Movie Reviews by Andrew L. Urban - Page 11 of 49

201-220 of 972 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Dec 2014

I am reasonably familiar with the subject matter, yet the film still manages to knock my socks off…

Read Review

Review of St. Vincent (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Dec 2014

Bill Murray is the drawcard, always enjoyable as a rogue, witty eccentric and he does a great job with what he has…

Read Review

Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 29 Nov 2014

It's hard to tell whether Ridley Scott's Exodus is a misfire satire or a creative misfire, but I suspect it's the latter given that it takes…

Read Review

Review of The Captive (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 29 Nov 2014

If you are prepared to accept that real life is not predictable, much less real people, The Captive will engage and stimulate you…

Read Review

Review of Maps to the Stars (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Nov 2014

With its themes of incest, suicide, death and greed, Maps to the Stars is a caricature masquerading as a satire and playing like a nihilist expose…

Read Review

Review of The Dark Horse (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Nov 2014

Cliff Curtis delivers a spectacular characterisation, one which will no doubt be compared to Geoffrey Rush as brilliant pianist David Helfgott…

Read Review

Review of The Mule (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Nov 2014

The performances are the Crown Jewels in this otherwise lackluster film, notably the veterans Hugo Weaving as a world weary detective who bends…

Read Review

Review of Winter Sleep (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Nov 2014

This is an extraordinary film, both extra in content and length and yet ordinary in the sense that filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan observes the…

Read Review

Review of John Doe: Vigilante (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 11 Oct 2014

Although a bit muddle headed about what tone to adopt and confused about its moral stances, John Doe provides a talking point, if nothing else,…

Read Review

Review of Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 11 Oct 2014

Feels rather manipulative as it tries to assert its premise..(but) this is just about the only negative in an otherwise taut and terrific thriller…

Read Review

Review of Force Majeure (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Oct 2014

The resolution of the emotional crises seems manufactured, and the final sequence on a tourist coach driven by an incompetent idiot also…

Read Review

Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 28 Sep 2014

My overriding sense about Gone Girl is that director David Fincher wanted to make a flawless murder thriller in which the audience loyalty…

Read Review

Review of Wish I Was Here (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2014

Lashed together with bands of humour.... is a darkish parcel of stumbling humanity in search of answers we all seek - like the meaning of life…

Read Review

Review of We Are the Best! (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2014

Impeccably, nay astonishingly, performed by Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin and Liv LeMoyne, the film sweeps us into their world…

Read Review

Review of The Infinite Man (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2014

The screenplay is a clever riff on the notion of time travel as a way of improving the past, and some will see an echo of Groundhog Day, the…

Read Review

Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Sep 2014

The mood is dry as gunpowder - and as explosive…

Read Review

Review of The Giver (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Sep 2014

Phillip Noyce has cast the film to ensure it has gravitas and we are engaged: Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges are the representatives of the…

Read Review

Review of What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 31 Aug 2014

Filled with throw away humour and occasional LOL moments of the ghoulish kind, the film's technical achievements help audiences take it seriously…

Read Review

Review of Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Aug 2014

For anyone even vaguely interested in our earth, the film is a window into literally unchartered waters…

Read Review

Review of Snowpiercer (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Aug 2014

Best enjoyed as a thriller on steel wheels with a salutary moral, Snowpiercer is cinematic and compelling, despite its flaws, which emerge…

Read Review

Page 11 of 49

Andrew L. Urban has written reviews for:

Urban Cinefile (2,850)

Andrew L. Urban is connected to:

Popular Movies Right Now

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews