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3/5
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83%
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Don Jon (2013) |
"
Gordon-Levitt shows promise as a director and his debut has bags of cinematic swagger."
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The List
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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4/5
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85%
|
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013) |
"
Delivers romance that will lift your heart and tragedy that will bring tears to your eyes, underscored by a soundtrack that will most definitely stir your soul."
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The List
Posted Oct 16, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
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Starred Up |
"
Starred Up gives you a good sharp shake and, in doing so, truly opens your eyes."
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The List
Posted Oct 16, 2013
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4/5
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95%
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Enough Said (2013) |
"
Enough Said is a match made in romantic comedy heaven - heart-warming and frequently hilarious."
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The List
Posted Oct 14, 2013
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3/5
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83%
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Prince Avalanche (2013) |
"
Funny, sad and sometimes strange, Prince Avalanche is an imperfect oddity that deserves an audience."
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The List
Posted Oct 11, 2013
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|
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98%
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Eyes Without a Face (1962) |
"
Georges Franju's monstrous masterpiece delivers horror sans face but with a huge heart."
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Little White Lies
Posted Oct 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
83%
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Mister John |
"
Mister John might have the ingredients of a mystery but it's just too much of a puzzler to be truly satisfying."
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The List
Posted Sep 25, 2013
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|
3/5
|
20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
Girl Most Likely is occasionally funny but it's a more formulaic film than you might expect from former documentarians."
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The List
Posted Sep 16, 2013
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|
3/5
|
57%
|
The Frozen Ground (2013) |
"
An odd mix of formulaic thriller and true-life story, resulting in something sporadically successful but often uninspired."
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The List
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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4/5
|
89%
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The World's End (2013) |
"
Wright directs with typical energy and effectively papers over an absence of plot."
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The List
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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4/5
|
86%
|
Easy Money (2012) |
"
Espinosa directs with nervous energy, combining blistering action with believable, sympathetic characters; this is assured, emotionally engaging stuff."
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The List
Posted Jul 17, 2013
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|
4/5
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
A riveting and accomplished story of animal cruelty, corporate irresponsibility and nature striking back. "
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The List
Posted Jul 16, 2013
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2/5
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72%
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Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
The action quickly becomes repetitive and del Toro and Travis Beacham's screenplay is so humourless and cliché-riddled that the cast buckle under the strain ..."
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The List
Posted Jul 11, 2013
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|
3/5
|
75%
|
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
"
If Despicable Me 2 feels like little more than spectacular silliness, it's hard not to admire a film with such a canny grasp of what its young audience wants."
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The List
Posted Jun 24, 2013
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|
3/5
|
56%
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Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Man of Steel is short on the super, heavy on the morals and hardly a bold reinvention - yet as an(other) introduction to the titular do-gooder, it just about flies."
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The List
Posted Jun 12, 2013
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|
2/5
|
38%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
Admission is disappointing rather than disastrous but it's desperately lacking in spark and individuality."
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The List
Posted Jun 11, 2013
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|
3/5
|
75%
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The East (2013) |
"
The writers never quite get under the skin of these characters, or fully to grips with the complexity of the situation."
—
The List
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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4/5
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71%
|
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) |
"
The King of Marvin Gardens reminds us of the diversity and dynamism of the New Hollywood movement. And how odd it is that a largely forgotten film should feel so utterly unforgettable."
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The List
Posted May 10, 2013
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2/5
|
——
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Cody the Robosapien (2013) |
"
Inspired by the titular toy, Robosapien combines CGI and live action with fairly banal results."
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Total Film
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
4/5
|
73%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
Simon Killer eschews easy answers and obvious characterisation and it's all the more impressive because of it."
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The List
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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|
3/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
An earnest, fundamentally likeable film which challenges us to question what we're told rather than calling us to arms."
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The List
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Evil Dead has ample cheap shocks and few bloodcurdling frights but it builds to something gorily bravura and, if that's your bag, you'll come away satisfied."
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The List
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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|
|
68%
|
The Spirit of '45 |
"
This is undeniably an admirable film but it would have benefited from a little more of the titular spirit."
—
The List
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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|
2/5
|
15%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
At best it's an intermittent assault on the senses but even that's not nearly as fun as it sounds."
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The List
Posted Feb 25, 2013
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|
3/5
|
66%
|
For Ellen (2012) |
"
Although little is explicitly stated, the characters' back-story is effectively communicated - yet it's difficult to truly care."
—
The List
Posted Feb 11, 2013
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|
1/5
|
4%
|
Movie 43 (2013) |
"
If this is the future of film-making then basically we're all doomed."
