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Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman Can't Save 'Australia'new
We're watching a great director working outside of his normal area of expertise, and while the results are not disastrous, they're uncomfortable.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-04-2008 |
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'Australia' is Worse Than You Thinknew
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Thank God.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
12-04-2008 |
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'Australia': Somewhere Over the Datelinenew
You don't have to have been raised on colonial Brit Lit, classic melodramas, Westerns, war movies, or Gone With the Wind to predict the likely outcome of Baz Luhrmann's Australia within its first 15 minutes, but any or all of the above will help.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-01-2008 |
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One Epic-Scale Story Isn't Enough for Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia'
If you've seen Luhrmann's films, Australia is exactly the kind of story you'd expect from him, painted on a canvas the size of a continent. Or more specifically, it's two of the kind of stories you'd expect from him.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-25-2008 |
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Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia' Disappoints
Its grandiose title might encourage visions of a sweeping epic romance but Baz Luhrmann's bloated and boisterous movie is little more than a computer-graphic assisted western that takes place over the period of a few months.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-24-2008 |
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Political Pranksters Invent the Art of 'Identity Correction'new
The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, developed Web sites like GWBush.com that people thought were real, then masqueraded as influential men to satirize the goals they despised.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
10-05-2004 |
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