend (Jackman). Surprisingly dramatic supporting score before Luhrman discovered that music in a film can stand on its own (Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge).

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  Lion 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Dec 2016

  Treating an important issue looking at 1 of 80.000 children that disappear on the streets of India each year. Good for a debut feature also touching on the complications of adopting children ('who always come with a history') but oh so heavy on the sentimental score.

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