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86%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"A brilliant, bromantic blockbuster."
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Giles Hardie
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4%
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Scary Movie 5 (2013)
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"This is the first Scary Movie in seven years, but the formula remains unchanged, with a thin storyline linking spoofs of Hollywood hits."
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Jake Wilson
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93%
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Amour (2012)
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"Ultimately, the title of the film demands to be taken as a question: is this truly what love looks like? A little smugly, Haneke refuses to answer. "
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Jake Wilson
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100%
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
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"One of cinema's earliest and best portraits of drug addiction."
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Jim Schembri
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64%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
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"Trying to one-up Tolstoy was always going to be a bad idea, though I wouldn't object to seeing a Bond movie, or Les Miserables, staged in the same way. "
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Jake Wilson
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46%
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The Sweeney (2013)
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"Winstone attempts to bluster his way through, but remains the least credible action star this side of Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables."
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Jake Wilson
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13%
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Safe Haven (2013)
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"Will there ever be a good movie based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks? "
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Jake Wilson
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81%
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Pitch Perfect (2012)
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"But in a small-scale way, aided by a strong, wry central performance from Kendrick, Pitch Perfect has its charms. "
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Philippa Hawker
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51%
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Trouble with the Curve (2012)
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"The narrative feels almost intentionally hokey and diagrammatic, a framework that gives the actors freedom to display their best-known qualities. "
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Jake Wilson
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49%
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The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
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"Predictably, this kind of gleeful fanboy excess yields diminishing returns. RZA hasn't much sense of storytelling rhythm, and lacks Tarantino's gift for turning adolescent obsessions into something uniquely personal. "
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Jake Wilson
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Love Story ()
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"Sheltering behind his harmlessly dorky persona, Habicht never shows us anything painful enough to seem real; the film is far more an exercise in self-promotion than a study of the ups and downs of love. "
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Jake Wilson
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70%
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
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"Finally, there's something a little sketchy about the movie, a little unfinished and scattergun. The figure of Jesse recedes in importance, and it's Celeste whose delusions we focus on. "
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Philippa Hawker
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85%
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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"Even making allowances for a certain amount of Hollywood gloss, there's something wrong with a film about misfits where everyone is this good-looking and poised. "
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Jake Wilson
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75%
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Sound of My Voice (2012)
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"Either Maggie is the real deal, or she's lying, or we never find out. In any case, anticlimax seems inevitable."
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Jake Wilson
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"Skyfall is not, of course, ''darker'' or more serious than previous Bond films, but it's more knowing about its own conventions."
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Jake Wilson
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94%
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012)
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"There's something marvellously comic about her, an effect reinforced by her refined yet raucous baritone voice. "
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Jake Wilson
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88%
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The Angels' Share (2013)
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"[Loach's] latest collaboration with screenwriter Paul Laverty proves the pair can pull off a genre entertainment with aplomb when in the mood. "
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Jake Wilson
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87%
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Robot & Frank (2012)
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"The final twist is a little forced, but otherwise the actors ensure that the fanciful plot stays grounded in recognisable emotions -- and Langella and Sarandon have more romantic chemistry than most screen couples at any age. "
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Jake Wilson
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67%
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God Bless America (2012)
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"Gory, unfunny satire that deserves a prize for the most strained provocation of the year. "
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Jake Wilson
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43%
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Two Little Boys ()
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"This is a weak film but an endearing one, a would-be black comedy undermined by the amiability of all concerned. "
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Jake Wilson
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48%
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
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"After nearly two hours of padding, there's a laughable climactic battle sequence with heads shattering bloodlessly. "
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Jake Wilson
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67%
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Dead Europe ()
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" The film might have felt truer to its source if it were either pulpier or more avant-garde. "
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Jake Wilson
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"A new Bond film, we are assured in the closing credits, is on its way -- Skyfall provides reasons to look forward to more."
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Philippa Hawker
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60%
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Housos Vs. Authority ()
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"It's a paean to the virtues of the versatile thong -- ubiquitous footwear, and a handy offensive weapon. "
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Philippa Hawker
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71%
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Hail ()
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"It's Courtin-Wilson's willingness to push boundaries, to explore ways in which the troubled self can be depicted, that makes Hail so singular and striking. "
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Philippa Hawker
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91%
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
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"The film balances the extraordinary and ordinary with great aplomb, and Duplass and Plaza give beautifully judged performances. "
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Philippa Hawker
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51%
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Savages (2012)
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"The messy insouciance wears a little thin, and by the time we get to the absurdity of the extended ending, enough is definitely enough."
