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5/5
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76%
|
Bombay Beach (2011) |
"
While candidly exploring the hard lives of the characters and their families, the film earns an extra star from some inspired moments of magical realism, with one scene involving a child, a fire engine and a Bob Dylan tune that'll make your spine tingle."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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|
5/5
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74%
|
Like Crazy (2011) |
"
[Jones] fulfils her promise as one of our most exciting talents in this wonderful little drama."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
This isn't just the best action film since Bourne, it also exudes the sort of flair and cool of a 60s Bond movie. A class act."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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|
5/5
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
British to its fingertips, from the cast to its terrifically droll sense of humour. Oh, and it's also pretty wonderful."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
76%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
Although this is more a psychological drama than a horror in the traditional sense, it possesses an ability to shock that most modern chillers can't touch."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
82%
|
TrollHunter (2011) |
"
One of the year's most blindingly brilliant films."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
74%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
This is one smart film from someone with a singular voice who knows their craft."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
As If I Am Not There (2010) |
"
Its unblinking look at sexual violence and degradation makes for exceptionally uneasy viewing, but it's a film that really should be seen."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 1, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
It's something old, something new, something borrowed and (cough) something very, very blue."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 23, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
The Flaw (2011) |
"
A film that informs and outrages in equal measure."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 3, 2011
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5/5
|
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The Pipe () |
"
An engrossing look at Irish villagers fighting Shell's plans to lay a gas pipeline through their local bay and common."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 3, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
"
It doesn't feel like a superhero movie, being more interested in the characters' struggling with their outsider status than KAPOW! moments. You don't get people this rounded in your standard Oscar flick."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 27, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Los ojos de Julia (Julia's Eyes) (2011) |
"
A masterclass in tension."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 20, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
Wake Wood (2011) |
"
Thoroughly unsettling from start to finish, Wake Wood will please horror fans with its muted palette, ominously creepy atmosphere and neat nods to the best of 70s British horror."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 25, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
Not since The Catcher In The Rye has there been such an acutely observed tragi-comedy about the horrors of being a teenager."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 18, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Neds (2011) |
"
A slathering, rabid beast of a movie, Neds is a hellish trip through 70s Glasgow as seen through the eyes of a teenage ne'er-do-well."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 21, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
While the film is near-perfect, it's a tribute to Portman that she outshines everyone else as the frail, brittle ballerina who is slowly but surely losing it."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 21, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
53%
|
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) |
"
A compelling mix of 70s-style conspiracy thriller, courtroom procedural and psychological drama..."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Nov 29, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Another Year (2010) |
"
[Leigh's] insight is as keen as ever, resulting in his best film in years."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Nov 5, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
Only those without a funnybone will fail to be seduced by its sheer verve, wit and charm."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 29, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
It gets no better than this."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 15, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Buried (2010) |
"
You don't have to be claustrophobic to find the entire enterprise thoroughly upsetting."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 1, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
60%
|
Frozen (2010) |
"
With believable characters, a real sense of terror and that terrific whatwould-you-do? plot, Frozen works on every level. A proper chiller."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 24, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
67%
|
The Karate Kid (2010) |
"
What should have been yet another unnecessary, not-as-good-as-the-original is actually miles, miles better."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Aug 3, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Toy Story 3 (2010) |
"
I doubt we'll see better all year."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
In a decade dominated by the three dreaded Rs of remakes, reimaginings and reboots comes a truly original blockbuster."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) |
"
Like Das Boot, only on caterpillar tracks, it's tense and claustrophobic, with the soldiers not gung-ho beefcakes but scared and doubtful young men who'd rather be anywhere else."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 14, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
76%
|
Kick-Ass (2010) |
"
More intelligent cinema-goers -- or perhaps just those who like their bloodshed well done -- will love every minute, relishing the jet-black humour and drinking in the Tom And Jerry-style violence."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Blur: No Distance Left to Run (2010) |
"
A celebration of music and friendship, and a document of the vacuousness of Cool Britannia, documentaries don't get any better."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
"
An emotionally draining but soul-stirring classic."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
75%
|
The Road (2009) |
"
What might be the feelbad film of the year makes an early but convincing claim to be the film of 2010."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009) |
"
Avatar truly is something else, a wondrously-detailed visual extravaganza quite unlike anything you've seen before."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
53%
|
Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) |
"
A near-perfect blend of looks and heart."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Nov 6, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
The Cove (2009) |
"
This documentary is also as well made as anything released all year, blending hard facts, cold scientific reason plus the thrills of a Hollywood spy movie to terrific effect."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 30, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Up (2009) |
"
So expertly put together, so beautifully written and filled with such brilliant and believable characters, it's no exaggeration to say we're in the throes of a golden age of animation not seen since Disney's heyday from the 1930s to the 1950s."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Oct 9, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) |
"
A mouth-wateringly magnificent comedy that's as good as any toon made in the last five years."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 18, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Fish Tank (2010) |
"
Fish Tank takes you to places you never expected and, with pitch-perfect performances all round, makes for a beguiling and very real picture that conjures hope amid the most hopeless of surroundings. The best British film of the year."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
While a solid actioner, what makes it so special is a human heart that propels this wham-bam sci-fi film straight into deepest six-star territory."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 4, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country) (2008) |
"
Burma VJ (Video Journal) is as gripping as any Hollywood thriller - and as heartbreaking as any weepie as we watch the celebratory mood that briefly blossomed in Rangoon give way to appalling violence."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
67%
|
Brüno (Bruno) (2009) |
"
One of the funniest things you'll ever see."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 10, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
68%
|
Public Enemies (2009) |
"
Shot in pin-sharp high-definition, this is one amazing-looking movie, where even the most ordinary scenes crackle with energy and suspense. As with Heat, Mann's made not just the crime drama of the year, but possibly of the decade too."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jul 3, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Sugar (2008) |
"
A compelling and compassionate stranger-in-a-strange-land drama, it's a film brimming with insight, integrity and life. I reckon we're looking at one of the films of 2009."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Jun 5, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Drag Me to Hell (2009) |
"
Drag Me To Hell really is an unmissable experience, the sort of film that those with nerves of steel will want to see again and again. Scary, electrifying and very, very funny, you won't know whether to laugh or barf."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 29, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"
The fact that it doesn't feel like a vampire flick at all makes it one of the best of its kind."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Apr 17, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
Tyson (2009) |
"
Prepare to be floored yourself as the retired boxer delivers an emotionally devastating and nakedly honest confession about his life, times and crimes."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Mar 27, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
77%
|
Appaloosa (2008) |
"
In all, it's a magnificent ride and certainly one of the finest films of the year."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Somers Town (2009) |
"
Sweet, poignant and with an undercurrent of wickedly funny humour, it's not just a total joy but one of those rare films that can be savoured again and again."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) |
"
Probably the best family film you'll see all year."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 4, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
Everyone's favourite arachnid returns in his slickest, smartest and darkest movie yet."
—
Daily Mirror [UK]
Posted May 4, 2007
|
63%
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96%
