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Film Review

Roxburgh excels in gripping thriller based on true story

The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller based on the true story of Australian foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt in 2013. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Dickens’ retelling of the Jesus story for kids a pleasure for the whole family

“The King of Kings” is an animated version of the story of our Lord Jesus Christ as told by Charles Dickens and seen through the eyes of a child. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Moving account of Ireland’s Dickensian Magdalene laundries

“Small Things Like These” is a historical drama that focuses on the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, where physical abuse was rampant, and young Irish girls working in the laundries were abused. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Reimagining of Homer’s magnum opus a gripping drama

With its serious dialogue, pauses and intense drama, The Return plays something like an opera without the singing and music. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Bob Trevino likes it and so will you

In “Bob Trevino Likes It”, a lonely woman accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centred father. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Pastor, spy, assassin: Portrait of one of the great Christians of the 20th century

Bonhoeffer is a portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, widely considered one of the great Christian figures of the 20th century for his stance against Nazi fascism, which ultimately led to his death. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Loving family negotiates horrors of Brazil’s military rule

I’m Still Here, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, was quietly engrossing and superbly acted. Torres as the wife Eunice who wouldn’t give up her search for her ‘disappeared’ husband Rubens (Mello), a local congressman and architect, was superb. Source: Australian Catholics.

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An invitation to rediscover the Saint of Kolkata

In “Mother Teresa and Me”, two women’s lives are woven over generations by two intertwined stories. Source: Australian Catholics.

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Ignorance the perfect companion for this adventure

At the end of watching the sci-fi thriller “Companion”, this reviewer was very happy to have had no prior knowledge of what the film was about or what it was like. Source: Australian Catholics.