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78%
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
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"Insane and repetitive, but fans will lap (ahem) up this brainless, nitrate-injected sequel."
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Lewis Bazley
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98%
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Beware Of Mr. Baker (2012)
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"An interesting character study interspersed with classic rock, jazz and Afrobeat clips. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less."
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Mark Asch
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100%
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Kochegar (A Stoker) ()
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"Fits all the richness and lurid eccentricity of a Scorsese gang epic into 83 pocket-sized minutes."
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David Jenkins
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49%
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
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"Not an all-out disaster, but Fitzgerald's novel is rendered as a fairly standard love story. And it's much, much more than that."
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David Jenkins
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98%
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Mud (2013)
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"Nichols keeps getting better, but his masterpiece is (excitingly) still to come."
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Adam Woodward
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|
100%
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A Hijacking (2013)
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"Harrowing. A Hijacking may last only a shade under 100 minutes, but the memory, like the captives' trauma, will last much longer."
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Michael Leader
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100%
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Village At The End Of The World ()
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"Subtle and beautifully humane."
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Basia Cummings
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94%
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Our Children ()
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"Fully committed, beautifully acted, well realised and genuinely unsettling."
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Ashley Clark
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|
100%
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Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) (Strangers) (The Lonely Woman) (1954)
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"An influence on everyone from Michelangelo Antonioni to Jacques Rivette, this brave work still stands as a watershed."
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Jordan Cronk
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32%
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Deadfall (2012)
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"Low grade, unremarkable and - worst of all - unnecessarily violent."
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David Jenkins
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|
86%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"A solid but infrequently spectacular addition to a rejuvenated franchise."
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Adam Woodward
|
|
55%
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
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"Boosted by a terrific lead turn from Riz Ahmed."
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Basia Cummings
|
|
50%
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All Stars ()
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"A charming family entertainment with a clutch of seriously astonishing and visually ingenious dance numbers."
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David Jenkins
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|
84%
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Dragon (2012)
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"Dragon roars."
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Chris Blohm
|
|
37%
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Dead Man Down (2013)
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"Any film in which Isabelle Huppert is cast and then given absolutely nothing to do is a crime against cinema."
|
Martyn Conterio
|
|
27%
|
21 And Over (2013)
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"Miles Teller certainly has a way with a wisecrack. But otherwise, file next to Broken Lizard's execrable Beerfest."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
62%
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I'm So Excited! (2013)
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"An odd, gaudy comedy that's great fun, but certainly one to file under 'short haul'."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013)
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"Out of nowhere, Adam Leon might just have delivered the first great New York film of the decade."
|
Adam Woodward
|
|
58%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012)
|
"Some very game performances are let down by weak source material."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
100%
|
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
|
"One of the great films about memory, perspective and past history."
|
Glenn Heath Jr.
|
|
47%
|
The Lords of Salem (2013)
|
"Caveat emptor, but there are bad-trip rewards aplenty for the Zombie faithful."
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
82%
|
Scarecrow (1973)
|
"This is no lost classic, but Pacino/Hackman superfans could do a lot, lot worse."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
39%
|
The ABCs of Death (2013)
|
"The fans will love. The faint-hearted won't."
|
Rebecca Ellis
|
|
82%
|
In the Fog ()
|
"In The Fog finds Loznitsa pinning down an assured narrative groove."
|
Vadim Rizov
|
|
71%
|
The Look of Love ()
|
"Raymond would probably have approved - which might not be such a good thing."
|
Paul Fairclough
|
|
100%
|
White Elephant (2013)
|
"A wellconstructed, genuinely thrilling drama about spiritual endurance and social commitment."
|
Mark Asch
|
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012)
|
"Far more fine shades and ambiguities than expected."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013)
|
"This new Iron Man movie is probably the strongest of the series. The emphasis is on flip fun all the way."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
50%
|
Fuck For Forest ()
|
"The film where porno and environmental charity come together. Very uneasily."
|
Violet Lucca
|
|
47%
|
Bait (2012)
|
"You've seen this movie without even seeing it."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
95%
|
L'ordre et la morale (Rebellion) ()
|
"harrowing and gripping account of a horrifying true story."
|
Jack Jones
|
|
73%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013)
|
"Manipulative and simplistic, but undoubtedly an enjoyable ride."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013)
|
"Van Sant is no Frank Capra, so why is he trying so hard to be?"
|
Glenn Heath Jr.
|
|
62%
|
Me and You (Io e te) ()
|
"It's fine, but we expect more from this director."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013)
|
"Anonymous, forgettable and doesn't hold a candle to the brilliant original."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
|
"Butler hardly knocks it out of the park, but he steals the film. And what a film..."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
75%
|
Simon Killer (2013)
|
"Brutal, nasty, unflinching. If you like that kind of thing."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013)
|
"Makes for truly bracing viewing."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
42%
|
Flying Blind ()
|
"Some interesting ideas are buried under a barrage of truisms."
|
Anna Coatman
|
|
94%
|
First Position (2012)
|
"Settles for heartwarming "follow your dreams" platitudes rather than following the cold realities of being a dancer."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013)
|
"Never boring but only occasionally brilliant."
|
Adam Woodward
|
|
86%
|
De jueves a domingo (Thursday Till Sunday) ()
|
"Sotomayor's movie is more than the sum of its carefully accumulated details."
|
Andrew Schenker
|
|
79%
|
A Late Quartet (2012)
|
"Wants to be Bergman, ends up more like a burgundy-hued Sunset Beach."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
29%
|
All Things To All Men ()
|
"Oh lord, that was a genuinely complex and gripping London-set noir."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
34%
|
Dark Skies (2013)
|
"Zero points for originality, but interestingly messy at the same time."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
34%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
|
"A gooey mess, but not an entirely dislikable one."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
82%
|
Papadopoulos & Sons ()
|
"In its favour, it's a movie with heart, charm and well-crafted characters."
|
Gareth Hutchins
|
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013)
|
"Spring break 4eva!"
|
Adam Woodward
|
|
97%
|
Point Blank (1967)
|
"A movie to saviour again and again on the biggest screen you can get to."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
88%
|
In the House (2013)
|
"Acrobatic wordplay only hides the vapidity so much."
|
David Jenkins
|
78%
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