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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Trying to make a sequel that was going to be as good or feel as fresh as the original was a near-impossible task, but Gunn has managed to deliver a film that's a hell of a lot of fun to watch, while also giving it depth and heart to spare.
3.5/4
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Inside Out
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Pixar has truly outdone themselves, delivering their most intelligent, ambitious, and flat-out best film yet.
4/4
4
4
4
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7
2
2,298
It Chapter Two
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
This second part is simply far less captivating, is in no rush to get anywhere, takes an incredibly long time to get to the point, and ultimately doesn't really do much of anything on its way there.
2/4
4
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Joker
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
As an origin story it's rather compelling to see what drove the man down the path we know he has to eventually tread, and as a character study it's equally captivating to see the effects it has on the man himself.
3/4
4
3
4
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Justice League
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
As it is, it just feels like somebody haphazardly threw several ingredients into a pot and prayed that it would work. Unfortunately it does not, merely leaving behind arguably the biggest stain on the DCEU yet.
1.5/4
4
1.5
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2,298
Lights Out
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Lights Out ends up being a good example of taking an oft-used premise and turning it into something that's highly effective.
3/4
4
3
4
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7
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2,298
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
This is one of those films that really makes you appreciate the smaller projects that come out each year. There are no fancy effects propping it up, no fancy camera work, just a brilliantly-written script and some marvelous performances.
4/4
4
4
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7
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2,298
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
For a director who so clearly loves films and filmmaking, you would think that this set-up, combined with his skills, would be a killer combination, not something that you just shrug off nearly three hours later.
2.5/4
4
2.5
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Dead Men Tell No Tales makes it quite evident that the franchise has run out of ideas and that it's time to finally put it to rest.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
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7
2
2,298
Ready Player One
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It's basically a pop culture lover's dream come true, a film that pays homage to a time that gave us some incredible films, games, and music, all wrapped up as a gift to us from one of the greatest directors of all time.
3/4
4
3
4
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7
2
2,298
Silence
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It's by no means an easy film to process, but if you are willing to put in the effort, you will be richly rewarded with one of the very best and most deeply felt films of the year.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It's no The Last Jedi, but it's fun, exciting, and quite entertaining, a combo that is made all the more impressive given the long, bumpy, and nearly-disastrous road that it took to finally come to the screen.
3/4
4
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Star Trek Beyond
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It's a disappointment for sure, especially when it comes to the weak storyline, but there are still a few things here to like, including the cast, some of the action, and the humor.
2.5/4
4
2.5
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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
What Abrams delivers here is still a pretty good start to this new trilogy, but you can't help but think how great it might have been if they had done their own thing and given us something new.
3/4
4
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
The Last Jedi is a grand step forward, one that we can only hope will light the way for the franchise's future.
3.5/4
4
3.5
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Whereas Johnson's The Last Jedi had been daring, exciting, and encapsulated everything that makes Star Wars great, The Rise of Skywalker brings the trilogy to an end with a bland, dull, and very forgettable final entry.
2/4
4
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Suicide Squad
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
The film is a heartbreaking disappointment in several ways, from the overcrowded cast of characters to the uninspired and undeveloped villains to the bland action sequences to the half-baked story.
1.5/4
4
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Terminator: Dark Fate
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Terminator: Dark Fate ends up being so close to what we should have for a sequel, but in the end it just falls a little too short.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
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The Birth of a Nation
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
The Birth of a Nation is certainly not without its flaws, mainly due to issues in pacing and storytelling, but one has to give credit where it's due, for with a strong cast and a powerful narrative, it's got just enough to make it worth exploring.
3/4
4
3
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2,298
The Conjuring 2
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Basically, the sequel takes almost everything that was wrong with the first film and vastly improves upon it, leading to a horror experience that ranks as one of the better offerings of the last few years.
3/4
4
3
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The Hateful Eight
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
What Tarantino has delivered here is a fascinating portrait of deception and mistrust. The Hateful Eight has the incredible writer/director back in fine form, presenting not only an intriguing script, but also top-notch direction.
3.5/4
4
3.5
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2,298
The Legend of Tarzan
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
When one thinks of Tarzan, they think of fun, excitement, thrills, and fantastic adventure (even the cheesy 30s films had all of these), not something dull, tedious, and morose like this.
