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Benny's Video | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Similar to The Seventh Continent, this film's objective is to analyze and deconstruct the effects rather than senselessly guess their causes | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant) | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'A brilliant depiction of the manipulation inherent in every relationship and the lengths to which people will go to stay with the ones they love.' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Bitter Victory | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | There is a sense that while the men here are well-versed in the theories of war, they are clueless about the realities of combat. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
The Bucket List | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Cidade de Deus (City of God) | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'It's unfortunate that what should be an emotionally-engaging film is so completely unaffecting' | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Die Hard | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'A landmark film that breathed life and originality into an area of cinema where only formulas were proven reliable.' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Down by Law | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Its soul is the same as all Jarmusch films, but here he digs a bit deeper into the roots of his own methodology and that to which he is opposed. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Elephant | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'Van Sant is humble enough to admit that he knows no better than the rest of us yet intelligent enough to dramatize the misunderstandings and confusion of such a situation.' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Grizzly Man | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Offers the best that non-fiction films have to offer, where the filmmaker is able to interact with, rather than simply react to, his subject... | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
How Green Was My Valley | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | [Its] moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive. No matter how effectively a story is told, it's hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
I Heart Huckabees | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | The clever, light-hearted manner that the flurry of philosophical inquiries are tossed our way kept a smile on my face and gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'A magnificent, eye-opening experience' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Little Miss Sunshine | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | It remains stuck in a limbo state that more and more indie films find themselves these days, because of its non-committal attitude. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Magnolia | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Marks the arrival of a great, if not the greatest, modern director | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Naqoyqatsi (Naqoyqatsi: Life as War) | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Socially aware, but so nihilistic and fatalistic that it's irrelevant since it is unwilling to push towards the social change that the prior films supported so adamently. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Once Upon a Time in the West | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'even the quieter romantic or reflective moments are filled with a sense of energy coming from the expectation that at any given moment something huge is going to happen.' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Perfect Blue | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | [An] nime thriller [that] often plays as an examination of identity and celebrity, but ultimately gets so lost in its own complex structure that it doesn't end up saying much at all. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Playtime | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'It is a new way of seeing the world around us, both life affirming in its vision and brilliant in its satire' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Powaqqatsi | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'shows the consequences of what we have done in the past and the danger of where we are heading' | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
A Prairie Home Companion | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | With A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman has once again showcased his talent for creating complex, insular worlds for his characters to inhabit. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Primer | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | 'By avoiding cheesy revelations and typical characters arcs, Carruth has created a small but intelligent film bursting at the seams with ideas.' | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Salesman | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
The Sweet Hereafter | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Molds the past, present, and future into a tapestry of the cyclical nature of human suffering. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Tape | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Linklater is testing the boundaries of what can be done with digital video, thematically as well as visually. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
They Live | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Carpenter's ability to fuse the bawdy humor and action with an intelligent script make for a genre film that is both thoughtful and entertaining | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
This Land Is Mine | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | It moves along like a well-oiled machine until the devestating final act ties all of the smaller stories together, making it's point without being overbearing or obvious. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
Top Hat | Cinematic Reflections | Derek Smith | Top Hat does not glorify wealth or upper class status - if anything it continually pokes fun at it. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,268 |
The Road To Guantanamo | Cinematical | Karina Longworth | If we ever felt like the soldiers and interrogators seen here were in any way human, Winterbottom and Whitecross' indictment of their behavior would hit twice as hard. | 6.5/10 | 10 | 6.5 | 10 | false | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1,269 |
The Fountain | Cinematical | Kim Voynar | What keeps "The Fountain" from being a really great film is that it's so heavily based on the visual and pretty effects ... the idea of a simply told story gets lost in the shuffle. | 5.5/10 | 10 | 5.5 | 10 | false | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1,269 |
