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96%
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
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"If you're not already on board, you scrabble around as best you can, and this means hard work, which is something rare -- and yes, exhilarating -- in a modern blockbuster."
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Sandra Hall
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4%
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Abduction (2011)
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"Sooner or later Taylor Lautner is going to have to stop excelling despite the limitations his films put upon him. For now, he'll have to make do with surviving one of the year's worst films."
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Giles Hardie
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38%
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
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"Rowan Atkinson has just slapped a new coat of paint on the old, simple and somewhat tired James Bond clown-car."
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Giles Hardie
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85%
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Skin (2009)
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"While it's important we never forget the horrendous evils of humanities past, Skin is sadly one social studies class too many. "
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Giles Hardie
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66%
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The Blind Side (2009)
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"The Blind Side is a big budget, well crafted and finely honed... movie of the week."
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Giles Hardie
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85%
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A Single Man (2009)
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"A Single man is beautiful to look at, exquisitely told and possessed of a rare casual-paced charm that most other film makers take a career to evolve."
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Giles Hardie
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97%
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
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"Succeeds where so many others have failed, by crafting a compelling Iraq war film."
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Giles Hardie
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37%
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From Paris with Love (2010)
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"This feels like a middling 80s action film supposedly amped up by being set in Paris, but instead dumbed down by daft story telling."
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Giles Hardie
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68%
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Shutter Island (2010)
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"A gripping, suspenseful mystery whose plot doesn't so much twist, as writhe as the viewer attempts to grasp it... compelling and captivating, a revitalised gothic mystery that is both terrific and thrilling to the last."
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Giles Hardie
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91%
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Crazy Heart (2009)
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"Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake truly embodies the phrase Oscar worthy performance... Crazy Heart is great and wonderfully worth seeing, but Jeff Bridges performance in it, is not to be missed."
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Giles Hardie
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58%
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
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"Though Ray Winstone does his best to elevate this story, in the end Edge of Darkness is a fairly basic Mel beats up the bad guys flick"
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Giles Hardie
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67%
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Daybreakers (2010)
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"Daybreakers is a perfect panacea to audiences averse to the tweeny romanticisation of the undead by Twilight and its ilk."
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Giles Hardie
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91%
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
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"Precious is a triumph of the soul, a triumph of a film and a heart-warming story that will touch all but the toughest cynics."
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Giles Hardie
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49%
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
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""It is a bit hard to see quite where Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief's market lies. Too adult for juveniles, too juvenile for adults."
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Giles Hardie
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97%
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A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010)
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"With a rich vein of brains, brawn and twists to constantly turn this film and its audience on their heads, Une Prophet is a truly compelling journey into the criminal world, that may well prove to be the Godfather of its generation."
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Giles Hardie
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18%
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Valentine's Day (2010)
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"Valentine's Day the film, is exactly what you think it is. You can't complain if you see it, because, you were warned. By the title, by the trailer and by the genre."
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Giles Hardie
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35%
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The Wolfman (2010)
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"To say there is nothing new about The Wolfman is to miss the fact that this is its charm."
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Giles Hardie
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37%
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Nine (2009)
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"The lasting impression of Rob Marshall's musical Nine is almost... but not quite."
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Giles Hardie
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94%
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In the Loop (2009)
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"Prepare yourself for an hour and a half of political farce made only funnier by the fact that these ludicrous actions and explanations all feel so terrifyingly plausible."
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Giles Hardie
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76%
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Invictus (2009)
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"With Invictus, Eastwood gets his message across in much the same way as the South African special forces -- he beats us over the head with it."
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Giles Hardie
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18%
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The Tooth Fairy (2010)
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"The feeling upon walking out of Tooth Fairy closely resembles the notion one often has upon leaving the dentist -- that wasn't nearly as bad as expected."
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Giles Hardie
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57%
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Bran Nue Dae (2010)
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"If you dare to like happy films, this Bran Nue Dae is just for you."
