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5/5
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100%
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Enemies of the People (2010) |
"
This is patient, persistent, probing and fearless journalism of the highest order and it shocks to the core."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 9, 2010
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5/5
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100%
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Toy Story (1995) |
"
So ingenious in concept, design and execution that you could watch it on a postage stamp-sized screen and still be engulfed by its charm."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 4, 2009
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5/6
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100%
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Inside Planet Earth (2009) |
"
Whether it's a crisp aerial shot of a wolf taking down a caribou, night footage of lions tackling an elephant, there isn't a moment that doesn't fill one with awe."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 14, 2007
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4/5
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98%
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The Island President (2012) |
"
Moves swiftly from political scene-setting to follow Nasheed's every move as he prepares to make an impassioned environmental plea at the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 27, 2012
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4/5
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67%
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Four Horsemen () |
"
This is a film perhaps better suited to DVD, simply because there are thoughts here of such profundity you might feel the need to reach for the rewind button. I, for one, have been left substantially enlightened."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 13, 2012
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4/5
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Presumed Guilty (Presunto culpable) (2011) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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4/5
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Chasing Legends (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Dec 10, 2011
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4/5
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93%
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You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2011) |
"
Worthy of 100 minutes of anyone's time."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 5, 2011
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4/5
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92%
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One Life () |
"
A well structured montage of wall-to-wall splendor, 'One Life' is the culmination of years of patient filming that deserves to be seen in all its glory - on the big screen."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 19, 2011
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4/5
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100%
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TT3D Closer To The Edge (2011) |
"
In the realm of the rousing sports doc, this truly excels."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 20, 2011
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4/5
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88%
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The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008) |
"
This one's a corker: the cinematography is exquisite; it's admirably devoid of any overt anthropomorphism; the narration, while a little too mythical in context, is informative."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 25, 2009
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4/5
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96%
|
Spartacus (1960) |
"
Asurprisingly apt companion piece to Paths of Glory in its consideration of the mechanisms of power."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
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90%
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988) |
"
The lack of sentimentality will be utterly refreshing to those raised on a diet of Disney."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 19, 2007
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84%
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007) |
"
An affecting inquest into the nature of courage, mortality, grief and the healing power of faith."
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Time Out
Posted May 3, 2007
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78%
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Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"
Youngsters will warm to the barn's talking animals and perhaps even shed a tear at the sight of a spider shuffling off the mortal coil. Arachnaphobes, though, are advised to approach with caution."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 8, 2007
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75%
|
Happy Feet (2006) |
"
Director George 'Babe' Miller has pulled off a coup with this one; he's raised the benchmark to a whole new level, both visually and conceptually. Bravo."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 30, 2006
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64%
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Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006) |
"
A warm, mature, thought-provoking film that is, at times, surreal, often hilarious and ultimately very touching. Nice one, Bobcat."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 30, 2006
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63%
|
The Island (2007) |
"
Both heartfelt and ultimately optimistic."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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34%
|
DOA: Dead or Alive (2007) |
"
An ideal vehicle for Yuen, who is a dab hand at filming imaginative hand-to-hand combat sequences."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 23, 2006
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85%
|
The Haunting (1963) |
"
What makes the film so effective is not so much the slightly sinister characterisation of the generally neurotic group, but the fact that [director] Wise makes the house itself the central character, a beautifully designed and highly atmospheric entity."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 23, 2006
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90%
|
The Saragossa Manuscript (1999) |
"
Infus[es] a similar unearthly cadenceo the swashbuckling genre that Jodorowski did to the western with El Topo."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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——
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Gordon's War (1973) |
"
Raised out of the ordinary by an ingenious safe raid, an above-average car chase, and some nice location work."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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85%
