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Movie Reviews by Alistair Ryder - Page 9 of 18

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Review of Frank (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

It's a film that, like the music of its titular character, takes pride in not being for everyone's taste…

Review of Noah (2015)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

It openly acknowledges the difficulties in following a belief system whose needs conflict with what is morally right…

Review of Two Days, One Night (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

As well as having a gritty realism, it has an underlying sense of humanity…

Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

David Fincher claims he's always wanted to make a date movie that made three million people get divorces as a result…

Review of Need for Speed (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

In an era where films like Sharknado try too hard to be so bad it's good, Need for Speed is needed to show that true awfulness is effortless…

Review of Boyhood (1951)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

There is no such thing as wasting your life, because everything in life is worthwhile in its own way, and Boyhood understands this - a quietly…

Review of The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

The Young and Prodigious T.S Spivet tries nobly to incorporate old Hollywood style into a modern 3D extravaganza, but its absence of sincere…

Review of Pride (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

It cares more about straight audiences than gay ones, considering that it bends over backwards to avoid talking about sexuality in anything…

Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Gareth Edwards' reboot, the first Godzilla movie in a decade, doesn't work as well as it should, but it at least attempts to recreate the social…

Review of Maps to the Stars (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Strange as it may sound, this is one of the most enjoyable films of the year…

Review of Fury (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Ayer has managed to make a movie that shows the horrors of the war in a way that doesn't do a disservice to the allied troops, but still manages…

Review of 3 Days to Kill (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

I don't see every film released in a given year, but if I do see one worse than this, we are clearly approaching the end of days…

Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

If you're not bored of Marvel by now, this will probably be one of your favourite films of 2014…

Review of Boyhood (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

There is no such thing as wasting your life, because everything in life is worthwhile in its own way, and Boyhood understands this - a quietly…

Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

For a film that is directly about finding substance in modern relationships to divert from the crass lack of realism and overt stylisation…

Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

It doesn't really do anything more than live up to the Starship Troopers meets Source Code tag, let alone better either of those films, but…

Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Dallas Buyers Club frequently resorts to stereotypes or ill-fitting comedic moments that exposes just how weak it is when approaching the serious…

Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

The Seth Rogen brand of comedy remains reliably familiar, with the usual mix of winning gross out jokes and pop-culture references still providing…

Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the best blockbuster this summer, not only exceeding the film that preceded it, but even the original franchise…

Review of Joe (2014)

By Alistair Ryder (351) for Cinemole (129) on 20 Oct 2018

Cage is the only actor for whom a more reined-in performance works against them…

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