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Predestination **** (2014, Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor) – Movie Review

Ethan Hawke stars as a time-travelling ‘temporal agent’ masquerading as a barman, who, as his final assignment, must pursue the one criminal who has eluded him throughout time. He is sent back in time to 1975 […]

Feb, 26

Flirting **** (1991, Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman) – Classic Movie Review 1795

Writer-director John Duigan’s engrossing, beautifully crafted, sharp-witted 1991 coming-of-age tale is set in Australia during the 1960s in the gothic oppressions of an Australian public boarding school for boys, who are at the mercy of […]

Nov, 01

Simon Magus **** (1999, Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Ian Holm, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1788

Writer-director Ben Hopkins’s 1999 film is a sincere, atmospheric and enjoyable if occasionally slightly plodding Jewish fable of old Silesia. There the lanky simpleton Simon Magus – nicely played by Noah Taylor (the youth from […]

Oct, 29

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *** (2005, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1613

Director Tim Burton’s 2005 version of the Roald Dahl family favourite is supremely sleek, tasteful, glossy and likeable, providing a great deal of pleasure if no real surprises. But, though it is attractive and appealing, […]

Aug, 31

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life *** (2003, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 972

Speed director Jan de Bont’s 2003 Lara Croft sequel proves more than the equal of the highly popular original, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). And Angelina Jolie proves even feistier the second time around as the […]

Mar, 23

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider *** (2001, Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig, Chris Barrie, Richard Johnson, Leslie Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 971

Director Simon West’s 2001 action adventure movie, based on the famous video game, sometimes struggles a bit but is always entertaining enough, though its most lasting legacy is that it turned Angelina Jolie into a […]

Mar, 23

Vanilla Sky *** (2001, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell) – Classic Movie Review 613

Tom Cruise’s fans are in for a bit of a shock. He’s disfigured and masked for much of this arty, romantic 2001 mystery movie that’s just as posh and smart but even duller than his […]

Jan, 02

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