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Review of Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Sep 2010

The humour is spasmodic, but for a new target audience of 18 to 34 year olds (not the same crowd that loved the original) the film may offer…

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Review of The Tree (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Sep 2010

It leaves me unmoved, although I can see why it appeals to some, with its ethereal touches, its internal workings and its cute children, all…

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Review of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Sep 2010

Where Wall Street blistered, Money Never Sleeps blusters ... laid on with a heavy hand and a big trowel…

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Review of The American (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 11 Sep 2010

A moody, melancholy work of not so much action thrills but introspection - great in a novel, difficult to manage in the screen thriller…

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Review of The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 02 Sep 2010

Tight as a three hander can be, the film pushes us to the edge of our seats from the start and never lets up... a mesmerising piece of cinema…

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Review of The Kids Are All Right (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Aug 2010

The screenplay is beautifully honest and well observed; not only is it truthful about human nature, it finds the humanity as well as the flaws…

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Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Aug 2010

There are some tense highlights and great technical work, including Ben Nott's high class cinematography…

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Review of The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Aug 2010

I expected the film to be [R rated] B grade horror litter, but its conceit rises above the expectations, as does its technically polished execution…

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Review of Four Lions (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Aug 2010

The film has mined a treasure trove of stupidity in the Jihad as waged by men who are committee…

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Review of IMAX Hubble (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Aug 2010

After becoming blasé about CGI effects in movies that pretend to take us into other galaxies far far away, we know this is for real…

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Review of The Expendables (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Aug 2010

Sly Stallone has corralled the meanest, toughest action actors he could find and pooled them into a turbo-charged Dirty Dozen movie. With laughs…

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Review of The Expendables (1988)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Aug 2010

Sly Stallone has corralled the meanest, toughest action actors he could find and pooled them into a turbo-charged Dirty Dozen movie. With laughs…

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Review of The Expendables (2000)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 05 Aug 2010

Sly Stallone has corralled the meanest, toughest action actors he could find and pooled them into a turbo-charged Dirty Dozen movie. With laughs…

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Review of Killers (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 30 Jul 2010

A concept masquerading as a full blown movie, in which the story is undercooked but the delivery is overdone…

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Review of Me and Orson Welles (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Jul 2010

Welles, wonderfully characterised by Christian McKay, is the centre of his universe, and he has no doubts about his genius..What the film does…

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Review of Centurion (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Jul 2010

Nasty scenes are set off by some breathtakingly beautiful scenes in the wintry Scottish mountains, and a few tender moments, very few…

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Review of Inception (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Jul 2010

The film's promise is watered down in the execution by a sense of it being a novelty, a plaything for Nolan to bamboozle his audience with…

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Review of Knight and Day (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Jul 2010

By the time the story nears its climax, we completely jettison dreary reality and take flight with this plucky duo on their way to 'someday…

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Review of The Runaways (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Jul 2010

There is too much done for sheer effect in the film, from camera angles to complete scenes, but not enough to explore the substance of these…

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Review of The Karate Kid (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 24 Jun 2010

It runs 140 minutes, and wears out its welcome…

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