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Film DVD Review

Australia

by Jesse Hassenger

[12.Mar.09] :. As far as films go, this one's rather like a fleeting romance that wants to be a torrid affair.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!

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If ‘Australia’ renews your interest in the land Down Under, dive into these DVDs

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers]

[4.Dec.08] :. With director Baz Luhrmann’s epic “Australia” inspiring theatergoers worldwide with what the Aussie tourist board hopes is the sting of Outback wanderlust, it recalls 30 years ago...

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Hugh Jackman brings epic sexiness to film epic ‘Australia’

by David Hiltbrand [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[26.Nov.08] :. “Australia,” the audacious epic from visionary director Baz Luhrmann, is being hailed as the Pacific “Gone With the Wind.” The movie’s scintillating star, Hugh Jackman,...

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Film Review

Australia

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Nov.08] :. Australia is both an epic and a post-epic epic: it understands what's at stake in such spectacle-making and wants to show you that it knows.

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Short Ends and Leader

Australia

by Bill Gibron

[26.Nov.08] :. He’s been making movies since 1992. Yet in 16 years, he’s completed only four projects - 1992’s Strictly Ballroom, 1996’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo +...

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Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

 

The Curse of Company: Leo Magnets Joins a Gang

by Deanne Sole

[22.Jul.08] :. There are pop songs in here but most of them try not to stand out. A vehicle for wistful indie chic.

 

Various: Add to Friends

by Deanne Sole

[5.Oct.07] :. Like a sweet little ant that you don't want to step on.

 

V Festival feat. Pixies, Beck, Nouvelle Vague, Gnarls Barkley, Jarvis Cocker, and Phoenix

by Nick Gunn

[20.Apr.07] :. PopMatters' Nick Gunn takes on the crowds and craziness, to find out what happens when Virgin's V Festival pops up down under.