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3/5
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87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
A quirky and stylistically idiosyncratic tale of an angst ridden teenager trying to win the heart of a girl and save his parents' marriage. With everyone in deadpan mode its funny but emotionally uninspiring. "
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Screenwize
Posted Sep 7, 2011
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3/5
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90%
|
Face to Face (2013) |
"
Despite being unable to break free of its theatrical origins, the film is never dull."
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Screenwize
Posted Sep 7, 2011
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3.5/5
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74%
|
Mozart's Sister (2011) |
"
An intimate and subdued tale of suppressed talent and filial loyalty, the film builds an engaging fiction around some of the facts of Nannerl, the older sister of the famous Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart."
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Screenwize
Posted Aug 5, 2011
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5/5
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93%
|
Of Gods and Men (2011) |
"
A deeply moving and profoundly beautiful film about a group of monks working in the mountains of Algeria who are faced with the most difficult personal and collective decisions when the country erupts in brutal civil-war"
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 30, 2011
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3.5/5
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55%
|
The Conspirator (2011) |
"
Robert Redford's courtroom drama about the trial of Mary Surratt after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln is both a gripping drama and a rather stuffy flag-waving exercise. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 30, 2011
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2.5/5
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43%
|
From Time to Time (2012) |
"
This family film - that mixes Regency ghosts and a rambling, secret-filled mansion - lacks oomph and charm despite its top shelf cast, including Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 7, 2011
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4.5/5
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84%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
Terrence Malick's long awaited meditation on spirituality, loss and innocence stars Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain as a 1950's couple who - along with their eldest son Jack (Sean Penn) - struggle with the big questions of the meaning of life. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jun 29, 2011
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4/5
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79%
|
How I Ended This Summer (2010) |
"
A cinematic and dramatic treat, this spectacular piece of contemporary Russian filmmaking follows two meteorologists stationed on a remote Arctic island. An allegory on old and new Russia, it's part art-house thriller and part atmospheric poetry."
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Screenwize
Posted Jun 26, 2011
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3.5/5
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88%
|
Cane Toads: The Conquest (2012) |
"
Updating his famous 1988 documentary, Mark Lewis takes a warm and quirky look at the people who love, hate, sell, study, kill or hug the famous cane toads that have now spread across the top end of the nation. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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3.5/5
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74%
|
The Human Resources Manager (2011) |
"
A sometimes serious, sometimes quirky road movie sees an HR Manager travel from Jerusalem to Romania with a dead body, a collection of strange characters, and a slowly developing conscience about the fate of the dead. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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2.5/5
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11%
|
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (2011) |
"
A crazed, attention-deficit disordered blitz of one-liners that sees Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf chase evil fairy tale characters through a mad world in search of a secret truffle cake recipe."
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Screenwize
Posted May 5, 2011
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3/5
|
57%
|
The Lost Bladesman (Guan yun chang) () |
"
An epic historical martial arts film with thin characters, a tepid love story and some excellent fight sequences with the long-handled crescent-moon blade. "
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Screenwize
Posted May 5, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
83%
|
Potiche (2011) |
"
A fluffy soufflé starring two of the biggest names in French cinema, Potiche is dated and theatrical but provides a few gentle laughs for those who don't mind frothy French farce."
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Screenwize
Posted May 5, 2011
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|
2.5/5
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83%
|
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) |
"
This slick but uncharismatic cat-and-mouse game between maverick lawyer and rich client, is courtroom drama far too fascinated by its own sense of cool to be anything more than easy on the mind television"
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Screenwize
Posted Mar 31, 2011
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5/5
|
64%
|
Biutiful (2010) |
"
This cinematic journey of one man along the boundaries of life and death is an extraordinary work of genius."
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Screenwize
Posted Mar 23, 2011
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|
3.5/5
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62%
|
Griff the Invisible (2011) |
"
When introverted office clerk and night-time superhero Griff meets space cadet Melody, you get a small and delightfully charming romance between two of the quirkiest free spirits you'll ever see."
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Screenwize
Posted Mar 17, 2011
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4/5
|
98%
|
Inside Job (2010) |
"
An insightful and very sorry tale of the worst kind of greed, this Oscar-winning documentary exposes the people behind the global financial crisis, men & woman who are still wealthy and still running the banking industry. "
—
Screenwize
Posted Mar 10, 2011
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2/5
|
73%
|
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) |
"
With the exception of a few cute lines from Emily Blunt, it's a bureaucratically grey and decidedly empty tale about very little."