10,000 B.C. | Cinematical | James Rocchi | In an age where ... audiences reward blood-and-thunder films ... at the box office, greenlighting 10,000 B.C. must have seemed logical. I can imagine someone pitching the film ...by saying "It's like 300 .... + 9,700!" | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | Cinematical | James Rocchi | " ...even if Alvin and the Chipmunks has one hand reaching for your wallet, at the very least its heart seems to be in the right place." | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
300 | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Whatever your reason for going into 300, I can't imagine leaving it very excited by what you get. I can imagine being excited by the prospect of leaving -- for me, the end credits of 300 rolled up on the screen with the comforting shock of a parole notice | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
All The King's Men | Cinematical | James Rocchi | The problem with ... All the King's Men is that it's a political movie where we never really get a sense of politics. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
American Gangster | Cinematical | James Rocchi | American Gangster isn't bad or poorly-made or unsatisfactory; it's just good enough to make you painfully aware of all the ways it could have been better, too big and observed to watch as simple entertainment and too glossy and glib to watch as meaningful | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
American Hardcore | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Punk rock was never about sonic perfection: It was (and is) about emotional intensity, and American Hardcore has that in van loads, and delivers with onetwothreefour! power. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Apocalypto | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... Gibson's directorial efforts have been fairly blood-soaked historical exercises -- and Apocalyto isn't just more of the same, it's entirely too much of the same. ... Apocalypto is a career-ending flop, and easily the worst movie of 2006. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Balls of Fury | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Balls of Fury may be fairly specialized (How many sports-flick/martial arts parodies can you name, off the top of your head?), but even with that weird backhand spin, it scores more than a few points. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Because I Said So | Cinematical | James Rocchi | I don't think anyone actually wrote Because I Said So; I think that some Hollywood artificial intelligence think-tank instead fed DVD box sets of The Gilmore Girls and Sex and the City into a computer, along with Pottery Barn catalogs for roughage. ... | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Beerfest | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Beerfest is dumb as a box of rocks. It's a brawny, badly-shot mess that goes on a little too long. .... And I loved it -- or, rather, I laughed during it and was consistently amused by audacity and stupidity going hand in hand. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Beowulf | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Some are calling Beowulf the future of movies, but it would be a lot easier to swallow that hype if ... anything in the movie suggested the people who made Beowulf were invested in making something good instead of just interested in making something new. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Bourne Ultimatum | Cinematical | James Rocchi | I don't know that if an action film can, in fact, be art -- but I do know that The Bourne Ultimatum has stuck with me, and will stick with me, in ways that will linger for a while. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Breach | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Breach has the facts and shape of real events; it also has real excitement and true craft behind it, which is just one part of the reason why it's such a pleasure to watch. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Buried | Cinematical | Erik Childress | Tighten the screws a few more times around the middle and we could have had a genuine classic on our hands. Alas, it is still probably a very good hour-long Twilight Zone episode. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Charlie Wilson's War | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Nichols's cut, gutted version (of Aaron Sorkin's script) offers a few cheery, breezy moments of rat-a-tat comedy, but Charlie Wilson's War stops being funny when you realize we're living in the sequel. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Death of a President | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Death of a President isn't art, or even entertainment: It's the art-house, indie-doc equivalent of Snakes on a Plane, where someone thought of a single idea and then, it seems based on the end-resulting film, stopped thinking altogether. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Death Proof | Cinematical | James Rocchi | What's new in Death Proof? Well, a lot of jibber-jabber. It's Tarantino jibber-jabber -- quick and juicy and deadpan and blunt and baroque -- but it's jibber-jabber nonetheless, minor time-filler between a few moments of twisted-metal glory or twisted-hum | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Deception | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Deception is star-filled and competently crafted, but so afraid of real sexuality that it instead offers us soft-lit perfume-ad images, and is erroneously convinced that moviegoers won't be able to spot lazy storytelling once their glasses are steamed up | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Drillbit Taylor | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... While (Drillbit Taylor) may not be consistently brilliant or laugh-out-loud funny all the way through, it is at the least consistently amusing. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Factotum | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... a well-made-but-marginal film about a well-liked-but-marginal figure in American letters. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Flying Scotsman | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... Even if The Flying Scotsman doesn't really ever depart from a pretty standard-issue inspirational sports-flick template, as it's subject Graeme Obree proved, you can still do impressive and mighty things on a fixed track. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Good Luck Chuck | Cinematical | James Rocchi | You could probably make a good movie out of Good Luck Chuck's pitch; that just didn't happen here. And I like a good, funny, smutty comedy; the problem is that Good Luck Chuck is a bad, unfunny smutty comedy. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Hannibal Rising | Cinematical | James Rocchi | And now, the prequel Hannibal Rising, which answers several questions: Where did Hannibal come from? What made him what he is?... It does not, however, answer the better question: Who fricking cares? | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Hesher | Cinematical | Erik Childress | It manages to succeed with a pastiche of great casting and an unapologetic slant towards being anti-touchy-feely. Until it needs to be. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
