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4/5
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100%
|
Behind the Candelabra () |
"
The performances by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are wonderful. The fug of jealousy and drug-fuelled paranoia is very well maintained."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 21, 2013
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|
5/5
|
90%
|
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) |
"
The Coens have surged back to, once again, become the most consistently reliable American film-makers of their generation. The film is funny when it's sad and serious when it's frivolous."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 19, 2013
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|
2/5
|
50%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
You don't watch Baz Luhrmann's detonation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; you get beaten up by it"
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Irish Times
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
58%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
The film circles (slowly, like an overfed vulture) around the protracted death of a savage matriarch played, with no concessions to subtlety, by Charlotte Rampling. "
—
Irish Times
Posted May 10, 2013
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|
2/5
|
32%
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Deadfall (2012) |
"
Big fleecy hats with earflaps are doffed to most of the actors. But, with this script, Deadfall was always destined to be a whiteout."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
99%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Mud is, perhaps, a little longer than it needed to be, but few sensitive viewers will begrudge Nichols his indulgence. This director is the real thing. "
—
Irish Times
Posted May 10, 2013
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|
5/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
In short, it's utterly familiar and absolutely original. We couldn't have asked for more."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
Dror Moreh's terrific documentary can stand beside Errol Morris's The Fog of War as a cinematic illustration of how human psyches bend beneath the pressure of terrible actions."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
27%
|
21 And Over (2013) |
"
One of many recent films that could serve as a recruiting advertisement for Al Qaeda."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
I'm So Excited! (2013) |
"
For all the high intentions, I'm So Excited comes across as minor Almodóvar. There are, of course, far worse things than that."
—
Irish Times
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Shorter and less self-regarding than most Marvel movies, Iron Man 3 is every bit as zippy as we might expect from the creator of Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
The Look of Love () |
"
This version of the baron isn't even allowed to become anything so interesting as an enigma. It's Steve Coogan - only less so."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
How cheering it is to see everyone's third-favourite James Bond essay comedy that never strays into camp or self-parody. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
30%
|
King Of The Travellers () |
"
There is enough here for us to confirm O'Connor as a talent for the future. Rough stuff."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
Thee film-makers' sincerity so indisputable, that Promised Land never entirely spins off the rails. It's hard to swallow, but easy to digest."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
As futurology it stinks. But as anaesthetised fantasy it works very nicely."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Pilgrim Hill () |
"
Pilgrim Hill offers a quietly devastating portrait of Jimmy Walsh (Joe Mullins), a bachelor farmer eking out his life in a lonely farm on a windy outcrop. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
All Things To All Men () |
"
Everybody's a supporting player. Nobody finds a trajectory worth following. Everybody is modestly corrupt. Nobody is believably conflicted."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Michael H. Profession: Director () |
"
The interviews may unveil little fresh information, but the shots of Haneke in action offer up minor revelations."
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
Maintaining his queasy dialectic throughout, the director oscillates between disgust and frenzied indulgence. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Finding Nemo 3D (2012) |
"
The animation is so sleek and the action so perfectly paced that even the sharpest viewer could be forgiven for overlooking some unimportant lapses in internal logic. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
You are swept along while it lasts and then, following a click of the fingers, you forget everything that just happened. A tolerable distraction."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Bigger, louder and, like, way more stupider than its predecessor."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Post Tenebras Lux (2013) |
"
Post Tenebras Lux does (just about) repay viewers' tolerance with an intermittent succession of cinematic jewels."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
Co-directed by Chris Sanders, brains behind the excellent How to Train Your Dragon , the latest flick from DreamWorks turns out to be moving, funny and highly original."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
With Precious and The Paperboy, Daniels has confirmed his status as the most emotionally incontinent director of his generation. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Energised by an impressively savage analysis of contemporary stage magic. Put simply, this film despises David Blaine and all his pseudo-mystical fellow-travellers."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
40%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
We like you, Jason. You're perfectly acceptable in near-silent, pseudo-Asian action nonsense. But you, sir, are no Lee Marvin."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
If this puzzling, often very enjoyable medical thriller were directed by almost any film-maker other than Steven Soderbergh, you would be tempted to diagnose it with genre identity disorder."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
How refreshing it is to enjoy something we never knew we wanted."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
To this writer, it suggests one of those evasive US TV commercials for incontinence treatments or rheumatism therapies. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
We are persuaded to root for Miller, even when he is betraying the people he loves best. You'll feel dirty, and well you should after a few hours in this company. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
30%
|
Broken City (2013) |
"
Wahlberg and Crowe. Together at last. So overwhelming. Can't breathe for testosterone. Can't even write complete sentences."
—
Irish Times
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
If you can swallow the porcelain Chastain as a tattooed bass player in a punk band, then the supernatural hooey will not seem in any way hard to believe."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Fire In The Blood () |
"
Only an unthinking monster could leave the cinema unmoved and unenlightened."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Lore (2013) |
"
Shortland composes her shots with great elegance. Adam Arkapaw's damp, saturated photography is gorgeous. Götterdämmerung has rarely been so quietly compelling."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
Unfinished Song (Song for Marion) (2013) |
"
The interactions between Redgrave and Stamp confirm [Williams] has serious dramatic chops. The swerve towards cuddly redemption porn suggests he's starting to panic a little."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
At times, the new film plays like a Wayans brothers parody of a late Malick picture: Sleepy Movie, Floaty Movie, Preachy Movie. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Everyday () |
"
Utilising fluid shots of the English countryside set to one of Michael Nyman's most dynamic scores, Winterbottom makes something surprisingly lyrical of the non-story"
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Look, Stallone has a perky daughter. Will she end up tied to a chair in a disused refinery (or something)? You know it. "
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
Men at Lunch () |
"
The core image is striking, but it's not quite as "iconic" as claimed. The allusions to 9/11 are unnecessary. But Men at Lunch remains an honourable, worthwhile effort."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
The prospect of inevitable sequels is more than bearable."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Antiviral (2013) |
"
Like his father before him, Brandon makes a virtue of budgetary restraints: Antiviral's rough textures are, in themselves, somewhat alienating."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
I Give It a Year (2013) |
"
A bafflingly misguided experiment."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
The film has just enough gooey charm to make up for its infelicitous turns."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
11%
|
Sammy's Adventures 2 (Sammy's avonturen 2) () |
"
It's like watching Life of Pi after a frontal lobotomy."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
To call the film perfunctory would be to insult properly perfunctory events, such as that visit to your least-favourite uncle."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
It is, in its quieter way, more pointlessly indulgent than The Matrix Revolutions."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
t is hard to think of a film as weirdly paced or as oddly structured as Robert Zemeckis's largely successful return to live-action drama."
—
Irish Times
Posted Feb 3, 2013
|
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