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Screenwize
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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3/5
|
56%
|
Unknown (2011) |
"
An increasingly improbable and easily watchable action thriller with Liam Neeson grimacing his way through memory loss and the murky secrets of bio-tech espionage."
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Screenwize
Posted Feb 17, 2011
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4/5
|
61%
|
Wasted on the Young (2010) |
"
Without question one of the most striking Australian films of the past five years, director Lucas stamps his visual style on a very contemporary - and at times very confronting - teen revenge story."
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Screenwize
Posted Feb 15, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
47%
|
Hereafter (2010) |
"
This melancholy tale - not so much about the afterlife as about its teasingly morbid lure on three people in different countries - is far from director Clint Eastwood's best, and comes with a particularly dull performance from Matt Damon. "
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Screenwize
Posted Feb 10, 2011
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2/5
|
43%
|
Faster (2010) |
"
A soulless revenge movie where the uber-slick, uber-hackneyed design takes precedence over story, character and theme may stir a few looking for a flick with fast cars, slow men and the rule of the gun, but it's mostly laborious and often ludicrous. "
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Screenwize
Posted Feb 3, 2011
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|
2.5/5
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74%
|
Shaolin (2011) |
"
Evil warlords and nifty monks battle it out physically and spiritually in this epic and histrionic tale of how the most nasty of men can find enlightenment. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jan 27, 2011
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4/5
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
An intense and beguiling psychological thriller with an art-house soul, Natalie Portman's performance a will keep you riveted from start to finish. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jan 20, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
53%
|
Agora (2010) |
"
Ambitious, sprawling and melodramatic, this sword-and-sandal epic lacks subtlety and struggles to provide much charm - ultimately dissolving into a rather obvious morality tale about the rise of fundamentalism. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jan 12, 2011
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3/5
|
86%
|
Unstoppable (2010) |
"
Highly accomplished, wholly predictable filmmaking with a monster of a runaway train as central protagonist. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jan 6, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
69%
|
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur) (2010) |
"
A light and fluffy internationalised French rom-com, stripped of any quirkiness and with little heat generated between Vanessa Paradis and Roman Duris as romantic leads. "
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Screenwize
Posted Dec 15, 2010
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|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Blue Valentine (2010) |
"
It will keep you thinking - and feeling - about the possibilities for long-term love for days after you've left the cinema."
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Screenwize
Posted Dec 8, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
|
14 Blades () |
"
Over the top, over saturated and overly melodramatic, this wuxia action adventure follows an outlawed swordsman in Ancient China who has to save the Emperor, fight off deadly assassins and restore his dignity. "
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Screenwize
Posted Dec 1, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
73%
|
The Last Exorcism (2010) |
"
A perfectly acceptable, rather low key addition to the horror-mockumentary genre, following a fraudulent Pastor who's decided to allow a camera crew to film one last job extracting the devil from an innocent girl. "
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 25, 2010
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4/5
|
79%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) |
"
Half of the final story, yes, but a beautifully paced film that lingers in the dark magical world as Harry, Ron & Hermoine find themselves in a self imposed exile in search of the fragments of Voldemort's soul. "
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 17, 2010
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4/5
|
90%
|
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) |
"
Never has a bad Christmas been this much fun! "
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 13, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster dominate every inch of the screen."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 13, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) |
"
A daring concept and a meticulously crafted study of the psychology of conflict."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 13, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
72%
|
Monsters (2010) |
"
Brit director Gareth Edwards cleverly keeps the focus of this intriguing and riveting sci-fi love story on the classy performances from the two leads."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 13, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
79%
|
Fair Game (2010) |
"
A highly intelligent political thriller with a stellar performance from Naomi Watts."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 13, 2010
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|
5/5
|
66%
|
The American (2010) |
"
In this astonishingly beautiful piece of cinema art, George Clooney plays a steely and introspective assassin hiding out in Italy, awaiting orders and contemplating his past deeds."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Tea With Madame Clos () |
"
an intimate, observational and drawn out piece of documentary filmmaking that follows an amiable old lady as she approaches her 100th birthday."
