
Eve Barlow
Movies reviews only
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Father Figures (2017) |
Limp jokes, bad chemistry and the least believable onscreen fraternal bond make for a very lacklustre viewing experience. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 15, 2018
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Mission to Lars (2012) |
The film that reduced Lemmy to tears will have a similar affect on you. Just lovely. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jun 07, 2012
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Piggy (2012) |
A nasty Brit thriller that achieves the impossible and has you actually pining for Danny Dyer. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 29, 2012
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Marley (2012) |
A masterful doc to rival Macdonald's Touching The Void. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 15, 2012
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Buck (2011) |
A touching, if occasionally overwrought look at the inspiration behind Robert Redford's Horse Whisperer. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 10, 2012
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How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire (2011) |
A heady delight of a documentary that will warm your cockles. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Mar 11, 2012
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A Man's Story (2010) |
Tiresome puff piece about Ozwald Boateng that you'd actually need to be Ozwald Boateng to enjoy. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Mar 05, 2012
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Chemical Brothers: Don't Think (2012) |
A concert movie with a difference, director Adam Smith captures The Chemical Brothers' live show in all its psychedelic splendor. Blistering, cinematic ecstasy. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 26, 2012
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We Were Here (2011) |
A moving look behind the curtain of a rarely-explored community. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Nov 20, 2011
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The British Guide to Showing Off (2011) |
Benstock's sideways look at the world of alternative fashion is funny, fabulous and fittingly batty. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Nov 07, 2011
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Reuniting the Rubins (2010) |
As dysfunctional movie families go, the Rubins hardly linger in the memory. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Oct 18, 2011
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Dolphin Tale (2011) |
A good shout if your kids like this sort of thing, otherwise best head to your local aquarium. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Oct 09, 2011
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You Instead (2011) |
The plot unfolds with all the freshness of a two day old fish supper. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Sep 12, 2011
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Powder (2010) |
Some solid scenes but it's never quite sure if it's 24 Hour Party People or Control, and doesn't get close to either. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 22, 2011
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The Taqwacores (2010) |
Stroppy rather than strident and as coherent as a Johnny Rotten rant, it fails to deliver a thoughtful statement on modern Muslim identity. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 08, 2011
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A Better Life (2011) |
An interesting exploration of class struggle which recalls classics like Bicycle Thieves but doesn't quite live up to them. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jul 24, 2011
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Holy Rollers (2010) |
Jewish clichs can be forgiven as Asch revisits the shtetl for his crime tale that shines a light upon a society within via one rebel's secular awakening. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted May 16, 2011
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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010) |
Hardly hard-hitting but a thoughtful and spirited look at a man at the top of his game and a moment in time that refused to fade. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted May 16, 2011
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Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) |
Serviceable action thriller than unleashes John Milius-style guerilla setpieces without the impact of John Milius-style budgets. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 04, 2011
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Secretariat (2010) |
Despite a decent performance from Lane as the homespun trainer, Secretariat is more blind alley than Blind Side. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Dec 02, 2010
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