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Nev Pierce

Tomatometer-approved critic
Favorites:

Fight Club, It's A Wonderful Life, Rio Bravo, The Searchers, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Mean Streets, Sweet Smell Of Success

Official Website:

http://www.nevpierce.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) 80% 4/5 EDIT “A compelling, grubby outback Western revealing the ragged reality behind a folk hero. Terrific performances, incredible visuals, and a reassertion of Justin Kurzel as a bold filmmaker most comfortable dealing with discomfort.” – Empire Magazine Feb 24, 2020 Full Review 5/5 EDIT “” – BBC.com Mar 27, 2019 Full Review The Old Man & the Gun (2018) 93% 4/5 EDIT “A delightful folk story from one of the best filmmakers working today - and a fitting final turn from Redford, all easy charm and grace. It takes a lifetime of effort to look this effortless.” – Empire Magazine Dec 3, 2018 Full Review Apostasy (2017) 97% 4/5 EDIT “With a trio of fine performances and remarkable poise and control, this intimate and compelling drama manages to explore and expose authoritarian religion without, ironically, being judgemental.” – Empire Magazine Jul 26, 2018 Full Review High-Rise (2015) 60% 4/5 EDIT “Don't expect a thriller in the seat-edge sense, but you will be thrilled - and repulsed - by this bold, faithful adaptation of Ballard's ever-prescient picture of First World strife.” – Empire Magazine Mar 17, 2016 Full Review Carol (2015) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Mara and Blanchett make for an unforgettable couple in a beautiful film about longing, loss and the confusion and wonder of love.” – Empire Magazine Nov 22, 2015 Full Review What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy (2015) 87% 4/5 EDIT “My Nazi Legacy becomes horribly gripping.” – Empire Magazine Nov 12, 2015 Full Review Closer to the Moon (2013) 46% 4/5 EDIT “Caranfil's unlikely, odd little film is quietly moving - all the more so because it is true.” – Empire Magazine Nov 12, 2015 Full Review The Program (2015) 62% 4/5 EDIT “This powers on, visually dynamic and, like its compelling antihero, doesn't have an inch of fat on it.” – Empire Magazine Oct 15, 2015 Full Review Convenience (2015) 80% 4/5 EDIT “A lo-fi Brit com with all the pleasures of an American indie.” – Empire Magazine Oct 1, 2015 Full Review Life (2015) 63% 3/5 EDIT “Doesn't register emotionally in the way it strives for, but is diverting as a portrait of the nascent celebrity industry, with fine performances from Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson.” – Empire Magazine Sep 16, 2015 Full Review Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014) 53% 2/5 EDIT “Surprisingly forgettable considering its mesmering villain, although Del Toro sparks the movie into life with what screentime he does get.” – Empire Magazine Aug 20, 2015 Full Review We Are Monster (2014) 59% 3/5 EDIT “Contains a stark beauty and a poignant, nagging sense of sorrow.” – Empire Magazine Apr 27, 2015 Full Review Catch Me Daddy (2014) 93% 4/5 EDIT “A bold and uncompromising debut feature from a bright new directing team. There's a question over whether it justifies its own misery, but if you care about homegrown cinema then you have to see it.” – Empire Magazine Feb 26, 2015 Full Review Wild (2014) 88% 4/5 EDIT “A quietly moving coming of age story that resists formula or easy redemption, driven by a strong, unvarnished performance from Witherspoon, who deserves huge credit as both star and producer.” – Empire Magazine Jan 15, 2015 Full Review Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) 29% 4/5 EDIT “As spectacular and surprising as you would expect from Scott. Its spiritual uncertainty - and lack of triumphalism - perhaps robs it of a truly satisfying, cathartic conclusion, but also makes for a truly modern, thoughtful biblical blockbuster.” – Empire Magazine Dec 7, 2014 Full Review Black Sea (2014) 81% 4/5 EDIT “Though it perhaps inevitably lives in the shadow of some subgenre masterpieces, Black Sea is a superbly shot men-on-a-mission thriller with chest-tightening tension and a striking contemporary resonance.” – Empire Magazine Dec 4, 2014 Full Review Kajaki (2014) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Tense, blackly comic and troubling because it's so recent and so real.” – Empire Magazine Nov 28, 2014 Full Review '71 (2014) 96% 4/5 EDIT “The villainy is, perhaps unavoidably, somewhat signposted, but this is a tense, gripping thriller that combines real-world relevance with high-concept entertainment. In a superb ensemble, O'Connell is outstanding.” – Empire Magazine Oct 9, 2014 Full Review Believe (2013) 30% 2/5 EDIT “A well-meaning but corny football fable.” – Empire Magazine Jul 24, 2014 Full Review Under the Skin (2013) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Odd and sexy, troubling and touching, frustrating and mesmerising, dull and haunting.” – Empire Magazine Mar 10, 2014 Full Review The Class of '92 (2013) 100% 4/5 EDIT “An absorbing documentary about a football fairy tale - engrossing for any admirer of the beautiful game, but for United fans, it's unmissable.” – Empire Magazine Dec 1, 2013 Full Review All Stars (2013) 43% 2/5 EDIT “Derivative but occasionally fun.” – Empire Magazine Apr 28, 2013 Full Review The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 87% 5/5 EDIT “A fitting epitaph for the hero Gotham deserves.” – Empire Magazine Jul 16, 2012 Full Review Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 93% 4/5 EDIT “As funny, bittersweet and as distinct as you'd expect from Wes Anderson, a director who helps you know you are not alone.” – Empire Magazine May 20, 2012 Full Review
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