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Rich Cline

""Help me, Obi-wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." - Leia Organa "Into the mud, scum queen!" - Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr "

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography:: California-born journalist living in London since 1992, reviewing films for the BBC, various magazines and radio stations, Shadows on the Wall, Film Threat and others...
Favorites:: La Strada, Rear Window, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Citizen Kane, The Stunt Man
Publications:: Contactmusic.com , Film Threat , FilmFocus , Rotten Tomatoes , Shadows on the Wall , This is London
Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 4646
Total QuickRatings:: 680

Location:: London, UK

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3.5/5	100%	The Wicker Man - Final Cut (2013)	" No, it hasn't dated particularly well, and Hardy's rampant misogynistic tendencies feel even more appalling now. But it's still an unmissable one-off." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/5	84%	Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013)	" It's pacey and often exhilarating. And also strikingly timely." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/5	83%	In the Name Of (2013)	" All of the characters are so vivid that they never seem like actors at all, and as the story begins to touch on some big issues it also becomes urgent and important." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
2/5	31%	Austenland (2013)	" Not only is it silly and twee, but it tries to present a "realistic" look at love that's just as corny as the romance it's making fun of." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
4.5/5	20%	Girl Most Likely (2013)	" A perfectly gauged performance by Wiig holds this ramshackle comedy-drama together, as she plays a woman forced to confront everything she has always hated about herself." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
4.5/5	91%	Blue Jasmine (2013)	" The vibrant characters, jaggedly observant dialog and messy plot are thoroughly engaging." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
1.5/5	8%	Runner Runner (2013)	" It's a fast-paced thriller that simply refuses to establish any sense of tension or danger, and the characters are paper thin." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Oct 4, 2013
5/5	79%	Filth ()	" As another full-on Irvine Welsh adaptation Trainspotting did in 1996, this bracingly original movie puts a new filmmaker on the map." — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
4/5	100%	The Crash Reel ()	" Operating on several levels, this engaging documentary holds our attention with eye-opening information and pulse-quickening action, but what makes it unmissable is its emotional kick." — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
3/5	29%	Emperor (2013)	" An attempt to spice up a true story with fictional characters and events leaves this film feeling artificial." — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
4/5	50%	Thanks For Sharing (2013)	" Even if we've never been to a 12-step meeting, an intelligent script and sharp performances help us see ourselves in these characters and situations. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
4/5	76%	How I Live Now (2013)	" Remarkably bleak for a teen movie, this drama keeps us gripped as it throws its characters into an odyssey that's seriously harrowing." — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
3.5/5	52%	The To Do List (2013)	" Even as this comedy strains to be goofy and transgressive, it catches us by surprise simply because it dares to explore first-time sexual experiences through female eyes. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Oct 3, 2013
2.5/5	42%	Zaytoun (2013)	" Lively characters and a series of offbeat events make this movie watchable, except that we never believe anything that happens." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
4/5	50%	Thanks For Sharing (2013)	" It's a low-key gem that deserves awards-season attention." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
4.5/5	80%	Prisoners (2013)	" A vivid reminder of the value of patience in storytelling, this exquisitely assembled thriller takes its time to reveal every wrinkle and character." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
3/5	90%	Hawking (2013)	" It's involving, but the straightforward approach doesn't say much that we don't already know." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
3.5/5	100%	Metro Manila (2013)	" The story is perhaps a bit too tidy, broadly signposting both themes and plot twists, but a natural cast and the urgent camerawork make it a riveting ride." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
3/5	58%	Cold Comes The Night ()	" This dark-themed thriller is strikingly well-made, with a strong cast and a nice sense of its rural setting." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
1.5/5	14%	R.I.P.D. (2013)	" The script is never actually funny, and the filmmakers' desperate attempt to crank up the mayhem with digital trickery is merely exhausting." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
3.5/5	44%	The Call (2013)	" Relentlessly suspenseful, this lean thriller has an emotional subtext that makes it almost unbearably involving." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
2.5/5	3%	Diana (2013)	" There's a clever theme to this film that's never allowed to emerge properly, as the script continually slips into romanticised melodrama." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 27, 2013
4/5	83%	In the Name Of (2013)	" An intriguing mixture of almost mythically stylised imagery and doc-style realism makes this deeply internalised Polish drama both engaging and urgent." — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
2/5	31%	Austenland (2013)	" Fans of romantic fiction may enjoy this gimmicky comedy, which cleverly plays around with Jane Austen's fiction but kind of misses its own joke. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
