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David James

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Rebel Moon - Part Two: Director's Cut (2024) 67% 4/5 EDIT “In an age of algorithmically generated sludge it's a miracle that Zack Snyder convinced Netflix to fund this kinky, gory and truly bizarre sci-fi epic. A cult classic in the making.” – We Got This Covered Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Rebel Moon - Part One: Director's Cut (2024) 53% 4/5 EDIT “In an age of algorithmically generated sludge it's a miracle that Zack Snyder convinced Netflix to fund this kinky, gory and truly bizarre sci-fi epic. A cult classic in the making.” – We Got This Covered Aug 6, 2024 Full Review The Man From Mo'Wax (2016) 77% 4.5/5 EDIT “This is scorched earth documentary filmmaking, all justified by the fact that Jones does eventually manage to justify why Lavelle is some kind of a genius.” – We Got This Covered Sep 1, 2018 Full Review Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015) 94% 3/5 EDIT “Psychonauts isn't just bizarre, it's also strikingly pretty, its storybook aesthetic a nice contrast with the violent nihilism.” – We Got This Covered Sep 18, 2017 Full Review Salt and Fire (2016) 33% 8/10 EDIT “Audiences unfamiliar with Herzog will be largely baffled by this eccentric and meandering eco-drama, but aficionados will find much to enjoy here.” – We Got This Covered Apr 6, 2017 Full Review The Discovery (2017) 48% 4/10 EDIT “The Discovery has a fantastic premise but lacks the ambition. imagination or intellect to explore it satisfyingly. Instead, we're left with a gloomy, thinly written emotional drama.” – We Got This Covered Mar 31, 2017 Full Review Mine (2016) 16% 5/10 EDIT “The situation at the heart of Mine - what to do if you're stuck standing on a live landmine - is fascinating to imagine. But sadly, the film eventually devolves into cliched flashbacks and quickly loses momentum.” – We Got This Covered Mar 30, 2017 Full Review All Nighter (2017) 14% 4/10 EDIT “Not even J.K. Simmons' considerable comedic talents can rescue All Nighter - a tranquillized, misjudged and directionless snoozefest.” – We Got This Covered Mar 23, 2017 Full Review Brimstone (2016) 45% 3/10 EDIT “Women never have a great time in Westerns, but Brimstone takes it to extremes; inflicting endless humiliation, misery and trauma upon its female characters.” – We Got This Covered Mar 9, 2017 Full Review Catfight (2016) 74% 9/10 EDIT “Completely bonkers, incredibly violent and devilishly funny, Onur Tukel's Catfight feels like the first real Trump-era movie.” – We Got This Covered Mar 1, 2017 Full Review In Dubious Battle (2016) 26% 4/10 EDIT “I still hold out hope that one day James Franco will direct a genuinely good movie, but sadly, In Dubious Battle is not it.” – We Got This Covered Feb 16, 2017 Full Review Dark Night (2017) 61% 4/10 EDIT “Dark Night is rigorously framed and edited, but it offers the illusion of complexity rather than the real McCoy.” – We Got This Covered Feb 3, 2017 Full Review iBoy (2017) 69% 8/10 EDIT “iBoy is a fully charged superhero tale that soon overcomes its admittedly ludicrous premise.” – We Got This Covered Jan 30, 2017 Full Review T2 Trainspotting (2017) 81% 6/10 EDIT “Danny Boyle's T2 Trainspotting is a diverting nostalgia exercise, to be sure, but it never really justifies its own existence.” – We Got This Covered Jan 27, 2017 Full Review A Patch of Fog (2015) 86% 7/10 EDIT “A Patch of Fog mostly overcomes a somewhat tired narrative structure through masterful tension building and a smattering of intelligent psychology.” – We Got This Covered Jan 24, 2017 Full Review The Eagle Huntress (2016) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Feminist by nature rather than design and consistently visually dazzling, The Eagle Huntress is top flight documentary cinema.” – We Got This Covered Jan 23, 2017 Full Review Coin Heist (2017) 2/10 EDIT “Coin Heist is like Ocean's 11 meets The Breakfast Club, but minus the charm, character and ambition.” – We Got This Covered Jan 13, 2017 Full Review The Son of Joseph (2016) 93% 5/10 EDIT “Son of Joseph is an unquestionably smart, good-looking film, but I appreciate it more than I enjoyed it.” – We Got This Covered Jan 12, 2017 Full Review Go North (2017) 67% 6/10 EDIT “Though flawed, clunky and a bit Instagram-chic, Go North is an intriguing parable about how the next generation deals with the mess baby boomers have left behind.” – We Got This Covered Jan 11, 2017 Full Review Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) 100% 8/10 EDIT “What would have been a straightforward, reality TV-esque insight into two very interesting women is elevated beyond measure by the recent tragedy of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds' deaths.” – We Got This Covered Jan 6, 2017 Full Review Between Us (2016) 50% 7/10 EDIT “Though it runs into a couple of bumps along the way, Between Us is a well observed and sensitive indie drama that'll be familiar to anyone struggling with the onset of maturity.” – We Got This Covered Jan 5, 2017 Full Review Solace (2015) 24% 2/10 EDIT “I'm deeply envious of Anthony Hopkins' future seeing abilities. If only I had his powers I could have avoided wasting my time with this terrible psychic serial killer drivel.” – We Got This Covered Dec 16, 2016 Full Review Sugar Mountain (2016) 36% 4/10 EDIT “Sugar Mountain isn't total rubbish, but narratively, it's all over the place and hamstrung by iffy lead performances.” – We Got This Covered Dec 9, 2016 Full Review Girls Lost (2015) 83% 5/10 EDIT “Girls Lost fills the magical realism, gender dysphoria, Swedish indie teen drama-shaped hole in your life. It's just a damn shame it all falls apart in the final act.” – We Got This Covered Nov 1, 2016 Full Review Layla M. (2016) 100% 8/10 EDIT “Whip-smart and astonishingly empathic, Layla M is a convincing hypothesis on the attractions and illusions of Islamic terrorism.” – We Got This Covered Oct 13, 2016 Full Review
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