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Battleship
Independence Day meets Pearl Harbour, in one of the best movies-based-on-a-toy ever.
23rd Feb 2013
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To The Wonder
The lights are on but nobody's home, as Terence Malick's stylish tone poem comes close to self-parody.
22nd Feb 2013
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Purple Rain
50% less acting than I remembered, but Prince's epic self-centred pop promo holds up surprisingly well.
22nd Feb 2013
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Pretentious, self consciously quirky Oscarbait that strangely fails to connect.
17th Feb 2013
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Avengers Assemble
Shallow, unmotivated superhero ensemble with the occasional thrill.
16th Feb 2013
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Peggy Sue Got Married
Interesting time travel companion to \#BTTF, held back by Coppola's pedestrian direction.
Halliwell says: It plays like and extended Twilight Zone, but with plenty of interesting details to back up and excellent leading performance.**
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15th Feb 2013
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Live Free Or Die Hard
Diluted actioner with plenty of decent moments + appalling finale.
15th Feb 2013
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The Artist
Classy, post modern love letter to cinema, that's a couple of reels too long and not as subtle as 'Hugo'.
10th Feb 2013
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The Iron Lady
Kaleidoscopic, meandering wander down a well trodden path of Mrs Thatcher anecdotes and impressions.
9th Feb 2013
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The Decoy Bride
Shockingly pedestrian Scottish tourist board turkey, squandering some semi-decent talent.
8th Feb 2013
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Contraband
Effortless smuggling thriller with Marky Mark on auto-pilot. Not \#TheOtherGuys.
8th Feb 2013
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Wanderlust
Anaemic hippie comedy, with a sub-par turn out from that Paul Rudd that we like.
2nd Feb 2013
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The Dictator
Ali G delivers this generations 'Coming To America'. You'll be embarrassed to find yourself laughing.
1st Feb 2013
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Zero Dark Thirty
Slightly self-important and shapeless wander through the post-war on terror landscape.
31st Jan 2013
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The Grey
Stylish direction, cinematography and music help elevate this otherwise standard man vs nature movie.
30th Jan 2013
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Unknown
Taken, with a dash of Total Recall in Liam Neeson's amnesiac thriller.
28th Jan 2013
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Sound Of My Voice
Stylish, tightly written DIY indie sci-fi, with a cult leader claiming to be from the future.
25th Jan 2013
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The Bourne Legacy
Decent franchise expansion with plenty of thrills, but we've seen it all before.
25th Jan 2013
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Il Futuro
Italian drama with an orphaned teen moving her life forward. Rutger Hauer plays a retired 60s action star.
24th Jan 2013
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The Spectacular Now
Booze-tinged coming of age drama about moving your life forward. Semi-spectacular.
24th Jan 2013
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Computer Chess
Hilarious period comedy, with a load of great performances and a lot of LOLs. Highly recommended.
22nd Jan 2013
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Upstream Color
Brilliant, complex, layered humanist sci-fi. In a world of its own.
21st Jan 2013
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The Meteor
Disappointingly unambitious French-Canadian experimental drama. More experiments please.
20th Jan 2013
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Kill List
Original, strangely paced thriller, that veers off course and heads into fucked up territory.
18th Jan 2013
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Safety Not Guaranteed
Engaging, low key, time travel comedy drama, with a raft of well-written characters.
18th Jan 2013
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Blue Valentine
Decent character study that gets bogged down in predictable anti-plotting and self-importance.
13th Jan 2013
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Chain Reaction
Sub-Fugitive chase/conspiracy, from that guy that made The Fugitive. With added science and Keanu.
13th Jan 2013
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Another Earth
Spectacular low budget sci-fi that builds a touching human story in front of a high-concept backdrop.
12th Jan 2013
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Dark City
Self-important Matrix precursor - equally full of faux philosophical mumbo jumbo.
8th Jan 2013
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The Muppets
Well pitched, post-modern reboot, with added Brettie - so be warned, it is an actual musical.
6th Jan 2013
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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Engaging niche documentary, featuring a punk who's-who of talking heads.
3rd Jan 2013
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Desperately Seeking Susan
A great story helps carry this career-launching slice of 80s New York cool briskly along.
Halliwell says: Mildly diverting romantic mystery which could have been both funnier and more thrilling.*
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3rd Jan 2013
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The Descendants
Mellow, laid back Hawaiian dramedy - with a touching performance from a low-key George Clooney.
2nd Jan 2013
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Buried
Tense and inventive one-man thriller that piles on the suspense, but wears a little thin as you might expect.
1st Jan 2013
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Valley Girl
Influential teen-punk-rock-angst movie template. High on cred, low on plot.
31st Dec 2012
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What Just Happened?
Engaging, stylish black comedy with DeNiro on rare decent form. Great Bruce WIllis beard cameo.
31st Dec 2012
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Moon
Ambitious, stylish, old fashioned low-budget sci-fi that takes a while to find it's feet, but pays off nicely.
30th Dec 2012
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Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows
Noisy, shapeless sequel, sacrificing pace and clarity for style and set pieces.
30th Dec 2012
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The Sitter
Lame attempt to modernise the brat pack movies of the 80s. Light on LOLs.
29th Dec 2012
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2046
Incomprehensible, semi-futuristic rehash from Wong Kar Wai, who is seemingly out of fresh ideas and fading fast.
29th Dec 2012
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Foul Play
Chevy almost plays it straight in this late 70s comedy-thriller, while Goldie Hawn does the screwball.
Halliwell says: Sometimes sprightly, sometimes tired rehash of Hitchcock elements, rather on the level of the similar Silver Streak.*
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28th Dec 2012
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Bad Santa
Unflinchingly depraved Xmas comedy, with a career-defining performance of Lebowski-esque proportions.
27th Dec 2012
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It's A Wonderful Life
Inspiring, slow-burning sentimental Christmas classic with vintage waterworks finale. \#BTTFII.
Halliwell says: Superbly assembled small-town comedy drama in a fantasy framework; arguably Capra's best and most typical work.****
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26th Dec 2012
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The Adventures of Tintin
Spielberg brings a bit of mo-cap Indiana Jones action to the Belgian man-child.
26th Dec 2012
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Hugo
Touching homage to cinema from that guy that did Goodfellas, tucked away behind a broad brushstrokes kids film.
25th Dec 2012
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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Tepid dud, sacrificing tension for coincidence and cheap laughs via Simon Pegg.
21st Dec 2012
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Seven
The edgy extremities may have worn with time but David Fincher's masterpiece still packs an accomplished punch.
16th Dec 2012
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Safe House
Decent coming-of-age CIA thriller, despite the usual OTT Denzel Washington.
15th Dec 2012
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In The Mood For Love
Another retread of the usual WKW themes compensated by great art direction and cinematography.
9th Dec 2012
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Timecrimes
Ingenious Spanish thriller that ties itself up in all kinds of knots.
6th Dec 2012
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