Cate Blanchett’s sci-fi adventure is bizarre,yet watchable,claptrap
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Cate Blanchett’s sci-fi adventure is bizarre,yet watchable,claptrap

Why anyone thought the star’s role in this video game adaptation would appeal to the demographic is a mystery:there’s not much here for Tar or Carol fans.

  • byJake Wilson

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Cate Blanchett is the star,but first-time actor Aswan Reid shines
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Cate Blanchett is the star,but first-time actor Aswan Reid shines

Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy is so out of the ordinary that usual standards of judgment scarcely apply.

  • byJake Wilson
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