I Am Legend | Cinematical | James Rocchi | I don't know how well I Am Legend will hold up on repeat viewings, or over time -- but while it's happening, I Am Legend is a slick, scary, superbly made action/science fiction/horror film with a lot more art, heart and smarts than you'd expect. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
In the Valley of Elah | Cinematical | James Rocchi | In the Valley of Elah doesn't actually say "Bring the boys home"; it mostly tells us how much Paul Haggis would like to take home another Oscar. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Into the Wild | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... As the credits roll at the close of Into the Wild, you don't feel like you've celebrated a life spent on the road less traveled; you feel like you've just witnessed a slow-motion suicide. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Just Wright | Cinematical | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Hamri has grown more and more confident over her last three pictures, and she has learned to calmly focus on characters and small moments. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Leatherheads | Cinematical | James Rocchi | "Screwball comedy" implies a certain snap and rotation -- a velocity to the gags and a vector to the plot -- but the people who made Leatherheads don't quite have the strength of arm or skew of angle to make Leatherheads truly screwball ... | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Love Guru | Cinematical | James Rocchi | If Mike Myers is obsessed with poop, pee and penises, that's his problem; if audiences make him rich for playing that out on-screen, then it becomes ours. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | Cinematical | James Rocchi | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (is) the best modern slasher flick since Scream. In fact, I like All the Boys Love Mandy Lane a little more than Scream -- All the Boys may be knowing and post-modern as it begs, borrows and steals from films like Prom Night, | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day may be a fairly small-scale comedy, but it delivers tremendous satisfaction, and that's a victory in and of itself ... | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Mist | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... Darabont's made what can best be called a grade-A B-movie, full of jolts and jumps and classic monster-movie tricks played out with old-school showmanship and thoroughly modern special effects. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Mr. Brooks | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... a nice, decent, all-American psychopath like Mr. Brooks is pretty welcome company for a few fraught and well-crafted hours in the tense and muted darkness of the movie theater. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Music and Lyrics | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Music and Lyrics is a nice, light, bright romantic comedy -- a demonstration of the best and the worst of modern romantic comedy in action, in fact. ... | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
My Blueberry Nights | Cinematical | James Rocchi | My Blueberry Nights may be a bit more interested in look than feel -- it conveys blue as a color far more effectively than it conveys blue as an emotional state -- but it's a feast of beauty while it gracefully unfolds on-screen. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Nowhere Boy | Cinematical | Erik Childress | A barren soap opera of a film that puts more emphasis on Lennon's mood swings than what made his music so great. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | true | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Other Boleyn Girl | Cinematical | James Rocchi | With The Other Boleyn Girl, the sheen and shine of the clothing and sets can't quite blind us to the fact there's very little drama under all the drapery, and you'll recall the textures of the fabrics long after you've forgotten the threads of the plot. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Snakes on a Plane | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Snakes on a Plane has an irresistible title and an impressive promotional campaign -- but pitches aren't plots, and marketing isn't moviemaking. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Spider-Man 3 | Cinematical | James Rocchi | ... Watching Spider-Man 3, as my hopes took on the taste of ashes in my mouth, I felt the sad, gloomy pall that falls across any piece of entertainment when passionate innovation is replaced by profitable repetition. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Game Plan | Cinematical | James Rocchi | The Game Plan is as cute as a pail of kittens and about as orderly, but ... it works as a pretty solid example of how the skillful execution of some of the oldest plays in the book can still get the ball to the end zone. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Heartbreak Kid | Cinematical | James Rocchi | The Heartbreak Kid is a shabby, sleazy train wreck ... and anyone who backed it ... before its being made or rewards it with money or acclaim upon its release should feel, if they can feel at all, something like shame. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Host | Cinematical | James Rocchi | The Host may be lumpy and bumpy, but it's also one of the freshest monster movies we've had in decades -- and, to any creature-feature buff, a rocket-ride blast of the highest order. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
The Kingdom | Cinematical | James Rocchi | From bloody opening to bleak coda, The Kingdom pulls off something unexpected and unsettling: It's a popcorn movie that leaves the taste of ashes in your mouth. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Transformers | Cinematical | James Rocchi | Transformers is supposedly about robots who turn into cars and back again; what it's really about is big Hollywood turning money into stupid and back again | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Welcome to the Rileys | Cinematical | Erik Childress | Thanks to an earnest performance by James Gandolfini anchoring it, we can almost forget the weight of Kristen Stewart dragging it down with every hair flip and tug. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | true | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Zodiac | Cinematical | James Rocchi | By showing us the details in carefully-wrought, exacting fashion, Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt turn the hunt for the Zodiac killer into thrilling, exciting cinema -- and the best true-life tale of detection we've had on the big screen since A | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,270 |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Cinematter | Madeleine Williams | The Empire Strikes Back has always been the best written and best shot of the three Star Wars films, and with the enhancements, it looks like it will have a good chance at holding the title. | 10/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | false | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1,271 |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Cinemayward | Joel Mayward | Cliche-ridden and strangely aloof, Miseducation elicited little in the way of an emotional response from me beyond frustration. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1,272 |
