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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
It's still as much fun as ever because nostalgia and exhilarating glee rule the day.
4/5
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The Dark Tower
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
Despite rich source material, The Dark Tower film version feels rather lifeless.
2/5
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2,508
The Fate of the Furious
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
As always the banter between Roman (Gibson) and Tej Parker (Ludacris) provides the funny, Hobbs gets an excuse to painfully body-slam several people to the floor, and Letty comes up with a clever bit of mechanical know-how to save the day.
3.5/5
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The Lion King
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
It is cute and watchable, which is more than you can say for a lot of the stuff you are forced to watch for the sake of taking your children to the movies.
3/5
5
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The Mummy
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
A soulless, flat insult to contemporary audiences.
2.5/5
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9
2
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The Odyssey (L'odyssée)
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
Beautifully filmed, The Odyssey tells the story of the Jacques-Yves Cousteau you did not get to know through his documentary films.
3.5/5
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The Shape of Water
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
It is a story about outsiders and the very human need to connect. It is also about the love of movies, both the craft of movies and the way stories on screen captivate us and transport to another world.
4.5/5
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Tolkien
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
If you've never read up about the author, this might work for you, but any passing familiarity with Tolkien means you won't learn anything you didn't already know.
2/5
5
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Toy Story 4
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
Toy Story 4 is finely crafted and gorgeously detailed -- everything we have come to expect from this particular Pixar franchise.
4.5/5
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
Two dimensional acting mars a beautifully realised multi-dimensional concept of a huge city filled with aliens from all over the galaxy.
3/5
5
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Wind River
Weekend Special (South Africa)
Theresa Smith
A finely sketched character-driven murder mystery, Wind River is a beautifully penned piece of work from Taylor Sheridan, who makes his directing debut.
3.5/5
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The Punisher
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
It's dark and gritty and even a little tawdry, pushing ... deep into Death Wish territory, which is exactly as it should be.
3.5/5
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The Alamo
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
It wavers between traditional period adventure, cynical, revisionist history and meandering, multi-character mini-series. The action scenes aren't very good either.
2/5
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Bad Education
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...Almodovar's meta-movie teases us with Big Ideas about those of us who love our fantasies so much that we turn them into our realities.
4/5
5
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Before Sunset
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
For all the talk, there's always something unspoken bubbling away in the space between these two ex-lovers...
4/5
5
4
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Cidade de Deus (City of God)
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
We've seen this story before, more or less -- the blood, the budding psychopaths, the all-too-young victims of urban decay -- but never quite like this.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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2,509
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...a passion play with a guy in drag (who could ask for anything more?)...
1/5
5
1
5
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2,509
Dogville
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...an experience that's both grueling and, in its way, glorious.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
2,509
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
It's a strange trip, to be sure, sort of like what Fantastic Voyage might have been if some acid-gobbling metaphysicians had been at the helm.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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Hero
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...an astonishingly graceful ballet performed with swords, arrows and fists.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
2,509
A Home at the End of the World
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
The naughty bits were eventually cut (so to speak) for being too "distracting," but the publicity surrounding the deletion may be the best thing the movie has going for it.
2/5
5
2
5
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9
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2,509
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
KB2 is still basically a cartoon, albeit a more elaborately illustrated one...
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
2,509
The Ladykillers
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...nowhere near the Coens' funniest or most distinctive or even most endearing work.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
2,509
The Last Samurai
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...doesn't seem particularly interested in the nuances and points of frisson that are bound to occur when East meets West.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
2,509
Le Cercle Rouge
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
It's a languorous and uncompromising work that will drive some to distraction, but also a movie of dark, still beauty that will have others weeping tears of pure, noir joy.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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2,509
Mean Girls
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...a lean, mean entertainment that manages to be both playful and subversive while exhibiting plenty of mainstream appeal.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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2,509
Millions
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...Millions pulls off the neat trick of affirming that money can't buy happiness, even as it has a ball pretending that it can.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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2,509
Off the Map
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...eloquently written but not overwritten, with a story that ultimately feels less like a literary construct and more like a spontaneous celebration of a few lived lives...
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
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2,509
Open Water
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...Daniel and Susan just float around bitching at each other, so the movie frequently seems like a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in scuba gear.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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3
9
2
2,509
The Passion of the Christ
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
The movie's biggest sin lies not in where it chooses to cast blame, but in its bungled attempt at manufacturing what I suppose you'd have to call an epiphany of excess.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
9
2
2,509
The Saddest Music in the World
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...a little bit like what Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle might have been without the illusions of grandeur or pretentious aftertaste.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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7
9
2
2,509
She Hate Me
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...a movie that spews so much random, senseless, undigested matter that it seems more like projectile vomiting than filmmaking.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
9
2
2,509
Sin City
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
...might just be the most extravagantly brutal live-action cartoon ever made.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
2,509
Talk to Her
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)
Lance Goldenberg
Almodovar continues to refine the form of melodrama ... without sacrificing one iota of emotional texture or resonance.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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7
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2,509
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Weekly Press
Kam Williams
It's still better to flameout than to fade away.