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
72%
|
Machete (2010) |
"
An irreverent and comically bloody tale of revenge and racism on the USA-Mexico border, brought to you by Robert Rodriguez as a parody of 1970's exploitation cinema. "
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Screenwize
Posted Nov 11, 2010
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|
4/5
|
89%
|
Let Me In (2010) |
"
A beautifully understated story of young lovers played out with the dark side of vampire mythology as a backdrop that occasionally and shockingly intrudes. "
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 13, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Pelican Blood () |
"
This sometimes haunting, sometimes lost film about two suicidal people is - like its main characters - pretty to watch but never quite sure where its going. Yet despite the looseness, its an intriguing tale that comes home strongly."
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Screenwize
Posted Sep 26, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Buried (2010) |
"
This should really have been made for radio rather than cinema - although the performance from Ryan Reynolds keeps you riveted to see what happens."
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Screenwize
Posted Sep 26, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
55%
|
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) |
"
Oliver Stone's grandiose and sprawling sequel to Wall Street - a much anticipated film that glitters with the spoils of greed but - perhaps like money itself - doesn't really satisfy. "
—
Screenwize
Posted Sep 23, 2010
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|
0.5/5
|
14%
|
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) |
"
A dog's breakfast."
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Screenwize
Posted Sep 16, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
The Special Relationship (2010) |
"
A dramatically flat exploration of the friendship between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President Bill Clinton, as they navigate the personal and national challenges of high office. "
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Screenwize
Posted Aug 7, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
45%
|
Creation (2010) |
"
Jon Amiel's film about Charles Darwin is a poorly structured and frequently drab affair focused on Darwin's daughter Annie, with occasional bursts of energy thanks to the wildlife cinematography and bouts of Victorian bonhomie. "
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Mother and Child (2010) |
"
Naomi Watts and Annette Benning give outstanding performances in this increasingly contrived and sentimental tale of mothers and daughters, and the joys and anguish that come with adoption."
—
Screenwize
Posted Jun 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Animal Kingdom (2010) |
"
A slow-boiling, nail-biting, psychological ride that slides through the deadly politics of a suburban crime family, in one of the best Australian films in recent years."
—
Screenwize
Posted Jun 3, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
49%
|
The Losers (2010) |
"
A ludicrously flawed, over-saturated, B-grade, hyper-action flick that sees a group of ex-CIA operatives getting revenge on a crazed man with a nuclear device. Beware of casual destruction and Gen-Y coolness. "
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Screenwize
Posted May 27, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
41%
|
44 Inch Chest (2010) |
"
A verbose exercise in profanity that wastes the talent of a bunch of fine actors who sit around and discuss how best to restore the bruised ego of one of their hardened gang. "
—
Screenwize
Posted Apr 27, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
52%
|
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010) |
"
A moody lament on the predatory nature of genius, this tale of the affair between Chanel and Stravinsky combines sumptuous moments of the sublime with an overly art-house self-consciousness. "
—
Screenwize
Posted Apr 17, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Welcome (2010) |
"
A humane and touching story of a young Kurdish immigrant's attempts to reunite with his girlfriend."
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Screenwize
Posted Apr 1, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
42%
|
The Rebound (2009) |
"
An utterly predictable entrant in the Cougedy genre sees a yummy-mummy (Zeta-Jones) and her 25 year-old babysitter (Bartha) tumble into love after she takes her two young children to a new life in New York."
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Screenwize
Posted Mar 18, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
My One and Only (2009) |
"
A road-movie with a flat tire, this is a dull journey that follows the teenage George Hamilton as he and his mother set off to find a new life along Route 66. It's a lifeless comedy, long on trivial adventure and short on drama and energy."
—
Screenwize
Posted Mar 10, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
28%
|
Dear John (2010) |
"
Despite the narrative losing its way in a slow middle section, experienced director Lasse Hallstrom makes a warm and likeable film out of this contrived tale of two young lovers separated by war, commitment and ten thousand kilometers."
—
Screenwize
Posted Mar 4, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
A Single Man (2009) |
"
Elegant and stylish, this is more of a showpiece for style than an emotional journey, with fashion-designer turned film director Tom Ford overwhelming Colin Firth's performance of a bereft man with some impeccably beautiful but detached imagery."
—
Screenwize
Posted Feb 25, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"
What a treat to see and feel an independent American movie that sifts gently across the Western landscape with a heartfelt touch - albeit dusted over with a hazy drift of nostalgia."
