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Allan Hunter

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:: Daily Express , Downtown Express , Screen International , Screendaily , The List , This is London

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/5	69%	Paradise: Love (2013)	" The result is overlong but still offers a clear-eyed engagement with a Kenya where love is a transaction and the heart remains a lonely hunter." — The List Posted Jun 14, 2013
	79%	Berberian Sound Studio (2013)	" The second feature from Katalin Varga director Peter Strickland is an idiosyncratic, impeccably crafted mindbender that shifts between the beguiling and the bemusing." — Screen International Posted Jun 10, 2013
4/5	86%	Come as You Are ()	" A gem of a film that is certain to steal your heart." — Daily Express Posted Jun 7, 2013
3/5	64%	Thérèse Desqueyroux (2013)	" It is a perfectly respectable if bloodless version of the François Mauriac novel that shocked readers in the Twenties." — Daily Express Posted Jun 7, 2013
3/5	61%	The Bling Ring (2013)	" It is an enjoyable, amusing and well-executed film even if it does feel awfully insubstantial and inconsequential." — The List Posted Jun 4, 2013
3/5	71%	The Stone Roses: Made of Stone ()	" Savour the archive footage, concert scenes and celebration of their devoted fans who appear like rats to the call of a Pied Piper at the first hint of a free warm-up concert in Warrington." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
3/5	47%	Blood (2013)	" Blood doesn't always ring true but there is enough meat in the story and merit in the cast to make it worth watching." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
1/5	7%	The Big Wedding (2013)	" "Oh God, this is humiliating," trills Diane Keaton and she never said a truer word." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
3/5	35%	Everybody Has a Plan (2013)	" Everybody Has A Plan possesses the film noir elements that might have worked for Robert Mitchum in the Fifties but writer/director Ana Piterbarg lacks the confidence and conviction to pull it off." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
4/5	77%	Populaire (2013)	" Populaire is entirely predictable but it is also immensely charming, beautifully crafted and is a complete winner." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
3/5	60%	Byzantium (2013)	" This may be one vampire film that has bitten off more than it can devour. The screenplay contains some clunky dialogue and never seems to hit a confident stride." — Daily Express Posted May 31, 2013
4/5	61%	The Bling Ring (2013)	" A breezy, deadpan satire on our obsession with celebrity culture and the lengths some people will go to secure a fleeting moment in the limelight." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
4/5	93%	Behind the Candelabra (2013)	" A film that pays tribute to a complex personality, a genuinely talented entertainer and a very different age from today." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
2/5	15%	The Moth Diaries (2012)	" The lacklustre script is so determined to spell out thoughts and emotions that it becomes insulting." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
4/5	92%	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	" A beautifully observed film that has become a guaranteed charmer for all ages." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
4/5	71%	The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)	" A haunting, beautifully acted tale of impossible dreams and lost hope." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
4/5	82%	Something in the Air (2013)	" It treats the characters with respect and a tender regard for an idealism that maturity seems unlikely to sustain." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
2/5	62%	Epic (2013)	" All the talent in the world can't elevate this forgettable fare." — Daily Express Posted May 24, 2013
	83%	La Danza De La Realidad ()	" The first feature in almost quarter of a century from the veteran director of El Topo and Santa Sangre is a surprisingly witty, accessible magical mystery tour through his past." — Screen International Posted May 20, 2013
	44%	As I Lay Dying ()	" Franco attempts to capture and match Faulkner's stream of consciousness prose with split-screen imagery, interior monologues and slow motion to create a film that might seem more at home as an art museum installation than a mainstream cinema release." — Screen International Posted May 20, 2013
4/5	100%	Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) (Strangers) (The Lonely Woman) (1954)	— Daily Express Posted May 10, 2013
4/5	95%	Our Children ()	" Tense, slow-burning and handled with impeccable discretion Our Children offers a piercing and compassionate glimpse into the unthinkable." — Daily Express Posted May 10, 2013