|
Seven (Se7en) (1995) |
"
Fincher handles the violence with sensitivity, announcing its obscenity in spoken analyses and briefly glimpsed post mortem shots, but never showing the murderous acts themselves."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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88%
|
Sleeping Beauty (1959) |
"
Although this rarely achieves the heights of classics like Snow White and Dumbo, it still has its moments."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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53%
|
Mr. Wonderful (1993) |
"
Writer/director Minghella's second feature brings ambivalence and a touch of realpolitik to the stuff of candyfloss romance."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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79%
|
Quick Change (1990) |
"
Not likely to set the world alight, but a neat and engaging little comedy of bad manners."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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92%
|
Howards End (1992) |
"
The performances are impeccable, but honours go to Thompson, who manages to make Margaret's saintliness actually seem seductive."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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60%
|
The Principles of Lust (2003) |
"
This first feature from acclaimed TV director Woolcock may not entirely come off, but at least it's not playing safe."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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61%
|
Mystery Men (1999) |
"
Usher's amiable spoof of superhero movies takes a brave stab at rewriting the mythology from the inside out, with lots of witty, mildly subversive stuff."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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84%
|
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) |
"
Roeg, often using a dazzling technical skill, jettisons narrative in favour of thematic juxtapositions, working best when exploring the clichés of social and cultural ritual."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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83%
|
The Great Moment (1921) |
"
Recut by the studio and generally considered to be a failure, it's nevertheless an oddly moving film that sticks obstinately and agreeably in the mind."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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85%
|
Modern Romance (1981) |
"
Extremely funny, ultra-hip and alarmingly insightful."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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55%
|
Pitch Black (2000) |
"
A smart, suspenseful sci-fi movie from director Twohy, whose underrated 1996 film, The Arrival, also brought visual imagination and intelligence to the genre."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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97%
|
Patton (1970) |
"
The film lays bare the roots of Patton's lust for power in his willingess to sacrifice everything to his vaunting ego, a trait which is mirrored in George C Scott's superb performance."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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41%
|
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) |
"
Characteristically elephantine Big Top epic from DeMille, thumped across with a winning brashness and garnering the veteran showman his first Best Picture Oscar."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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95%
|
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"
The finished article is so CGI-like that you wonder whether all that organic stop-frame stuff was necessary. Sorry, chaps."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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83%
|
Men in War (1957) |
"
One of the best of the lost patrol movies, set in Korea in 1950, bleakly anti-heroic and prefiguring Milestone's Pork Chop Hill in the bitter irony of its climactic assault on a hill."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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91%
|
Sabrina (1954) |
"
It's a Cinderella story that gets turned on its head, a satire about breaking down class and emotional barriers, and a confrontation between New World callousness and Old World humanity."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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93%
|
Halloween (1978) |
"
Perhaps not quite so resonant as Psycho to which it pays due homage, but it breathes the same air."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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71%
|
The Sword in the Stone (1963) |
"
A beautifully animated Disney feature."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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|
|
100%
|
Seven Days in May (1964) |
"
Highly enjoyable."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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76%
|
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) |
"
For what is essentially a one-joke movie, this has an awful lot going for it."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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12%
|
Holy Man (1998) |
"
The kitsch on-air shopping sequences are often very funny."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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95%
|
The Secret of NIMH (1982) |
"
It's a spectacular return to the shimmering, mesmerising deep-focus animation associated with Disney's classic period..."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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34%
|
Mortal Kombat (1995) |
"
British director Anderson does a fair job with what he was given: four good-looking leads, some very impressive sfx, Babylonian sets, a bone-crunching soundtrack, and a battery of well-choreographed fights."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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93%
|
Parenthood (1989) |
"
Steve Martin's manically over-conscientious dad steals the film, whether chewing the pitch as his small son fumbles at baseball, or entertaining a kids' party as an unconvincing cowboy."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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72%
|
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
"
It's all a bit superficial, but highly entertaining, wickedly funny, and alluring enough to make you want to start reading the books."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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65%
|
Silent Running (1972) |
"
A wonderful film."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
|
|
92%
|
A Bug's Life (1998) |
"
Pixel perfect."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
|
|
50%
|
Monkey Shines: An Experiment In Fear (1988) |
"
Romero's is a formidable talent which others can only hope to ape."
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Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
65%
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97%
