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Surveillance
Centurion
Brutal, bloody, basic, Roman soldier romp with Michael Fassbender and Dominic West.
5th May 2011
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The Lookout
Convoluted, post-Memento heist movie with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Freeze-frame ending.
1st May 2011
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The Scouting Book For Boys
Beautifully shot but disappointingly underdeveloped, over-serious UK indie flick.
29th Apr 2011
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Mindless derivative actioner ...though the tone is often more 'Life of Brian' than 'Gladiator'.
28th Apr 2011
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As Tears Go By
Early WKW movie with only Maggie Cheung and a cantopop-Berlin-cover montage hinting at later skills.
25th Apr 2011
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Cemetery Junction
Well-trodden but effective coming of age movie from the Reading suburbs of the 1970's.
24th Apr 2011
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Adam
Touching if over-stretched Asperger's drama with Rose Byrne.
24th Apr 2011
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Whip It!
Touching coming of age roller derby chick flick, with some serious indie cred. Impeccable soundtrack too.
22nd Apr 2011
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Thor
Another needless 3D comic book epic ...from the invisible hand of Kenneth Branagh. Saved by humor and Natalie P.
19th Apr 2011
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Low
C'Mon
Not as dazzling as Great Destroyer but this puts them firmly back on track after subpar Drums And Guns
19th Apr 2011
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Foo Fighters
Wasting Light
Despite the near death metal opening, album 7 veers more towards classic 70s rock.
18th Apr 2011
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From Paris With Love
Travolta Besson = shallow, thoughtless action, offering little more than slow-mo Kung-Fu.
17th Apr 2011
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Greenberg
Stylish, but slow and borderline pretentious indie drama with barely any likeable characters. Good OST.
17th Apr 2011
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Whip It!
Pacy roller derby fun from Drew Barrymore. Ellen Page great again, punchy soundtrack, warm, wise teen life .
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17th Apr 2011
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The Vaccines
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
The new Strokes? Err no. The new Editors? Very possibly. So so
17th Apr 2011
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Radiohead
Supercollider/The Butcher
More minimal techno to pad out/compliment Limbs. Builds to little but great.
17th Apr 2011
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London Boulevard
Utterly derivative star-studded London gangster nonsense. Thought William Monahan had a better rep.
16th Apr 2011
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Extract
Slight, amiable, if slightly miscast comedy from the guy that made Beavis and Butthead. With Jason Bateman.
15th Apr 2011
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Atmosphere
The Family Sign
Disappontingly down beat new one form Slug and Co. Lacks all the bump of before.
15th Apr 2011
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Baraka
Spectacular 65mm film, beautifully restored, HD re-release of Ron Fricke's touching, hypnotic visual poem.
14th Apr 2011
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Let Me In
Sombre, moody vampire horror that effectively clones the Swedish original with little alteration.
13th Apr 2011
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Primer
Underdeveloped and underfunded, though still brilliant low-key time travel indie sci-fi movie.
13th Apr 2011
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Jackass 3D
More borderline homo-erotica from Knoxville & crew. Viewer discretion is advised.
13th Apr 2011
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The Other Guys
Will Ferrell brings his A Game in this LOL-packed stupido comedy.
13th Apr 2011
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My Morning Jacket
Circuital (Single)
One last cigarette for MMJ, but fortunately they rolled their own. Evil Urges+3
12th Apr 2011
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all the stuff on YouTube so far
Big wild Manc take on Arcade Fire's big sound; looking fwd to proper album .
11th Apr 2011
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The Next Three Days
Unsubtle and hollywood-ized, but still entertaining remake of French escape thriller 'Pour Elle'.
8th Apr 2011
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The Fighter
Predictable boxing flick with none of the tension, depth or subtlety of Raging Bull or $1M Baby.
8th Apr 2011
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Moon Duo
Mazes
Driving Krautrock, hypnotic rhythms, dark guitars but with touches of clarity previously missing
3rd Apr 2011
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Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Belong
As before retro haze over breathy vocals, but now with added muscle, perfect 4stars
2nd Apr 2011
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Pharoahe Monch
W.A.R
Tight and gloriously clever rhymes spat over earth shattering beats, pure class, end of
2nd Apr 2011
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Coldcut Journey's By DJs
Dug this classic out today. 70 mins of pure genius mixing. Highlight is King Of The Beats
30th Mar 2011
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Miller's Crossing
Prototype Coen Brothers flick, showing buckets of promise but lacking their later sophistication.
Halliwell says: Sombre, solidly made thriller, directed with a macabre skill.**
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29th Mar 2011
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TVOTR
Caffeinated Consciousness
INXS Guns In The Sky meets RCHP chorus (in a good way) looking fwd to the album
28th Mar 2011
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The Veils
Troubles of the Brain EP
Killer EP that returns the band to toe-tapping Nux Vomica standard ...or better.
28th Mar 2011
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The Book Of Eli
Decent post apocalypse thriller. Main Q: how does Denzel's iPod 4.0 survive 30 years? Mine died after 3.
28th Mar 2011
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Battles
Ice Cream
Locked-down, driving mathrock now w bonus vocals
28th Mar 2011
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Crazy / Beautiful
Disappointingly unambitious 00s version of 'Some Kind of Wonderful', with added potential insanity.
27th Mar 2011
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Robin Hood
$155m of utterly shapeless shambles as an occasionally scouse Robin plods through a revisionist Sherwood
26th Mar 2011
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Brothers
Powerful post-war drama from Jim Sheridan with intense perfomances from Toby Maguire and Donnie Darko.
26th Mar 2011
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Eddie Vedder
Longing To Belong
Slight, but not insignificant new single from the PJ front man. Ukulele-heavy.
21st Mar 2011
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Attack The Block
Decent small-scale London alien invasion from Joe Cornish. Weed jokes, gore and punchy soundtrack. Allow.
21st Mar 2011
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Black Swan
Amazing cinematography and art direction style out this hammy horror romp. White = good. Black = bad.
21st Mar 2011
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Righteous Kill
De Niro/Pacino as NYC cop partners chasing serial killer/bad poet. Routine.
21st Mar 2011
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The Brothers Bloom
Messy conmen ramble. Disappointing entry from Rian "Brick" Johnson .
20th Mar 2011
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Kick-Ass
Disappointing, predictable, DIY superhero movie. Not big enough in budget or ambition to better the big boys.
20th Mar 2011
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Cop Land
Brilliant modern western, built around the basics of good story, good direction and great performances
19th Mar 2011
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The Strokes
Angles
Harmless fluff as the band regress away from their adventurous 3rd album.
18th Mar 2011
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
Endless, shapeless biopic of the 70's West German terrorist group. Lacking in suspense.
9th Mar 2011
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The Square
Effective, old school film noir - set in suburban Australia.
8th Mar 2011
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