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Movie news, reviews and discussion from Dan Slevin, gentleman, of Silverstream

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Celebrating 20 years: Picks of the years

Two decades of end-of-year summaries summarised.

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Celebrating 20 years: The Whale

The Whale (Chisholm/Parfit, 2011) is available on DVD from Aro Street Video.

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Celebrating 20 years: The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life (Malick, 2010) is available as a digital rental.

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Celebrating 20 years: A Very Rancho Christmas

Rancho Notorious was (and may yet be again) a fun film and TV podcast recorded live in Wellington NZ.

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Celebrating 20 years: Day one

L'enfer (Tanovic, 2005) is a DVD rental from Aro Street Video.

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Something to watch tonight: Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos

Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (Gibney, 2024) is streaming on HBO Max.

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Something to watch tonight: State of Grace

State of Grace (Joanou, 1990) is available on 4K UHD from Imprint/ViaVision.

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Something to watch tonight: The Quiet Earth

The Quiet Earth (Murphy, 1985) is a digital rental on AroVision.

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Something to watch tonight: Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War (Nichols, 2007) is streaming on Netflix.

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Something to watch tonight: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Puiu, 2005) is streaming on Kanopy.

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Recent releases: Disclosure Day, Masters of the Universe, Backrooms, The Christophers, Scary Movie and Glenrothan

All of these were in cinemas once upon a time.

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Something to watch tonight: District 9

District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) is a digital rental in Aotearoa NZ.

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