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Martin Chilton
Martin Chilton's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Movies reviews only
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The Blues Brothers (1980) |
The film also has stunning car chases, choreographed like the dancing in a musical, as the Blues Brothers are pursued throughout Chicago, at one point even tearing through a shopping mall. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Dec 18, 2020
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Gallipoli (1981) |
One of the most elegiac anti-war films ever made. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jul 07, 2017
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Unforgiven (1992) |
A sombre, insightful, genre-reinventing western, directed by a filmmaker acutely aware of the western's history, its limitations and the dubious truths of its legends. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Feb 16, 2016
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Blade Runner (1982) |
A masterpiece of dystopian science fiction on film. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Aug 02, 2015
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WarGames (1983) |
The chase sequences with government agents are tame but the film builds to a tense (and witty) conclusion at the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker in Colorado Springs. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jul 31, 2015
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Alien (1979) |
A sci-fi thriller of palpable, nerve-tingling tension, with Sigourney Weaver -- playing warrant officer Ellen Ripley -- in stunning form. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jun 30, 2015
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Midnight Run (1988) |
The interplay between the two leads is pure gold. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jun 27, 2015
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Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
Steven Spielberg's film is not perfect: it plays its strongest card first, the middle section is slightly uneven, and there are sallies into sentimentality. But it is a modern war classic. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jun 08, 2015
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Airplane! (1980) |
The really great thing about Airplane! is that the jokes undercut your expectations so deftly. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jun 08, 2015
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Way Out West (1937) |
Contains one of the most charming dance sequences in cinema history. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted May 28, 2015
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Winchester '73 (1950) |
Winchester '73 changed the way cinema audiences saw the Western, because it featured a more complex idea of the noble hero of the west -- a man plagued by personal problems and violent impulses. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Mar 17, 2015
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Ben-Hur (1959) |
Although it is a spectacle film, the story of how a man takes on the tyranny of the Romans, with all sorts of horrible consequences to himself and his family, is powerful and gripping. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jan 01, 2015
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Mary Poppins (1964) |
Van Dyke's energy is prodigious (especially when he leaps around with a gang of sooty chimney-sweeps on the London rooftops) and the songs are classics. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Jan 01, 2015
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The 39 Steps (1935) |
The scene in which Mr Memory is asked at the London Palladium "What are the 39 Steps?" remains one of 20th-century cinema's most gripping moments. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Dec 30, 2014
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White Christmas (1954) |
A good musical with a lot of star power. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Dec 22, 2014
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Die Hard (1988) |
Yippee-ki-yay, action fans. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Sep 28, 2014
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Down by Law (1986) |
Down by Law is a delight, right down to the unexpected last scene. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Sep 09, 2014
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Marnie (1964) |
Hitchcock was criticised for bring shallow psychology into the film (Hedren's character is afraid of the colour red) but some of their exchanges - the film was based on a novel by Winston Graham - are sharp and droll. - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Aug 31, 2014
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
There is a charm and vitality to Raiders of the Ark, which Spielberg later admitted was "the first movie where I actually shot the movie without thinking". - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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| Posted Dec 24, 2013
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