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Straw Dogs (2011): Dir. Rod Lurie
Feat. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard…; Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 film is bleached, but certainly not bettered in this nasty remake that goes for broke in the violence stakes,…
Suspicions of Mr Whicher, The (TV Mini-Series) (The Murder at Road Hill House) (2011): Dir. James Hawes
Feat. Paddy Considine, Peter Capaldi; Paddy Considine plays famed Scotland Yard inspector Jack Whicher in this fine Victoria era murder mystery; the series' first installment based on the…
Swerve (2011): Dir. Craig Lahiff
Feat. David Lyons, Jason Clarke, Emma Booth…; Tense outback–noir with a hapless witness to a fatal road accident finding himself in possession of a suitcase full of money and bad company.
Take Shelter (2011): Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham…; Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young family man questions whether to shelter his wife and daughter from the spectre of a coming storm,…
Texas Killing Fields (2011): Dir. Ami Canaan Mann
Feat. Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Grace Moretz…; Muddled, though distinctly helmed serial killer saga set amid the sticky marshlands of Texas City, where two stone–faced homicide detectives…
Thin Ice (The Convincer) (2011): Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup…; Another predictable, if satisfying tale of frigid small town crooks, with Greg Kinnear as a huckstering insurance salesman who hatches a plan to…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, John Hurt…; An enthralling, impeccably cast screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s quintessential cold war spy novel, centred on a retired George Smiley (Oldman)…
Trespass (2011): Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn…; A bloated Nic Cage cashes in yet another paycheck in this hysterically straight–faced thriller from serial hack Joel Schumacher. Sympathy is…
Twixt (2011): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Bruce Dern…; Silly, though intermittently stylish late Francis Ford Coppola piece, with Val Kilmer as an alcoholic horror novelist who is visited by a young ghost…
Underbelly - Season 5 (TV Mini-series) (Razor) (2011): Feat. Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston-Crayford, Felix Williamson; The latest in the Underbelly franchise again features a strong Kiwi (and female) flavour, with Danielle Cormack and Chelsie Preston–Crayford…

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