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81%
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The Impossible (2012)
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"Kind of offensive when you think about it."
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Jessica Holland
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45%
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Zaytoun (2013)
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"Politically a little watered-down, but the performances are strong enough to make it linger in the memory."
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David Jenkins
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61%
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Jack Reacher (2012)
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"There's no room for Reacher in modern cinema's action crowd."
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Adam Woodward
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41%
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Midnight's Children (2013)
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"Lacks soul, imagination and even basic logic."
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Matthew Thrift
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76%
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Hors Satan (2013)
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"Not everyone will want to go back for more, but those who do will find rich rewards."
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David Jenkins
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91%
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
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"Few films so gloriously live up to their potential."
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Jessica Lambert
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87%
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Boxing Day ()
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"Takes a bit of getting used to, but it's often very, very funny."
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David Jenkins
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81%
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Pitch Perfect (2012)
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"Oh, the gag-packed trailer spoiled the entire film."
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David Jenkins
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95%
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West of Memphis (2012)
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"After your blood has stopped boiling, it's the quieter moments that stay with you. Now go see Paradise Lost."
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Andrew Simpson
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84%
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Smashed (2012)
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"Mary Elizabeth Winstead is the essential cog in James Ponsoldt's insightful drama."
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Jack Jones
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80%
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Baraka (1993)
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"A cinematic sight for sore eyes."
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Rebecca Ellis
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100%
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False Trail (Jägarna 2) ()
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"Peter Stormare's best performance since Fargo."
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Martyn Conterio
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91%
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1960)
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"There are plenty of thrills and no shortage of suspense in this darkly comic horror film."
|
Andrew Schenker
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|
95%
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Chasing Ice (2012)
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"Is this about the hazards of global warming or the awesomeness of James Balog? Not entirely sure..."
|
David Jenkins
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|
95%
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Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast) (1987)
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"Light, frothy and sweet on the tongue, but lacking nutrition."
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David Jenkins
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44%
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Code Name: Geronimo ()
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"Code Name: Geronimo is a film whose defects are entirely balanced by its positive aspects."
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Paul Fairclough
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67%
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Dead Europe ()
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"Macabre, spiteful and all too bleak in its juxtaposition of generations and their transference of guilt."
|
Joe Walsh
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|
66%
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Love Crime (2011)
|
"A tepid and unsurprising drama that overstays its welcome."
|
Gregory Maule
|
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012)
|
"There's less than meets the eye in Lee's ultimately unsatisfying fable."
|
Andrew Schenker
|
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
|
"The board is set, the pieces are moving and we're set up nicely for Jackson to tighten the noose with the love of second-act grit he displayed in The Two Towers."
|
Adam Lee Davies
|
|
100%
|
You Will Be My Son (2013)
|
"An acid drama which leaves a deliciously bitter aftertaste."
|
Rebecca Ellis
|
|
6%
|
So Undercover (2013)
|
"Like, whatever!"
|
Ashleigh Woods
|
|
83%
|
Gremlins (1984)
|
"Brilliantly potent social critique of Reagan-era fear-mongering and consumerism."
|
Glenn Heath Jr.
|
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
|
"Charming and not without its moments, but far too conventional to capture the complexity it strives for."
|
Michael Leader
|
|
58%
|
I, Anna ()
|
"With all that talent involved, this really should've been great."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
0%
|
Confession of a Child of the Century ()
|
"Few beyond Doherty die-hards are going to need a second viewing."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
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When Santa Fell to Earth (Als Der Weihnachtsmann Vom Himmel Fiel) ()
|
"Drab Xmas filler for those desperate to submerge themselves in seasonal cheer."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
32%
|
The Oranges (2012)
|
"A tricky social conundrum is boiled down, lightly prodded and then forgotten by the roadside. Shame."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
|
"an affectionate recreation of Shaw Brothers kung fu, but for all its inventive weaponry & varied fighting methods, its heady mêlée of sex & gore, its grand gestures and nostalgic stylings, it is also entirely lacking in any real substance of its own."
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
27%
|
Life Just Is ()
|
"Writer/director Alex Barrett's feature debut settles for rites-of-passage ensemble drama in a Bergman mould, but its stilted, awkward dialogue hardly improves upon the audible lines of the film-within-a-film critiqued in that opening scene. "
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
|
"Hilarious, unwieldy, clever, snarky and snide it may be, but it's always entertaining."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
74%
|
Laurence Anyways (2013)
|
"Dolan seals the deal. But only just."
|
Charlie Lyne
|
|
68%
|
Great Expectations (2013)
|
"It's all very Tim Burton - but eccentric Victoriana is a fitting spin on a familiar tale."
|
Carmen Gray
|
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
|
"A candy cane of a kids' flick which supplies a genuine sense of seasonal cheer."
|
Joe Walsh
|
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012)
|
"A warm bit of American classicism with essential themes of humility and sportsmanship."
|
Glenn Heath Jr.
|
|
91%
|
The Hunt (2013)
|
"Self-satisfied and deeply cynical."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
0%
|
Electric Man ()
|
"Feels more like mates mucking around with a camera than a proper movie."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
88%
|
Yossi (2013)
|
"A few rough edges, but has a lot to say about finding love whether you're gay or straight."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
82%
|
Sightseers (2013)
|
"Does for caravanning what Deliverance did for canoeing."
|
Adam Woodward
|
|
100%
|
Cinema Komunisto ()
|
"A great way to get the inside track on loads of weirdo sixties war movies without having to sit through them."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
86%
|
Ninja Scroll (1996)
|
"It may be a tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing - but all that demon-whupping sure is fun."
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
100%
|
Lawrence of Arabia (Restored Edition) ()
|
"Still astonishes."
|
Matthew Thrift
|
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013)
|
"Moderately entertaining, but cartoonish and manipulative."
|
Ashley Clark
|
|
93%
|
The House I Live In (2012)
|
"Jarecki offers 100 small conclusions rather than one big one for you to take away."
|
David Jenkins
|
|
33%
|
Nativity 2 ()
|
"It hurts to remember."
|
Sophie Monks Kaufman
|
|
19%
|
Gambit ()
|
"Make it stop! Make it stop! Oh please just make it stop!"
|
David Jenkins
|
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012)
|
"visual vibrancy always trumps verisimilitude - shakicam's reality effects are repeatedly problematised by the question of which character is filming what at any given time, especially when the answer, at least sometimes, would appear to be 'no one'."
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
100%
|
Ninja Scroll (1995)
|
"There is so much going on here, that the film's total lack of subtext - or, more generously, its pure escapism - only sinks in afterwards. It may be a tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing - but all that demon-whupping sure is fun."
|
Anton Bitel
|
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
|
"The ending is a bust, but there's a wealth of good stuff here."
|
Philip Brown
|
|
64%
|
Hit So Hard (2012)
|
"Hit so-so hard."
|
Andy Tweddle
|
77%
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