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Russell Baillie

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 61% 4/4 “It's simply terrific, a sometimes breathlessly exciting, constantly surprising, frequently funny, high-action adventure, which even manages a surprisingly affecting romance. ” – New Zealand Herald Apr 21, 2025 Full Review Godzilla (2014) 76% 3.5/5 “This Godzilla manages to rise above its human flaws, and become the massive modern monster movie it needs to be.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) 86% 4/5 “What resonates is the movie's love story, one which is essentially about a very old, very married couple.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) 50% 2.5/5 “So much of this feels like deja vu.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 92% 4/5 “It's one to lose yourself in.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Noah (2014) 75% 4/5 “On the whole, Noah is a mad captivating trip. And yes, it's the best movie about boatbuilding and livestock export you are likely to see for a very long time.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 90% 4/5 “One of the smarter and more entertaining Marvel movies of the era.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 92% 5/5 “It's a bleak tale of a less-than-loveable loser. But the combined effect of songs, lead performance and period detail make it one of the best, most heartfelt Coen movies yet.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Non-Stop (2014) 62% 2.5/5 “It all might sound bit Fly Hard and director Collet-Serra does make good use of the claustrophobic cabin confines, even if he cheats on the in-flight physics later on. But his tech-Hitchcock whodunnit doesn't sustain.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) 55% 3/5 “The main characters and the performances behind them are nicely pitched.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 74% “If the finale is exhausting, for the most part the first half of The Desolation of Smaug is invigorating and frequently exhilarating.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Captain Phillips (2013) 93% 4/5 “If, at the beginning, Hanks seems suitably cast as yet another ordinary guy thrown into extraordinary circumstances, by the end, it's become an emotionally riveting performance.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Beyond the Edge (2013) 69% 4.5/5 “Just as she did with her great The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, director Leanne Pooley's work neatly refreshes our appreciation of a local legend.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Prisoners (2013) 81% 3.5/5 “Jackman's aggrieved dad is impressive. But Gyllenhaal's Loki, facial tics, unexplained tattoos and all is, oddly, the more believable.” – New Zealand Herald Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Moonlight (2016) 98% 4.5/5 “This may be a movie that is keeping it real for most of its time on screen but in the end, Moonlight fair glows with possibility and hope.” – New Zealand Herald Jan 19, 2017 Full Review The Catch (2017) 2.5/5 “The Catch can't quite hook one's attention.” – New Zealand Herald Jan 5, 2017 Full Review Moana (2016) 95% 3.5/5 “Apart from those occasional dull patches, it is enjoyable.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 22, 2016 Full Review A Man Called Ove (2015) 91% 3.5/5 “A Man Called Ove is both dourly funny and affecting. A bad-mood feel-good movie.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 22, 2016 Full Review La La Land (2016) 91% 5/5 “A clever, perfect film.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 22, 2016 Full Review The Young Offenders (2016) 100% 3.5/5 “It's got a heart, particularly in the scenes between the boys and their respective single parents, and it's got an amusingly recognisable portrayal of adolescent male friendship and the entertaining, embarrassing stupidity that can result from it.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 14, 2016 Full Review Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 84% 4/5 “It also works as its own stand-alone film. One which, despite some lumpy pacing in its first half, turns out to be possibly the best Star Wars war film of the bunch.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 14, 2016 Full Review Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) 21% 1.5/5 “Say this about the Underworld movies: Like the vampires they are populated with, they sure do stick around. This dull heap of action-fantasy mediocrity, one which wants to be Game of Fangs, is the fifth.” – New Zealand Herald Dec 2, 2016 Full Review Allied (2016) 60% 3/5 “Allied's strong sense of dj vu sure makes it look nice. But it sure doesn't help make it a great film.” – New Zealand Herald Nov 29, 2016 Full Review The Neon Demon (2016) 59% 2.5/5 “[It's] a blood-soaked, macabre and initially fascinating film. One where style made sure substance never got the invite to attend, then takes over the whole mad -- and maddeningly slow -- shebang.” – New Zealand Herald Nov 29, 2016 Full Review The Founder (2016) 80% 3/5 “It's a bland movie that becomes less great American business saga, more mildly engaging, mildly uncomplimentary Kroc biopic.” – New Zealand Herald Nov 29, 2016 Full Review
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