Tomorrow In Eg

The Age

Thursday August 28, 2008

Jim Schembri, Philippa Hawker

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Rated M, general release 4/5

Designed more as an ear-shattering sensory assault than a conventional narrative, in this film director Guillermo Del Toro has ramped up the cheese by a factor of 10, pushing comedy into every scene and saturating the film with so many dazzling CG action sequences that it very nearly qualifies as an animated feature. -- JIM SCHEMBRI

Bonneville

Rated PG, selected release 1/5

Full of emotional false notes, bad dialogue and cardboard characters (Tom Skerritt pops up as a randy truck driving dude), the film should have been called Dullsville. -- JS

My Blueberry Nights

Rated M, Nova 3/5

Lovers of Hong Kong's Wong Kar-wai will find a mixture of pleasure and disappointment in his first English-language feature, a luscious, somewhat lightweight confection with strong performances from David Strathairn and Natalie Portman. -- PHILIPPA HAWKER

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