Guardian Unlimited yesterday demonstrated the growing ubiquity of Flight of the Conchords with the caption to an article about business travel to Dubai. It’s business time, indeed.
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2008-09-29 10:45
"... deserves to be seen on a giant screen, as befitting the giant landscape and giant story."
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2008-09-28 12:15
"... It’s the lack of ambition that I find so disheartening ..."
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2008-09-27 10:25
"... Wilson really doesn’t have enough presence to carry the film but he’s likeable enough ..."
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2008-09-26 18:00
"... designed to appeal to cro-magnons who still believe that computers are inherently malevolent self-perpetuating pseudo-organisms and that the US Dept of Defence would invent an all-powerful, surveillance super-computer that you can’t switch off at the wall."
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2008-09-25 11:45
"... let down by poor direction and some odd post-production decisions ..."
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2008-09-22 15:00
"It was perhaps a little too long for the restless pre-schoolers I shared a screening with, but for anyone and everyone else I whole-heartedly recommend it."
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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
2008-09-21 17:00
"I can’t understand why teenage girls would want to be portrayed as such shallow, tedious, screeching harpies."
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
2008-09-15 12:45
"It's what we used to call a romp and is so stuffed with 'stuff' that it’s hard to argue that you don't get your money's worth, even if it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans."
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2008-09-14 21:00
"There are plenty of secrets to choose from, and one of the pleasures of the film is trying to work out which one is the secret of the title."
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
2008-09-14 16:00
"... still more of a side-show stunt than a test of the artistic potential of the technology."
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2008-09-01 20:30
"... has some stylistic choices that I might not have made but the heart and intelligence of the filmmmakers shine through."
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2008-08-31 13:00
"I was quite moved by this film, but then maybe I'm just a big sook."
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2008-08-18 20:00
"The pressures on China from all directions are keenly felt in this film, which will tell you more about that part of the world than three weeks of Olympic Games.The pressures on China from all directions are keenly felt in this film, which will tell you more about that part of the world than three weeks of Olympic Games."
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2008-08-11 18:10
"A richly detailed screenplay supports the clever structure and the film ends on a perfectly satisfying note."
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2008-08-07 18:45
"I’m sure there is a lot in there to reward a patient and attentive viewer but, apart from watching one of the great modern screen actors at work, I couldn’t find it."
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
2008-08-04 18:00
"... needs more pacy direction and snappier cutting to really come to life ..."
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2008-07-28 11:00
"It is disappointing that Nolan’s vision of Gotham City from the first film seems to have faded. Instead of the hyper-modern city in disrepair we got last time, now it looks like plain old modern day New York crossed with Chicago crossed with Toronto, and I guess that was one of the sacrifices made in the decision to ditch digital but the city itself is well short on atmosphere."
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2008-07-23 11:30
"I'd need to see it again before making the call about 'masterpiece' or not, but it certainly felt like that, standing numb in the Wellington rain after the Film Festival screening."
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2008-07-18 11:15
"Only the cutest animals and most colourful plants got through the auditions and Patrick Stewart plays the Morgan Freeman part as narrator."
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2008-07-13 16:00
"All the ABBA hits are performed with considerable karaoke-style energy from the mostly non-singers and Streep provides a lesson for the likes of Robert De Niro that when you take on a frothy commercial comedy you don’t have to leave your talent in your trailer."
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2008-07-06 19:00
"It's a classic good guy/bad guy set-up and you'll be as manipulated as any 8-bit Mario, but it's a lot of fun."
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4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (2007)
2008-03-22 19:15
"As close to perfect as makes no difference."
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