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In The Loop

Article published 15th Jan 10
Format: Cinema
Genre: Comedy
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In the Loop is based on the British political satire The Thick Of It, which has been dubbed the new Yes, Minister. But to paraphrase one character, In The Loop makes Yes, Minister "look like Angela Lansbury". The dialogue crackles with witty one-liners, pop-culture references and copious amounts of furious, creative swearing.

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The French Kissers

Article published 2nd Dec 09
Format: Cinema
Genre: Comedy
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France's answer to American Pie - Tarte Française, perhaps? - is adorable, excruciating fun, with a much more edgy indie feel than its trans-Atlantic counterpart. Director Riad Sattouf is a comic-book illustrator whose best-known work is The Secret Life of Youth, and his debut film's original French title was Beautiful Kids.

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Pictures Tell A Thousand Words: The Genius of Jacques Tati

What:
Pictures Tell A Thousand Words: The Genius of Jacques Tati

Where:
Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett St, City

When:
Until Nov 23

Tickets:
8410 0979

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Fromage. Champagne. Le weekend. RSVP. Baguette. The French are responsible for so much culture. D'accord? Those crazy Frenchies, they took mime, they owned it and they made it mainstream. Oui! After Buster Keaton came Jacques Tati. Tati then went on to become the French master of the fully orchestrated slapstick gag with appropriately placed slide whistle and hilarious results.

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Astro Boy

Article published 21st Oct 09
Format: Cinema
Genre: Animation
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The 1980s cartoon series based on Osamu Tezuka's manga was one of my formative pop-cultural experiences. I remember it being quite dark and existential. That, and Astro would regularly drop from the sky like a stone, moaning, "My energyyyy..." I've had mobiles with better battery life.

This plasticky CGI retelling gives Astro an improved power source - a mysterious blue bauble.

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Whatever Works

Article published 19th Oct 09
Format: Cinema
Genre: Drama
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Everytime Woody Allen makes a movie, critics either go, "A return to form for Woody Allen!" or "Woody Allen's finished as a filmmaker." After the elegiac Vicky Cristina Barcelona I wasn't expecting much, but Whatever Works touched my little black grinchy heart. I laughed myself silly.

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Macaframa

Article published 11th Sep 09
Format: DVD
Genre: Documentary
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Chain-rings. Stubs. Cranks. Seat posts. Stems. These words mean sweet jack-all to me. But if you're a fixed-gear rider, the quality of your rings, stubs, cranks and stems could be the difference between life and death. Call me crazy, but I'd say you're a sucker for the latter if your preferred bike is one with no breaks.

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