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4/5
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56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
A sci-fi that's always a little more inclined to have the heart racing instead of the grey matter working. As an upgrade from the cold, emotionless Tron: Legacy, however, it's outstanding."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Apr 9, 2013
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|
3/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
Trance is a film so twisty and slippery that it almost succeeds in making you lose interest in its outcome."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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|
4/5
|
40%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
Slick, refined and so polished you can damn near make out your reflection on Statham's forehead. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
Ironically, despite its lack of humour, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a film destined to be remembered as a laughing stock."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Not a good day exactly, but not a goodnight to Die Hard either."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
The mishmash of grotesque body-horror and chin-stroking existentialism does not always make for the most coherent movie, but it is at least an entertaining one and certainly no black mark on the franchise. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 12, 2013
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|
2/5
|
48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Thank God for Charlize Theron, who dials the crazy up to 'Warning: Panto!' As a result, she's the only one who looks like she's having any fun."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 12, 2013
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|
3/5
|
23%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
The Raven is a movie with its wings clipped; a murder mystery that feels strangely subdued."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 12, 2013
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|
4/5
|
63%
|
I Give It a Year (2013) |
"
Here we have an adult comedy that dares suggest that love is not always eternal. As it happens, that's a goldmine of untapped comedy potential. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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|
3/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Compared to recent self-important Oscar epics, Bullet To The Head is tight, focused, no-nonsense fun. I can't tell you how much Les Mis would have been improved if Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe had settled their differences by axe fight."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 27, 2013
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|
3/5
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Lincoln is okay: a well-acted, nicely shot, perfectly watchable biopic that I assume has one hundred times more resonance when viewed from the opposite of the Atlantic."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 20, 2013
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|
2/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Les Misérables? More like Meh Misery-blah-blah."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 10, 2013
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|
3/5
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
Haywire rips along at a fair old pace, crunches all the right bones and is capable of drawing sharp intakes of breath during the fantastic fight scenes, so in that regard, Steven Soderbergh can call it a success."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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|
5/5
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
The best movie of the year so far."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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|
3/5
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
It's been ten years since the last underwhelming Men In Black movie and 15 long years since the brilliant original - and no one particularly asked to have it back."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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|
2/5
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
It's almost impossible to watch the film without thinking of what could have -- and what already has -- been, therefore it's extremely difficult to enjoy on its own merit."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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|
4/5
|
86%
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
The Pirates! is the first truly great animated film of the year: a painstakingly-modelled laugh riot that boggles the mind while tickling the funnybone."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Jan 7, 2013
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|
5/5
|
82%
|
Rust and Bone (2012) |
"
Achingly romantic in ways that only the French know how."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Employee of the Month (2006) |
"
Quite frankly, it makes perfect sense that Employee Of The Month is a terrible comedy - there's no one funny involved. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
75%
|
White Noise 2: The Light (2007) |
"
Insultingly bad at times, its only saving grace is the fact that director seems to be ever-so-slightly mental."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
3/5
|
29%
|
Smokin' Aces (2007) |
"
A guilt-free return to the kind of stylish action thrillers that rely on strong characters just as much as they do carnage."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"
The Last King Of Scotland will no doubt be picking up an armful of gongs come award season, and rightly so; it's not only lovingly shot and acted, but it evolves into one of the best thrillers of recent memory too."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
4/5
|
60%
|
Them (Ils) (2007) |
"
Lean, mean and will leave your underpants anything but clean."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"
Linklater is preaching to the converted."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"
For Your Consideration is not Guest at his best, but it's still an enjoyable way to spend a few hours and the company you'll keep is memorable enough."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"
The Science Of Sleep is truly a delight at times, a startlingly original piece of work that's not as accessible as Eternal Sunshine but is every bit as magnificent when in full flow. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006) |
"
Don't be put off by its offbeat credentials, because this is a warm-hearted and hilarious dissection of relationships, and how honesty isn't necessarily always the best policy. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
3/5
|
26%
|
Ghost Rider (2007) |
"
Ignore the cheesy dialogue, the cardboard cut-out villains and the atrociously OTT acting and just enjoy a good old-fashioned tale of heroes and villains the way the comic-books used to tell 'em."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
2/5
|
8%
|
The Number 23 (2007) |
"
As far as psychological thrillers go, The Number 23 is a little too much 'psycho' and not enough 'logical'."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
300 (2007) |
"
So manly it makes Troy look like a Mary-Kate and Ashley adventure."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
I Want Candy (2007) |
"
Billed as 'The British American Pie', a label applied apparently without irony."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
40%
|
Straightheads (Closure) (2007) |
"
Straightheads is as shallow as a puddle and forgoes anything approaching realism in favour of OTT violence and needless gore. "
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
This is at least two movies crammed into one, and the seams are splitting; three villains, two love interests and a partridge in a pear tree means that Spider-Man has to fight for attention in his own film."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
3/5
|
44%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) |
"
Just how much are you willing to forgive Johnny Depp and that sea-dog swagger of his?"
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
Turistas (Paradise Lost) (2006) |
"
Paradise Lost is an undemanding thriller with little in the way of invention and not much going on other than some impressive scenery and a few sweet racks."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
3/5
|
8%
|
Captivity (2007) |
"
There's something about Captivity that'll keep you watching; it could be your morbid curiosity, perhaps it's a sick bloodlust, or maybe, just maybe, it's because Elisha Cuthbert is clad in a low-cut dress at all times. My money's on all three."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
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|
3/5
|
81%
|
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |
"
Ultimately, a passable new Die Hard movie is more than anyone of us ever really expected, and that in itself is worth a jolly old Yippee-Ki-Ay."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
57%
|
Transformers (2007) |
"
Transformers leaves very few blocks left un-busted."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
It really is a crushing disappointment to report that The Simpsons Movie is merely average by its own lofty standards."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) |
"
You know, I used to think Matt Damon was kinda like a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Death Proof (2007) |
"
As an anomaly, a curio, even as half a movie, it's a winner. As a stand-alone feature, it struggles to stand up to close scrutiny. "
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
7%
|
License to Wed (2007) |
"
I would honestly rather watch the Holocaust In Colour than sit through this again."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Superbad (2007) |
"
It's a simple tale about two horny kids not only on a quest for vodka, beer and sticky fumbling, but they're looking to find themselves in the process. I'll be damned if there's many people left in the cinema afterwards who won't relate to that."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
1408 (2007) |
"
Like shacking up with a cheap hooker in a moderately priced hotel, 1408 delivers dirty thrills with few frills."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
It's a movie with heart and with balls, and it knows when to use each of them."
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TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Disturbia (2007) |
"
Unfortunately, what starts out as a rounded and intelligent thriller soon turns up the silly for an OTT finale that betrays the tense and well-plotted build-up."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"
Elevated above the usual fare by an engaging and complex relationship between its two stars, 3:10 To Yuma would be a thoroughly entertaining two hours whatever the genre - the Western setting is almost a bonus. "
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
66%
|
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
"
Far from being a spoof on the genre, Shoot 'Em Up is an action movie with the flab removed - with no more than maybe ten minutes of exposition, you're left with a series of interconnecting money shots, each one more gooey than the last."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Halloween (2007) |
"
Anyone can trace a Picasso."
—
TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
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