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3/5
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96%
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Sunshine on Leith () |
"
Fletcher's faux-rootsy, unoriginal crowd-pleaser keeps insisting that we see it as a ray of sunshine. It didn't work for me, but Mullan provides one hell of a silver lining."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
|
The Crash Reel () |
"
As thrilling as Rush, but with a very different kind of happy ending."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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3/5
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91%
|
The Pervert's Guide To Ideology (2013) |
"
When not dressing up in hilarious costumes, he advises audiences to become atheists via New Testament Christianity. Is he making this stuff up? I fear so."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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3/5
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52%
|
The To Do List (2013) |
"
Maggie Carey's feature film debut is full of lazy shots, duff lines and dodgy acting. But it also contains fresh ideas and hilarious gags."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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3/5
|
80%
|
Folie à Deux - madness made of two () |
"
Hopkins has been filming this group for five years and is eager to help. As boundaries blur, you wonder if she's now part of the madness."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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2/5
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30%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
Solidly crafted. Totally pointless."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
|
Camp 14: Total Control Zone () |
"
Those who've read Escape from Camp 14 will know all about Shin Dong-huyk. Everyone else will be left slack-jawed by his account of prison-camp life in North Korea."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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3/5
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93%
|
For Those In Peril () |
"
Newcomer Paul Wright's poetic, if not entirely convincing, attempt to make sense of Scottish folklore, family bonds and mental illness."
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This is London
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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4/5
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83%
|
Mister John () |
"
Aidan Gillen is so good in this Irish thriller it makes your skin tingle."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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3/5
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20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
The twinned themes of self-invention and self-loathing are redolent of Rushmore, Flirting With Disaster and Young Adult but Imogene's brand of narcissism has its own velocity."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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4/5
|
91%
|
In a World... (2013) |
"
Bell's revelation is that females (even high-achieving ones) are surprisingly likely to use a voice that suggests they're an ickle-wickle pushover."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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2/5
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
[Affleck is] the only good thing about Brad Furman's glossy, Costa Rica-set thriller."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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2/5
|
31%
|
Austenland (2013) |
"
Simply by smiling, [Russell] robs one of the will to live."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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3/5
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
A whodunnit too classy to ignore, too crude to respect."
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This is London
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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3/5
|
100%
|
The Blue Black Hussar () |
"
He's a controlling sort of fellow and this is what he wants us to see. Those interested in pop culture, of course, won't mind because what he chooses to hide is so very revealing."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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1/5
|
17%
|
Harrigan () |
"
The whole thing is about as appetising as a stale jammy dodger but someone, somewhere, will gobble it up."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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2/5
|
——
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Viva! Hysteria (2013) |
"
Lead singer, Joe Elliott, used to be supermodel pretty. These days, he looks more like Gerard Depardieu."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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3/5
|
73%
|
Borrowed Time () |
"
The dialogue is mostly spry, the ending inventive. And Barklem-Biggs, who initially overdoes the feckless cretin routine, grows into his role beautifully."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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3/5
|
44%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
The Call is the kind of vaguely smart, extremely gory gloop you should watch on TV, preferably when you're tucked up in bed with a delirium-inducing fever. That way, you won't notice when the script goes bonkers."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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1/5
|
14%
|
R.I.P.D. (2013) |
"
Bridges (gorgeous and effortlessly leftfield) has saved many a dire film. He tries to hold the fort but it just can't be done."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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|
4/5
|
60%
|
InRealLife () |
"
Everyone has their drug of choice. All we can do, suggests the canny Kidron, is be aware of who's supplying that drug and monitor the quantity, and quality, of what we consume."
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This is London
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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|
4/5
|
92%
|
Museum Hours (2013) |
"
Museum Hours is melancholy yet full of humour; educational and entertaining."
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This is London
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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3/5
|
81%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
Lowery falls back on a number of clichés in his indie romance-cum-Western, drowning the actors in melancholy sunshine and letting them mumble like mad. What he gets right are the characters."
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This is London
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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|
3/5
|
91%
|
The Great Beauty () |
"
The city looks good enough to dive into. If only the humans in the frame weren't so shallow."
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This is London
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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4/5
|
93%
|
Jurassic Park (1993) |
"
Jurassic Park is the most self-reflexive blockbuster ever made ..."
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This is London
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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3/5
|
56%
|
Morrissey 25: Live (2013) |
"
His voice sounds thin and he moves with the awkward swagger of a man who's recently conquered his paunch."
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This is London
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
One thing's for sure: this exposé ain't deep."
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This is London
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Cruelty begets cruelty and whales don't belong in the circus."
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This is London
Posted Jul 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
88%
|
Dial M for Murder (1954) |
"
Ray Milland is great as cold fish Tony Wendice, a former tennis pro who plans to bump off his adulterous wife. Still, Grace Kelly is mis-cast (or misdirected) as the spouse in question."
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This is London
Posted Jul 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
69%
|
Days Of Grace (Dias De Gracia) (2011) |
"
So confusing (especially if you're a football dolt) that you may have trouble identifying the different narrative strands. It's still gripping."
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This is London
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Viramundo () |
"
When the mood takes him, he's still on song."
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This is London
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
Whether in the fights or the love scenes, we don't know where to invest our emotional energy."
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This is London
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
Suspension Of Disbelief () |
"
A pretentious bit of fluff ..."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
86%
|
Easy Money (2012) |
"
Easy to watch, then, but hard to champion as a must-see."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
82%
|
Eden (2013) |
"
It's based on the experiences of a real life Korean woman, Chong Kim, but you can just tell that many of the facts have been massaged."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
73%
|
Breathe In () |
"
The performances are excellent. The script is a dud."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
57%
|
The Frozen Ground (2013) |
"
First time writer/director Scott Walker claims the whole thing is based on conversations he had with the real life woman who, as a teenager, helped police capture Alaskan serial killer, Robert Hansen. You can't hear her voice."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
4/5
|
98%
|
Wadjda (2013) |
"
Wadjda is anti-everything groups such as the Taliban stand for. It's about the joy of making yourself heard."
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This is London
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
100%
|
Les Invisibles () |
"
It is astonishing how much white heat is generated by the conversations that follow, and 45 year old documentary maker Sebastien Lifshitz is to be congratulated for selecting such a special bunch."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
4/5
|
95%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
Pablo Berger's brainchild is truly enchanting."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
27%
|
Trap For Cinderella () |
"
Softley is a great director but has maybe let his own obsession - with Sebastien Japrisot's 1962 novel - blind him to the essential lameness of the project. Someone lend this man a good book."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
2/5
|
81%
|
The Moo Man () |
"
Lesson for the day: never underestimate the emotional pull of a dying cow."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
2/5
|
56%
|
Citadel (2012) |
"
[A] confused, mostly clunky, but occasionally involving, low-budget horror/thriller ..."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
3/5
|
100%
|
The Deep () |
"
A gritty, if ultimately underwhelming, drama from Iceland, based on real events that took place in 1984."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
75%
|
Play (2011) |
"
What a weird film."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
We Steal Secrets is much concerned with conspiracy theories and may well wind up fuelling new ones."
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This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
So many movies, these days, are about nerds and their market value. Dan Scanlon's prequel is the newest, but already feels old."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
Like waves beating on a shore, the guff just keeps on coming."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
A Field in England () |
"
Wheatley, clearly, is a visionary. He just needs to push himself harder, because this so-called experiment sees him operating very much within his comfort zone."
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This is London
Posted Jul 5, 2013
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