—
Screenwize
Posted Feb 20, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
The Wolfman (2010) |
"
Despite the hairy production process, Universal Pictures has managed to rescue a half decent chiller in this remake of the 1941 classic B-grade Wolfman that starred Lon Chaney as the man turned beast."
—
Screenwize
Posted Feb 20, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
68%
|
Shutter Island (2010) |
"
You can almost feel Martin Scorsese straining to create some magic, given the pounding music, ominous cinematography, jaw-clenching close-up performances and overblown gothic flashbacks."
—
Screenwize
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
"
Destined to be one of the finest crime films of all time. In a year with little top-class French cinema to be found, this is exhilarating, intelligent, gritty and ruthlessly surprising."
—
Screenwize
Posted Feb 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
The Road (2009) |
"
A soulful and savagely beautiful meditation on the end of the world, Australian director John Hillcoat adapts Cormac McCarthy's tale of despair and faith with great delicacy and care."
—
Screenwize
Posted Jan 27, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Nine (2009) |
"
Despite the A-list cast, this musical tale of a 1960's Italian film director with writer's block lacks the sense of passion, mystery and pain that should accompany any journey into the imagination of frustrated artistic genius."
—
Screenwize
Posted Jan 20, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"
An alluring and curious hybrid of Roald Dahl's rich and dark storytelling and Wes Anderson's eccentric and erratic film mind."
—
Screenwize
Posted Jan 5, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
34%
|
The Burning Plain (2009) |
"
Charlize Theron and Kim Bassinger star in an intriguing drama where past and present are brought together to reveal how you can be redeemed through love"
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 12, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) (2010) |
"
Gently paced and exquisitely shot, this story - tinged with magical realism - tells of an anxious young woman finding her way in the world after the death of her mother."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 12, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
Sin Nombre (2009) |
"
An epic and stunningly shot thriller about two young people crossing the gauntlet of Central America in their attempt to get to the USA."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 12, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
Satire has never been this searingly astute and funny in a story where Washington and Westminster are desperately trying to control the media spin on a possible Middle-east war."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
82%
|
Panique au village (A Town Called Panic) (2009) |
"
A deliriously wild and totally charming ride from start to finish, as Cowboy, Indian and Horse charge all over the world in a whimsical assault of fun."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009) |
"
The story of a noble priest resurrected as a vampire and plunged into a life of desire is opulently brought to the screen by one of South Korea's leading filmmakers."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
The Vicious Kind (2009) |
"
In a sharply scripted comic drama, Brittany Snow stars as the pensive Emma, a girl caught between two quite different brothers."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
2.5/5
|
57%
|
9 (2009) |
"
Grown from a superb 10-minute animation, this feature length version runs out of steam despite its stunning visual design."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 10, 2009
|
|
2.5/5
|
78%
|
The Informant! (2009) |
"
Director Steven Soderbergh is desperate to make us laugh, but can only make Matt Damon podgy and bland in this underwhelming and unfunny tale of deception and whistleblowers in the food industry."
—
Screenwize
Posted Dec 3, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
97%
|
The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"
A visceral, gripping and totally absorbing film that follows one man's life on the front line of bomb disposal."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 19, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
79%
|
Nowhere Boy (2010) |
"
Visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood casts aside her moody conceptual art and directs a lively, insightful and slightly nostalgic look at the drama of John Lennon's formative years and his relationship with the two women who brought him up."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 19, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
Valentino: The Last Emperor (2009) |
"
You don't have to be a fashionista to get something out of this unique documentary about the famous designer, his way of working, and his long term relationship with business partner Giancarlo Giammetti."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 18, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
100%
|
Sita Sings the Blues (2008) |
"
An infectious, dazzling and poignant story about love and loyalty in both mythical India and modern America, and perfect proof that animation can work for adults."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
78%
|
Bronson (2009) |
"
Strap yourself in for a jaw-dropping performance from Tom Hardy as he completely inhabits the role of Britain's most notorious prisoner in this highly stylised piece of mischievous cinematic vaudeville."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010) |
"
Riding the perverse line between bizarre, awkward and darkly funny, this award-winning film follows the strange antics of three siblings brought up by their misguided parents in complete isolation from the rest of the world."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
Dorian Gray (2009) |
"
If it was Oscar Wilde who said that experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes, then this Dorian Gray is quite an experience!"
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
Genova () |
"
A beautifully observed, moving, yet unfocused story about a professor (Colin Firth) and his two daughters, dealing with the intensities of feeling after a death in the family."
