Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 3/5 | 45% | The Hurricane Heist (2018) |
It may be a far cry from his biggest hits, but Cohen has created an intoxicatingly silly movie perfect for late-night viewing, and it's one that deserves instant cult status.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Apr 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 83% | The Bachelors (2017) |
A sunny, laidback story of grief and healing that makes a few genial points before retreating into sentimental contrivance.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 26, 2018
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| 3/5 | 29% | Proud Mary (2018) |
Proud Mary delivers on its shopworn promise: the heroine is wronged, riled, and puts things right in brisk fashion. In a time of bloated blockbusters, the no-nonsense approach offers minor pleasures for genre fans, if little else.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 19, 2018
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | Nae Pasaran (2018) |
Nae Pasaran is a highly emotive documentary that demonstrates the power of solidarity in democracy, while also showing that admissions of guilt are rare.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 5, 2018
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| 2/5 | 92% | Love, Simon (2018) |
Indie dramas routinely tackle coming-out issues far better; in 2018 there's no reason or excuse for a commercial film to be so unwilling to honestly engage with the sexuality of its protagonist.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 5, 2018
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| 1/5 | 16% | Submergence (2018) |
Despite big-name stars, Wenders' film will provoke nothing but indifferent shrugs from the few who choose to sit through it.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 1, 2018
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | The Party's Just Beginning (2018) |
A breathlessly lurid account of growing up in Inverness that's equally shrill and unconvincing.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 26, 2018
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| 2/5 | 19% | Father Figures (2017) |
Wilson and Helms are the right leads for this odd couple tale of friction between a laidback bum and his uptight sibling, but the central conceit (that women enjoying sexual freedom is funny) no longer passes for a joke.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 12, 2018
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| 13% | Fifty Shades Freed (2018) |
The climax, when it comes, is yet more of the fumbled plotting that has made the Fifty Shades films a trial to watch.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 9, 2018
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| 2/5 | 25% | Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del Rey Midas) (2017) |
The Tad franchise has the sense to steal from the best, even if such copy-cat strategies deprive the hero of any unique character of his own.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 6, 2018
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| 3/5 | 54% | 12 Strong (2018) |
Comes up fresh due to a strong cast, large-scale production, and a narrative scope that dodges difficult political questions.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
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| 3/5 | 83% | Walk With Me (2017) |
If you're prepared to do a little philosophical heavy-lifting for yourself, it's a thoughtful and persuasive invitation to a world of meditation.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jan 3, 2018
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| 4/5 | 81% | Brigsby Bear (2017) |
As a film, Brigsby Bear is as lovable as the title character himself.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Dec 4, 2017
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| 3/5 | 45% | The Star (2017) |
This is a bible-based, animated adventure for children, with the emphasis on cute comedy and familiar pious tropes; it's somewhat dry and bland, but simplicity and an over-qualified voice cast help see it through.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Nov 20, 2017
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| 4/5 | 98% | Trophy (2017) |
This powerful film is an absolute must for anyone looking to gain a better understanding of the issues involved.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2017
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| 3/5 | 29% | A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) |
The trademark irreverence keeps proceedings likeable, and in the face of such an onslaught of swearing, casual drug-use and cheerful excess, it seems churlish to complain.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2017
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| 3/5 | 75% | Son of Bigfoot (2018) |
An espionage-flavoured take on the Sasquatch myth, with directors Ben Stassen and Jeremy Degruson hitting the right, child-centric tone.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 30, 2017
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| 4/5 | 75% | The Merciless (Bulhandang) (2017) |
Byun delivers a taut and visceral slice of machismo; a tough, gaudy entry in the Korean crime cycle that's likely to expand the ever-growing fanbase for this kind of blood-drenched, bare-knuckle fare.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 23, 2017
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| 2/5 | 13% | Geostorm (2017) |
Bombastic and noisy, yet minuscule in emotional heft, it's a geostorm in a teacup.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 20, 2017
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| 3/5 | 47% | My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) |
It's cute, simple and surefooted enough to deliver a dog-and-pony show that the target audience, at least, are likely to adore.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 16, 2017
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| 4/5 | 84% | Loving Vincent (2017) |
By tapping into the innate power of great art, Kobiela and Welchman's drama adds up to more than the novelty of its sumptuous parts.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 13, 2017
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| 3/5 | 55% | The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) |
While the franchise needs a rest, the film's slapstick sense of fun should satisfy even the most hyperactive imagination.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 9, 2017
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| 3/5 | 41% | The Jungle Bunch (Les as de la jungle) (2017) |
Offers a cheap, but sufficiently cheerful rumble in the jungle.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Sep 11, 2017
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| 2/5 | 17% | Overdrive (2017) |
Overdrive provides just enough crash-and-burn stunt action to satisfy undemanding thrill-seekers, but not much else.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 11, 2017
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| 2/5 | 83% | Godzilla Resurgence (Shin Godzilla) (2016) |
With the titular beast onscreen for just a fraction of the two-hour runtime, those outside Japan may feel that this latest incarnation of Godzilla is a lot less fun than it should be.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 7, 2017
