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MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT2
Glittering performance
Opens June 29, 2017
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Synopsis and stars
Shining a bright light on a corner of Australia best left in the dark, it’s unlikely the Coolgardie Tourist Board will be showing this film anytime soon. An hour outside Kalgoorlie is the dusty intersection of Coolgardie and its now infamous watering hole. The ‘woofer’ bar staff, two good time girls from Britain, have done their stint and are being replaced by a couple of Finnish backpackers. We know the newbies are in trouble from the start, if the publican’s request for sheilas with looks and tits above hospitality skills is anything to go by. It is: he’s a monster and the Finns have no idea what they’re letting themselves in for. So starts this challenging fly-on-the-wall documentary about outback life inside the Hotel Coolgardie. The rough-as-guts reality of this small community of one thousand deadbeats and alcoholics is exactly what you’d expect, with only the occasional diamond glinting in the recesses of a coal black town. Eyes wide in horror, the Finns plan their escape while navigating a cavalcade of grotesques, by night and day, and it’s not as easy as it sounds. This nightmare of a story, the lovechild of Sylvania Waters and Wolf Creek, transfixes like a cobra in a car crash to show there’s more than one way to kill a backpacker in the outback. // COLIN FRASER
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HOTEL COOLGARDIE
Rough as guts
Opens June 15
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WILSON
Sub-par
Opens May 25
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DON’T TELL
Brilliant
Opens May 18
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WHITELEY
An impressive portrayal
Opens May 11
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THE MUMMY
What were they thinking?
Opens June 8
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NORMAN
Inscrutable…enigmatic
Opens May 25
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KING ARTHUR:
LEGEND OF THE SWORD
Enough to give you a headache
Opens May 18
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NERUDA
Poetic
Opens May 25
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THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Complex…emotional
Opens May 25
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JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2
Disappoints
Opens May 18
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VICEROY’S HOUSE
Bouyant
Opens May 18
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