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In Film Australia

In Film Australia is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Luke Buckmaster.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) Tara Judah Sure - it's dark and admittedly daft, but somewhere beneath its damaging depiction of the detritus of contemporary Australian culture lies a harsh historicality; an indubitable landscape, unpleasant and unforgiving.
Posted Jan 24, 2019  Edit critic review
Kiss or Kill (1997) Tara Judah Largely improvised to great effect, Kiss or Kill is a film that adheres to a classical narrative paradigm complete with plot causality whilst offering another level of reflection thereupon for a clued-in cine-literate audience.
Posted Jan 24, 2019  Edit critic review
Uninhabited (2010) Tara Judah Beautifully shot and incredibly atmospheric, but let down by too many stand out issues, Uninhabited is a film whose ambition outweighs entertainment.
Posted Jan 24, 2019  Edit critic review
100 Bloody Acres (2012) Luke Buckmaster On occasions the story takes desperate lurches into quickly abandoned new directions, often punctuated with comedic extremities not without their benefits.
Posted Jan 24, 2019  Edit critic review
Accidents Happen (2009) Tara Judah Accidents Happen is a credit to the Australian film industry...
Posted Jan 23, 2019  Edit critic review
Summer Coda (2010) Tara Judah Ultimately, Summer Coda fits the paradigm of a romantic drama.
Posted Jan 23, 2019  Edit critic review
Little Deaths (2007) Tara Judah Little Deaths is a technical mess at best.
Posted Jan 23, 2019  Edit critic review
Hawke (2010) Tara Judah Audiences are surely waiting eagerly for the next instalment which, no doubt grittier if gloomier, will get to the real turn of events in Australia's political history...
Posted Jan 23, 2019  Edit critic review
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Luke Buckmaster You don't hear the words "the magic of Tim Burton" much anymore, but here's a film that gives the label renewed currency.
Posted Sep 30, 2016  Edit critic review
The Great Gatsby (2013) Luke Buckmaster Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby cements his reputation as the quasi-intellectual's Michael Bay, who destroys things with glitter instead of Transformers.
Posted May 28, 2013  Edit critic review
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Luke Buckmaster The nerve centre of American political power is pulverised in Olympus Has Fallen. Whether it intended to or not, the movie represents a turning point for Hollywood blockbusters.
Posted Apr 18, 2013  Edit critic review
Housos Vs. Authority (2012) Luke Buckmaster Paul Fenech has been lobbing comedy grenades for eons. Whether he intended it or not, his latest movie is one of Australia's most brutal satires of lower class suburbia.
Posted Mar 13, 2013  Edit critic review
Movie 43 (2013) Luke Buckmaster Movie 43 has a great deal more on its mind than poo and fart jokes. More, in fact, than most comedies that come out of Hollywood, though the mauling its received over the last couple of weeks suggest a critic isn't supposed to say that.
Posted Feb 11, 2013  Edit critic review
Mental (2012) Luke Buckmaster Mental is mental too, temperamental and unconventional in bizarre and funny ways.
Posted Oct 07, 2012  Edit critic review
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010) Luke Buckmaster the heart warming clarion call for self-improvement that forms the core of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead - which turns out to be one of the most inspiring documentaries about healthy living ever made - comes as something of a surprise.
Posted Nov 27, 2011  Edit critic review
Moneyball (2011) Luke Buckmaster Bennett's direction, loaded with mid-shots and close-ups, is packed tight, with scant breathing space, the audience forced into spit distance proximity to the characters.
Posted Nov 17, 2011  Edit critic review
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) Luke Buckmaster This tremendously entertaining film moves like gangbusters and packs a hell of a punch.
Posted Aug 28, 2008  Edit critic review
Cactus (2008) Matt Ravier Cactus is elegant, restrained and coherent. It's a welcome addition to our national cinema, a solid, personal and accomplished film.
Posted Jun 08, 2008  Edit critic review
The Magician (2005) Luke Buckmaster The Magician is a colourful success: protagonist Ray Shoesmith (Ryan) is a fair-dinkum Aussie hit man, who radiates a raw and magnetic screen that feels enticingly un-cinematic
Posted Feb 24, 2008  Edit critic review
Rogue (2007) Luke Buckmaster Where's the blood, Greg? The severed limbs, the splattered brains? It's surprising that Hollywood moguls Harvey and Bob Weinstein, executive producers of Rogue, didn't insist on more of everything.
Posted Feb 24, 2008  Edit critic review
Dr. Plonk (2007) Luke Buckmaster Dr. Plonk could easily have been the kind of feature that should never have ran past short film format, but the unfolding of plot in this archaic visual language builds a tremendously entertaining rhythm
Posted Feb 24, 2008  Edit critic review
The Castle (1997) Luke Buckmaster It may be pretentious of me to label The Castle the funniest Australian comedy ever made, but that's probably not far from the truth.
Posted Feb 24, 2008  Edit critic review
Brilliant Lies (1996) Luke Buckmaster Director Richard Franklin and playwright David Williamson combined their considerable creative forces for Brilliant Lies - a tight, steamy, wordy drama/thriller
Posted Feb 24, 2008  Edit critic review
4/5
Control - Love Will Tear Us Apart (2007) Al Cossar Control, masterfully, is an actual story, interested in the emotionally complicated limbos of Curtis' marriage, affair and illness.
Posted Nov 07, 2007  Edit critic review
Noise (2008) Luke Buckmaster Noise is so many things at once: a quietly enlightening character piece, a social study of conscience and decency, a catch-the-killer police story.
Posted Oct 24, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Home Song Stories (2007) Al Cossar The Home Song Stories remains a high quality local production, providing layered, human drama with a personal story.
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
1/5
Ghost Rider (2007) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Feb 21, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Notes on a Scandal (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Feb 16, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Feb 02, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Volver (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Jan 31, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
The Valet (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Jan 10, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Blood Diamond (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Jan 10, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Manderlay (2005) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Dec 30, 2006  Edit critic review
3/5
Time to Leave (2005) Stephen Rowley
Posted Dec 30, 2006  Edit critic review
4/5
Casino Royale (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Dec 30, 2006  Edit critic review
3/5
Flushed Away (2006) Stephen Rowley
Posted Dec 30, 2006  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Eragon (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Dec 29, 2006  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Opal Dream (2005) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Nov 25, 2006  Edit critic review
4/5
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Nov 24, 2006  Edit critic review
4/5
The Prestige (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Nov 17, 2006  Edit critic review
2/5
A Good Year (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Nov 11, 2006  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Lady in the Water (2006) Avril Carruthers
Posted Oct 27, 2006  Edit critic review
4/5
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Oct 13, 2006  Edit critic review
1.5/5
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Oct 04, 2006  Edit critic review
1.5/5
D.O.A.: Dead or Alive (2006) Avril Carruthers
Posted Sep 23, 2006  Edit critic review
4/5
Thank You for Smoking (2005) Avril Carruthers
Posted Aug 30, 2006  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Clerks II (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Aug 30, 2006  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Miami Vice (2006) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Aug 23, 2006  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Brick (2005) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Aug 09, 2006  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hard Candy (2005) Luke Buckmaster
Posted Jul 19, 2006  Edit critic review
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