—
Screenwize
Posted Nov 4, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
38%
|
Saw VI (2009) |
"
No longer just gruesome but also morally bloodied, this franchise about games of death aimed at those who need to understand the value of life - grinds along, wringing out whatever cash is left in the original idea."
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 23, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
29%
|
The Final Destination (2009) |
"
The final (really?) film in this lifeless franchise about the inevitability of death, which typically comes in the form of some grisly three-dimensional accident."
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 14, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Scary Movie 4 (2006) |
"
By the time you get to see the fourth incarnation of any movie franchise, you should be pretty sure what you're in for %u2013 and this one is true to its brand. It's corny, mischievous and more than a tad tacky in places."
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
89%
|
Cache (Hidden) (2005) |
"
Many things are hidden in the layers of this brilliantly clever mystery from Michael Haneke: the truth, the point of view from which the story is told, the political references and, most intriguingly, the ending. Which is not to say you can't find them. B"
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
The Benchwarmers (2006) |
"
In the last line of the film, as the final credits thankfully disappear, Richie casually says "that was a waste of time wasn't it?" Yes. Definitely."
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
93%
|
Lassie (2006) |
"
This story of a boy and his dog comes home to its roots in Yorkshire with a beautifully sensitive and traditional rendering. Using the original 1938 short story as its source, writer & director Charles Sturridge %u2013 best known for his superb work on Br"
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
Moon (2009) |
"
A moody, brooding low-key sci-fi feature that makes the most of the eeriness and solitude of long-distance separation to explore some very poignant themes of memory and existence."
—
Screenwize
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
84%
|
Looking for Eric (2010) |
"
When the whistle blows on this rather unlikely Ken Loach film, they'll be plenty of cheers at the result, but also a sense that it's been a bit of an inconsistent game!"
—
Screenwize
Posted Sep 25, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Cove (2009) |
"
Part thriller, part undercover spy story and all activism, this is a brilliantly put together documentary aimed quite consciously at winning the hearts and minds of the world by exposing the dreadful slaughter of dolphins in a quite cove in South-eastern"
—
Screenwize
Posted Aug 20, 2009
|
|
2.5/5
|
64%
|
Adam (2009) |
"
Australian Rose Byrne plays Beth, who falls for a man with Asperger's Syndrome. It's a gentle, slow but far too caring a film, sacrificing drama, comedy and romance in the cause of an sympathetic representation of Adam's condition."
—
Screenwize
Posted Aug 20, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Orphan (2009) |
"
Strange and nasty Esther is the consummate political player in a deadly game of unhappy families, in this fairly straightforward psychological thriller."
—
Screenwize
Posted Aug 13, 2009
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4/5
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83%
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Beautiful Kate (2009) |
"
Director Rachel Ward creates an beautiful, tender and delicate story, exploring a damaged family and complex social taboos - with Ben Mendelsohn giving the best performance of his career."
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Screenwize
Posted Aug 6, 2009
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3/5
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35%
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
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It's lush, stylish and a feast for the eyes and ears rather than the heart and soul."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 30, 2009
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3.5/5
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56%
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Keeping Mum (2006) |
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Don't expect Rowan Atkinson in full Bean or Blackadder flight: this is much more delicate Country Life comeuppance at the hands of a deliciously dark fairy godmother."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 30, 2009
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2/5
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48%
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My Sister's Keeper (2009) |
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What starts as an exploration of the ethics of organ-donation and genetic selection, rapidly disintegrates into a sloppy, unstructured, tear-jerking mess."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 30, 2009
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4/5
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83%
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Bombon: El Perro (2009) |
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From the director of Historias Minimas comes another wonderfully modest and gentle film, this time about a man, a dog, trust and libido."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 23, 2009
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2.5/5
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89%
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Red Cliff (Chi Bi) (2009) |
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John Woo's original two part epic telling of an ancient Chinese battle tale is amalgamated and cut to create a stylised but characterless piece with some spectacular fighting scenes."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 23, 2009
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3.5/5
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66%
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The Escapist (2008) |
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A fractured, stylish and tense affair built around a band of great performances."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 16, 2009
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3.5/5
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44%
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Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) |
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The perfect combination of old and new versions of the American Dream: country girl riding out into the misty wilderness by day, and teen pop phenomenon by night."
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Screenwize
Posted Jul 2, 2009
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