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Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

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

For all the playful elements, Jarmusch forgets to keep a dramatic tension in place and some of the material is plain silly, internally inconsistent…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Apr 2014

Every single frame ... is mesmerising, fascinating, surprising, fabulous, a stunning construct of colours and textures, the surreal and the visceral…

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Review of Any Day Now (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Apr 2014

It's a sombre film, heartfelt and moving, a reminder that the weakest and most vulnerable in our society often pay the heaviest price for other…

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Review of Young & Beautiful (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 03 Apr 2014

Chaptering the film into the four seasons seems like a device without real meaning or clear metaphorical purpose…

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Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

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

Teaming with life, the lifeless, virtually immovable figurines come alive and appear to move with all the dynamics of people, albeit smaller…

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Review of Noah (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Mar 2014

Trying to tell the Noah story as a biblical epic for 21st century audiences seems ambitious at best, which is perhaps why it hasn't been done before…

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Review of Noah and the Last Days (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Mar 2014

Trying to tell the Noah story as a biblical epic for 21st century audiences seems ambitious at best, which is perhaps why it hasn't been done before…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Mar 2014

Trying to tell the Noah story as a biblical epic for 21st century audiences seems ambitious at best, which is perhaps why it hasn't been done before…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 25 Mar 2014

Trying to tell the Noah story as a biblical epic for 21st century audiences seems ambitious at best, which is perhaps why it hasn't been done before…

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Review of The Raid 2 (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Mar 2014

Fans will flock to see what Gareth Evans has come up with for the sequel and they won't be disappointed, if they are looking for fierce close…

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Review of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Mar 2014

Full of clever, sweet and invention, Mr Peabody & Sherman is proof of the old adage (in reverse) that every dog should have a boy…

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Review of Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 20 Mar 2014

Achingly heartfelt as a story of a people's tragedy through civil war…

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Review of Ride Along (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Mar 2014

An undemanding fun ride, ideal accompaniment to popcorn…

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Review of Pompeii (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Mar 2014

A dumbed down / pumped up story set against the historic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, this is a movie for undiscerning audiences kee…

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Review of Hannah Arendt (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Mar 2014

It is as a piece of drama about the human condition that this film needs to be assessed, and on that score - with a few quibbles about structure…

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Review of The Monuments Men (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Mar 2014

Sometimes perfunctory, often hitting false notes, the film lacks the punch of its story…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Mar 2014

Full of detail, the film is almost claustrophobic at times as we stay inside the cabin of the yacht while the ocean heaves outside, the wind…

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Review of Last Love (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Mar 2014

Has a bitter sweet quality that will appeal to an older demographic whose empathy with the themes will overcome the glitches…

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Review of Gloria (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2014

The humour comes mostly from painful places, our recognition of painful truths and/or just the authenticity of responses by the characters,…

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Review of Gloria (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Feb 2014

The humour comes mostly from painful places, our recognition of painful truths and/or just the authenticity of responses by the characters,…

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