—
The List
Posted Jan 28, 2013
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|
2/5
|
67%
|
Dead Europe |
"
Stunning and moodily atmospheric but dramatically sketchy, Dead Europe gives a mere snapshot of a continent falling to pieces and ultimately fails to bring its intriguing personal story to life."
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The List
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Crossfire Hurricane |
"
Ultimately, by focusing on energetically edited footage of Stones at their musical peak, Morgen has made an immersive documentary that thoroughly entertains yet neglects to sufficiently enlighten."
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The List
Posted Oct 24, 2012
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|
4/5
|
83%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
A more purely entertaining film you'd be hard pressed to find; Seven Psychopaths is best enjoyed as an unabashed hell-raiser that's also bloody funny."
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The List
Posted Oct 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
Quartet tugs confidently on the heart strings with the residents' fragile health and painful memories."
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The List
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
This may be less flamboyant than some of Anderson's previous films but when it comes to complex, confounding drama he stands assuredly amongst the masters."
—
The List
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
A charming and gently moving film."
—
The List
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Radioman |
"
Features a celestial line-up of talking heads, with George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Matt Damon among the interviewees."
—
The List
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
91%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
El Hosaini shows sensitivity to character and has a fresh, fluid style which imbues what could've been grim reality with optimism."
—
The List
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Santa sangre (Holy Blood) (1990) |
"
Santa Sangre has ample affection for outcasts and much to say about religious hypocrisy."
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The List
Posted Sep 25, 2012
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|
4/5
|
70%
|
Keyhole (2012) |
"
Keyhole is an enchantment of chiaroscuro compositions which float across the screen like a dream; it's an acquired taste but pure cinema nevertheless."
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The List
Posted Sep 10, 2012
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|
3/5
|
17%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
That it triumphs, despite being a slave to formula, is squarely down to its uproarious banter, co-scripted by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and delivered with aplomb by an on-form ensemble."
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The List
Posted Aug 14, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Red Desert (1964) |
"
It seems fitting that every frame should be rich with sorrow."
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The List
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
34%
|
Lola Versus (2012) |
"
There's a distinct lack of individuality and insight and, appositely enough, if Lola Versus is about a woman floundering, as a film it can be accused of the same."
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The List
Posted Jul 27, 2012
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|
2/5
|
29%
|
Comes A Bright Day (2012) |
"
Ultimately, Comes a Bright Day offers insufficient excitement and - like its incompetent robbers - once it battens down those hatches the film has nowhere to go."
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The List
Posted Jul 16, 2012
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|
3/5
|
35%
|
The Players (Les infidèles) |
"
While not quite funny enough to cut it as pure comedy, nor emotionally probing enough to be a great drama, The Players is still a pleasingly frank and, at times, guiltily daft take on a very sticky subject."
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The List
Posted Jul 11, 2012
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3/5
|
68%
|
God Bless America (2012) |
"
Its jubilant anarchism intermittently excites, there's a smattering of well-executed gags and the cathartic violence set to euphoric tunes offers some (extremely) bad taste satisfaction."
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The List
Posted Jul 2, 2012
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|
2/5
|
56%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Feeble and cloying from midway to its final throes, it begins with a bang but - inappropriately for the scenario - goes out with a whimper."
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The List
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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|
2/5
|
82%
|
Fast Girls (2013) |
"
Devoid of anything daring, Fast Girls makes some of the right motions but never rises above its cash-in status."
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The List
Posted Jun 19, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Jaws (1975) |
"
The aquatic terror is deftly balanced with lively, likeable characterisations."
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The List
Posted Jun 13, 2012
|
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3/5
|
41%
|
Rock of Ages (2012) |
"
Rock of Ages is at best irresistibly idiotic and at worst brilliantly bad."
—
The List
Posted Jun 13, 2012
|
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3/5
|
92%
|
Himizu (2013) |
"
Its young leads are terrific, the ruined city is a fitting backdrop for mental obliteration and the wall-to-wall parental negligence references the behaviour of the disinterested elite."
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The List
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Although it fitfully drags, Sanders' confident handling of the sizable production means that overall it's an impressive debut."
—
The List
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
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4/5
|
87%
|
She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (2011) |
"
A courageous, periodically unsettling coming-of-age tale, She Monkeys is the arresting first feature from director Lisa Aschan."
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The List
Posted May 23, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
2 Days in New York (2012) |
"
With its hair-pulling, arse-baring and soul-selling it's often very funny and is certainly welcome respite from more saccharine takes on the subject matter."
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The List
Posted May 18, 2012
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