1.5/4
4
1.5
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2,298
The Lego Batman Movie
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
With more concentration on the emotional foundation, this could have been a great animated adventure to rival its predecessor, but with a focus that's more on the flashy action, it ends up being a somewhat plodding experience.
2.5/4
4
2.5
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2,298
The Revenant
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It's a grand adventure that delivers on its tale of survival and revenge, and though it might be a little too intense for some, it's ultimately well-worth the two and a half hours to experience one of the most breathtaking films of the year.
3.5/4
4
3.5
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Thor: Ragnarok
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It may have a ways to go before it can stand on equal footing with the best Marvel films, but this was definitely a step in the right direction.
3/4
4
3
4
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2,298
Us
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
"Us" is the kind of movie that, while you can admire the craft and skill that went into it, will leave you scratching your head as to how Peele thought any of it was plausible.
2.5/4
4
2.5
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Wonder Woman
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
Wonder Woman may be a step in the right direction when it comes to getting the DCEU on track, but it still falters in too many places to get itself up to an acceptable level.
2/4
4
2
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2,298
X-Men: Apocalypse
The Blu Spot
Jeff Beck
It would appear that this new franchise is finally starting to show a little weakness, for what Singer delivers with X-Men: Apocalypse doesn't even come close to reaching the quality of the films that preceded it.
2/4
4
2
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2,298
A Dark Song
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
An extraordinarily personal film, A Dark Song feels like a folk tale whispered to you at night while you sleep by person or persons unknown, recalled in vague half-remembered images and flashes of almost incomprehensible truths.
9/10
10
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Evolution
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Evolution sways and bubbles like the slow-motion seaweeds and corals that permeate it. It is a film that beckons us closer, enticing us to fall into it and drown.
9/10
10
9
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2,299
The Duke Of Burgundy
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Beautiful, sexy, funny and tragic, with its all-women cast and sole focus on female sexuality it is clear evidence that mainstream cinema's aversion to strong women as the centre of a film is hackneyed, dull, and simply false.
9/10
10
9
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The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears demands we engage with film in a very different way than we are used to ... This is a movie to feel ... through, to let our senses dominate the experience. The pleasure is in the untethering.
9/10
10
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She Dies Tomorrow
The Bulwark
Sonny Bunch
An existential meditation on grappling with, well, not death, exactly, but the realization of death, the understanding that we're all going to die.
3/4
4
3
4
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Tesla
The Bulwark
Sonny Bunch
History is written by the victors. But it's rewritten-occasionally poorly, and in a way that offers us little insight into the subject being rehabilitated-by the filmmakers.
2/4
4
2
4
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The Outpost
The Bulwark
Sonny Bunch
The Outpost ... may wind up being the defining movie of the Afghanistan War.
3/4
4
3
4
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The Rental
The Bulwark
Sonny Bunch
A brutal and nasty-and chillingly great-little horror picture in the same vein as Bryan Bertino's The Strangers.
3/4
4
3
4
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The Tax Collector
The Bulwark
Sonny Bunch
LaBeouf is icily compelling as a well-dressed gangbanger, almost unbalancing the picture with the gravity of his performance.
2.5/4
4
2.5
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A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica)
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
A Fantastic Woman is a superb character study and a severe indictment of a society that's more hypocritical than open-minded.
4/5
5
4
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Aloft
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Early Alejandro González-Iñarritu called. He wants his style back.
2.5/5
5
2.5
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2,301
American Honey
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
American Honey is never boring, but it's hard to justify a 163-minute length. The film is challenging, but compulsively watchable.
3/5
5
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Ants on a Shrimp
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Ants on a Shrimp presents us a genius at work at the peak of his powers.
4/5
5
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Brad's Status
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Easily Mike White's best since Chuck and Buck, Brad's Status rings true more often than not, and even dares to offer answers to middle age ennui.
3.5/5
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Breathe
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Andy Serkis' first directorial effort is traditional to a fault. His sole focus seems to be to move the plot forward, in circumstances the best moments of Breathe take place whenever he takes the foot off the gas.
2.5/5
5
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Call Me by Your Name
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The film (adapted by James Ivory) is beyond lovely and methodical, covering every aspect of the life of an adolescent at a critical moment of his growth.
5/5
5
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Christine
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The movie's biggest asset is a powerhouse performance by Rebecca Hall, who builds a sympathetic character without betraying the integrity of the person who inspired it.
