|
2/5
|
84%
|
Dragon (2012) |
"
There are good action sequences but it has been ham-fistedly cut for UK distribution."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
All Stars () |
"
At least the dancing is fun."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
26%
|
21 And Over (2013) |
"
The final implication that this is how you grow up and find yourself makes one fear for the future of US youth. And, indeed, America itself."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013) |
"
The film is episodic and determinedly offbeat, funny at its best, boring at its worst."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
[Rapace] will be enough to send some to this urban thriller but the film will send them away disappointed."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
Words (narration by Tim Allen) and syrupy music let it down but it's still great to watch."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
It is funny and sad in patches, but never comes completely alive, perhaps because there isn't a single character with whom you can feel fully in sympathy."
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This is London
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
White Elephant (2013) |
"
The drama is intense but fractured as Trapero shows how millions of poverty-stricken people live in his home country, and how a few brave people attempt to do something about it."
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This is London
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Scarecrow (1973) |
"
As a picture of blue-collar America the film is credible and compassionate."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
In the Fog () |
"
[An] austere but never ponderous film about war, and its effect on those caught up in impossible circumstances ..."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
Linklater observes it all with an ironic smile on his face. But he's never patronising enough to sneer."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
A no-holds-barred if uneven epic that should satisfy most diehard fans."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
A gentle rather than dramatic film that, once the central argument is laid out, lacks real flair."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
Trine Dyrholm, as a wronged wife, makes the film worth seeing all by herself."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
Me and You (Io e te) () |
"
While Bertolucci has made many more notable movies, you have to admire his constant quest for a glimmer of truth."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Happy days for those who love this sort of thing. But Raimi's effort, perhaps because we hadn't seen the plot before, was infinitely more scary."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
L'ordre et la morale (Rebellion) () |
"
It is clearly well-researched but not made with La Haine's flair."
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This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Fuck For Forest () |
"
Michal Marczak's film seems to be sympathetic to the boy and his anarchist friends, but it isn't long before you want to get the hell out of their company."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Bait (2012) |
"
Jaws it ain't."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
The performances of Brady Corbet as the taciturn American and Mati Diop as the sympathetic prostitute lend the film watchability ..."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Teorema (Theorem) (1968) |
"
The film, made in 1968, was provocative then and remains so now. But it doesn't elucidate its ambivalent moral secrets easily."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
First Position (2012) |
"
Anyone with an interest in dance should enjoy this documentary ..."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
42%
|
Flying Blind () |
"
As a love story it tells you a lot, thanks largely to the way McCrory shapes and underlines her part."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
The film, though based on the exploits of Shin Bet, gives us reason to think about the drones that take out more than just terrorists."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
The ... stories mesh uneasily, even though the film-making is smart throughout and the acting often more than that."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
|
81%
|
Batman Returns (1992) |
"
It's the kind of film which has great stills but never quite comes alive when it actually moves -- likely to win at the box-office quicker than it does in the mind."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
It is not flawless but it makes you watch, and listen, closely throughout."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
All Things To All Men () |
"
[A] smartly made but twirly-plotted thriller ..."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Home (Yurt) () |
"
Pretty slow going but packs a punch in the end."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
Erased (2013) |
"
It's a smartly paced and decently made mixture of The Bourne Conspiracy and Taken but has one major drawback: Eckhart is neither Matt Damon nor Liam Neeson."
—
This is London
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
One Mile Away () |
"
An eye-opening process."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
We Went To War () |
"
Grigsby's quiet film doesn't try for polemic but simply tells what looks very much like the unalloyed truth."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
30%
|
King Of The Travellers () |
"
It looks authentic and its traveller cast, many of whom have never acted, do at least as well as many people who have."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
Good Vibrations () |
"
The film, studded with archive footage of an awful time, is cheerful and observant even if it goes on a bit too long."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
In the House (2013) |
"
[A] fluently made and brilliantly acted treatise on teaching, storytelling and the class divide."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
99%
|
Finding Nemo 3D (2012) |
"
It looks more stunning than ever."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Point Blank (1967) |
"
An almost experimental discourse on crime, punishment and revenge brilliantly shot by Philip H. Lathrop."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Largely incomprehensible in its plotting and full of subsidiary characters only those familiar with the first film will recognise."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
|
95%
|
Popiól i diament (Ashes and Diamonds) (1958) |
"
Wajda's deeply romantic and personal vision, inspired by both Italian neo-realism and by the more baroque images of Expressionism, makes Ashes and Diamonds a gripping experience. "
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
I Superbiker () |
"
The latest in the I, Superbiker series."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
The Servant (1963) |
"
Claustrophobic film-making carries a charge it's not easy to forget. Only Pinter could match it."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Post Tenebras Lux (2013) |
"
This often brilliant director is defiantly playing private games with us, whether we like it or not."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
Neighbouring Sounds (2012) |
"
It is too long and sometimes drags, but burrs into the memory through naturalistic acting and a real sense of the perils of Brazilian life."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Reincarnated (2013) |
"
One can't help thinking that if you've tasted all the spoils it is much easier to give the sweet life up - while still riding around in a Rolls, of course."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
DreamWorks has done much better, and Pixar appears to be in a different league altogether."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
89%
|
Compliance (2012) |
"
Well as the film is performed, particularly by Dowd as the manager attempting to make order out of chaos, you can scarcely credit what happens."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
All pretty feeble stuff."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Reality (2013) |
"
The film falls on its own sword by creating a dish that is more than a little overcooked, though even a cursory glance at Italian television might suggest that it is virtually impossible to exaggerate anything."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Michael H. Profession: Director () |
"
Clips of Haneke at work and of the many controversial films themselves make this an intriguing 70 minutes, if a slightly scary one, particularly when he laughs."
—
This is London
Posted Mar 15, 2013
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