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Flick Picks with Nick

Comic strip hits screen

Posted: 02 Sep 10 | SCOTT Pilgrim vs The World is sure to be this year's strangest flick. Adapted from a popular graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley the film gets its title from the second novel in then series. |

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Jolie leads a spy thriller that's well worth its salt

Posted: 25 Aug 10 | SET in the present day, Salt is an impressive action-thriller. |

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It's third-rate tripe

Posted: 18 Aug 10 | ONCE in a lifetime there comes a film which truly inspires and helps you better understand the human condition. |

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The Expendables is our pick

Posted: 11 Aug 10 | Nicholas Mark and Nicholas Ryan look at five movies set for release this week. |

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No surprise in killer plot

Posted: 04 Aug 10 | THE film Killers is a pleasant date movie but it is not the best example of the thriller/romantic comedy. |

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Don't miss masterpiece Inception

Posted: 28 Jul 10 | THE film Inception is so brilliant that it is sure to cement director Christopher Nolan (The Prestige and The Dark Knight) as the modern Hollywood king of suspense and originality. |

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Good fun on a silly thrill ride

Posted: 21 Jul 10 | THE film Knight and Day is surprisingly entertaining despite having a nonsense title and a lead star who plays himself. |

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`Coat on, coat off'

Posted: 13 Jul 10 | THE new remake of The Karate Kid is an enchanting film that will please fans of the 1980s original and capture the hearts of teenagers in 2010. |

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Eclipse is a turkey - but a hot one

Posted: 07 Jul 10 | Eclipse is the third instalment of the Twilight series. |

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Shrek takes last bow

Posted: 30 Jun 10 | THE fourth and last offering in the Shrek series, Shrek Forever After, is based loosely on another Hollywood classic, It's A Wonderful Life. |

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Escaping into childhood bliss

Posted: 22 Jun 10 | THE third in the series, Toy Story 3 is a great movie. In fact, it is flawless. |

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Action-packed team effort

Posted: 16 Jun 10 | The A-Team is a high-octane remake of the 1980s TV series. |

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Those zany guys are back in Wog Boys 2

Posted: 10 Jun 10 | NICK Giannopoulos' latest addition to his Aussie-immigrant saga, Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos, is a welcome return for Australian comedy. |

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Prince of Persia: Sands of Time boasts adventure and magic

Posted: 01 Jun 10 | THE film, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, is a good old-fashioned fantasy adventure flick in the style of Raiders of the Lost Ark but set in the sixth century BC. |

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Pregnancy comedy fails to deliver fun

Posted: 27 May 10 | THE film The Back-up Plan is not a great movie. It's a J-Lo romantic comedy aimed squarely at women who are, or have been, pregnant. |

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Fighting Time in the Hood

Posted: 19 May 10 | DIRECTOR Ridley Scott's Robin Hood has no silver-tongued swashbuckling socialist bandit robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. |

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I Love You, Too 'has its moments'

Posted: 12 May 10 | THE Aussie romantic comedy I Love You, Too was written by comic Peter Helliar. |

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Downey Jr shines in Ironman 2

Posted: 05 May 10 | IT'S good to be back, says Robert Downey Jr's character Tony Stark and we know that we are up for another fast and fun feast of eye-boggling cinema with Iron Man 2. |

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When in Rome is no spellbinder

Posted: 28 Apr 10 | When in Rome is a decent chick flick which will satisfy a date night at the cinema. |

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Once a sapper, always a sapper

Posted: 21 Apr 10 | Set in trenches of the western front during World War I, Beneath Hill 60 tells an incredible Australian wartime story that has been unknown by most of us until now. |

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