Oscars 2012

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  Brave: 3D [Blu-Ray]

  Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2012

  Bookending Brave, the latest animated Pixar offering, are brief, seemingly tagged-on voiceovers about the nature of destiny and fate as som...

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  The Invisible War

  Kirby Dick

  PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2012

  As Kirby Dick's latest contribution to the world of documentary begins, we are treated to a host of archival public service announcements p...

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  Hitchcock

  Sacha Gervasi

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2012

  On the surface, Hitchcock tells the engrossing behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic Psycho, but that merely provides the ba...

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  Silver Linings Playbook

  David O. Russell

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2012

  David O. Russell makes a welcome return to quirky, psychological relationship comedy after the assured, but pandering Oscar-baiting of The...

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  Life of Pi

  Ang Lee

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2012

  Consistently dazzling, even when his bold vision falters in execution, Ang Lee (The Ice Storm, Hulk) is the perfect director to translate Y...

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  Chasing Ice

  Jeff Orlowski

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  There's something formulaic about starting a film by showing a slew of archival news clips showing various right-wing pundits, the likes of...

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  Lincoln

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  It's not a coincidence that Spielberg's overwhelmingly didactic and expository, cinematically limited, biopic about Abraham Lincoln and the...

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  Skyfall

  Sam Mendes

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  Later on in the 23rd instalment of the ever-expanding Bond franchise, Agent 007 (Daniel Craig) and his stoic, often blithe handler, M (Judi...