3/5
5
3
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Deep Web
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
It may not engage the audience emotionally, but it's pure brain candy.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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Deepwater Horizon
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
For all the didactic exposition and superb execution of complex action sequences, the characters are one-trait ponies. Kate Hudson is in this movie solely to pace around the house and look worried (and gorgeous).
2.5/5
5
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Denial
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Denial goes above and beyond to provide a fluid narrative and a traditional climax (a challenge in films based on real events) and not always succeeds. Nevertheless, movies of this substance shouldn't be dismissed.
3/5
5
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2,301
Elle
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
A layered mystery with a dollop of black comedy, Elle is very wrong in the best way possible.
4.5/5
5
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Free Fire
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Free Fire is just a minor detour for a filmmaker who can be more than another Tarantino clone.
3/5
5
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Julieta
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
I don't wish to spoil the surprises Julieta has to offer. Suffice to say the emotional punches are consistent and land more often than not.
4/5
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La La Land
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
La La Land is visually stunning and goes from feat to feat (the opening sequence set on a freeway is one for the books), yet it remains profoundly human.
4.5/5
5
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Life, Animated
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
It takes a village and loving parents, but the result justifies the effort.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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Loveless (Nelyubov)
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Loveless is a bit thick to swallow, but highly rewarding.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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Manchester by the Sea
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The writer/director doesn't avoid the leg work and turns those minor indignities of everyday life into representations of inner turmoil.
4/5
5
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Mean Dreams
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Outside beautiful fall scenery, there nothing particularly moving about Mean Dreams...
2/5
5
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Paterson
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Paterson flirts with surrealism, but never leaves the viewers hanging.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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Professor Marston & The Wonder Women
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Professor Marston is an effective feminist film that benefits from strong turns by Evans, Hall and Heathcote. That said, it tends to state the obvious, as everybody feels the need to verbalize their feelings at all times.
3/5
5
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Pyewacket
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Reportedly a horror flick, Pyewacket is at heart a film student short stretched into 90 minutes. And that's the least of its problems.
1/5
5
1
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Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Raiders! offers glimpses of growing pains and dreams fading away, which only makes the movie more human and relatable.
4/5
5
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Ramen Heads
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The film covers the history and entire process of making ramen in dynamic fashion. The utterly dry narration manages to add more flavor to an already well seasoned dish.
3.5/5
5
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Snowden
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Snowden does a much better job than Oscar-winning documentary Citizenfour filling in the audience on the programmer's trajectory and his motivations.
3.5/5
5
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Stronger
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Stronger is a very standard affair: Every beat can be seen from a mile away.
2.5/5
5
2.5
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2,301
Suburbicon
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The film could be described as a mix of Fargo and Blood Simple by the way of Tim Burton. It's undeniably entertaining but is hard to shake the feeling we have seen all this before.
3/5
5
3
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The Belko Experiment
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Imagine The Hunger Games without the terrible romance, or Battle Royale without the mystique. It's just an every-man-for-himself brawl set in corporate America, and it's predictably nasty and entertaining.
3/5
5
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The Children Act
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Children Act is predominantly a character study with a captivating plot lurking underneath. Dialogue and subtext are a delight, reminiscent of also superb 45 Years (heartbreak happens at every age).
3.5/5
5
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The Commune (Kollektivet)
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Danish keep on killing it at finding new angles in family dramas. In The Commune, we see a marriage fall apart as they try to assimilate the new limits of personal freedom during the swinging 70s.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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The Death of Stalin
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Everything about this movie works, particularly depicting the dictator's inner circle as a frat house. Hilarious and unsettling.
4/5
5
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The Disaster Artist
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Disaster Artist is undeniably fun, but just skin deep.
3/5
5
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The Girl With All the Gifts
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Girl with All the Gifts may have been better suited for a TV series. As a feature, too much info falls through the cracks.
2/5
5
2
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2
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2,301
The Insult (L'insulte)
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Despite some minor issues (the score is -to put it charitably- blunt; one of the twists is soap opera-worthy), The Insult remains firmly grounded in reality, even as the squabble spirals out of control.
3.5/5
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
As it's traditional with the Greek filmmaker, the pitch-black sense of humor is perfectly calibrated. The novelty here is the sense of despair that comes with the comedy.
3.5/5
5
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The Nightmare
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Nightmare is undeniably entertaining, but it's just empty calories.
