This Holiday Weekend: Australia, Transporter 3, Four Christmases

Australia
Baz Luhrmann returns with a lush and lengthy melodrama about an uptight British woman (Nicole Kidman) who comes to the magical land of Oz in search of a brain, while a rough and tumble drover (Hugh Jackman) helps her save her troubled cattle station and finds his heart along the way. Together, they form a bond with an aboriginal child named Nullah, who is simply hoping to find a home, and deal with the sudden devastation wrought on the city of Darwin by the Japanese during World War II.

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*****

Transporter 3
More automotive ass-kickery from expert transportation specialist Frank Martin (Jason Statham), who finds himself trapped in a car with a weird Russian girl and forced to participate in international ecological espionage by Prison Break’s Robert Knepper.

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*****

Four Christmases
A predictable and poorly-paced film rife with unfulfilled potential featuring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple who hates their families, yet are forced to endure a holiday gathering at each one of their parents’ homes.

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