FILM REVIEWS
With John J McGowan

Since early 2005, Learning Works’s John J McGowan has reviewed a number of recently released movies, many of which are now coming out on DVD.

This alphabetical listing includes a rating for each film, together with links to the relevant month of broadcast in the Learning Works archives. Scroll down to the broadcast date to access most of the scripts (in pdf format) and most of the audiofiles (in mp3 format).

We trust that this will be a useful resource for Learning Works listeners in either checking out a current movie, or a recently released DVD.

Films

Date

Rating

A Good Year

04 Dec 06

A History of Violence

17 Apr 06

Angels and Demons

25 May 09

1.5 stars

Australia

15 Dec 08

2.5 stars

A Prairie Home Companion

30 Oct 06

Babel

12 Feb 07

5 stars

Batman Begins

01 Jul 05

Being Julia

15 Apr 05

Blood Diamond

23 Feb 07

Breach

28 Jul 07

 

Brokeback Mountain

13 Mar 06

Burn After Reading

10 Nov 08

Capote

13 Mar 06

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

23 Sep 05

Da Vinci Code

19 Jun 06

Give it a miss!

Déjà Vu

23 Feb 07

3 stars

Driving Lessons

28 Jul 07

 

Duplicity

04 May 09

1 star

Eight Below

19 Jun 06

Flags of our Fathers

04 Dec 06

Flashed Away

12 Feb 07

3 stars

Get Smart

21 Jul 08

Good Night and Good Luck

13 Mar 06

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

21 Jul 08

Into The Blue

28 Oct 05

I’ve Loved You So Long

02 Feb 09

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

10 Nov 09

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

15 Nov 05

Night at the Museum

12 Feb 07

3 stars

Robots

15 Apr 05

Slumdog Millionnaire

02 Mar 09

Snakes on a Plane

11 Sep 06

The Departed

04 Dec 06

The Devil Wears Prada

30 Oct 06

The Holiday

12 Feb 07

The Queen

12 Feb 07

3 stars

The Dark Knight

18 Aug 08

The Jane Austen Book Club

21 Jul 08

The World’s Fastest Indian

19 Jun 06

Tristram Shandy

31 Jul 06

Wall-E

13 Oct 08

War of the Worlds

05 Aug 05

 

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