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3/5
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100%
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A Hijacking (2013) |
"
From this classy hostage movie, we learn how to negotiate with Somali pirates, and - perhaps more usefully - how to do male public displays of affection, Scandi-style."
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Time Out
Posted May 8, 2013
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3/5
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71%
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The Look of Love () |
"
There's something a bit over-familiar here - in a solidly entertaining, made-for-telly, nothing-we-haven't-seen-before, way."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 24, 2013
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3/5
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42%
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Flying Blind () |
"
As drama, it's thin and unconvincing, but still, more McCrory please."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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3/5
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89%
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Shell () |
"
'Shell' never fully comes to life. And while Pirrie is brilliant, at 25, I didn't buy her as a teenager."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 12, 2013
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4/5
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92%
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Lore (2013) |
"
It's a close, intimate film - sometimes so close you can feel the breath of its characters in your face."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 20, 2013
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4/5
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98%
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012) |
"
The case has been widely reported but this is still an important film, laying out who knew what, and when. It's chilling: the conspiracy of silence goes all the way to the Vatican."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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3/5
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52%
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This is 40 (2012) |
"
However irritating 'This Is 40' is at times, there's a warmth that wins you over, and an honesty about families."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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2/5
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45%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
This is campy and overcooked, boringly piling on special effects."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 13, 2013
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3/5
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80%
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Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
It's all very silly and sweet in that indie-nostalgic way that Levine ('The Wackness' and '50/50') has made his own."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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3/5
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65%
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The Campaign (2012) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3/5
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42%
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Paris Manhattan (2013) |
"
A fun, fluffy, but chic romantic comedy that looks so effortless."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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5/5
|
93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
This is an instant classic."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 15, 2013
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4/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Tom Hooper gets a bit carried away with swoopy shots, and the close-ups are unrelenting, but crucially he lets the filth and the squalor in."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
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McCullin () |
"
What a man."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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3/5
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
'30 Rock' and 'New Girl' writer Kay Cannon has created brilliant characters."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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2/5
|
58%
|
I, Anna () |
"
The problem is the script, adapted from a novel and full of psychological gaps and dead-ends."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 4, 2012
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3/5
|
64%
|
Up There () |
"
There's plenty to enjoy in the absurd quirkiness of 'Up There' but, as an elongated adaptation of Salim's own short film, its pleasures do start to wear thin."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 13, 2012
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2/5
|
40%
|
Mental (2013) |
"
Wrong is wrong. And 'Mental' gets it wrong in too many ways."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 13, 2012
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4/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
The acting is sparky and intelligent, with Cooper proving there's more to him than flashy good looks. As for Lawrence, she acts every role like there's a soulful storm raging inside of her."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 13, 2012
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|
3/5
|
68%
|
Great Expectations (2013) |
"
The chief reason to watch Newell's film is for the impeccable acting."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 23, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
5 Broken Cameras (2012) |
"
A tough watch that'll leave you despairing of peace anytime soon."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2012
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2/5
|
51%
|
Pusher (2012) |
"
Another cheap 'n' nasty London gangster flick."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
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4/5
|
79%
|
Ruby Sparks (2012) |
"
Kazan's script is observant about how we try to control relationships - making this a smart, modern movie. And how often can you say that about a romcom?"
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Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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|
3/5
|
69%
|
Liberal Arts (2012) |
"
As a comedy of manners, 'Liberal Arts' is perfectly likeable.But you might find its talky touchy-feeliness on the smug side."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 2, 2012
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|
3/5
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
It's let down by some earnest, patience-draining philosophising and poetry-reading."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 2, 2012
|
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2/5
|
56%
|
Now Is Good (2013) |
"
Hellbent on inspiring a rush of wind-beneath-my-wings, life-affirming feeling."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 18, 2012
|
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3/5
|
94%
|
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012) |
"
The filmmakers (including her grandson's wife) are clearly besotted. Fashion fans will be in heaven."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 18, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
A blast."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 11, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
Streep is warm, and she's got the timing of a stand-up. Her performance demands you bat for her woman."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 11, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
Ghoulish? Yes. Funny? You bet."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 11, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
The Queen of Versailles (2012) |
"
It's priceless."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
The Myth Of The American Sleepover (2011) |
"
There's a lot to like here - not least disarmingly natural performances from the mostly non-professional actors."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
0%
|
Keith Lemon: The Film () |
"
Career lows all round, then?"
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Le petit Nicolas (2009) |
"
He's charming and adorable to parents, yes - but you've got to wonder if kids will find this mummy's boy a bit wimpy."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Shadow Dancer (2013) |
"
While it's hard to grumble about such a smart, intelligent drama after a summer of big bangs, its slow pace at times feels sluggish."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
In Your Hands (Contre Toi) (2010) |
"
The result is disappointing, though not as much as the fact that we never see Scott Thomas in juicy roles like this in Britain."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 15, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Take This Waltz (2012) |
"
A hard-headed, generous film about love."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
The Bird (L'oiseau) () |
"
[An] unassumingly intelligent film."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 14, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
The Dinosaur Project (2012) |
"
Director Sid Bennett is a CGI whizz and does a better job animating his dinosaurs (there are some terrific killer bat-like critters) than his actors."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Offender () |
"
If 'Offender' has a point to make about the justice system, it fails to land the punch."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
As a thriller, 'Sound of My Voice' tails off and its budget shows. But for Marling it's an impressive calling card."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
37%
|
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat The Best (2012) |
"
It's sweet in places, but too similar to every other eccentric film about a going-nowhere artist hiding his inner brilliance under passive-aggressive annoyingness."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 17, 2012
|
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3/5
|
100%
|
Les géants (The Giants) (2011) |
"
Bouli Lanners paints his story a little hazily, perhaps, but his gorgeously unselfconscious actors are faultless."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
Tortoise In Love () |
"
It's sharper than your average Britcom, and perfectly charming, so you'll forgive a bit of amateurism and wooden acting."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 10, 2012
|
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3/5
|
83%
|
You've Been Trumped (2012) |
"
The SNP should surely quit the bowing and scraping and bar him from the country."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
Ping Pong () |
"
It's breezy fun, touching lightly on illness and worse."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
7 Days in Havana () |
"
There are more misses than hits, and a week feels like a long time in Cuba."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Friends With Kids (2012) |
"
It's safe to assume its sharp comments on what kids can do to marriage - and friendships - come from years of observation."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 26, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
This film should come with a warning: don't watch with a sibling. Unless you're up for some knowing elbow-digs."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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