Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 3/5 | 75% | Smallfoot (2018) |
If the setting and characters seem familiar, the film's warm and fuzzy message should stave off the winter blues.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2018
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| 4/5 | 97% | 1945 (2017) |
It's the original slant that 1945 offers on the Holocaust that makes it essential, if bleak viewing.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Oct 8, 2018
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| 3/5 | 25% | Mile 22 (2018) |
Mile 22 is about wham-bam video game action rather than geopolitical treatise but there's enough fantasy shock and awe here to justify anyone's buck.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Sep 17, 2018
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| 4/5 | 49% | Superfly (2018) |
The aesthetic may have changed with the passing decades, but this superfly guy remains the man of the hour.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Sep 10, 2018
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| 1/5 | 14% | Action Point (2018) |
Paramount's market research might have imagined that a low-rent Animal House / Caddyshack-type comedy aimed at the Jackass crowd would find its audience, but Action Point just isn't it.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 29, 2018
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| 3/5 | 24% | Luis and The Aliens (2018) |
A s a time-passer, it offers some shapeless fun for easily-amused kids.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 20, 2018
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| 2/5 | 51% | Equalizer 2 (2018) |
After four films with Fuqua, it's time for [Washington] to find a collaborator interested in making something more challenging than these childish, retrograde, wish fulfillment fantasies.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 13, 2018
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| 3/5 | 83% | Beirut (2018) |
The Negotiator is a decidedly old-school thriller: specific in scope, limited in action, grounded in political realities and conventional in resolution.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Aug 6, 2018
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| 4/5 | 59% | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) |
Without any of the highbrow trimmings of a Pixar movie, A Monster Vacation is all an animation needs to be: fast, funny and good-humoured.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 23, 2018
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| 1/5 | 11% | Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie (2018) |
An impersonal slice of television that feels out of place on the big screen.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 16, 2018
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| 3/5 | 46% | Marrowbone (2018) |
Thrill-seekers are likely to be disappointed but anyone searching for an improvement on the usual mechanical ghost-train high jinks will be rewarded by a sober, well-constructed riff on classic genre tropes.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 9, 2018
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| 1/5 | 42% | In Darkness (2018) |
Those who do brave Byrne's silly, distasteful film will be rewarded with a twist that renders everything that went before it as complete and utter gibberish.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jul 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 94% | Who We Are Now (2018) |
The power of Newton's film comes from the way he digs into Beth's vulnerability, depicting her inability to help herself. ‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 28, 2018
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | The Parting Glass (2017) |
O'Hare's writing is often excellent; it's a shame that his depiction of a tightly-wound family often feels closer to theatre than cinema.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 53% | Papillon (2018) |
Arguments remain as to whether this survival story needed a retelling, but there is a case to be made for Noer's take being less bloated and more true to Charrière's book.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 25, 2018
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| 2/5 | 93% | Searching (2018) |
The online world becomes a narrative device to frame a conventional mystery that slips into abject ludicrousness as the story unravels.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 21, 2018
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| 3/5 | 89% | Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) |
The motives behind Basquiat's art may remain elusive, but the film drills down on its subject to offer a personal glimpse of an artist as a young man.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 3/5 | 32% | Super Troopers 2 (2018) |
Audiences excited by the comic possibilities of a bear pursuing a trooper into a chemical toilet will get exactly what they want, and more, from this lightweight, decidedly low-brow sequel.‐ The List
Read More | Posted Jun 11, 2018
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| 2/5 | 14% | The Little Vampire 3D (2017) |
Such beloved source material deserves a more polished revival than this.‐ The List
Read More | Posted May 21, 2018
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| 3/5 | 38% | Life of the Party (2018) |
McCarthy's script, co-written with director / husband Ben Falcone, may be pure froth, but at least there's a positive representation of women behind the comedy.‐ The List
Read More | Posted May 11, 2018
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| 3/5 | 44% | 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 | 28% | 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 | 21% | 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 | 64% | 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 | 18% | 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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| 12% | 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 | 23% | 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 | 53% | 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 | 80% | 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 | 80% | 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 | 44% | 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 | 28% | 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 | 48% | 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 | 23% | 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 | 84% | 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 | 29% | 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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