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2/5
|
——
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Tip Top () |
"
There's so much thrown into Tip Top that nothing stands out."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 19, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
A compelling overview of a modern security agency - bred in a moral grey area, organising state-sanctioned violence, but uncertain of the strength of its political safety net."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
An artfully shot, po-faced thriller about an American graduate student going to pieces on an extended break in Paris."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
One Mile Away () |
"
The doc's short on context, and too forgiving of its poster boys, but as a study of their commitment to bettering themselves and the community, it's inspiring."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Reincarnated (2013) |
"
There could have been an interesting documentary here had the director stepped up to challenge his subject."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
8%
|
Fire With Fire (2012) |
"
You need to see this like we need another closeup of a hole in the head."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Bullhead (2012) |
"
This thriller about a steroid-boosting farmer lost in the moral maze of Belgium's mafia underworld is a stylish, meaty treat."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
99%
|
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) |
"
Jiro Ono's exacting standards have earned him three Michelin stars, but it's his taciturn nature that spices and sours this documentary."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
This is laboured. This is aimless. This Is 40. It's really quite a grind."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Dec 21, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
The song's the same, but Pitch Perfect is a great cover version."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
So Undercover (2013) |
"
Cyrus seems bored, as if ready to jump ship to another movie."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Dec 6, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Yossi (2013) |
"
It's a film full of tenderness, resting on a tremendous, sad performance from Knoller."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) |
"
There's lots to love here, particularly Michael Caine's deadly straight take on Scrooge."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Nov 22, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Ninja Scroll (1996) |
"
A wandering ronin takes on a posse of supernatural ninjas in a whipcracking race that never lets reality get in the way of a hearty bout of blood-lettting."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Nov 22, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
This is about the bike, the road and the compulsion to go, go, go."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
71%
|
Unfinished Song (Song for Marion) (2013) |
"
Song for Marion seems to be aiming for the grey pound, but its treatment of elderly people is so corny it's hard to see it appealing to the audience that flocked to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
This modern-day adaptation of Henry James's novel about a child shuttled back and forth between her divorced parents features an excellent performance from newcomer Onata Aprile."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 12, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
24%
|
Arthur Newman (2013) |
"
Ariola is trying maintain a tricky balance: we have to know Arthur's green-grey world to understand what he's trying to escape from. But unfortunately the man is the movie and movie is wearisome."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
At 163 minutes Cloud Atlas carries all the marks of a giant folly, and those unfamiliar with the book will be baffled."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
Revel in the pace and passion of a film-maker policing a field that is now unquestionably his."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 9, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
The Place Beyond the Pines is ambitious and epic, perhaps to a fault."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 9, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
A whooping, leaping carnival of shouting about your difference in the faces of all those jocks and squares who never even heard of Sonic Youth."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
An entertaining, if shamelessly embellished account of one of the CIA's strangest operations."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Johnson hauls us through a cat-and-mouse chase, peppered with great dialogue and two showcase performances from Willis and Gordon-Levitt, who's nailed the pained look of befuddlement, the mannered slouch in the walk, that made Willis a star."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012) |
"
A bittersweet confection - a gorgeously shot concert film that cuts repeatedly between the near-desperate abandon of the show and Murphy, in his apartment the following day, wandering around in his pants and petting the dog."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
[REC] 3 Genesis (2012) |
"
A prequel that trades the scratchy terror of its predecessors for hit-and-miss body shocks."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
The Myth Of The American Sleepover (2011) |
"
Writer/director David Robert Mitchell's sweet, sexless drama."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Let the Bullets Fly (2012) |
"
Between the kung fu, the gunplay, a gentle romantic subplot and the extreme gastronomy - there's something for everyone."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Leave it on the Floor (2012) |
"
The songs (including a saucy ode to Justin Timberlake) are fresh and witty."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Undefeated (2012) |
"
All eyes are on the ball, while the future screams from the sidelines."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
The Players (Les infidèles) () |
"
Stick out the glaringly unfunny prologue and you'll see the former George Valentin come good, with Dujardin and co-star Gilles Lellouche assuming a series of roles that see past the sex and explore men's impulse to cheat."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
Atletu (The Athlete) () |
"
It's a blend of documentary and drama, but while the archive clips of Bikila's victories are thrilling, the performances are flat and the script tired."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
89%
|
A Royal Affair (2012) |
"
A fascinating affair of state."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
97%
|
Sing Your Song (2012) |
"
The man's good works are plain to see, but his personality remains an enigma."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
The Sapphires is glossy and often silly, but it's zippy enough to make the tour worthwhile."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
The We and the I (2013) |
"
Gondry, a 49-year-old Frenchman, makes a surprisingly successful go of following the babble and switch of young, fast-talking Bronxites."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
10%
|
Piggy () |
"
It's a British rite-of-passage crime thriller, because it opens with a closeup of the protagonist's face and a voiceover that says "That's me"."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Womb (2012) |
"
Shonky science, flat fiction - this should never have left the lab."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
Safe (2012) |
"
It's tough delivering an action performance with heart. Statham's cracked it."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
Outside Bet () |
"
A few dips in the nosebag is enough."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
[It] carries the mark of a piece of expensively assembled fan fiction, albeit stitched together with a lightness and wit that will just about carry the casual viewer through two-and-a-half-hours of comic geek nirvana."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Lockout (Unrated) (2012) |
"
Shoddy special effects and the surface-level sass of the president's daughter leave this one spinning in low orbit."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
Hollywoo () |
"
Hollywoo needs a D, but it can have a big fat F."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Les Lyonnais (A Gang Story) () |
"
There's one code at play here: a hood's gotta do what a hood's gotta do. Unfortunately, we gotta watch him do all of it."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
North Sea Texas (2012) |
"
North Sea Texas looks beautiful, is acted brilliantly, but it's hard to get a hold on when Pim's drifting by in a dream world."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Booked Out () |
"
You find yourself lead down into this kooky kerfuffle with a genuine, if bemused, sense of affection."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
14%
|
Hard Boiled Sweets () |
"
The leaden plot - involving a monochrome gang of hard nuts and their molls doing each other in for a briefcase of cash - leaves us with nothing under the wrapper."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
The Vow (2012) |
"
Channing Tatum is terribly miscast as an arty husband who tries to help his amnesiac wife remember their blissful time together."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
The ledge gives Worthington a run for his money. The giddy thrill of the story - perched high above the milling genre stereotypes - was grounded long ago."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
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