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Review of Wolf Creek 2 (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Feb 2014

If it weren't for some misjudged - and extended - sequences that simply don't work, Wolf Creek 2 would have been a stronger propellant for No 3…

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Review of Le Week-End (2013)

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

Textured, truthful, tart, painful, hilarious, heartbreaking, uplifting and compelling, Le Week-End is a landmark film, as was Roger Michell's…

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Review of Nebraska (2013)

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

Full of little riches of observation, character and irony, Nebraska is a gem of a film from a master filmmaker…

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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

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

The film doesn't glorify war, it pays tribute to courage and determination; while it doesn't play politics, it does show the Taliban as vicious,…

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Review of Labor Day (2013)

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

Reitman's adaptation is thorough and complete, in that he retains some of the key textures and emotional backstories which form the principal…

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Review of Last Vegas (2013)

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

With stars of this calibre, the movie can't be all bad, and it ain't. It's just hollow…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

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

McQueen shoots long takes in which the action (as in the emotional action, or intention) is the focus, involving us deeply and meaningfully…

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Review of The Great Beauty (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Jan 2014

It's not often that we feel ravaged by a film, but The Great Beauty is a ravager, a spectacular odyssey of emotion and intellect and sensuality…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Jan 2014

Belfort's frank memoir is a seductive confessional of how not only he but so many on Wall Street treated (treat…

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Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Jan 2014

The Coen brothers have composed something special with their anti-hero story of a young muso on whom fate has slammed the door…

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Review of Herø (2001)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Jan 2014

It's not really a sci-fi movie; it's about you and me and everyone else, trying to make sense of this strange condition of humanity. And sex…

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Review of Her (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Jan 2014

It's not really a sci-fi movie; it's about you and me and everyone else, trying to make sense of this strange condition of humanity. And sex…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Dec 2013

The attention to detail is extraordinary, and the filmmaking techniques are all excellent, yet I find myself outside the picture looking in…

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Review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Dec 2013

It's not really my kind of comedy, but I do admire the risky inventions and daring ideas - even if they don't all work…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2013

Frears uses cinematic tools to convey emotions, memories and the past, with great skill…

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Review of August: Osage County (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2013

An emotional blockbuster in which characters are assassinated, homes destroyed and (personal) demons run rampant, breathing fire…

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Review of The Book Thief (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2013

For all its splendid veracity to look at, authentically replicating wartime provincial Germany, The Book Thief struggles to find matching authenticity…

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Review of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2013

The harshest thing I can say about the film is that it's boring…

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Review of Short Term 12 (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2013

It's often heartbreaking, but ultimately the film takes us to a truthful yet positive conclusion…

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Review of American Hustle (2013)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 07 Dec 2013

The screenplay is outstanding, taking us on an ever changing course where the dramatic scenery shifts from tense to bizarre to deadly to hilarious…

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