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2/5
|
62%
|
I'm So Excited! (2013) |
"
In a more or less wholly libertarian society of the kind we now have in the West, the very idea of camping it up like this seems unnecessary, therefore tiresome."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
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|
3/5
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Reactionary fantasy, then - but what else are action films for?"
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This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
71%
|
The Look of Love () |
"
The Soho of the Seventies is lovingly recreated, Coogan sports a truly dreadful mullet, and there's a lovely cameo by David Walliams as a salacious vicar."
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This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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|
2/5
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Although the film is derivative and predictable, it nonetheless makes no sense whatsoever in the end."
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This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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|
2/5
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
You start the film wondering what the moral take on all this uninventive debauchery is going to be - is it a satire? - but then realise with dismay there is no take on offer at all."
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This is London
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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|
3/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
It's trippily entertaining but vanishes up its own tricksiness. What will the blessed Boyle do next?"
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This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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|
3/5
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
A story of derring do and social climbing, serving as an excuse for colossal battles with a load more orcs, the true purpose of the movie."
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This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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|
2/5
|
44%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
It may yet become a camp classic, if no other kind."
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This is London
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
This movie is pure hokum, just as Hitchcock's great originals are, but you only realise this after - just like all the people in the film - you have been thoroughly hooked and duped yourself."
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This is London
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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|
4/5
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Arbitrage is a slick, intelligent psychological thriller that works to connect public and private immorality."
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This is London
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Fantasy-fiction audiences might enjoy seeing Cloud Atlas repeatedly, I suspect, picking up more clues each time."
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This is London
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
It's a sitcom, then, with no real story or structure."
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This is London
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
What Gervasi and his scriptwriter John McLaughlin bring to the table are banality and predictability, quintessentially non-Hitchcockian qualities."
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This is London
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Here, after the truly alarming crash sequence, there are no special effects, just deft and committed film-making, letting us see steadily in long takes."
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This is London
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Terrifically good, propulsive film-making ..."
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This is London
Posted Jan 25, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Tarantino's best for ages, absolutely not to be missed."
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This is London
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
It made me bad-tempered for two days, a personal record."
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This is London
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
This is a simple story quite brilliantly told."
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This is London
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
Lee is a wizard, Life of Pi is an incredible spectacle and the technical effects are brilliant."
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This is London
Posted Dec 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Jackson has delivered plenty more of the big setpieces that fans loved in the trilogy, albeit at the cost of making The Hobbit far more imperial and epic than it needs to be."
—
This is London
Posted Dec 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
There's not much point to a meta-film once the actual film has ceased to grip."
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This is London
Posted Dec 7, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
Brilliantly funny and perturbing ..."
—
This is London
Posted Nov 30, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Seeing it a second time has made me love it even more, not always the case."
—
This is London
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Amour (2012) |
"
It is unequivocally a masterpiece."
—
This is London
Posted Nov 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Surprisingly enjoyable, given that you may have little prior commitment to this story and only mildly fancy Affleck."
—
This is London
Posted Nov 9, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
It doesn't ultimately make any sense at all and, for me, its charm wasn't enough to sustain the whole ramshackle structure."
—
This is London
Posted Oct 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
Chbosky directs the movie with the care and conviction of someone who knows that this is his big story being told once and for all."
—
This is London
Posted Oct 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
The film, shot in wrecked New Orleans, looks great, the killings are lovingly worked, the desperation undeviating."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
The film's simple strategy of filming always from Maisie's height whenever she is present works amazingly well, an object lesson in how point of view can be what matters most."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
These threads are neatly woven together, the acting is decent, there are good scenes but this is a film unambiguously behind the 12-step programme ..."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Everyday () |
"
This could have been your average prison drama, all nasty warders and slamming doors. But it's not."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
Hoffman has a gentle hand with his ancient cast and a doting eye for the English country house."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
A Late Quartet is slow, talky, and a bit too knowing and explicit."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Savvy, nasty fun, then, and seeing Brucie still able to pull off the tough guy is a form of time travel all in itself."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
This really is a failed experiment - Tolstoy in the puppet theatre."
—
This is London
Posted Sep 4, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
31%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
We used to do the future so much better. Let's not forget that. Let's forget this instead."
—
This is London
Posted Aug 31, 2012
|
|
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
The whole thing remains peculiarly abstract - there's nothing to invest in here, no pre-existing couple under threat, no child in peril, no one to root for. No lighter moments either."
—
This is London
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
Laughter doesn't lie. I loved Ted and found it irresistibly funny and hugely enjoyable."
—
This is London
Posted Aug 3, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
54%
|
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012) |
"
It stinks."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Nolan has turned a preposterous character back into a grave myth, the story of a tortured saviour, reluctantly giving his all."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 23, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
When you realise how anodyne and banal the plot is becoming, it's a disappointment - but the plot is hardly the point."
—
This is London
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
We get an effective combination of raw, in-your-face direction - Friedkin has a "two takes only" rule - and a finely honed script."
—
This is London
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
For the most part Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is loud, fast and crunchy - and I suspect it's going to slay audiences at the box office."
—
This is London
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
0/5
|
41%
|
A Fantastic Fear of Everything () |
"
There is a complete failure of tone in this film, from begining to end."
—
This is London
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
Prometheus is a great ride - best taken without too much foreknowledge, by the way."
—
This is London
Posted May 30, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
If, inevitably, it's not as fresh or inventive as the original, it does that thing of riffing on the old favourites in a way that flatters the audience's familiarity pretty well."
—
This is London
Posted May 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
American Reunion (2012) |
"
Some things they do better over there. Some things they shouldn't do over here at all."
—
This is London
Posted May 4, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
If you like superhero movies at all, you'll absolutely love Avengers Assemble. It's got everything."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) |
"
Unfortunately, these characters belong to different worlds that don't meld, cartoonish political satire and dopey romcom."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
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