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Review of Eddie the Eagle (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 15 Apr 2016

The inspirational story - with many echoes of Billy Elliot - is adapted into a mawkish attempt at a hero's journey, and undermined by a characterisation…

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Review of Rams (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 02 Apr 2016

Deceptively seductive in its veracity and subtlety, Rams engages us, intrigues us and finally moves us beyond our expectations…

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Review of Where to Invade Next (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 02 Apr 2016

I am not a full blown Michael Moore fan at all, but I recognize a stirring piece of home video when I see one…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 02 Apr 2016

It's a bunny movie ... sorry, a buddy movie…

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Review of Labyrinth of Lies (2014)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Mar 2016

The film is more than another mea culpa: it's a well crafted piece of cinema with outstanding performances, evocative score and design and…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Mar 2016

Full of loud misery and fiery battle, the film is a derivative of its genre and other filmic elements…

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Review of Sherpa (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 27 Mar 2016

Documentary is a fascinating genre: it can lead filmmakers to unexpected places and smartly opportunistic filmmakers (in the best sense), will…

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Review of A Bigger Splash (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

The beauty of the women's bodies and the splendor of the location are meant to seduce us, and that is ironic since that seduction is as shallow…

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Review of Eye in the Sky (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

Full of excruciating truths about impossible choices in war, Guy Hibbert's screenplay is a searing, gripping and heart wrenching work that…

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Review of Eye in the Sky (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

Full of excruciating truths about impossible choices in war, Guy Hibbert's screenplay is a searing, gripping and heart wrenching work that…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Mar 2016

Visually and viscerally effective, intelligent and haunting…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Mar 2016

With its patchwork story, sewn together from disparate plotlines (perhaps collated from discarded script ideas), 10 Cloverfield Lane can be…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The wry tone, the dry wit and the sometimes not so dry moment (eg synchronised water dancing led by the irritable (and pregnant) DeeAnna Moran…

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Review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The incongruity of the ludicrous marriage genres - period romance & zombie horror - deserves praise for chutzpa and the execution of the film…

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Review of Rocky Mountain Express (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The combination of aerial photography with archival material provides plenty of texture not just eye candy, and the simplicity of the film…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

If you think that having seen your share of Holocaust movies you have seen them all, you are in for a surprise…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The challenge for Michael Bay was to make a compelling drama from a story whose ending is neither Hollywood-happy nor unknown…

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Review of Concussion (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

I am a sucker for cause films that champion right against might, but even allowing for that bias, I can recommend Concussion as engaging cinematic…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

It's full of both gravitas and titillation, as perhaps any true story is; there is the destruction of lives and careers on one hand, and the…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 06 Feb 2016

Brooklyn deals with universal themes, but through the most intimate prism of a young woman who is starting to shape her life, uncertainly,…

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