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Chris Buckle

Chris Buckle's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Naked Prey (1966) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Cornel Wilde impresses on both sides of the camera, giving a committed, physical performance in the lead and keeping the action lean and relentless as director” – The Skinny Nov 4, 2015 Full Review Turbo Kid (2015) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Turbo Kid has plenty of warmth and charm to fall back on, securing it the instant cult status it clearly craves.” – The Skinny Sep 29, 2015 Full Review Cruel Story of Youth (1960) 100% 3/5 EDIT “A cynical tale of wayward youth presented with a suitable degree of directorial maturity.” – The Skinny Sep 1, 2015 Full Review Forty Guns (1957) 86% 4/5 EDIT “An early example of genre revisionism, but the tone isn't always so serious thanks to some of the most overt innuendo ever put on screen.” – The Skinny Jul 6, 2015 Full Review Wooden Crosses (1932) 5/5 EDIT “Countless films declare 'war is hell', but few do so with as much bitter veracity as Wooden Crosses.” – The Skinny Mar 31, 2015 Full Review Hide Your Smiling Faces (2013) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Despite its languid pacing, there's an underlying unease that never entirely relaxes its grip.” – The Skinny Nov 5, 2014 Full Review God Help the Girl (2014) 67% 3/5 EDIT “Winsomely engaging, largely thanks to Emily Browning's gamine lead performance.” – The Skinny Aug 21, 2014 Full Review The Paternal House (2012) 3/5 EDIT “The film charts the legacy of patriarchal violence across further generations of the same Tehran household, with a series of single-act scenes taking place in '46, '66, right up to '96 ...” – The Skinny Jun 25, 2014 Full Review Set Fire to the Stars (2014) 57% 2/5 EDIT “The tone is curiously flat and the script light on genuine insight: we see the torment fuelling Thomas, but too rarely share or understand it.” – The Skinny Jun 25, 2014 Full Review The Quiet Ones (2014) 38% 2/5 EDIT “Pogue repeatedly allows tension to dissipate, and only a handful of moments come close to inspiring actual fear. Otherwise, it's cheap jolts all the way.” – The Skinny Apr 11, 2014 Full Review Captain Phillips (2013) 93% 4/5 EDIT “The closing scene's visceral impact is so pronounced that the film's less successful aspects (in particular, some unsubtle attempts at socioeconomic commentary) retreat from mind like backwash from a hull.” – The Skinny Oct 18, 2013 Full Review The Artist and the Model (2012) 71% 4/5 EDIT “While these ruminations on life, death, art and suchlike don't necessarily say anything original, they're nonetheless uttered eloquently ...” – The Skinny Sep 19, 2013 Full Review What Maisie Knew (2012) 86% 4/5 EDIT “What Maisie Knew squares its emotions believably, provoking upset and anger at its scenes of collateral damage, but also inspiring respect for the resilience of youth.” – The Skinny Aug 16, 2013 Full Review Only God Forgives (2013) 41% 2/5 EDIT “Ponderous dialogue swerves into self-parody, while frequent scenes of dismemberment and suchlike bore rather than appall, making it difficult to care who slices who in its escalating litany of ultra-violence.” – The Skinny Aug 2, 2013 Full Review Post Tenebras Lux (2012) 53% 4/5 EDIT “A bewildering array of arresting imagery - glowing devils, self-decapitation, joyless sex clubs and public school rugby matches - that seems to confrontationally resist reconciliation.” – The Skinny Jul 15, 2013 Full Review The Complex (2013) 3/5 EDIT “While the central yarn delivers the right mix of pathos and frights, it also feels derivative of past works ...” – The Skinny Jul 9, 2013 Full Review Gegenwart (Consequence) (2012) 4/5 EDIT “It ironically undercuts the typical connotations - absence, loss, finality - associated with such a workplace.” – The Skinny Jul 9, 2013 Full Review Blancanieves (2012) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Comfortably tops its bigger-budgeted contemporaries by every possible measure: it's more fun, more stylish and decidedly more memorable.” – The Skinny Jul 5, 2013 Full Review Stephen Hawking Biography (2013) 85% 3/5 EDIT “For all its wealth of detail, Stephen Hawking the man remains somewhat unknown.” – The Skinny Jul 3, 2013 Full Review 4/5 EDIT “[Exudes] a muted dignity despite the anger simmering inside.” – The Skinny Jul 3, 2013 Full Review Svengali (2013) 38% 2/5 EDIT “Suffers from ... datedness, its industry caricatures and underdog narrative ripe with clichs.” – The Skinny Jun 27, 2013 Full Review A Story of Children and Film (2013) 94% 4/5 EDIT “For the most part, this side-odyssey is a stimulating and perspective-broadening experience.” – The Skinny Jun 27, 2013 Full Review I Am Breathing (2013) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Deeply moving, with moments of absurd humour and profound beauty amidst the sadness.” – The Skinny Jun 19, 2013 Full Review Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 49% 2/5 EDIT “A movie that looks like a Die Hard film, feels (sporadically) like a Die Hard film, but lacks the wit and coiled adrenaline that made that series' debut a classic.” – The Skinny Apr 18, 2013 Full Review Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) 17% 2/5 EDIT “Let's not mince words: Hansel and Gretel is not a good movie.” – The Skinny Mar 7, 2013 Full Review
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