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MOVIE 43

Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Peter Farrelly, Brett Ratner, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Elizabeth Banks, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrick Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan von Tullerkin Stars: Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Common, Will Sasso, Seth McFarlane, Mike Melman, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Live Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Chris Pratt, J [...]

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LES MISERABLES

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Hooper Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Daniel Huttlestone, Colm Wilkinson. Les Miserables is of course based on the epic novel written by Victor Hugo in 1862. There have been numerous dramatic film adaptations [...]

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RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Ramsey Stars: voices of Chris Pine, Alec Bladwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Dakota Goyo. Not to be confused with The Legend Of The Guardians – there are no owls here – Rise Of The Guardians is arguably one of the most ambitious animated films from the Dreamworks [...]

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REAL STEEL

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Shawn Levy Stars: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, James RebhornOlga Fonda, Karl Yune. Real Steel is essentially an adolescent boy’s fantasy movie about giant boxing robots. But thankfully it lacks the noise, chaos, extravagant visual effects and bombastic approach of Michael Bay’s Transformers [...]

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X2

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Brian Cox, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,  Alan Cumming, Kelly Hu, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Davison With the possible exception of Matrix Reloaded, X2 is the most eagerly anticipated sequel of the year. And the [...]

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PAPERBACK HERO

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Antony J Bowman Stars: Hugh Jackman, Claudia Karvan, Jeanie Drynan, Andrew S Gilbert, Angie Milliken, Bruce Venables. Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman) drives a road train across the Australian outback for a living. To fill in time during the long stretches of open road, he has written a novel, a mushy [...]

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ERSKINEVILLE KINGS

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alan White Stars: Marty Denniss, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Wholley, Aaron Blabey, Marin Mimica, Joel Edgerton, Leah Vandenberg. After a two year absence largely spent cutting cane in Australia’s remote north, Barky (Marty Denniss) reluctantly returns home for his father’s funeral, and walks into an emotionally charged encounter with his estranged [...]

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