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Philippa Hawker
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75%
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
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"As a perverse portrait of management issues and the challenges of ''getting the job done'', it is sure-footed, dark and comic."
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Philippa Hawker
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93%
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Shadow Dancer (2013)
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"The film hardly seems like more than an exercise: the plot wraps up neatly but the emotional significance of a key revelation is barely explored. "
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Jake Wilson
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97%
|
The Innocents (1961)
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"One of the creepiest films ever made."
|
Jim Schembri
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|
61%
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Secret of the Wings (2012)
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"The usual warning applies: adults should steer clear. "
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Jake Wilson
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21%
|
Taken 2 (2012)
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"Neeson's soft-spoken Angry Dad routine has been flattened into burlesque, giving him little to do but alternate between bumbling dork and efficient killer. "
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Jake Wilson
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40%
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Mental (2013)
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"Collette's performance anchors the film: it has a fierce, uncompromising quality that gives strength to the film's two interwoven tendencies - in-your-face comedy and emotional distress. "
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Philippa Hawker
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47%
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Bait (2012)
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"Much of Bait is frankly awful, though not unenjoyably so."
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Jake Wilson
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79%
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Ruby Sparks (2012)
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"It's a witty, appealing romantic comedy with a surprising edge, a cleverly written and deftly acted exploration of what happens when dreams appear to become reality, and the emotional stakes are raised. "
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Philippa Hawker
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97%
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Monsieur Lazhar (2012)
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"Lazhar is something of a puzzle, and much of the pleasure of Philippe Falardeau's film lies in the gradual unfolding of his reserved yet impulsive personality. "
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Jake Wilson
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48%
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Hit & Run (2012)
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"Hit and Run sets out to be crass and compassionate by turns, but Shepard's inexperience as a writer is obvious throughout: the structure is as wobbly as the tone. "
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Jake Wilson
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26%
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Kath & Kimderella ()
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"Despite these familiar set-ups, it soon becomes clear that there is something missing from Kath And Kimderella. "
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Philippa Hawker
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83%
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Your Sister's Sister (2012)
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"Deceptively meandering and unexpectedly complex, Your Sister's Sister combines a poignant, funny directness with a teasing incompleteness. "
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Philippa Hawker
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90%
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Holy Motors (2012)
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"In Leos Carax's beautiful, exhilarating, transporting new film, there is something special, and singular, about the act of filming and the nature of cinema. "
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Philippa Hawker
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89%
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Chinese Take-Away (Un Cuento Chino) ()
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"A film about repression and constraint that keeps its emotional range carefully under control."
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Philippa Hawker
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57%
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Love (2011)
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"Eubank may well have a future as a cinematographer, or in the special effects business. But a filmmaker he ain't. "
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Jake Wilson
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31%
|
Total Recall (2012)
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" Wiseman's style is superficially grittier, reliant on desaturated colours, whip pans and lens flare. Yet the film's dystopian setting is blatantly derivative of sci-fi classics from Metropolis to Blade Runner."
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Jake Wilson
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74%
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Hope Springs (2012)
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"A sense of well-executed blandness sets in. "
|
Philippa Hawker
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56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
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"There's enough there, in all likelihood, to make audiences hope for more, but it's not as finished or complete a work as it should have been."
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Philippa Hawker
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65%
|
The Campaign (2012)
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"A bloated, half-baked movie."
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Philippa Hawker
|
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44%
|
The Door ()
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"There's something quite haunting about the relationship between the two women: in some surprising ways, this is a determinedly unsentimental work. "
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Philippa Hawker
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87%
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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"It doesn't have quite the emotional intensity of the second movie, The Dark Knight, but it's a powerful, intricately constructed work, thoughtful, visceral and satisfying. "
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Philippa Hawker
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77%
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Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
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"For Perry fans, there's not much more you could ask for - but for non-devotees, it's a lightweight package."
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Philippa Hawker
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72%
|
Carnage (2011)
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"Given the powerhouse performers involved, this thing should have gone off like a powder keg, but [director Roman] Polanski apparently directed the film by text...A terrible film. "
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Jim Schembri
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78%
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