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3/5
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64%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
'The Woman in Black' is old-fashioned, ornate, imposing, occasionally creaky - and possessed of more than a few enjoyably nasty surprises."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4/5
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96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
A film bursting at the seams with sheer, unadulterated joy: watch it, and the world seems just that little bit brighter..."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4/5
|
76%
|
Bombay Beach (2011) |
"
Har'el's film is at times bizarrely uplifting, at others crushingly sad..."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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4/5
|
77%
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The Grey (2012) |
"
After the excesses of 'The A-Team', this is Carnahan stripping it back to basics - seven men, one wilderness, countless beasts."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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2/5
|
22%
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The Sitter (2011) |
"
A noisy, unfocused, frequently annoying and intermittently offensive slapstick misfire."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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1/5
|
12%
|
The Darkest Hour (2011) |
"
There's literally nothing here that works: the SFX are limp, the acting is dire and director Chris Gorak seems to be fighting a losing battle with the concept of narrative logic."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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3/5
|
64%
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Goon (2012) |
"
It's Scott who gives the movie its heart, delivering a performance of quiet strength and unexpected subtlety - when he's not cracking skulls."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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2/5
|
25%
|
Magic to Win (2011) |
"
Mostly this is just aggravating, as the volleyball girls flap and pout, the wizards glower and prance and the film trundles from one half-hearted and predictable action sequence to another."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3/5
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
Bird relishes the chance to play with real people - the central suspense sequence, in which Hunt scales Dubai's Burj Khalifa one-handed, is dizzyingly effective, particularly in IMAX - and the pace rarely slows."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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2/5
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
A fitfully amusing but largely unsurprising and uninvolving action-movie-by-numbers: elementary, and not in a good way."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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3/5
|
69%
|
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) |
"
For all its pretensions to bad taste, this is surprisingly heartwarming festive fare."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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3/5
|
93%
|
50/50 (2011) |
"
50/50 is about right."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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3/5
|
94%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
As an example of smarter-than-average Hollywood fare - and a sly dig at modern sporting politics - 'Moneyball' has all the key bases covered."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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4/5
|
92%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
When future film historians look back at the cultural fallout from America's financial collapse, 'Take Shelter' will be a key text. That is, if the storm doesn't sweep us all away."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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2/5
|
37%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
Niccol's major problem is timing: action sequences and dialogue scenes lie flat on the screen, while his tendency to play around with pacing means that any tension quickly dissipates. Life's too short."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 1, 2011
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3/5
|
47%
|
Anonymous (2011) |
"
Think of it as a high-end Christmas panto, as a red-faced, enthusiastic cast are put through the paces by their barking, domineering director. Louder, faster, bigger, more!"
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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2/5
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17%
|
Four () |
"
Mildly diverting, but quickly forgotten."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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4/5
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
A film which, in both its rip-roaring, globe-trotting narrative and its visceral dedication to pure white-knuckle thrills, is the true successor to his original 'Indy' trilogy."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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3/5
|
33%
|
Texas Killing Fields (2011) |
"
As solid Saturday night entertainment goes, this is a consistently compelling, enjoyably old school potboiler."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2011
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3/5
|
59%
|
Real Steel (2011) |
"
Satisfyingly sturdy and no-nonsense, a multiplex monster smartly constructed from tried-and-trusted parts."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Red State (2011) |
"
If nothing else, it's nice to see this director refusing to play by the rules of the multiplex."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 27, 2011
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4/5
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
Sure, it's shallow, but it's also slickly compelling, beautifully crafted and so damn shiny."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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|
2/5
|
78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
This is witless, saccharine and lifeless..."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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2/5
|
39%
|
You Instead () |
"
Occasionally amusing but too often aggravating: pretty people in ugly places listening to crap pop and looking pleased with themselves."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 14, 2011
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2/5
|
27%
|
Colombiana (2011) |
"
Tiresome and unconvincing."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 7, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
73%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
Allow the film to take hold and its power is inescapable: the effect is like placing your head in a vice and waiting as it inexorably closes."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 31, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
Conan the Barbarian (2011) |
"
Rent the original instead."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
A hugely entertaining but frustratingly disorganised film, packed with priceless moments which never quite coalesce into a rewarding whole."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 17, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
A diverting but rather pointless affair, undermined by its obsessive and clinical commitment to recreating past glories."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
"
Pacy and punchy, but not quite a knockout."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
97%
|
Cell 211 (Celda 211) (2009) |
"
Just be sure to up your internal disbelief setting from 'suspended' to 'nonexistent'."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
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3/5
|
87%
|
Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) |
"
Overall, the film lacks that precise hook of exactly why it's worth telling this story now, but it remains a fascinating story nonetheless."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) |
"
Sick but fun."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) |
"
While it's unfolding, this is just terrific fun: eye-scorching, ear-battering, heart-pounding cinema of pure spectacle."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
49%
|
Holy Rollers (2010) |
"
This is moviemaking on autopilot."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 6, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) |
"
Mostly this is fairly agonising: long, loud, lurid and lacklustre."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 27, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
An effortless blend of bad taste and good humour with a wholly believable, often very touching emotional core, all centred around one of the finest star-making comic performances in recent memory."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
[An] unpredictable, episodic, deeply resonant character piece."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
A solid slice of summer entertainment: forgettable, perhaps, but plenty of fun while it lasts."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 8, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
49%
|
Last Night (2011) |
"
'Last Night' is an empty exercise in sheer self-regard, a tedious, lifeless trawl through the secret lives of the rich and beautiful."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 1, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Donor Unknown (2011) |
"
Surprising, amusing and oddly melancholic: a genuine human drama."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 1, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Apocalypse Now (1979) |
"
A film of pure sensation, dazzling audiences with light and noise, laying bare the stark horror - and unimaginable thrill - of combat."
—
Time Out
Posted May 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
46%
|
Blitz (2011) |
"
It's hard to know how seriously anyone besides Statham is taking this - but that only adds to its absurd, cock-eyed charm."
—
Time Out
Posted May 18, 2011
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4/5
|
94%
|
Win Win (2011) |
"
What's just delightful about this wittily observed and touchingly truthful affair is the fact it offers consistently sherbety entertainment in the moment but ultimately holds to its purpose of saying something useful and genuine about real lives."
—
Time Out
Posted May 18, 2011
|
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1/5
|
34%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) |
"
'On Stranger Tides' is simply lifeless, a reductive, insulting moneymaking exercise with as much charm and depth as a slot machine."
—
Time Out
Posted May 16, 2011
|
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2/5
|
17%
|
Priest (2011) |
"
Did Paul Bettany know, when he donned the cowl of the albino monk in 'The Da Vinci Code', that he would soon be typecast as Hollywood's go-to guy for God-bothering multiplex action movies?"
—
Time Out
Posted May 9, 2011
|
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4/5
|
71%
|
Hanna (2011) |
"
While the film as a whole may be episodic and wayward, and not always in a good way, the action scenes are uniformly sharp, inventive and gripping."
—
Time Out
Posted May 3, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
85%
|
Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) (2010) |
"
Well-acted but plodding..."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
Thor (2011) |
"
An endearing throwback to simpler times: when men were men, gods were gods and heroes looked like bodybuilders who'd just raided the dress-up box. Just don't expect to remember much about it afterwards."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 27, 2011
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