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The Other Man
Under-developed romantic mystery with Liam Neason. The 85 minute running time took forever.
10th Jul 2010
Read more 2 star reviewsInception
Mind boggling thrills with a brain - thoroughly entertaining and original, with top notch performances.
10th Jul 2010
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Enemy of the State
This conspiracy thriller is aging well and is still the highlight on Tony Scott's showreel.
6th Jul 2010
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Pearl Harbour
Michael Bay turns it up to 11 in his unsubtle, entertaining, bombastic epic.
4th Jul 2010
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Land of the Lost
Unadventurous, misdirected action comedy vehicle with Will Ferrell reviving the throwback TV show.
4th Jul 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsSunshine Cleaning
Two sisters set up a crime scene cleaning business. Nice premise.... very, very slowly executed.
4th Jul 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsStar Trek
Disappointing reboot as the confusing plot points eat themselves again. Fake lensflare in every shot too.
4th Jul 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsDeath Race
No surprises from this over-confident futuristic car chase blood bath. Statham watchable as usual.
3rd Jul 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsCast Away
Tom Hanks' solitary performance lifts this Hollywood take on Robinson Crusoe out of the ordinary.
30th Jun 2010
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We Were Soldiers
Randall Wallace's ambitious start-of-the-Vietnam-war movie promises much but delivers cliches.
29th Jun 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsNobody Knows
Charming and touching tale of Japanese kids left at home alone. Even if it is torturously long.
28th Jun 2010
Read more 3 star reviewsMoon
Interesting and original - if not totally successful - sci-fi, with great performances from Sam Rockwell.
26th Jun 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsLet The Right One In
Subtle, slow, stylish, Swedish, subtitled.
21st Jun 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsThe Punisher: War Zone
One of the thinnest plots I've ever seen. Like Neighbours does superheroes.
20th Jun 2010
Read more 1.5 star reviewsAngels & Demons
Surprisingly watchable science vs religion hokus pokus sequel/prequel from Tom Hanks and Ron Howard.
19th Jun 2010
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Casualties of War
A harrowing subject, rendered in a cliched and dated way - under the long shadow of Platoon.
Halliwell says: Simple minded, melodramatic account of a true incident.*
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19th Jun 2010
Read more 3 star reviewsSnatch
A little dated, but only by 'homage' to the original.
13th Jun 2010
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Public Enemies
The docu style and attention to detail are admirable, but the awful photography and music sink this.
6th Jun 2010
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The Wrestler
Assured, engaging performances from Aronofsky and Mickey Rourke in this tragic observational drama.
6th Jun 2010
Read more 4 star reviewsGrosse Point Blank
90's highlight from John Cusack, which has aged well. Funny and suspenseful with some great lines.
5th Jun 2010
Read more 4 star reviewsSex & the City 2
Shallow, literally offensive drivel, that's a lot more #2 than the first one, which I enjoyed..
30th May 2010
Read more 1 star reviewsTropic Thunder
Sometime amusing parody of every war movie ever. Great Tom Cruise cameo too.
28th May 2010
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Rachel Getting Married
Part laidback masterpiece, part wordy pretentious actor-led twaddle. I struggled to finish.
27th May 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsVicky Christina Barcelona
Woody Allen's paper thin romance owes a heavy debt to Whit Stillman's 'Barcelona'.
16th May 2010
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The Game
Always on the edge of unwatchable, Davd Fincher's paranoid thriller still got game.
16th May 2010
Read more 4 star reviewsWaltz With Bashir
Intriguing, animated drama-documentary about the 1982 Israel/Lebanon war.
16th May 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsState of Play
Thoughtful, thoroughly engaging reboot of the BBC show - with added papers vs blogs context. Excellent.
15th May 2010
Read more 4 star reviewsThief
An unlikeable and unsubtle performance from James Caan lets down this prototype Michael Mann action flick.
8th May 2010
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Gran Torino
Disappointing swansong for Clint's acting career, with any promise hamstringed by a v clumsy script.
27th Apr 2010
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He's Just Not That Into You
Well-paced group rom-com that may touch on a few home truths....
24th Apr 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsVanishing Point
Easy Rider crashes into a wall of cheese in this roadmovie classic, saved by a luxury HD transfer.
21st Apr 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsMilk
Slightly rambling gay rights bio, saved by good performances and art direction.
18th Apr 2010
Read more 3 star reviewsIn The Loop
Entertaining big-screen outing for 'The Thick Of It' crew, with added Tony Soprano.
13th Apr 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsThe International
Clive Owen channels his inner Bond in this corporate espionage thriller, saved by a good shootout
5th Apr 2010
Read more 3.5 star reviewsRevolutionary Road
Sumptuous, if rather hackneyed adaptation of Richard Yates' classic novel.
4th Apr 2010
Read more 3 star reviewsNick & Nora's Infinite Playlist
Plenty of musical cred in this teen romcom, but there's a lot of studio polish.
3rd Apr 2010
Read more 3 star reviewsWatchmen
Cinematic, sprawling, but ultimately disengaging superhero romp.
1st Apr 2010
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GI Joe
The Rise of Cobra
Surprisingly unterrible toy franchise action movie with some decent stars hamming it up.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsThe Time Traveller's Wife
Once again Eric Bana keeps finding himself without clothes. And this time he's married.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsZombieland
Amusing, US entry to the zom-com genre. What do you say Bill Murray?
1st Apr 2010
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500 Days of Summer
Well-observed indie rom-com, perfectly aimed at the GenrationX-er.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 4 star reviewsSurrogates
Predictable sci-fi hokum with a young and old Bruce Willis.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsTransformers 2
All the confusion and chaos of Transformers 1, but amped up to 11 and still stretched out to 150m.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 1.5 star reviewsUp In The Air
Original, thoughtful rom-com, with top notch Clooney.
1st Apr 2010
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Inglorious Basterds
Another over-long pretentious mess from Tarantino. Brad Pitt adds to the problem.
1st Apr 2010
Read more 2.5 star reviewsArmored
Security guards stage a heist. Nimrod Antal directs. Don't hold your breath for Predators to be any good.
1st Apr 2010
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Cutter's Way
Confusing, pretentious and wholly inadequate 80's 'detective' movie with Jeff Bridges..
Halliwell says: Heavy-going melodrama which tries very hard to be something more than a thriller, and manages only to imply that the world stinks; so it might as well have stuck to Philip Marlowe.
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26th Mar 2010
Read more 1 star reviewsWall-E
Typically flawless offering from Pixar, from the last-droid-on-Earth sub-genre.
8th Mar 2010
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