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Recent reviews

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  Magnolia 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Aug 2017

  Dat constant rising tension though...

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  Silence 2016

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2017

  “I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence?”

  For decades Martin Scorsese has been pushing the limits of the cinematic medium through evocative styling and directorial decisions as a channel for storytelling – so perhaps it’s telling that one of his greatest achievements is his new film, the understated, brooding, minimalistic Silence.

  In the 1630s, news reaches St Paul’s College, Macau that Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), a Portuguese Jesuit who had helped bring Christianity to the…

Popular reviews

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  Star Trek Beyond 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Jul 2016

  At some points the camera work becomes confusing, and there's lots of Trekky lore that I didn't pick up on as a ST noob. Otherwise it's a well-constructed, fun addition that works well both as part of the modern saga and as part of the larger universe.

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  Down Under 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Aug 2016

  How do you make a comedy about one of the darkest days in Australia’s history? Writer/Diretor Abe Forsythe tries to tackle the challenge with the Cronulla Riots in his latest film Down Under.

  It’s the day after the Cronulla riots and the suburb is still on edge. Shit-stick (Alexander England), a stoner who works at Blockbuster, is doing a terrible job teaching his cousin Evan (Chris Bunton) who has down-syndrome, how to drive. Shit-stick’s racist friend Jason (Damon Herriman) arrives,…