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Clem Bastow

Clem Bastow's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Devil's Candy (2015) 93% 4/5 EDIT “This is a horror film made in the true spirit of metal: just like the music it's inspired by, it's loud and sometimes gruesome but also winningly earnest.” – Guardian Jun 13, 2016 Full Review The Nice Guys (2016) 91% EDIT “It's such fun watching the pair muddle their way through a labyrinth of bad vibes.” – Junkee May 27, 2016 Full Review Hail, Caesar! (2016) 86% EDIT “For all its outward glitz and lush "prestige" presentation, Hail, Caesar! is curiously empty, narratively and ideologically. It's also frequently and deadeningly dumb.” – Junkee Mar 2, 2016 Full Review Macbeth (2015) 80% EDIT “This Macbeth is a magnificent tragedy, and with it Kurzel stakes his claim as one of the most exciting directors working today.” – Junkee Oct 1, 2015 Full Review The Martian (2015) 91% EDIT “Though it's not perfect, The Martian's illustration of a world united by space travel is almost Utopian.” – Junkee Sep 30, 2015 Full Review Pan (2015) 27% EDIT “The film's bracing darker streak also battles internally with its own capitulation to dull and bog standard "inspirational" Hollywood rhetoric, but like the pixie dust Pan's pirates mine, there's still some magic buried here.” – Junkee Sep 24, 2015 Full Review Inside Out (2015) 98% EDIT “Inside Out is, along with Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, one of the most nuanced and elegant filmic depictions of depression I have ever seen. It's also, for my money, one of Pixar's finest films, if not their best.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Terminator Genisys (2015) 26% EDIT “Genisys seems to have unwittingly positioned itself as Exhibit 'A' in the case against dimwitted "alternate timeline" reboots.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review San Andreas (2015) 48% EDIT “There are a couple of nice shots, including one of a BART hurtling out of its tunnel and another of a naval vessel wedged between two skyscrapers, seemingly lifted straight from the concept art, but the real order of business here is destruction.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 97% EDIT “Despite all the flaming twisted metal and heavy riffing, Fury Road's most explosive element might be its keenly subversive heart.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Jurassic World (2015) 72% EDIT “Oh boy is 11-year-old me equal parts pleased and relieved that 33-year-old me can report that Colin Trevorrow's entry into the series is a hoot.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Ted 2 (2015) 45% EDIT “A motion picture in which a trash-talking teddy bear's pursuit of personhood is compared -- at length -- to various actual and ongoing civil rights movements.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Fantastic Four (2015) 9% EDIT “It's not that Fantastic Four is joyless; it's that it's borderline amateur.” – Junkee Aug 14, 2015 Full Review Wrath of the Titans (2012) 26% 2/5 EDIT “Those who didn't sleep through their mythology classes might recall that Helius was in fact the son of Hyperion. But, you know, Greek mythology? Whatevs, bro! Have another Tecate!” – The Vine Mar 29, 2012 Full Review Burning Man (2011) 72% 5/5 EDIT “Teplitzky's expressionist handling of all those wonderful contradictions is what makes Burning Man a resounding triumph.” – The Vine Nov 17, 2011 Full Review In Time (2011) 36% 3/5 EDIT “At this point in his career, writer/director/producer Niccol seems to be amusing himself -- indeed he's admitted as much in terms of the winks and nods to Gattaca that he's peppered the film with.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Hanna (2011) 71% 4/5 EDIT “[Joe] Wright is a natural successor to the late Anthony Minghella, able to deftly mix visual panache with small-scale emotion.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review The Smurfs (2011) 21% 1/5 EDIT “The film indulges in a level of product placement not seen since the glory days of Mac & Me.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Take Shelter (2011) 92% 5/5 EDIT “Those who've never understood [anxiety] could do to see Take Shelter as a total immersion virtual reality experience.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Red State (2011) 62% 3/5 EDIT “It's Kevin Smith, though, which means that "all over the shop" is par for the course, and the shop that Red State wanders all over is, for the most part, compelling.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 80% 3/5 EDIT “As the delightfully over-the-top Red Skull, Hugo Weaving has the most fun playing a noseless villain since Ralph Fiennes lopped his off as Voldemort.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Cowboys & Aliens (2011) 44% 2/5 EDIT “No amount of gee-whiz techno-wizardry or nifty pop-cultural juxtapositions can save Cowboys & Aliens from two terrible truths: it has a dud script, and a dud director.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Contagion (2011) 85% 3/5 EDIT “It's Purell for the disaster movie movement. You may find yourself wishing for a little more grime and viscera.” – The Vine Oct 26, 2011 Full Review The Cup (2011) 30% 3/5 EDIT “It won't stop the nation, but it will while away a Saturday afternoon.” – The Vine Oct 5, 2011 Full Review The Hunter (2011) 72% 3/5 EDIT “There is an elegiac quality to The Hunter that makes it intoxicating in spite of its faults.” – The Vine Sep 29, 2011 Full Review
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