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Philip Wilding

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We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Alex Gibney adds to his forensic examinations of Enron and Abu Ghraib with another fine documentary.” – Empire Magazine Jul 8, 2013 Full Review No (2012) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Initially jarring, the video aesthetic blends beautifully with period footage to give a smart depiction of a nation in transition. A well-deserved Oscar nominee.” – Empire Magazine Feb 4, 2013 Full Review Starbuck (2011) 64% 4/5 EDIT “A French comedy that pitches for wit over broad comedy, it's successful in salting what could be a over-sugary confection with healthy dose of wryness.” – Empire Magazine Nov 19, 2012 Full Review Barbara (2012) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Tough and tender, it's the best Iron Curtain drama since The Lives Of Others.” – Empire Magazine Sep 23, 2012 Full Review The Queen of Versailles (2012) 95% 4/5 EDIT “A bizarre and mesmerising journey to the heart of Cloud Cuckoo Land.” – Empire Magazine Sep 3, 2012 Full Review 360 (2011) 19% 2/5 EDIT “A great disappointment by the City Of God man's high standards.” – Empire Magazine Aug 6, 2012 Full Review God Bless America (2011) 66% 4/5 EDIT “Sharp on the fallibility of human foibles and sometimes stingingly funny, too.” – Empire Magazine Jul 1, 2012 Full Review She Monkeys (2011) 89% 3/5 EDIT “A disjointed but refreshingly subversive character drama.” – Empire Magazine May 14, 2012 Full Review Into the Abyss (2011) 92% 4/5 EDIT “A haunting portrayal of people who are neither completely innocent nor wholly evil, and the terrible price of killing, whether in the pursuit of a sports car or in the name of justice.” – Empire Magazine Feb 20, 2012 Full Review Bombay Beach (2011) 77% 4/5 EDIT “The fact that Alma Har'el is still stuck in music video director mode makes for an interesting new breed of documentary.” – Empire Magazine Jan 29, 2012 Full Review Trespass (2011) 9% 2/5 EDIT “Cloth-eared dialogue saps the tension, while the plot twists with the likelihood of a Brett Ratner rehearsal session. Leave your disbelief at the door.” – Empire Magazine Nov 18, 2011 Full Review The Rum Diary (2011) 52% 4/5 EDIT “A fitting tribute to Hunter and the demise of the American Dream, but first and foremost a thrilling and funny snapshot of a country on its knees and a writer finding his feet.” – Empire Magazine Nov 6, 2011 Full Review Weekend (2011) 95% 3/5 EDIT “Terrific low-key turns from the two leads inject their growing bond with genuine emotion, making this a love story that will get under the skin of romantics everywhere.” – Empire Magazine Nov 1, 2011 Full Review Post Mortem (2010) 91% 4/5 EDIT “A sometimes shocking, often moving journey through a blood-stained corner of the past. Like Costa Gavras's Missing through the eyes of an everyday Chilean.” – Empire Magazine Sep 5, 2011 Full Review Elite Squad 2 (2010) 91% 4/5 EDIT “A marked improvement on the first film, it's easy to see why this was such a smash in Brazil. Breathless, brutal and thrilling, it's a gut punch of an action movie.” – Empire Magazine Aug 8, 2011 Full Review Meet Monica Velour (2010) 48% 3/5 EDIT “Beautifully acted, it's a tender love story with one or two belly laughs.” – Empire Magazine Jul 14, 2011 Full Review Super (2010) 50% 4/5 EDIT “A brilliant twist on the everyman crime-fighter genre, as violent and human as it is funny.” – Empire Magazine Jul 4, 2011 Full Review Viva Riva! (2010) 86% 3/5 EDIT “On the basis of this expertly engineered crime thriller Djo Munga is a director going places.” – Empire Magazine Jun 20, 2011 Full Review Point Blank (2010) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Another sparkling thriller from the Anything For Her director. See it, then wait for the inevitable US remake.” – Empire Magazine Jun 6, 2011 Full Review Outside the Law (2010) 76% 4/5 EDIT “Controversial and contended it may be in France, but whatever your stance this is another thrilling and thoughtful slice of history from the Days Of Glory director.” – Empire Magazine May 3, 2011 Full Review I Saw the Devil (2010) 83% 4/5 EDIT “This gleefully black horror-thriller is a very classy follow-up to The Good, the Bad, the Weird for Kim Jee-Woon.” – Empire Magazine Apr 26, 2011 Full Review Benda Bilili! (2010) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Wielding inspiration and uplift in equal measure, this musical odyssey is one of the cinematic journeys of the year. Don't miss it.” – Empire Magazine Mar 14, 2011 Full Review Neds (2010) 94% 3/5 EDIT “A rush of violent, visceral drama, Mullan's directorial effort will stay with you. The disappointment? A final third that meanders to its conclusion.” – Empire Magazine Jan 18, 2011 Full Review Cuckoo (2009) 10% 1/5 EDIT “With its unengaging characters and a plot that jacknifes inexplicably, there's little to like here. A thriller without many thrills.” – Empire Magazine Dec 13, 2010 Full Review The Thorn in the Heart (2009) 52% 4/5 EDIT “A touching insight into a family's inner workings.” – Empire Magazine Dec 8, 2010 Full Review
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