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94%
|
Stories We Tell (2013) |
"
This playful and elegiac documentary is wholly of a piece with Sarah Polley's fiction work, and just as rewarding."
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Variety
Posted May 1, 2013
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2/5
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58%
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The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
Has taken almost two years to reach the UK; you'd be forgiven for thinking it was far longer, given its sub-Joseph Losey pretensions and doily-like styling."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 30, 2013
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3/5
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48%
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
The thrills and the effects are cheap, but this is in hard-driving, good-humoured command of its own silliness."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 17, 2013
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2/5
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Kosinski continues to lavish far more thought on how his elaborate fantasy worlds look than how they work, and neither the politics nor the human stakes here coalesce into rational or relatable drama."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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3/5
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29%
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Erased (2013) |
"
It's as distinct from its genre forerunners as Aldi is from Lidl, but German director Philipp Stölzl keeps things moving at a fair clip."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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2/5
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33%
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Home (Yurt) () |
"
The scenery is suitably magnificent, but this well-meaning film scarcely says enough to fill its 75-minute running time."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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5/5
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87%
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In the House (2013) |
"
Ozon weaves another spellbinding tale that mingles the real and imaginery with terrific effect."
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Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 25, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
It's a kick to see Boyle back in lickety-split genre mode."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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|
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51%
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Welcome to the Punch (2013) |
"
A proficient but personality-free policer that demands little of either its audience or its enviable best-of-British cast."
—
Variety
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
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1/5
|
59%
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Maniac (2013) |
"
Rank even on its own terms, it's the kind of inferior remake that also invites questions about the original's cult status."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 12, 2013
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4/5
|
89%
|
Shell () |
"
Scott Graham's haunting, minimalist debut grips from the outset with startling photography and an attention-grabbing turn from newbie actress Chloe Pirrie."
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Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 10, 2013
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——
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Maladies () |
"
[A] precious, pointless exercise in designer neurosis from mononymic artist-turned-filmmaker Carter."
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Variety
Posted Mar 10, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
What it lacks, rather like Oscar himself, is any authentic magic: the script's post-'Shrek' wisecracks feel especially out of place, and the over-processed digital landscapes can't match the beauty of handmade Hollywood artifice."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 5, 2013
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|
3/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
Disney's found a lot to play with here, but you may find yourself itching to take the controls."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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|
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——
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Big Sur () |
"
Offers an elegantly muted take on the midlife ennui of Kerouac's autobiographical 1962 novel."
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Variety
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Bullhead (2012) |
"
Bullhead more than deserves its run at the big screen. So does its star."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2013
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|
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67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
A splendidly demented gumbo of Hitchcock thriller, American Gothic fairy tale and a contemporary kink all Park's own."
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
64%
|
Miss Minoes (2011) |
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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—
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——
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Kelly + Victor () |
—
Variety
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
B
|
100%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
There's something alluringly, disconcertingly off-kilter from the get-go in Ain't Them Bodies Saints."
—
HitFix
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
Lewin, who has fought his own lifelong polio battle, handles tricky material with a gentle, empathetic touch."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 15, 2013
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|
4/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
This rousing, superbly acted, no-holds-barred melodrama is a mighty feat of physical filmmaking."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 31, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
18%
|
Parental Guidance (2012) |
"
The latest in a long run of 2012 films to confront the indignities of ageing, this one is arguably, if not intentionally, the most harrowing."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
Midnight's Children (2013) |
"
Mehta fudges the political allegory in favour of the story's magical realism, but still can't get her arms around the material - or past Rushdie's own bear-hug."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 18, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
32%
|
The Oranges (2012) |
"
The intervention of Tony Soprano, who lives not far away, is urgently called for."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
So Undercover (2013) |
"
Cyrus seems to be playing dress-up when she dons the biker gear that is supposedly her second skin. Not-especially-high high jinks ensue."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
A low-fi indie that swiftly slums into terminal feyness. "
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Great Expectations (2013) |
"
Newell and Nicholls' safe, schoolteacher-friendly interpretation makes no real case for going down this much-travelled road once more."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
A riotous showdown ... finds an absurdly ingenious way both to preserve and subvert the contentiously passive climax of Meyer's novel."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
El Hosaini's voice remains crisp, cool and consistently street-smart."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 4, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) |
"
This is that rare thing: a franchise that grows more winning with each instalment."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2012) |
"
Amounts to a lavishly mounted series of airborne sword fights - each one more spectacular (and silly) than the last ..."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2012
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|
|
——
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Chakravyuh (2012) |
"
Substituting the usual Bollywood song-and-dance with pumped-up bullet ballet, this lengthy but propulsive pic puts a contempo political spin on a classic police-meller formula."
—
Variety
Posted Oct 13, 2012
|
|
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0%
|
The Knot () |
"
The Knot finds a bumbling groomsman fishing for silver wedding bands in a diarrhea-filled toilet bowl. Viewers searching for moments of wit or insight ... might relate."
—
Variety
Posted Oct 13, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
Watson holds her own with a character more annoying on paper than in reality, but it's the boys who most impress ..."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 2, 2012
|
|
|
56%
|
Now Is Good (2013) |
"
[Spikes] the Nicholas Sparks-style teen Love Story plot with refreshing flashes of sex, drugs and Ellie Goulding songs."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 18, 2012
|
|
|
47%
|
Bait (2012) |
"
This likable trash occasionally outsmarts more moneyed Hollywood fish features."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
|
100%
|
A Hijacking (2013) |
"
Tobias Lindholm's superb [film] actually grows more chillingly subdued as its nightmare scenario unfolds."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
|
68%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
Andrew Stern's overworked but oddly nonspecific script needs to be a lot savvier about contempo media culture to bear the didactic weight of its themes. "
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
|
——
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Sinapupunan (Thy Womb) () |
"
Typically arresting direction and a stoically moving lead turn from local industry legend Nora Aunor."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
Attractively fizzy pic may be a shock to the system for fans of teen queens Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, but remains pretty toothless titillation by its writer-helmer's standards."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
|
90%
|
Bad 25 (2012) |
"
Spike Lee convincingly makes the case for reassessment with this exhaustive and entertaining if less-than-penetrating docu on [Bad's] creation."
—
Variety
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
Knightley, resplendent in exaggerated furs and art-directed lace veils, has never looked more like an honest-to-goodness movie star."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
A Few Best Men () |
"
Frivolous stuff, but there's a sour edge to the silliness, with far more gay panic colouring the jokes than you'd expect from the director of 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.'"
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
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0%
|
Keith Lemon: The Film () |
"
[Lemon's] execrable film debut ... suffers from reverse Norma Desmond syndrome: He's still small, it's the picture that got big."
—
Variety
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
16%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
A film packaged as pure product, aiming to snare the combined markets for loudmouth comics, sci-fi action and, er, Richard Ayoade - who, however seemingly misplaced, is the freshest thing here."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 21, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012) |
"
The year's most fascinating and frightening doc so far, The Imposter delves far beneath the hysterical tabloid headlines."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 20, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
42%
|
Step Up 4: Miami Heat (2012) |
"
It's equal parts 'Flashdance,' 'Burlesque' and 'Lambada', all parts ludicrous - but we aren't here for the story any more than we watch Béla Tarr for the salsa numbers."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
54%
|
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012) |
"
About as factory-produced a film as it's possible to make about the evils of commercialism, while the bulbous, Haribo-hued animation style reflects none of Seuss's visual wit."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 24, 2012
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