4/4
4
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2,510
Lonesome Jim
Weekly Press
Kam Williams
A depressing illustration of how even Middle America has ended up marginalized and rudderless in the wake of outsourcing, downsizing and globalization.
3/4
4
3
4
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1
2,510
Magnolia
Well Rounded Entertainment
Peter G. Helfrich
Magnolia is a jigsaw puzzle of a film that, unfortunately, once its final image takes shape, is far less compelling than the pieces from which it was fashioned.
7/10
10
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The Perfect Storm
Well Rounded Entertainment
Peter G. Helfrich
It succeeds well enough, if far from perfectly.
7/10
10
7
10
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6
10
1
2,511
The Sixth Sense
Well Rounded Entertainment
Peter G. Helfrich
While its momentum may be less than driving, like a bad dream, it becomes clear that The Sixth Sense is headed to some sort of big pay-off, and Shyamalan's carefully concocted twist ending doesn't disappoint.
9/10
10
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Steel
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
This fil
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Mighty Joe Young
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
King Kong has never looked so ... drowsy. Sleepy, boring tale of kind-hearted gorilla gets old real quick, but with Charlize Theron though, Disney proves men can have dirty thoughts while their children are entertained. Hooray Charlize!
2/5
5
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Glory Road
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
History wins in by-the-numbers sports flick ...
3/5
5
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16 Blocks
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Rock music puts emphasis on the beat, jazz puts emphasis off the beat. 16 Blocks is jazz music: It's an action film, but its high points can be found in the punctuation, in the quiet moments between chases or shootouts.
4/5
5
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Beethoven's 4th
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Sad tale of floundering careers. Poor Judge Reinhold - he must hate himself.
0/5
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Big Top Pee-wee
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Fun for children, embarrassing for adults, especially now knowing Pee-Wee's illegal indulgences.
2/5
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Aslan = Jesus. Now you don't have to buy a ticket.
2/5
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Click
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Click is basically It's a Wonderful Life with punching, farting, dog-on-duck intercourse and sex jokes ...
1/5
5
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The Da Vinci Code
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
The movie version is so faithful to Dan Brown's hit book it should come with a dust jacket ...
4/5
5
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Fat Man and Little Boy
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Intersting, insightful histo-drama with Newman doing his job above and beyond what is called for.
3/5
5
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Firewall
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Firewall overdraws account, bounces checks and hits the max on its credit card ... who knew debt could be this fun?
3/5
5
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Not Marilyn's finest, but decent and memorable.
3/5
5
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Gia
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Teasing, but hard-to-watch, biography of a famed model struck down by '80s extravagance. NOTE: Angelina Jolie gets naked ... a lot. Hooray!
3/5
5
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Harry and the Hendersons
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Fun, one-of-a-kind, and sometimes scary, adventure/comedy with the always-delightful, John Lithgow.
3/5
5
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The Hills Have Eyes
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
The Hills Have Eyes involves one basic premise: freaks with very rusty weapons eviscerating, disemboweling and decapitating stupid travelers lost somewhere between Point A and B ...
1/5
5
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Inside Man
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Bankers gone wild ...
2/5
5
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Invincible
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
The material is OK -- not great. And Wahlberg's as flat as a Philly cheesesteak run over by US Steel truck ...
3/5
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Johnny Suede
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Super odd indie flick with the worst movie hairdo ever, until Bill Murray did Kingpin.
1/5
5
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K-19: The Widowmaker
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
With or without ballast tanks, K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low.
2/5
5
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Lady in the Water
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
The M stands for "miserable" ...
1/5
5
1
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The Lake House
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Phantom mail ... a postal carrier's worst nightmare ...
2/5
5
2
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Match Point
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Game, set, match ... Allen wins with slow-moving English drama ...
3/5
5
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Men at Work
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
At times fun, at others too smart for it's own good. It's big flaw: the long, drawn-out ending.
3/5
5
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Miami Vice
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
More Vice City than Miami Vice: Mann's new thriller makes for sweet, sweet action ...
5/5
5
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Mission: Impossible III
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Suri's daddy elevates Impossible franchise ...
4/5
5
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
The breast movie of the year ...
3/5
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Ahoy, no ending off the port bow.
3/5
5
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Poseidon
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Poseidon re-introduces the disaster-movie genre to theaters, and they greet each other with a big, sloppy kiss ...
3/5
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The Presidio
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Good thriller, but it suffers from '80s virus called the Mopes - it stutters on long, arduous sessions of depression while going absolutely nowhere.
3/5
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Reign of Fire
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Draggin' about dragons
2/5
5
2
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Signs
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Signs is deliberate and shocking from its sweeping exterior to its raw, emotional interior. Orson Welles would be proud.
4/5
5
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Slither
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Here's a review that not only benefits from, but requires, words like giant squid, festering blob and tummy tentacles.
4/5
5
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Superman Returns
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Super return for Superman ...
4/5
5
4
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2,512
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Just like NASCAR ... dumb as a post ...
2/5
5
2
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Tom and Huck
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Long, tirelessly epic tale of TeenBeat cover boys. Little girls scream, critics fall asleep.
