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25th Dec 2014

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Le Week-end

Talky, thought provoking middle aged comedy about dreams v life. Solid script from Hanif Kureishi.

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24th Dec 2014

Multiplicity

If you like Michael Keaton, you'll love this screwball comedy that doesn't really have a start or end.

24th Dec 2014

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Cinderella

Disney's flashy re-tread of Snow White, missing some of the charm but pushing forward animation technique.

Halliwell says: A feature cartoon rather short on inspiration, though with all Disney's solid virtues. The mice are lively and the villainous cat the best character.**

24th Dec 2014

Save The Date

Slight, middle-class, hipster dramedy - saved from disaster by some reliable casting.

23rd Dec 2014

Tarzan

Reasonable late-era Disney, enhanced/dated by a flamboyant Phil Collins soundtrack.

23rd Dec 2014

Cherry

Predictable indie drama. Following in the footsteps of 'Starlet', but with less style and originality.

23rd Dec 2014

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Genre-defining animation from Disney. Dated in some ways, but still full of style.

Halliwell says: Disney's first feature cartoon, a mammoth enterprise which no one in the business thought would work. The romantic leads were wishy-washy but the splendid songs and the marvellous comic and villainous characters turned the film into a world-wide box office bombshell which is almost as fresh today as when it was made.****

22nd Dec 2014

The Hunt

Intense, paranoid witch hunt. Thought provoking and intricately crafted, with many stand out performances.

19th Dec 2014

Felony

Underwhelming Aussie police thriller. A slim concept, padded out to feature length.

19th Dec 2014

Triangle

Laborious time loop thriller with many similarities to the far superior Timecrimes.

18th Dec 2014

Trailer Park: Knight of Cups

Trailer up for the next Terrence Mailick movie, "Knight of Cups". Bale looks bearabale for once and the movie itself looks like a change of direction after the rambling dullness of "To The Wonder". The movie will debut at the Berlin Film Festival in February.

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The Insider

Intense, paranoid drama about the tobacco industry. Super stylish, riveting and genuinely shocking.

12th Dec 2014

Labor Day

Powerful, stylish drama. Beautiful cinematography, anchored by strong performances and a solid script.

12th Dec 2014

The Hottest State

Heavy-handed coming-of-age movie that attempts to capture some of Linklater's charm.

12th Dec 2014

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Wes Anderson Presents: Star Wars Force Awakens Trailer

La force se réveille...

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I Origins

Compelling, stylish, indie-ish sci-fi. Laced with originality, if a little heavy handed in places.

5th Dec 2014

Predestination

Clunky time-travel-paradox yarn that telegraphs its beats well ahead of time.

5th Dec 2014

Escape From Tomorrow

Ambitious Disneyland-set indie flick, hampered by an un-engaging, creepy, surrealist script.

4th Dec 2014

Out Of The Furnace

Pretentious Deer Hunter clone, with Bale and Casey Affleck trying to out-mumble each other.

1st Dec 2014

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Trailer Park: Star Wars 7

The Millenium Falcon is looking pretty tasty in the new Star Wars trailer - and the X-Wings skimming across that lake are not too shabby either. Less so the comedy rolling robot, or the lame attempt to top Darth Maul's lightsaber.

"It's as good as the Phantom Menace trailer looked" - CJ

28th Nov 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Hummingbird

A low bodycount for Statham in this muddled macho-with-message effort from the Peaky Blinders guy.

25th Nov 2014

The Kings of Summer

Promising debut feature. Schizophrenic, with lots of nice touches, but not entirely successful.

24th Nov 2014

For Lovers Only

Inspiring arthouse pic from the Polish Brothers. Remarkably offhand et casual. A bit pretentious.

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20th Nov 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

Light-hearted sci-fi. Deftly handled, with a tone you rarely see these days.

19th Nov 2014

Biff Tannen FAQ

@TomWIlsonUSA got so sick of questions about Biff Tannen that he wrote and FAQ and even a song to address these burning issues.

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Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All

Nostalgic doc that doesn't avoid the realities of being pop punk pioneers. @Descendents.

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15th Nov 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Diminishing returns for those damn dirty apes, with none of the humanity of ROTPOTA.

13th Nov 2014

RoboCop

Stylish, irony-free remake - lifeless and hampered mainly by the badass cult reputation of the source.

13th Nov 2014

Trailer Park: Filmage - The Story of Descendents/All

The @Descendents documentary is finally out - an all-time CSF favourite band since they roared onto my music radar in the Santa Cruz skate film Street of Fire in 1987 ...though even that was after Milo got back from college.

Buy it now on iTunes (US) or direct from the film's website.

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9th Nov 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Interstellar

Convoluted, drawn out sci-fi, short on drama. A couple of decent moments, but thoroughly uneven.

7th Nov 2014

Nightcrawler

Electrifying modern thriller. Great script and a breakout turn from Donnie Darko. He's going to be big.

4th Nov 2014

Inside Llewyn Davis

Artful, considered entry from the Coen Brothers. Stylish, but essentially pretty un-engaging.

27th Oct 2014

Brokedown Palace

Poorly directed 90s teen version of Midnight Run. Tension free and utterly forgettable.

25th Oct 2014

The Signal

Slick, trippy indie sci-fi that asks a lot of questions, before tripping a bit too far.

20th Oct 2014

Action or Drama?

Not sure which of these two films to watch this weekend? I recommend the English langauge version. Not a burning skyscraper or rad dad hero in sight.

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17th Oct 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Goodbye World

Peters Friends meets the apocalypse in this small-scale indie, occasionally boxed in by scope.

17th Oct 2014

Spike Island

Sentimental trample through "Stone Roses - The Musical." Engaging by default.

13th Oct 2014

Gone Girl

Intriguing but drawn out mystery, clinically rendered by David Fincher.

10th Oct 2014

American Hustle

Muddled, derivative dressing up nonsense. Missing the touch of Scorsese, but rescued by De Niro.

9th Oct 2014

Promo Promo: TV on the Radio

Pee-wee enhanced video up for Happy Idiot, from the new TV on the Radio album Seeds, due on November 17th. Also check out Careful You, where Tunde barely scrapes through the Chimpomatic no-singing-in-French rule-of-thumb.

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7th Oct 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

Trailer Park: 21 Years of Richard Linklater

Doc coming about the 'underappreciated' Richard Linklater. Alright, alright, alright.

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