The Bet is beautifully shot with beautiful people in beautiful parts of Sydney. The film exudes a warm glow not usually associated with the corporate world of high finance and structured deals. Yet the quality of the story struggles to match that of the look, and ultimately places too much pressure on young actor Matthew […]
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It’s fresh, it’s fun and it’s family friendly – the first animated surfing mocumentary in history, and it might just start a new trend. Over the years, animators have had their favourite creatures: we’ve had swarms of insects and bugs, enough monsters and ogres to fill a castle, and now it seems to be penguins […]
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Evan Almighty is one of those films that, if you’ve seen the extended trailer, there’s really no need to go any further. You know the story, you get the concept and you’ve definitely seen all the laughs. Like Bruce Almighty its predecessor, Evan Almighty is a formulaic vehicle for some biblical jokes but it’s far […]
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