1/5
5
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United 93
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
With United 93, abandon your hope at the theater door. You know the ending, and it is no happy one ...
3/5
5
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When a Stranger Calls
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
I used my minutes for this.
2/5
5
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World Trade Center
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
World Trade Center is a film of hope set within a hopeless day. Stone treats it with sincere reverence ...
4/5
5
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X-Men: The Last Stand
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Let's hope this really is the last stand ...
2/5
5
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You, Me and Dupree
West Valley View
Michael Clawson
Low IQs plague otherwise funny Wilson vehicle ...
3/5
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Unknown
What Culture
Simon Gallagher
Unknown isn't offensive at all, but it isn't startlingly good either: it is a near-perfect popcorn thriller that convinces of its story despite some fairly ludicrous plot shifts and an ultimately very self-serving resolution.
6.5/10
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Haunt
What Culture
Frank Ochieng
However if your ideal horror ride consists of a slight, choppy-driven chiller with a wicked streak of understated genuine jolts then fine there is a certain abandoned haunted house in the woods that is waiting for your arrival not to mention your approval
2.5/4
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The film highlights the contributions and sacrifices of the private armies of security people who work in the Middle East in exceptionally dangerous circumstances.
3/5
5
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4
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22 Jump Street
What She Said
Anne Brodie
There's much to love in this well-made film, there's plenty of talent and zing and love for the project. It's also a good movie and blockbuster bait. Its layered gags are genius and the stars are summer magic.
3.5/5
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Big Eyes
What She Said
Anne Brodie
An incredible feminist journey and via his manipulation of the medium and our complicity transforms a domestic thriller into a work of art about art.
4/5
5
4
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Birdman
What She Said
Anne Brodie
Keaton's forceful performance creates these realities not with emotion per se but with pure personal power. It's quite the sensation.
4/5
5
4
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2,515
Boyhood
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The idea of stepping into someone's life in movies is the root of entertainment and this is as close as it comes. Linklater's exquisite film is a heartbreaker and it's joyous but at its heart it's someone's life in all its aspects.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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Bridge of Spies
What She Said
Anne Brodie
A story of political brinksmanship played out in a time and place when the world was a little mad with fear.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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By The Sea
What She Said
Anne Brodie
It's a shame because we know what they're going for, that French Italian new wave idiom but they never get there. It approaches the artistic heights, but no cigar.
3/5
5
3
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4
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2,515
Clouds of Sils Maria
What She Said
Anne Brodie
A finely crafted psychological study and thriller that operates on several levels, the here and now, the past, and the future and the way our personas shift over time around an unchanging core, like The Snake.
4.5/5
5
4.5
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7
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2,515
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
What She Said
Anne Brodie
Empathy, sympathy, primal and refined responses are the landscape this time out and the sense that the world is off its axis because of human actions and the ape participates in evil that is its undoing.
4/5
5
4
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2,515
Hot Pursuit
What She Said
Anne Brodie
These actors have such great potential for good work and some nice chemistry. Both are proven comediennes, but they're just not feeling it here and neither are we.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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Fading Gigolo
What She Said
Anne Brodie
Turturro's' direction is confident and mature. He loves New York and sets it to glowing with magic hour shoots and warm, welcoming interiors. He shoots his stars as though they were dreams, and despite the lurid premise, it's an innocent look at life.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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2,515
Foxcatcher
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The outstanding performances by Carrell and Tatum are powerful through restraint and subtlety. The film's is a marvel of characterisation, tension, atmosphere and cinematic value.
4/5
5
4
5
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Hail, Caesar!
What She Said
Anne Brodie
There's lots of fun to be had here, much whimsy and fun grounded by the serious issues of the time. Ultimately Hail Caesar is a bouncy satire with a heart of gold to brighten February's pall.
4/5
5
4
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Inside Out
What She Said
Anne Brodie
It's a big job to find peace again after you've been uprooted, but the film shows it is possible. Hats off to Pixar for yet another and even greater offering that stimulate, entertains and teaches us a thing or two.
5/5
5
5
5
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8
9
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2,515
Interstellar
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The planets in the new galaxies are creatively different yet familiar, beautiful and ugly, habitable but not habitable. They have their own histories and realities and have no interest in being colonised by the US of A.
4/5
5
4
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Irrational Man
What She Said
Anne Brodie
An amusing and skewed situation played for laughs even though the horror of murder is real. It's fun watching Abe sneak around the Main Street in pursuit of his rejuvenating compulsion, shot wide to underline the ridiculousness of it all.
4/5
5
4
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Jersey Boys
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The cast makes the most of every musical moment, singing their hearts out while doing a dance line number that the Four Seasons never actually used but should have; its powerful stuff, not just in terms of nostalgia, it's kinda sexy.
4/5
5
4
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Le Week-End
What She Said
Anne Brodie
The film's uncomfortable emotional tone is well balanced and heightened by the majestic architecture and skies of the city, a city they can't truly enjoy until its almost too late.
4/5
5
4
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Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow
What She Said
Anne Brodie
Its visual universe has a strange brutal ugliness that tips into beauty, a complete, edgy and consistent world of ruin, cement and steel and harsh landscapes.
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