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Rated M, 2 hrs 21 mins All Canberra cinemas Review by © Jane Freebury 4.5 Stars The final frontier gets rather mixed treatment from Hollywood. The studios…
Review by © Jane Freebury 3.5 Stars Screening at Palace Electric This romantic reboot for two who could have done better in life is based on a book…
Review by © Jane Freebury Somehow or other, the South African-American actress Charlize Theron is able to switch between the most intimate of stories, like this one, Tully,…
Reviewed by © Jane Freebury A modest 74 minutes long, this new documentary from local filmmaker Jennifer Peedom, is actually one continuous montage of fabulous, indomitable mountains…
Review by © Jane Freebury Not too many monarchs appear on screen in foetal pose, the way the King of Norway does in early scenes in this wartime…
Review by © Jane Freebury For a road trip to work, so much depends on who you are with. So, if you’re thinking of being the third party…
Review © by Jane Freebury With films about perception, memory, and fluctuating identity, Christopher Nolan has carved out a very particular space for himself on the big screen….
Review © Jane Freebury The title doesn’t give much away. Just that it’s about the wartime leader,…
Review © Jane Freebury Is peace between former enemies possible while the horror of war still haunts them? The process certainly gets complicated in the latest…
Reviewed by Jane Freebury If Irreplaceable, the original title of this genial tale seems a bit over-stated, the title for English speaking audiences, The Country Doctor,…
Review by © Jane Freebury The films of writer-director Asghar Farhadi are taut, tense, obliquely scripted and immaculately performed. His latest film in similar vein…
Review by © Jane Freebury The film of the popular novel by Craig Silvey is not so much about Jasper. It’s about his loyal, younger friend during…
My Cousin Rachel Handsome, lush, gorgeous to look at and not nearly as over the top as the trailer suggests. Romantic obsession has been plausibly updated,…
© by Jane Freebury Of all the titles to choose for a film about a man facing his premature demise, Truman takes its name from a saggy, baggy…
Review © Jane Freebury Just before 9/11, the Boston Globe was about to publish revelations of long-term and systematic child sexual abuse by rogue priests in…
Review © Jane Freebury Finding a space on screens crowded with cataclysm and ultra-violent action, in an industry that waits for no one, the new Mad Max has…
Review by © Jane Freebury The Iron Giant, based loosely on a story written by the late Ted Hughes, former poet laureate, and directed by Brad Bird who…