NEVIL GIBSON – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Mutants battle at world’s end

Nevil Gibson — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 01:17:44 +0000

This year’s crop of comic book-based superhero blockbusters has so far proved disappointing, with the exception of the quirky Deadpool. The Marvel Universe is well out in front under the control of the Walt Disney studio. Its latest release, Captain America: Civil War, fared better than Warner Bros-DC Comics’ Batman v Superman. 20th Century Fox gained a slice of the action with Marvel’s X-Men characters. No doubt fans have their particular

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Allen lightens winter gloom

Nevil Gibson — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:52:57 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON The mid-winter international film festival is certainly the year’s highlight for serious filmgoers, but the fare can often be heavy going. So a new Woody Allen film comes as a welcome relief. His more recent films are little more than paper handkerchiefs — lots of talk, small cast and inexpensive locations. Of

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A romance that takes time

Nevil Gibson — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 02:56:04 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON All romance films need an element of fantasy, if only to sweeten the realities of everyday life. But too much fantasy can undermine the premise of a good story. The best can be huge hits, particularly with younger audiences, as the recent Twilight, Hunger Games and Divergent series demonstrate. But leaving aside

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Best year ever for Kiwi movies

Michael Otto — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 02:23:08 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON
The New Zealand feature film industry can take a bow for its best year ever. Not just for the number
released — at least 10 had decent cinema releases — but their quality. echo $variable;

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Movies could help your marriage

Michael Otto — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:00:16 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON Recent university research in the United States has studied the use of Hollywood movies in marriage counselling. The University of Rochester study found that couples who watched and talked about issues raised in movies like Steel Magnolias (1989) and Love Story (1970) were less likely to divorce or separate than couples in

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Appetiser served with spicy notes

Michael Otto — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:00:13 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON India is one of the world’s biggest film producing nations, but Bollywood’s prolific output doesn’t thrive beyond the Indian diaspora. For a period from independence to the 1960s, Western art film audiences appreciated the simple realism of Satyyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy and, in particular, Pather Panchali (1955). Interest in off-Bollywood films revived

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Revisiting Rome’s dolce vita

Michael Otto — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:24:21 +0000

by NEVIL GIBSON
The annual best foreign language film award in the Oscars is
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