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Don Groves

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The Water Diviner (2014) 63% EDIT “Russell Crowe's directing debut is an entertaining albeit flawed drama-adventure set in the aftermath of one of the most infamous battles of World War I.” – Film Journal International Apr 20, 2015 Full Review Son of a Gun (2014) 63% EDIT “A talented cast is squandered in this derivative, far-fetched Australian crime action- thriller which misfired on home soil.” – Film Journal International Jan 22, 2015 Full Review Predestination (2014) 84% EDIT “Intelligent and thought-provoking, [Predestination] works effectively on most levels despite numerous and occasionally confusing leaps in logic and eras,” – Film Journal International Jan 7, 2015 Full Review Tracks (2013) 83% EDIT “Ably supported by Adam Driver, Mia Wasikowska commands the screen in John Curran's superbly photographed drama based on a true story.” – Film Journal International Sep 18, 2014 Full Review The Railway Man (2013) 67% EDIT “The result is an old-fashioned war film with echoes of The Bridge on the River Kwai, melded with a stirring story of truth, reconciliation and healing. Only a hardhearted cynic would be unmoved.” – Film Journal International Apr 7, 2014 Full Review The Rocket (2013) 95% EDIT “...an immaculately crafted, visually stunning and affecting rite-of-passage drama” – Film Journal International Jan 3, 2014 Full Review Drift (2013) 28% EDIT “The surfing sequences are impressively filmed, but on dry land the unexciting narrative plods along to a predictable conclusion.” – Film Journal International Aug 1, 2013 Full Review 100 Bloody Acres (2012) 76% EDIT “Brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes carry it off with a good deal of energy and style, providing just enough blood and guts to satisfy horror fans, leavened with a large dollop of black humor...” – Film Journal International Jun 27, 2013 Full Review Wish You Were Here (2012) 71% 4/5 EDIT “Joel Edgerton's emergence as a bona-fide international star should give this smart, slick Australian-produced thriller a reasonably high profile and potentially attract a bigger audience than Oz fare usually attracts in the US” – Film Journal International Jun 5, 2013 Full Review Saving General Yang (2013) 3/5 EDIT “Bloody tale of honour, revenge and sacrifice intermittently hits the target” – sbs.com.au Apr 2, 2013 Full Review Trance (2013) 68% 2/5 EDIT “Kinetic thriller about hypnosis is irritatingly befuddling, not mesmerising” – sbs.com.au Mar 21, 2013 Full Review Great Expectations (2012) 70% 2.5/5 EDIT “Remaking a literary and cinema classic can be a Dickens of a job.” – sbs.com.au Mar 7, 2013 Full Review Save Your Legs! (2012) 35% 2.5/5 EDIT “Tame Aussie bromantic comedy pushes no boundaries.” – sbs.com.au Feb 27, 2013 Full Review The Loneliest Planet (2011) 74% 2.5/5 EDIT “An elliptical, often baffling relationships drama about trust and reconciliation” – sbs.com.au Feb 26, 2013 Full Review Blinder (2013) 0% 2/5 EDIT “Australian footy-themed melodrama fumbles, kicks few goals.” – sbs.com.au Feb 20, 2013 Full Review Welcome Aboard (2012) 3.5/5 EDIT “Two lost, wounded souls repair their lives in affecting dramedy” – sbs.com.au Feb 18, 2013 Full Review Anna Karenina (2012) 63% 2.5/5 EDIT “Passion overwhelmed by heavily stylised theatrics.” – sbs.com.au Feb 1, 2013 Full Review The Impossible (2012) 81% 3/5 EDIT “South East Asian tsunami survival saga is a test of endurance” – sbs.com.au Jan 22, 2013 Full Review Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 91% 4.5/5 EDIT “Crackerjack thriller brilliantly chronicles the 10-year countdown to capturing bin Laden.” – sbs.com.au Jan 22, 2013 Full Review Liberal Arts (2012) 72% 4/5 EDIT “Learning life's lessons is a bittersweet experience in Josh Radnor's appealing film” – sbs.com.au Dec 5, 2012 Full Review Love Is All You Need (2012) 75% 3.5/5 EDIT “An appealing comic romance for and about folks of a certain age.” – sbs.com.au Dec 3, 2012 Full Review Back to 1942 (2012) 36% 3.5/5 EDIT “Chinese epic illuminates a dark chapter in its WWII history” – sbs.com.au Nov 19, 2012 Full Review Sons of Norway (2011) 4/5 EDIT “Funny, heart-warming and original tale of turbulent adolescence in 1970s Oslo.” – sbs.com.au Nov 15, 2012 Full Review All the Way Through Evening (2011) 4/5 EDIT “Moving, eloquent docu on the lives and music of AIDS victims.” – sbs.com.au Nov 14, 2012 Full Review Muirhouse (2012) 1.5/5 EDIT “Aussie ghost movie scares away audiences” – sbs.com.au Nov 9, 2012 Full Review
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