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2/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
This sequel keeps the OTT action but replaces the fun with over-earnestness, forgetting to revel in its stupidity."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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3/5
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52%
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Far from perfect but not without it's moments of fee-fi-fo-fun."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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3/5
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68%
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The Spirit of '45 () |
"
The equivalent of your grandad lecturing you about how things aren't like they used to be."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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3/5
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44%
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The Paperboy (2012) |
"
At least The Paperboy delivers plenty of memorable moments - even if you may wish you hadn't seen many of them."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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1/5
|
13%
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Red Dawn (2012) |
"
From its doomsday narrative and tired action set pieces, Red Dawn represents the lowest common denominator of dumb action movies."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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3/5
|
38%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
This is a movie that has some very funny moments, but quite often it dips into sentimentality."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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4/5
|
51%
|
Welcome to the Punch (2013) |
"
This Punch will leave a mark."
—
Sun Online
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
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3/5
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
This trip to Oz is a pleasant - but non-essential - journey."
—
Sun Online
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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4/5
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
Impressive."
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Sun Online
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
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3/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
Having such a skilful director on board has rescued Stoker from total mediocrity. But with a more engaging plot, it could have offered so much more."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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2/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
A cliched romantic thriller by numbers."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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2/5
|
14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
Somewhere in here is a good movie. I guess it got lost in the woods."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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3/5
|
65%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Bloody scary."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 22, 2013
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3/5
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
Although beautiful to watch, the film offers very little in the way of coherent plot or character development."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
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4/5
|
68%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
This demands your attention for its entire running time, but rewards you with a truly moving climax."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
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4/5
|
45%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
A very enjoyable and welcome addition to the ever-popular supernatural teen romance genre and a worthy heir to the Twilight throne."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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4/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
It's great to see Willis back in the role that suits him most."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
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3/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
Even an off-form Apatow is better than most and this entertains."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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4/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
This is a hugely enjoyable entry in the Walt Disney Animation Studios catalogue. It sits well alongside the likes of Tangled, balancing both anarchic humour and classic Disney sentimentality very well."
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Sun Online
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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3/5
|
63%
|
I Give It a Year (2013) |
"
Mazer's comedy pedigree ensures this is regularly laugh-out-loud funny."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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3/5
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
An enjoyable and humorous Hopkins and another wonderful performance from Mirren make this film quietly watchable."
—
Sun Online
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
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2/5
|
38%
|
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) |
"
With such a strong cast, Hyde Park on Hudson should have offered so much more."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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3/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
A solid, if by-the-numbers, actioner."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
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3/5
|
79%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Thankfully, anchoring it all is Washington."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
It's entertaining, if a little (a lot) silly."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Perhaps this is a rose-tinted view of Lincoln - he comes across as more living saint than man - but as cinema, it is powerful, gripping and thoroughly entertaining."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Not what you'd call crowd-pleasing, this is fascinating - if occasionally harrowing - in its realistic depiction of the intricacies of CIA operations."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
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3/5
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
It's a brave performance from Hunt, who spends much of the film entirely naked. Both her and Hawkes are brilliant in a movie that is a massively uplifting experience."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
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4/5
|
96%
|
Monsters, Inc. 3D (2012) |
"
Monsters displays wonderful imagination which makes it worth reliving in an extra dimension - particularly the energetic chase scene along a conveyor belt of doors."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Everyday () |
"
[A] resolutely realistic drama about a prisoner and his family visits."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
V/H/S (2012) |
"
Thankfully, more often than not, these five shorts work."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
A blistering, bullet-ridden bonanza."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
American Mary (2013) |
"
[A] deliciously dark film dripping with very black humour."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Director Ruben Fleischer has delivered an effortlessly cool film. Brilliant."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
It's Jackman, with his background in musical theatre, who stands out - somehow managing to anchor the whole thing and stop it becoming the bloated monster it threatens to be. "
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
McCullin () |
"
As much a look back on the wars of the 1960s and 1970s as it is a biography."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
Quartet could so easily have fallen foul of that overused theme "Isn't the world confusing when you get old..." but luckily it avoids such stereotypes."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
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4/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
Avoiding what could easily have become melodrama, this delivers an unforgettable experience that will leave you asking yourself what you would do in the same position."
—
Sun Online
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Grabbers () |
"
It's perfect for after the pub and while it never hits the heights of say, Tremors, with the right group of mates this should be a lot of fun. "
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Cruise delivers on the action front and the script from Usual Suspects writer Chris McQuarrie, who is also on directing duty, gives proceedings just the right level of knowing humour."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Boxing Day () |
"
A commanding performance from Huston and a car sat nav machine called Cynthia make it worth seeing."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
U.F.O. () |
"
There's an unsatisfying conclusion which left me wishing I hadn't had a close encounter with this UFO."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
West of Memphis (2012) |
"
Amy Berg's documentary is evenly paced and informative, never succumbing to hysteria."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
There are great moments and the songs are well put together and catchy."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
With Life Of Pi, Ang Lee has delivered bold, inspirational and intelligent cinema, the likes of which is rarely seen - and for that reason alone this is unmissable."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
66%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
A hugely enjoyable set-up for what looks set to be another thrilling trilogy."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
As long as you accept some magnificently bad dialogue, this is silly, fun and ludicrous beyond belief."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 6, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
Aside from the premise of two people who can't seem to separate, the storyline is nearly non-existent. All in all, rather annoying."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 6, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
McDonagh has enough ideas for six films, but with them all crammed into one, the effect of each is lost."
—
Sun Online
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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