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Demolition Review

Andrew F Peirce Jul 11, 2016 6 min read
Films Reviews Chris Cooper Demolition Drama Jake Gyllenhaal Jean-Marc Vallèe Naomi Watts Revelation Film Festival Review

Welcome to Man Child: The Movie. Demolition is the latest film from Jean-Marc Vallèe - you may know him as the director who helped add an Oscar to Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto’s bathroom shelve…

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The Wailing (곡성/Goksung) Review

Andrew F Peirce Jul 4, 2016 3 min read
Films Reviews Do Won Kwak Foreign Language Foreign Language Film Hong-jin Na horror Hwan-hee Kim Jun Kunimara Korean cinema Review The Wailing

Trying to explain the intricacies of a fever dream to someone is as desperate and difficult to grasp as the loose strands of the dream itself. You start by telling about the naked woman standing outsi…

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Art of the Prank Review

Andrew F Peirce Jun 19, 2016 3 min read
Films Reviews documentary Joey Skaggs Revelation Film Festival Review

There’s something joyful about sitting down and watching a film that you have no prior knowledge of before it’s unveiled on the silver screen in front of you. There’s no pre-conceived notions as to wh…

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An (Sweet Bean) Review

Andrew F Peirce Jun 19, 2016 2 min read
Films Reviews Drama Food Japanese Cinema Japanese Film Kirin Kiri Kyara Uchida Masatoshi Nagae Naomi Kawase Review Sweet Bean

Films are just like food. They nourish, they enrich, they provide an energy you can't find anywhere else. Just like food, films follow a set of ingredients - you have a script, you add a director,…

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Warcraft Review

Andrew F Peirce Jun 7, 2016 5 min read
Films Reviews Dominic Cooper Duncan Jones fantasy Paula Patton Review Toby Kebbell Travis Fimmel Warcraft World of Warcraft

As Meat Loaf once sang, two out three aint bad. Except, maybe, when that third film in your oeuvre happens to be Warcraft. Duncan Jones had a good run, having made the notable sci-fi films Moon and So…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Review

Andrew F Peirce Jun 7, 2016 4 min read
Films Reviews comic book film Dave Green Jeremy Howard Megan Fox Michael Bay Noel Fisher Out of the Shadows Pete Ploszek Review Superhero films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tyler Perry

I’ve often criticised superhero films for resorting to using an ‘end of the world’ scenario as the climactic element of their story, or for including non-sensical elements or characters - and Teenage…

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Observance Review - A Low Budget Genre Flick That Needed More Time

Andrew F Peirce Jun 7, 2016 2 min read
Reviews australian cinema horror Joseph Sims-Dennett Lindsay Farris Observance Review Stephanie King Thriller

Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Contrary to popular belief, reviewers don’t enjoy giving films a bad review. I love Aust…

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Green Room Review

Andrew F Peirce May 21, 2016 3 min read
Reviews Drama gore Green Room horror Imogen Poots Jeremy Saulnier Patrick Stewart Review Thriller

Green Room is a brutal anxiety attack of a film. It heaves and explodes its way through a breathless ninety five minute run time, leaving you exhausted and shaken at the end. Where Blue Ruin hinted at…

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In Which Andrew Tells... Why Cinema Will Never Die.

Andrew F Peirce May 13, 2016 15 min read
Articles Cinema film home video IMAX Saving Private Ryan Sherpa Starship Troopers State of film Welcome to Woop Woop

In Which Andrew Tells… is a series of articles about a certain topic, film or event, where Andrew - the unlikely voice of reason - tells that particular topic, film or event a hard truth. Whether that…

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Review

Andrew F Peirce May 12, 2016 3 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Drama Glen Ficarra John Requa Margot Robbie Martin Freeman Review Tina Fey War Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

If there’s a running theme through the films of directing duo Glenn Ficara and John Requa, it’s that of characters finding their place in the world. Whether it be Jim Carrey’s con-man Steven Russell i…

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Bad Neighbours 2 Review

Andrew F Peirce May 5, 2016 3 min read
Films Reviews Chloe Grace Moretz Comedy Neigbors Nicholas Stoller Review Rose Byrne Seth Rogen Sorority Rising Zac Efron

Part of my excitement for going into the somewhat unexpected comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2 (as it's known in Australia) was getting to see the great on screen chemistry between leads Seth Rogen a…

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A Month of Sundays Review

Andrew F Peirce May 4, 2016 3 min read
Films Reviews australian cinema John Clarke Julia Blake Justine Clarke Matthew Saville Review

Frank Mollard (Anthony LaPaglia) is a real estate agent finding it difficult to sell a house at a reasonable price. One day he receives a call from someone claiming to be his mother - the only thing i…

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