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| 4/5 | 93% | Williams (2017) |
Motor-racing may still be a man's world, but this account of a strong woman's triumph reveals a very personal and affecting hidden story.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 31, 2017
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| 2/5 | 30% | American Hero (2015) |
The metaphor of superpowers equalling sober potential is good, but the careless development would barely fill a ten-minute short, making American Hero something of a slog.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 3, 2017
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | Teenage Superstars (2017) |
Recent interviews with most of the protagonists weave a complex narrative of fame, failure and fatigue, narrated in a very un-Scottish drawl by Kim Deal from The Breeders / Pixies.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2017
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Modern Life Is Rubbish (2018) |
Gill's debut offers nothing but incessant needle-drops instead of drama; modern life may be rubbish, but there's no need for modern romances to be so utterly naff.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2017
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | The Last Photograph (2017) |
Huston has conjured up a tough but rewarding story of real-life pain and hard-won healing.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 26, 2017
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| 2/5 | 67% | Cars 3 (2017) |
It's basically one long training montage, from about ten minutes in until ten minutes from the end.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 26, 2017
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| 4/5 | 91% | A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) (2016) |
Morals about moving on from the past and embracing new friends might have seemed pat if Holm's film were not so deft in the pithy observations it makes about life's random, too-often cruel nature.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 26, 2017
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| 2/5 | 47% | Rock Dog (2017) |
A weird and not particularly wonderful animation for children.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 12, 2017
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| 3/5 | 19% | The Shack (2017) |
Although director Stuart Hazeldine's drama preaches to the converted, it retains the simple strengths which made the book so widely read.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 6, 2017
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| 3/5 | 48% | Wilson (2017) |
It's to Harrelson's credit that Wilson's occasional charm just about outweighs the unpleasant aspects of his character for most of the 94-minute runtime, as he staggers through one excruciatingly painful situation after another.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 5/5 | 94% | The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge) (2017) |
A breathtaking debut feature, simply drawn, rich in texture, and warm of heart.‐ The List
Read More | Posted May 22, 2017
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| 2/5 | 33% | A Dog's Purpose (2017) |
The veteran director gives a professional gloss to A Dog's Purpose, but all the skill in the world can't make this dog's dinner palatable.‐ The List
Read More | Posted May 1, 2017
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| 4/5 | 97% | Burden (2017) |
What makes this work as cinema is that Burden's creations have such visual power. The artist may be gone but, on the screen, he lives forever.‐ The List
Read More | Posted May 1, 2017
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | Po zakonu (By the Law) (Dura Lex) (Troye) (1926) |
By the Law is essentially a three hander, played in the familiar silent style of wide-eyes and grand gestures; by stripping Edith's backstory out of London's story, Kuleshov's characters seem to have been fashioned to carry an obvious political message.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 29, 2017
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| 2/5 | 52% | The Boss Baby (2017) |
As a movie, The Boss Baby just doesn't have the kind of lovable concept that makes for a great family animation, although Baldwin's vocal performance raises a few indulgent smiles.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 28, 2017
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| 2/5 | 26% | Don't Knock Twice (2017) |
Professionally mounted, but too familiar to provide anything other than routine jump-scares.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 27, 2017
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| 3/5 | 100% | The Age of Shadows (2016) |
The Age of Shadows has a steely verve and baroque style that recalls the classic Warners gangster movies of the 1930s, even if the microscopic detail often threatens to derail the narrative.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Mar 20, 2017
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| 2/5 | 56% | Mad to Be Normal (2018) |
Mullan's partial fabrication of Laing's well-documented story robs Mad to Be Normal of authority at every turn.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2017
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| 2/5 | 26% | Fist Fight (2017) |
Pits a white and black colleague against each other in a film light on social commentary and heavy on crude humour.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2017
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| 3/5 | 82% | George Best: All by Himself (2017) |
The turbulent story presented here inevitably becomes a cautionary rather than celebratory tale.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 20, 2017
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| 2/5 | 3% | Arsenal (2017) |
It's smattered with gore and overacting, and ultimately good for nothing.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 20, 2017
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| 3/5 | 83% | Handsome Devil (2017) |
A deliberate rebuke to the short shrift that LGBT issues were given in the classic 1980s Brat Pack movies, offering just enough heart to overcome what it lacks in depth.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 16, 2017
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| 2/5 | 10% | Fifty Shades Darker (2017) |
While Dornan merely pouts and smoulders, Johnson is again the major selling point, making something likable and human out of the cipher that is Anastasia.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 10, 2017
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| 3/5 | 45% | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) |
It's a genuinely experimental film, intermittently successful despite a punishing lack of depth in the characterisations.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 6, 2017
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| 2/5 | 7% | Rings (2017) |
F Javier Gutiérrez's 'threequel' arrives a decade late to the party with little new to offer.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Feb 3, 2017
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