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<description><![CDATA[Catch up on the latest films and theatre showing in the region. Read the critics' opinions, then have your say and give a star rating out of five.

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<title><![CDATA[Beware the return of Wog Boy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's surprising it took 10 years to make a sequel to The Wog Boy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 01:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Theatre review: The Walworth Farce]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Don't be deceived by title of The Walworth Farce. If you're expecting a light and fluffy piece of escapism, you will be challenged.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: Blind Side]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are two genres of films that, when done well, are consistently under-rated - comedies and heart-warming films.
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Theatre review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Making a play about a mental institution interesting and audience-friendly is no easy task but Wollongong Workshop Theatre's latest production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest manages to do just that.
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Theatre review: Pennies From Kevin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Any concerns you may have that our prime minister is too bland for satire are misplaced in The Wharf Review's latest offering.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Theatre review: Boy From Oz]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Watching Roo Theatre's production of the Boy from Oz was like being reacquainted with an old friend as viewers are guaranteed to fall back in love with the music of visionary performer Peter Allen.
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Avatar film review]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bambi meets Alien in a riot of colour in James Cameron's long awaited new movie.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Twilight: New Moon film review]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga, New Moon, seem more anaemic than ever.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Britney Spears puts on a big-top pop show]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[How silly, if not downright dumb, are those frothing in manufactured outrage over Britney Spears not singing live?]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review - Capitalism: A Love Story]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary that shows the best and worst of Michael Moore.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: Up]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest Pixar movie makes you want to believe that anything is possible, writes GLEN HUMPHRIES.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Left short-changed by Public Enemies]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, Johnny Depp is actually pretty dull as John Dillinger in Public Enemies, writes Glen Humphries.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: Land of the Lost]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Will Ferrell, Danny McBride and Anna Friel star in Land of the Lost which, as it happens, is a lost cause, says Glen Humphries.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: The Proposal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A clever script and the natural flow of stars Bullock and Reynolds make this film a delight to watch, writes Katelin McInerney.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: Terminator Salvation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By far the weakest in the Terminator franchise, Salvation lacks the balance of tension and humour that made the others such a success, says Glen Humphries.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:18:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Kahlil Ashanti in Basic Training ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kahlil Ashanti commands the stage in a lively and very physical performance, says Eileen Mulligan.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:12:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: a tale of innocence lost]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It was an indication of the quality of this film that, even though Glen Humphries knew how it ended, the final few minutes were still devastating.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 06:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy Virtue not so hard to watch]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Aussie Stephan Elliott returns with Easy Virtue, a lavish 1920s fish out of water tale.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Film review: Let The Right One In]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Let The Right One In is a more honest, spooky and bloody vampire film than the runaway hit Twilight, says Glen Humphries. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[39 Steps plays it for plenty of laughs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy a little silliness, The 39 Steps will make you laugh, writes Kilmeny Adie.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
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