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Paper Planes *** (2014, Ed Oxenbould, Sam Worthington, Julian Dennison, David Wenham, Terry Norris, Deborah Mailman) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Robert Connolly’s Aussie children’s film is sweet, charming, likeable, touching – and just plain darned nice. That’s a hard trick to pull off these days, and so is its story about a young Australian boy’s passion for flight […]

Oct, 22

Everest **½ (2015, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Robin Wright) – Movie Review

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (The Deep, Two Guns) tells the old, old tale of man going up against mountain and coming up against a huge obstacle. But what is the story? His 1996 real-life scenario (in a […]

Sep, 17

Kidnapping Mr Heineken ** (2015, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Kwanten) – Movie Review

Freddy Heineken: ‘There is two ways a man can be rich in this world. He can have a lot of money or he can have a lot of friends. But he cannot have both.’ Jim […]

Apr, 02

Cake ***½ (2014, Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington) – Movie Review

Jennifer Aniston can’t really win. Whenever she plays comedy or romcom which she’s so good at, everyone says she’s just coasting, still doing her schlep as Rachel in Friends. And if she does a serious […]

Feb, 19

Sabotage *** (2014, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams) – Movie Review

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as drug cop John ‘Breacher’ Wharton and Sam Worthington plays James ‘Monster’ Murray, two leading members of an elite DEA task force taken down one by one after they rob a vicious […]

May, 07

Avatar **** (2009, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, C C H Pounder) – Classic Movie Review 577

Director James Cameron’s 2009 fantasy action adventure movie Avatar is the highest grossing film in history. It won three Oscars, for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Art Direction and Cinematography, acknowledging its incredible state-of-the-art images. Six […]

Dec, 27

Terminator Salvation *** (2009, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington) – Classic Movie Review 1444

It’s possible that teenage boys could find plenty to thrill over in this 2009 action sci-fi blockbuster. It’s virtues are that it’s entirely solid and seamless. But older audiences may find it all a bit soulless and predictable. […]

Sep, 20

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