1.5/5	8%	Runner Runner (2013)	" Clearly something went horribly wrong as this thriller was being made, because despite a solid cast, gorgeous locations and an intriguing premise, the film is an incoherent mess. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/5	20%	Girl Most Likely (2013)	" Even though this comedy has a tendency to dip into cartoonish silliness, it's anchored by a razor-sharp performance by Wiig as a woman forced to confront everything she hates about herself." — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
4.5/5	80%	Prisoners (2013)	" What makes this thriller extraordinary is its willingness to make us scratch our heads and ask questions as the tense, fable-like story patiently unfolds. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
4.5/5	91%	Blue Jasmine (2013)	" With a riveting performance, Cate Blanchett creates one of Woody Allen's most memorable movie characters in years." — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 26, 2013
4/5	79%	42 (2013)	" It's a moving, involving film that's packed with both snappy characters and a real sense of momentous history." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 20, 2013
3.5/5	50%	White House Down (2013)	" This is a ludicrously contrived thriller that's also a guilty pleasure because the actors refuse to take things seriously." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 20, 2013
5/5	91%	In a World... (2013)	" This painfully hilarious script playfully explores a little-known aspect of the movie business while touching on serious issues about competition between genders and generations." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 20, 2013
3.5/5	35%	Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)	" Wan and Whannell return to their 2011 hit with a vengeance, gleefully filling in the story before, after and even during that first chapter with even more gonzo nuttiness." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 20, 2013
4/5	88%	Rush (2013)	" It's nicely played by an eclectic cast and directed like a European drama rather than a big American epic." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 20, 2013
3.5/5	100%	Metro Manila (2013)	" There's a visceral sense of urgency in this cleverly made thriller that holds our attention even when the plot begins to feel over-constructed. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/5	58%	Cold Comes The Night ()	" While this low-key thriller is strikingly well shot and acted, it never seems like it digs very far beneath the surface. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
1.5/5	14%	R.I.P.D. (2013)	" The ingredients are all here, but this mash-up of Ghost with Men in Black is a painful misfire, neither funny nor engaging on any level. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
3.5/5	44%	The Call (2013)	" After this unusually well-made thriller builds suspense to almost unbearable levels, the filmmakers nearly throw everything away with a gear-change so contrived that we can't help but laugh. " — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
2.5/5	3%	Diana (2013)	" While this odd biopic is a real mess, it's not quite the cinematic disaster snootier critics claim it is." — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/5	90%	Hawking (2013)	" Stephen Hawking proves to be an entertaining storyteller in this autobiographical documentary in which, with the help of two cowriters, he takes us on a trip through his life." — Contactmusic.com Posted Sep 19, 2013
4/5	91%	Fire In The Blood (2013)	" By presenting facts without sensationalising the issue, this is a frightening depiction of the shocking disparity between the world's haves and have-nots, and also of the injustice created by unfettered capitalism." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
3/5	34%	Touchy Feely (2013)	" It's an enjoyable dark comedy, although as it centres on the awkwardness between these people, the film never quite resolves into something meaningful." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
3.5/5	34%	Adore (2013)	" Despite the Australian surf-community setting, the film has a refreshingly grown-up European sensibility." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
4/5	86%	The Great Hip Hop Hoax ()	" A thoroughly entertaining exploration of a friendship strained by an extraordinary situation." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
3.5/5	92%	Museum Hours (2013)	" Quite literally an art film, this quietly riveting drama essentially just observes its settings and characters, eavesdropping on what they have to say about themselves and the world around them." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
4/5	75%	Pieta (2013)	" This is a grisly fable that never goes where we expect it to. And it has some important things to say about both revenge and sacrifice." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
3/5	50%	Jadoo ()	" Colourful and engaging, this subculture comedy keeps us smiling with a mouth-watering mix of delicious food and lively characters." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
4/5	75%	uwantme2killhim? ()	" A true story is turned into an eerily relevant cyber-thriller that remains grounded in sympathetic characters rather than a formulaic movie plot." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
3/5	45%	No One Lives (2013)	" Even though it's played dead straight, this gonzo horror film is so extreme that it's actually quite funny. Whether this is intentional or not is anyone's guess." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013
4.5/5	80%	Any Day Now (2012)	" This is about a unjust, lopsided system that puts its own ignorance and bigotry over the needs of a child, and watching it is utterly riveting because the film's focus is so humane." — Shadows on the Wall Posted Sep 13, 2013

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