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Giles Hardie
|
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91%
|
Up in the Air (2009)
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"Up In The Air is not only a funny, satirical delight as well as a beautifully crafted thoughtful observation on society, but it is also refreshingly different, and a film that prompts a second viewing even as you enjoy the first ride."
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Giles Hardie
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25%
|
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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"For large portions of Law Abiding Citizen we're not sure who is going to be the winner here, nor who we want to be, and though it won't make for much of a date flick, as far as intelligent action flicks go, it gets two big burly thumbs up."
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Giles Hardie
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75%
|
The Road (2009)
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"Avoiding all the pit falls of the bleak genre, The Road is captivating and in the end inspiring, and though not a film for everyone, a great film for any who enjoy thoughtful, artful cinema."
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Giles Hardie
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84%
|
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
|
"Disney are back doing hand drawn animation, and despite a slightly stuttering start to shake off the cobwebs, they're still doing it very well."
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Giles Hardie
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93%
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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"With one creative genius adapting the work of another, the result is a mesmeric, visual feast, a host of adorable eccentric characters and a truly wonderful, kid friendly, caper."
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Giles Hardie
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56%
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It's Complicated (2009)
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"A refined, balanced and eminently funny film, featuring three sublime performances from its incredibly talented leads."
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Giles Hardie
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83%
|
Avatar (2009)
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"From the music to the muse, this is clearly a James Cameron flick, clearly a masterpiece, and clearly marks a revolution in blockbusters, for if you only see one film in a 3-D cinema this year, make it Avatar."
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Giles Hardie
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81%
|
Broken Embraces (2009)
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"When film makers start making films about film makers, you begin to worry that they've run out of inspiration."
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Giles Hardie
|
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94%
|
Les beaux gosses (The French Kissers) (2009)
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"Those who feel subtitles inherently mean a dull night at the cinema, would be well advised to try French Kissers or as it should be known France 90210."
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Giles Hardie
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70%
|
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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"This Sherlock Holmes combines dark arts and action, wit and tongue-in-cheek mirth, to feel like a great film adaptation of a comic book version of Holmes."
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Giles Hardie
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5%
|
Old Dogs (2009)
|
"Those expecting new tricks or even vaguely inventive laughs from Old Dogs or its two waning stars should heed the obvious cliche."
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Giles Hardie
|
|
32%
|
The Lovely Bones (2009)
|
"Peter Jackson has successfully filmed hobbits in middle earth and aliens in South Africa, but struggles to combine the visuals of a teenage girl in limbo with the ordeals of a family in hell."
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Giles Hardie
|
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83%
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Bright Star (2009)
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"Oh Bright Star, wouldst thou were a great film... but thou art not. Thou art good but bitsy."
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Giles Hardie
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12%
|
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
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"With less edge than soup, Did You Hear About the Morgans? is a proud, plain, rom com."
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Giles Hardie
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21%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
|
"A surprising array of stars play the helium voiced sextet, safe in the knowledge that noone is going to be offended by this charming chipmunk squeakquel."
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Giles Hardie
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79%
|
Nowhere Boy (2010)
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"Setting a cracking pace, Nowhere Boy is a joyful journey into the power of personality, the finding of friends and the start of an amazing life, and to top it off, is one of the best films of the year to boot."
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Giles Hardie
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57%
|
9 (2009)
|
"Gorgeously animated, beautifully executed and incredibly imaginative, Shane Acker's 9 manages to nonetheless feel a little bit like something you've seen before."
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Giles Hardie
|
|
67%
|
Away We Go (2009)
|
"Sam Mendes' Away We Go is two thirds of a good film. Many good laughs. A decent concept. No follow through."
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Giles Hardie
|
|
22%
|
Planet 51 (2009)
|
"Well and truly aimed at kids, Planet 51 is a film they will thoroughly enjoy yet which any accompanying adult will have lots of laughs in too."
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Giles Hardie
|
77%
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