Ann Lee

Publications: | Metro (UK) |
Movie Reviews Only
Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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3/5 | 89% | Journal de France (2012) |
... a greatest-hits slideshow of a career that clicks us from war-torn Paris to the Yemen, Haiti and Prague. Frequently fascinating, if a tad unfocused.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2017
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3/5 | 83% | The Double (2014) |
Building on his promising debut, Submarine, Richard Ayoade is emerging as a director of some talent.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 6, 2017
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79% | T2 Trainspotting (2017) |
Ultimately, T2 is a grown-up sequel made with refreshing maturity.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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4/5 | 98% | Moonlight (2016) |
Moonlight's beauty is that it shows how the parts of us hidden deep in darkness can still shine brightly.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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4/5 | 79% | Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
Dark, dreamy and romantic, this is a slow-burning delight full of quiet yearning and brittle passion. ‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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3/5 | 74% | Populaire (2013) |
It takes a while to get going and the constant clack, clack, clacking can start to grate but Populaire is a warm and stylish film with plenty of polished charm. ‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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4/5 | 98% | Before Midnight (2013) |
Beautifully bittersweet, gloriously funny and achingly real; the older Jesse and Céline get, the more likeable they become.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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4/5 | 80% | The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
Juddering shots with muted colours are set against Mike Patton's haunting score, which makes for a dreamy, visually striking film. ‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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4/5 | 70% | Stoker (2013) |
Stoker is a brilliantly inventive Gothic fairy tale gone wrong, with devilish shades of Hitchcock.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 5, 2017
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3/5 | 88% | Fire In The Blood (2013) |
And while the narration is a touch on the dry side, Fire in the Blood will certainly fuel anger in your veins. ‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 1, 2017
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12% | Grace Of Monaco (2014) |
You never buy you're watching anyone other than Nicole Kidman. She's less tragic princess and more Stepford wife.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Sep 1, 2017
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2/5 | 22% | That Awkward Moment (2014) |
Efron fans will be happy to know that he gets his kit off. For the rest of us, this is one awkward moment best forgotten straightaway.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 6, 2014
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4/5 | 99% | Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) |
It's a simple tale, but one to savour.‐ Total Film
Read More | Posted Dec 17, 2012
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3/5 | 91% | Ponyo (2009) |
Forget 3D or CGI: if you really want to be dazzled at the cinema, pay a visit to Hayao Miyazaki's hand-drawn fantasy world.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 16, 2010
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2/5 | 75% | Tony (2009) |
This serial killer flick is about as illuminating and, at times, as unintentionally hilarious as an episode of EastEnders with the succession of working-class stereotypes it throws up.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Feb 5, 2010
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4/5 | 97% | A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
Steeped in a chilling sense of social realism and the grim cynicism of everyday life, this epic tour de force is a quietly enthralling study of one man's rise to power.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2010
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3/5 | 57% | It's Complicated (2009) |
It's [Streep's] chemistry with Baldwin that lifts this predictable and repetitive, if solidly entertaining, chick flick to another level.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Jan 8, 2010
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4/5 | 48% | Taking Woodstock (2009) |
There are flashes of wildly entertaining humour but for the most part the film keeps its chuckles on the gentler side of funny.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2009
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4/5 | 52% | The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
A quirky cross between Star Wars, X Files and Apocalypse Now, brimming with imagination and a wickedly black sense of humour.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Nov 6, 2009
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2/5 | 37% | Gigantic (2009) |
Fluctuating wildly between wry ironic chuckles and a sombre indie romantic drama, this never quite hits the right balance tonally.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Jun 19, 2009
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3/5 | 83% | Two Lovers (2008) |
Although at times Phoenix's impression of an overgrown Kevin the Teenager threatens to derail the film's subtlety, it still makes for a satisfying swansong if this really is to be his final film.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Mar 27, 2009
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4/5 | 94% | Milk (2008) |
An intelligent and powerful movie about an inspirational life.‐ Metro (UK)
Read More | Posted Jan 23, 2009
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