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Ian Gilchrist

Ian Gilchrist's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Program (2015) 62% 3/5 EDIT “Ben Foster, adding another villain to his CV, is the only thing that makes this feature film version of the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong worth watching.” – HeyUGuys Sep 30, 2015 Full Review Labyrinth of Lies (2014) 83% EDIT “Labyrinth Of Lies succeeds because of a continuing fascination with the subject matter and sympathetic performances rather than cinematic flair.” – HeyUGuys Sep 22, 2015 Full Review London Fields (2018) 0% 2/5 EDIT “Another misfire of a Martin Amis adaptation that features enough London criminal cliches to make Guy Ritchie blush.” – HeyUGuys Sep 22, 2015 Full Review Trumbo (2015) 74% 4/5 EDIT “Bryan Cranston gives the most outstanding film performance of his career to date as blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who fought back and ultimately triumphed against his persecutors.” – HeyUGuys Sep 17, 2015 Full Review I Saw the Light (2015) 19% 2/5 EDIT “Hiddleston may resemble Hank Williams more than other actors who have played him on screen previously, but the film is a dreary dramatisation missing the crucial element, William's haunting music.” – HeyUGuys Sep 17, 2015 Full Review High-Rise (2015) 60% 4/5 EDIT “JG Ballard's 1975 novel High Rise finally makes it to the screen and the prescient brilliance of Ballard's vision is undimmed after 40 years and is ably served by director Ben Wheatley.” – HeyUGuys Sep 17, 2015 Full Review Demolition (2015) 53% 4/5 EDIT “Another enthralling performance of the sort which is becoming the norm for him [Gyllenhaal].” – HeyUGuys Sep 14, 2015 Full Review Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) 96% 3/5 EDIT “The film adds nothing to a text that is universally acknowledged as a classic.” – HeyUGuys Sep 14, 2015 Full Review Pasolini (2014) 79% 3/5 EDIT “A kaleidoscopic look at Italian radical filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini fascinates while it demonstrates how much his life cries out for a film worthy of his genius.” – HeyUGuys Nov 19, 2014 Full Review The Face of an Angel (2014) 38% 3/5 EDIT “An intriguing and well-constructed but ultimately less than riveting fictionalised account of events inspired by the Amanda Knox trial.” – HeyUGuys Oct 8, 2014 Full Review It Follows (2014) 95% 3/5 EDIT “A low budget horror that injects new blood into the genre's evergreen 'teen sex has horrifying consequences' trope.” – HeyUGuys Oct 7, 2014 Full Review While We're Young (2014) 84% 2/5 EDIT “Ben Stiller does what he does yet again in a familiar story of a middle aged couple invigorated by youthful friends set in the borough of Noah Baumbach.” – HeyUGuys Oct 3, 2014 Full Review Cake (2014) 49% 2/5 EDIT “A well acted guilt and redemption drama that doesn't have the courage of its convictions and is let down by predicatibility.” – HeyUGuys Oct 1, 2014 Full Review Pawn Sacrifice (2014) 73% 3/5 EDIT “A riveting performance from Toby Maguire as mentally ill chess champion Bobby Fischer dominates an assured but unremarkable biopic.” – HeyUGuys Sep 24, 2014 Full Review We Gotta Get Out of This Place (2013) 80% 3/5 EDIT “An intriguing teenage riff on Texas pulp noir that doesn't quite reach the heights to which it aspires, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place is nevertheless a hardnosed, well-acted crime drama that effectively evokes locale and mood.” – HeyUGuys Sep 22, 2014 Full Review Time Out of Mind (2014) 80% 4/5 EDIT “Richard Gere delivers a career-best performance as a homeless man in a film that doesn't pander to stereotypes about society's lowest echelon.” – HeyUGuys Sep 18, 2014 Full Review The Judge (2014) 49% 2/5 EDIT “Judge Dreadful!” – HeyUGuys Sep 15, 2014 Full Review Love & Mercy (2014) 90% 3/5 EDIT “Half of a great biopic about melodic pop genius Brian Wilson, played by two actors with very different results.” – HeyUGuys Sep 12, 2014 Full Review The Drop (2014) 88% 4/5 EDIT “The Drop breathes fresh life into the often predictable milieu of New York crime and criminals.” – HeyUGuys Sep 10, 2014 Full Review The Sound & the Fury (2014) 22% 1/5 EDIT “The Sound And The Fury is a tragedy.” – HeyUGuys Sep 9, 2014 Full Review The Dead Lands (2014) 68% 2/5 EDIT “Lovely to look at but it feels long at just under 2 hours, and ends with a gory whimper rather than the anticipated spectacularly bloody bang.” – HeyUGuys Sep 8, 2014 Full Review Dom Hemingway (2013) 58% 3.5/5 EDIT “Jude Law's manically endearing performance is a pleasant surprise from an actor whose breadth of talent is often overlooked.” – HeyUGuys Sep 30, 2013 Full Review The Sacrament (2013) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “The Sacrament's intriguing setup is squandered by predictability and the filmmaker's irritating refusal to stick to reality/found footage 'rules'.” – HeyUGuys Sep 17, 2013 Full Review Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) 97% 4/5 EDIT “In an interesting coda, many examples are cited that may or may not be instances of the creative team recycling designs and ideas in other films.” – HeyUGuys Sep 11, 2013 Full Review Labor Day (2013) 34% 3/5 EDIT “Eliciting strong performances is probably Reitman's greatest directorial strength, and it's the performances that make this contrived melodrama worth watching.” – HeyUGuys Sep 11, 2013 Full Review
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