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4/5
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75%
|
House of Pleasures (2011) |
"
Seductive on the surface, steely underneath, this is an angry, fascinating, highly political film all wrapped up in costumed frilliness."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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2/5
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67%
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The 11th Hour (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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3/5
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
A committed and worthwhile celluloid version of a play so few of us really know."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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3/5
|
100%
|
Tatsumi () |
"
If Khoo's film doesn't amount to more than its parts, more often than not those parts are vivid and arresting."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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3/5
|
54%
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The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
Certainly, it's worth seeing and arguing over, but my personal take on Thatcher remains unchanged, Streep's virtuoso ministrations notwithstanding."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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5/5
|
83%
|
Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) |
"
Offers a Dickensian level of storytelling richness while unfurling the tangled personal history of a teenage boy seeking the truth about his parentage."
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Radio Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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2/5
|
33%
|
All Good Things (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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2/5
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
Efficient enough for newcomers perhaps, but never that chilling, and the predictably dull CGI underlines how far movie magic has regressed in the past couple of decades."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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3/5
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
If the end result doesn't quite manage to stir up the indignation Robinson obviously intends, it's still a creditable and very likeable offering."
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Radio Times
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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2/5
|
19%
|
Just Go with It (2011) |
"
The central conceit serves the new version well enough, despite the filmmakers' regrettable addition of sundry idiotic distractions."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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3/5
|
33%
|
For Colored Girls (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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Rollin' With the Nines (2006) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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—
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Yeui-eomneun geotdeul (No Mercy for the Rude) (2006) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
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2/5
|
55%
|
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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—
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32%
|
Pretty Persuasion (2005) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
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2/5
|
33%
|
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
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3/5
|
71%
|
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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4/5
|
91%
|
Tabloid (2011) |
"
This is a lighter, less significant work than his 'Standard Operating Procedure' or 'The Fog of War', but it's engrossing and pleasingly slippery with the facts."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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1/5
|
10%
|
Trespass (2011) |
"
As terrible movies go, it's not unentertaining - once you surrender to its trashmeister idiocy."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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3/5
|
68%
|
Tower Heist (2011) |
"
Puts a quality cast through their paces, alternates chuckles with spectacle and is pleasantly unpretentious with it."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 1, 2011
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3/5
|
89%
|
The Silence () |
"
Occasional lapses in credibility notwithstanding, it's still tense and unsettling fare that treads delicately through difficult territory that involves the abuse of children."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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4/5
|
93%
|
Midnight in Paris (2011) |
"
Bravo, monsieur Woody!"
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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|
|
81%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
Not without its flaws, Tyrannosaur is an auspicious start, and if Considine gains confidence from it, even better may lie ahead."
—
Sight and Sound
Posted Oct 11, 2011
|
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4/5
|
51%
|
Perfect Sense (2012) |
"
Thrillingly ambitious, ecstatically romantic, utterly unexpected."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 5, 2011
|
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2/5
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
It's very undemanding, though the enthusiastic granny bashing does provide a quantum of solace."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 5, 2011
|
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4/5
|
89%
|
George Harrison: Living In The Material World () |
"
Compendious and compassionate in equal measure, it's ultimately an affecting portrait."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 27, 2011
|
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2/5
|
46%
|
Soul Surfer (2011) |
"
A succession of would-be rousing clichés."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 21, 2011
|
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4/5
|
96%
|
Tomboy (2011) |
"
Provocative yet utterly sympathetic, this is an engrossing study of what it's like when you don't quite fit into any of the available gender roles."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
The Change-Up (2011) |
"
You'd have to call the whole undertaking workmanlike rather than inspired."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
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4/5
|
79%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011) |
"
At times, the narrative seems to be taking a somewhat roundabout route, but patience is rewarded, since this is elegant, perverse and provocative."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011) |
"
Two minutes 48 seconds of cuts by the BBFC have taken the edge off some unnecessary sadism, but the brush-written credits remain the highlight."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 31, 2011
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4/5
|
77%
|
In A Better World (2011) |
"
True, the resolutions on offer seem conventionally pat, yet the tough questions stay with you in an absorbing drama which pushes the viewer's buttons with effective intelligence."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 17, 2011
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3/5
|
95%
|
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) |
"
A thumping modern policier with a social-conscience edge."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 9, 2011
|
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2/5
|
38%
|
Beautiful Lies (Full Treatment)(De vrais mensonges) (2011) |
"
The script grinds its way through sundry reversals, initial jollity giving way to plodding rigmarole."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
52%
|
The Devil's Double (2011) |
"
Cooper's outstanding performance(s) deserved better."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
For those who grew up on the Spielberg classics, a truly nostalgic treat awaits."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Knuckle (2011) |
"
Testosterone at its most tragic."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
The Tree (2011) |
"
Unusual and endearing."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) |
"
The storytelling really draws us into the emotional world of these vulnerable tiny folk in a way that will captivate curious younger viewers."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 28, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
"
The didacticism takes the shine off Weitz's accomplishment, even if the film builds up enough empathy to generate slow-burning emotional impact."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws () |
"
[Conveys] the frustrations of dissent when the only hope of change seemingly involves stepping over the bounds of legality, before closing with some surprisingly hopeful news by way of encouraging those contemplating this path."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Super (2011) |
"
Offers genuine empathy with the put-upon protagonist's longing for justice, yet plays the bloody ramifications for cartoonish fun."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 6, 2011
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|
3/5
|
81%
|
Countdown to Zero (2010) |
"
This campaigning documentary offers a sobering warning that the possibility of nuclear destruction is still very much with us."
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Radio Times
Posted Jun 23, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Life in a Day (2011) |
"
Life in a Day has the integrity never to cop out on the extremes of wealth and poverty that divide us - as well as the showmanship to remain thoroughly entertaining throughout."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
This worthwhile drama reports from the home front as the war on terror continues."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
53%
|
Mother's Day () |
"
Excruciatingly misguided."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 8, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
Mammuth (2011) |
"
An acquired taste."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
Last Night (2011) |
"
All in all, this is a low-key affair, but its strength is in the keen observation of how relationships develop."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 2, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
The Four Times (Le Quattro Volte) (2011) |
"
Explaining it makes it sound aridly abstract, but watching it is pure delight..."
—
Time Out
Posted May 25, 2011
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