4/5	100%	A Hijacking (2013)	" Without resorting to graphic violence or melodrama A Hijacking builds into an extremely tense tale with all the nail-biting immediacy of an unfolding news story." — Daily Express Posted May 10, 2013
3/5	33%	Deadfall (2012)	" There is just too much going on, with some interesting characters edged out of the limelight ..." — Daily Express Posted May 10, 2013
2/5	39%	The ABCs of Death (2013)	" Animal lovers will be particularly offended by some tales in this mind-numbing marathon." — Daily Express Posted Apr 26, 2013
	100%	White Elephant (2013)	" An old-fashioned but satisfying drama." — Daily Express Posted Apr 26, 2013
4/5	82%	Scarecrow (1973)	" A poignant tale of lost souls from a golden age of US cinema." — Daily Express Posted Apr 26, 2013
4/5	88%	In the Fog (2013)	" Nothing is clear in a film that is as challenging as it is rewarding." — Daily Express Posted Apr 26, 2013
	42%	Midnight's Children (2013)	" Deepa Mehta's respectful approach to the material may meander and simplify, but it gradually gains in emotional power, building into a moving account of a man whose many experiences mirror the growing pains of an independent India." — Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2013
3/5	55%	Oblivion (2013)	" There is solid professionalism on display throughout Oblivion but just nothing to get very excited about." — Daily Express Posted Apr 18, 2013
4/5	95%	L'ordre et la morale (Rebellion) ()	" Kassovitz deftly negotiates the complexity of what happened but his sympathies clearly lie with the islanders in a politically-charged tale with an approach similar to the work of Costa-Gavras." — The List Posted Apr 16, 2013
3/5	62%	Me and You (Io e te) ()	" It may not be Bertolucci's most dynamic film but the quiet sense of hope that he finds makes it an unexpectedly poignant chamber work." — The List Posted Apr 16, 2013
1/5	0%	12 in a Box (2009)	" An amateurish, painfully unfunny misfire." — Daily Express Posted Mar 29, 2013
5/5	99%	Finding Nemo (2003)	" An Easter treat." — Daily Express Posted Mar 29, 2013
5/5	97%	Point Blank (1967)	" Boorman brought a fresh eye to the LA locations in a film frequently remade but never equalled." — Daily Express Posted Mar 29, 2013
4/5	91%	Neighbouring Sounds (2012)	" Has echoes of Michael Haneke as it explores the guilty secrets and bitter resentments lurking beneath the calm, respectable surface of a community in affluent Recife." — Daily Express Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/5	89%	Compliance (2012)	" An uncomfortable, provocative little drama that really gets under the skin and will not be for all tastes." — Daily Express Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/5	80%	Reality (2013)	" A handsomely crafted film but one that already feels dated." — Daily Express Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/5	42%	Flying Blind ()	" Despite the flaws, Flying Blind is a quietly intriguing little drama and a promising feature debut from shorts filmmaker Klimkiewicz." — The List Posted Mar 19, 2013
1/5	60%	Maniac (2013)	" This Maniac may have artistic aspirations but it doesn't make the film any more palatable." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5	68%	The Spirit of '45 ()	" A thought-provoking history lesson." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5	——	Vinyl ()	" Amiable, lightweight fun." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
2/5	37%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" he pacing is sluggish and the sentimental story never surprises. I wasn't feeling the magic." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
4/5	89%	Shell ()	" A sensitive, unflinching exploration of bleak lives Shell marks the emergence of a distinctive new voice in British cinema and a striking young performer in Chloe Pirrie." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
	50%	Welcome to the Punch (2013)	" The plotting and dialogue may not always be top drawer but director Eran Creevy carries it off with slick confidence." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
2/5	44%	The Paperboy (2012)	" The plotting is disjointed, the execution feels incoherent and none of it makes a great deal of sense." — Daily Express Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5	66%	Mama (2013)	" Atmospheric and initially quite intriguing Mama turns more conventional once the lights start flickering and things go bump in the night but it is still a superior supernatural shocker." — Daily Express Posted Feb 22, 2013
3/5	38%	Breath Of The Gods ()	" The most compelling aspect of an ambling film is lovely archive footage of Krishnamacharya and others performing seemingly impossible manipulations of the human body with a suppleness and ease that are mightily impressive." — Daily Express Posted Feb 22, 2013
4/5	100%	Fire In The Blood ()	" It is the emphasis on cold, hard facts that makes Fire In The Blood so warmly compelling." — Daily Express Posted Feb 22, 2013

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