2/5
5
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The Ritual
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Ritual is not nearly as effective when the force stalking them goes from abstract to all too real.
2.5/5
5
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2,301
The Salesman (Forushande)
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Salesman may challenge some preconceptions, without losing sight of the problems that still affect the country.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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The Square
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Square is a bit too cynical for its own good, but reaffirms my belief that the future of cinema can be found in Scandinavia.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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The Wolfpack
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
At no point The Wolfpack comes across as patronizing. For the most part, the filmmaker treats the kids as peers and, in turn, the Angulos reward Moselle with endearing openness.
4/5
5
4
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Toni Erdmann
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The deadpan comedy is pleasant, even sharp at times, but the length is absurd. The film aims to criticize European corporations that favor efficiency and rules over the human factor, hardly a groundbreaking topic.
3/5
5
3
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2,301
Tower
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Thanks to abundant footage, director Keith Maitland reconstructs the whole standoff. Every blank is filled with animation, which adds to the growing tension and uneasiness.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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Trespass Against Us
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Trespass Against Us often feels aimless, the premise is stretched over ninety minutes for no apparent reason. While we care about the outcome, the film could have use a rewrite and a less-chiseled star.
3/5
5
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Under the Gun
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
Rationally, Under the Gun makes an ironclad case for the need of legislation. Too bad most people react emotionally to the matter.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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Weiner
The Canadian Crew
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The access filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg got is remarkable. There are plenty of profoundly uncomfortable moments on display.
4/5
5
4
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2,301
21 And Over
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Perhaps I'm getting old but at times I found myself thinking the writing was often just mean, lazy or unnecessary.
2.5/5
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A Brilliant Young Mind
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Matthews' direction is perfect. Yes, he manipulates you throughout, but nothing is milked, there is great subtlety, and his settings in Taiwan and at Cambridge are deftly shot by Les Miserables and The King's Speech cinematographer Danny Cohen.
4/5
5
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A Little Chaos
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Rickman has created some wonderful scenes for himself to share with his Sense and Sensibility castmate Winslet.
3/5
5
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Technically, the film is excellent, with seamless CGI, and top-notch performances throughout, though moments are dark (literally, squinting-to-see dark).
4/5
5
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Chappie
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
[Sharlto Copley's work as Chappie is very physical, from scared and bewildered child to posturing teen, and will add this character alongside Number Five, Robocop and Wall-E as one of the more memorable celluloid androids.
3.5/5
5
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Drift
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
The surfing scenes are exhilarating, the waves more terrifying than anything Eli Roth or James Wan could come up with.
3/5
5
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Free Birds
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Much of the better comedy is wasted on the younger viewers, with complex historical and cultural references kids just won't get.
1.5/5
5
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God's Not Dead
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
This is awful filmmaking, from trite writing of one-dimensional characters to even triter (which spell-check is telling me is not a word) dialogue.
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5
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Great Expectations
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
The film is always gorgeous. Even the realistic vileness of pre-sewerage-system London streets are a wonder to look at.
4/5
5
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Insurgent
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Kate Winslet should play the villain more often.
3.5/5
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Firth, incidentally, based his performance on David Niven's Bond from the 1967 comedy Casino Royale, and his performance is terrific fun.
4/5
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Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur)
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Jim Schembri
The formulaic feel of (this) enjoyable rom-com leads one to suspect the French are now making films with a clear view to being Hollywoodised.
3/5
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Limitless
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Jim Schembri
Here's something unusual - a Hollywood film with fresh ideas.
3/5
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Particle Fever
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Funny and fascinating, this is the kind of evidence that support why governments need to have long-term vision and invest in, not scale back, funding in research.
4.5/5
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Taken 3
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Thriller fans looking for a bit of brainless biff will lap it up.
3/5
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The Call
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
It's difficult to hold an audience pretty much alone for 70 minutes but [Halle Berry] does a much better job than the screenplay deserves.
3/5
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Evil Dead
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
Alvares nails it. His Evil Dead has the fun spirit of the original (you need to have a very particular sense of the word fun, of course). His camerawork is inventive, occasionally beautiful.
3.5/5
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Canberra Times (Australia)
Cris Kennedy
There is a lot of plot to get through, and Nair employs some interesting visual devices to help sweep us through the morass of characters and history as she tackles big themes in a complex layer of issues.
4/5
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