All the Money in the World | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | This is one of the best films Ridley Scott has put his name to in recent memory - it operates equally well as a prestige-tinged genre effort and as a nail-biting popcorn movie. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no jûnin) | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | It's quite ironic that a film about immortality will prove to have very little longevity in the minds of cinema goers. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Coco | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | This is a beautiful film, filled with visual wonder and warm humour, not to mention packing one of the year's hardest emotional punches. If you aren't left feeling completely moved by it, I'd suggest urgently checking your pulse. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Darkest Hour | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | It's worthy of an award for "most acting", but as for giving the year's best performance, that accolade should be reserved for a performer who disappeared in to their character, instead of merely disappearing into the excessive make-up design. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Downsizing | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | This is an oddly cruel film, with a wide visual imagination frequently undercut by the narrow minded characterisations and a highly unfocused narrative that can't work out whether it's acting as political commentary, or a half baked adventure movie. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Faces Places (Visages, villages) | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | If the idea of a meta-commentary on the very nature of crafting works of art sounds pretentious, then that couldn't be further from the truth. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | Benning is unrecognisable in the role, breathing life in to a heightened, borderline otherworldly character - and leaving you wishing director Paul McGuigan would equally be able to breathe life in to the rest of his pedestrian picture. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Logan Lucky | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | Logan Lucky is momentarily entertaining, but it is very quickly forgettable; a minor work from one of American cinema's most restless mainstream filmmakers that has such little impact, he might as well have remained in retirement. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Molly's Game | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | The first half of Molly's Game features some of Sorkin's best ever screenwriting - and in Chastain, an actress who can digest his dense dialogue as easy as somebody reading the phonebook. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Mudbound | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | Mudbound takes an intimately epic novel and transforms it into an unsubtle, awards courting drama. The cast deliver uniformly great performances, but the film never delves as deep as I would have liked into the harsh social backdrop of the period. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
The King's Choice | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | The King's Choice is an important piece of World War II history translated into an effective drama - albeit one that doesn't accurately portray the tension of the situation to the extent it deserves. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
The Square | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | Östlund has made an incredibly singular comedy, that couldn't be mistaken for the work of another director working today - and even when certain sequences don't hit their mark, they possess a joyous satirical invention that makes them hard to resist. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | McDonagh doesn't make easily consumable films, but this is definitely his hardest sell to date; if you can stomach it, you're in for a dark, uncomfortable treat that you'll still be debating long after awards season has wrapped. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Wonder | Cinemazine | Alistair Ryder | Wonder is nothing like the emotionally manipulative train wreck I was expecting, but for all the charm the film possesses, it can't help but feel formulaic - a tearjerker it's impossible to cry at due to how well worn the cliches it presents are. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,273 |
Alita: Battle Angel | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | It shows respect towards its source of inspiration, changing small details, but preserving the tone, story, and themes of the original product. [Full review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Avengers: Endgame | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | It's everything you should expect from the culmination of more than ten years of movies, especially if you've been following them from the beginning. [Full review in Spanish] | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Avengers: Infinity War | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | A totally different beast: darker, riskier, and more brutal. [Full review in Spanish] | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Bad Boys for Life | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | It does the unthinkable: to convert a saga lacking in imagination or creativity, into something slightly more subtle and exciting. [Full review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Unlike David Ayer's 'Suicide Squad', it feels chaotic and messy on purpose. [Full review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Blockers | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | A sex comedy that works as a metaphor for the fears parents feel when their children finish school and leave home to start their adult lives. [Full review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Bohemian Rhapsody | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Yes, the narrative moves too fast, but the film is worth seeing for exactly two reasons: Rami Malek's excellent work as Freddie Mercury... and the musical sequences (especially that of Live Aid). [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
Bumblebee | Cinencuentro | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Compared to the previous 'Transformers' movies, Bumblebee is a breath of fresh air, emotional and surprisingly honest. [Full review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,274 |
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