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88%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"Manages to appease lifelong Star Trek fans without alienating newcomers."
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Chris Laverty
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"The perfect superhero movie."
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Chris Laverty
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60%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
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"As patchy as a patchwork quilt, but equally pleasing to look at."
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Chris Laverty
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89%
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Lincoln (2012)
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"The biggest compliment we can pay Joanna Johnston's costumes in Lincoln is that you hardly notice them. This is a far subtler film than you might expect."
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Chris Laverty
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012)
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"A cruel but humorous tale of robust men and women defined by the myth of the 'Old West'."
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Chris Laverty
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70%
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Les Misérables (2012)
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"Earnest enough to verge on parody, but so sumptuous most audiences won't care a jot."
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Chris Laverty
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"Skyfall could be the most enjoyable Bond yet. One thing's for certain; Bond has never scrubbed up better. Tom Ford now exists to make Daniel Craig suits."
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Chris Laverty
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94%
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012)
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"For Vreeland reality was merely the starting point on a far more delicious journey, the best of which is captured here in this excellent documentary."
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Chris Laverty
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93%
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Looper (2012)
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"A mishmash of futuristic conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before."
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Chris Laverty
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87%
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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"Exciting, audacious and thematically rich; Christopher Nolan refuses to play safe."
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Chris Laverty
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64%
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Cosmopolis (2012)
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"An immaculate journey into weird."
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Chris Laverty
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94%
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
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"Wes Anderson's most sartorially significant film yet."
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Chris Laverty
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
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"A witty, well-acted sci-fi adventure."
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Chris Laverty
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85%
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The Hunger Games (2012)
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"The film is aided immeasurably by Judianna Makovsky's costume design. Clothes are an intentional method of deciphering The Hunger Games' politics."
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Chris Laverty
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65%
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The Woman in Black (2012)
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"Proof that frock coats and lace dresses really are terrifying."
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Chris Laverty
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77%
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War Horse (2011)
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"Children and the elderly will love it."
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Chris Laverty
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94%
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Hugo (2011)
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"A monument to wonder and excitement for all those still in knee socks or short trousers."
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Chris Laverty
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93%
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Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
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"Enjoyably daft fare with enough sci-fi tech and desirable clobber to keep you cooing until the credits."
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Chris Laverty
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98%
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The Artist (2011)
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"If there is a more joyous film this year, we haven't seen it."
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Chris Laverty
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93%
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Drive (2011)
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"Gosling speaks through movement: his walk is gliding, his profile aquiline, and his dress sense is pimped up. In short, he pretty much is a car."
|
Simon Kinnear
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77%
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Melancholia (2011)
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"Melancholia is a heartbreakingly beautiful experience, one to selfishly guard and treasure."
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Chris Laverty
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84%
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Jane Eyre (2011)
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"A chaste, yet inescapably sexy love story told with depth and passion."
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Chris Laverty
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83%
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
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"A classy, very British affair."
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Chris Laverty
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82%
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
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"The best popcorn of the summer."
|
Chris Laverty
|
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79%
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
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"Taps into the idea that deep down we all want to dress up and play hero."
|
Chris Laverty
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75%
|
Norwegian Wood (2012)
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"Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times."
|
Chris Laverty
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|
33%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
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"This saturated saga is dead in the water."
|
Chris Laverty
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|
61%
|
Water for Elephants (2011)
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"Old fashioned and sentimental, Water for Elephants still has much to offer with its very readable costume design."
|
Chris Laverty
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|
86%
|
Rabbit Hole (2010)
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"While it may be uncomfortable to watch, Rabbit Hole is nonetheless essential viewing."
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Chris Laverty
|
|
94%
|
The King's Speech (2010)
|
"A tender contemplation on duty and the crippling weight of expectancy."
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Chris Laverty
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51%
|
Tron Legacy (2010)
|
"There are flourishes of brilliance, particularly in score, costumes and set design. However, this brilliance is often buried beneath messy, disjointed action sequences and a story that fails to make any sense at all."
|
Chris Laverty
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|
81%
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Catfish (2010)
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"A deftly clever commentary on the nature of identity and how it defines our role in society."
|
Chris Laverty
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Beyond Biba ()
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"One woman's extraordinary influence on popular culture."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
82%
|
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
|
"A patient and mature thriller featuring a protagonist fascinating in her agony."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
81%
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
|
"Tarantino, without the extraneous dialogue."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
52%
|
Knight & Day (2010)
|
"Once you cotton onto the fact that you're watching 'Carry on Bourne', you might even enjoy it."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
99%
|
Toy Story 3 (2010)
|
"The best film Pixar have ever made."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
86%
|
Inception (2010)
|
"Roll with the journey and trust that it will take you where you want to go."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
35%
|
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
|
"Falls short of The Curse of the Black Pearl in perhaps every way but costume."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
63%
|
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
|
"Eighties nostalgia has never been so disgusting, or funny."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
76%
|
Kick-Ass (2010)
|
"Hit-Girl owns this film like she would own your ass if you ever stepped to her."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009)
|
"Ambitious but not overreaching, Avatar is a stunning piece of blue heaven."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
39%
|
2012 (2009)
|
"Unbelievably dumb and sentimental movie."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
88%
|
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
|
"An undeniably romantic tale of damaged goods finding love."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
75%
|
The Road (2009)
|
"Hillcoat took it as far as he dared and created a beautiful suffering; a film that somehow manages to be both unwatchable and unmissable at the same time."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
14%
|
Saturn 3 (1999)
|
"Saturn 3 remains a mere gender curio of the era. It's too rotten to be anything else."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
98%
|
Chinatown (1974)
|
"A landmark blend of acting, directing, structure and design. Chinatown is the greatest detective movie ever made."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
90%
|
Misery (1990)
|
"Kathy Bates brilliantly portrays Annie as someone with absolutely no sense of her own monstrosity."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
68%
|
Point Break (1991)
|
"Quaint in its depiction of an alternative lifestyle, yet still an above average, really quite vicious action thriller."
|
Chris Laverty
|
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
|
"Tarantino's most polished work to date."
|
Chris Laverty
|
47%
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