New Releases
Here you will find an in-depth guide to new films. The Skinny offers synopsis and reviews of the latest film releases.
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New ReleasesVicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is ostensibly the tale of two young American women spending a summer in Barcelona. Vicky, played by Reb... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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Bolt
Facing inevitable comparisons, Disney’s latest offering has aspired to Pixar’s style, and with a shared creative umbrella, Bolt’s 3D visual... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
New ReleasesDoubt
"The dragon is hungry." Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) thus describes Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), principal of St Nicholas School in the Bronx. Fo... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
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Valkyrie
What do Bryan Singer and Spinal Tap have in common? They like it loud. Really loud. Valkyrie turns it up to 11 as it opens with a deafening mix of explosi... Read more »| 23 Jan 2009 -
New ReleasesRachel Getting Married
"I've been a nightmare, you've been a saint." So announces Kym, the young failure of a New England family. Her dramatic statement comes during the rehearsal ... Read more »| 16 Jan 2009 -
New ReleasesBetter Things
The cynic might argue that the British film industry appears to have been kept afloat in recent decades on a raft of social realism. And while directors such... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009
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Looking for Eric
Eric Bishop is a lost postman who has begun to feel that events around him are running out of control. For one, there are his unruly stepsons and on top of ... Read more »| 15 Jan 2009 -
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Not Quite Hollywood
The history of Australian films is the history of girls walking around rocks, dingoes stealing babies and Jenny Agutter in a pool of water. At least it is if... Read more »| 14 Jan 2009 -
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Frost/Nixon
The words “I’m not a crook” are forever associated with Richard M. Nixon. As Frank Langella plays him in Ron Howard’s wry drama abou... Read more »| 12 Jan 2009 -
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The Wrestler
After years in the wilderness, Mickey Rourke makes the comeback of the decade as an ageing wrestler in a powerful and uplifting drama. Randy The Ram is decad... Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
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Slumdog Millionaire
If you can put all desire for realism to one side you’ll find Slumdog Millionaire an enjoyable enough fantasy romp. For fantasy is what it is; having g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2009 -
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Defiance
This true story offers a fresh take on the war genre as we learn of three Jewish brothers who save hundreds of their countrymen from the Nazis during World W... Read more »| 01 Jan 2009 -
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Far North
Stunning landscapes and letterbox cinematography might link Far North with civilisation dramas like the admirable Mongol and the abysmal 10,000BC, but Asif K... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
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Lost and Delirious
A brief synopsis of Lost and Delirious suggests “The Rampage of the Cliché Monster”: a coming-of-age tale set in an all girls’ boarding school, the story fo... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
New ReleasesThe Secret Life of Bees
In The Secret Life of Bees, Lily, as portrayed by Dakota Fanning, is a 14-year-old girl searching for someone to nurture her in the absence of her deceased m... Read more »| 05 Dec 2008