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Review of Spies Like Us (1985)

By Benedict J (58) on 30 Jun 2010

Not as clever as I remember, although the Ben Stiller/Will Ferrell-esque 'comedy as performed by men of a certain age' surely has roots in…

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Review of Barton Fink (1991)

By Benedict J (58) on 29 Jun 2010

Cerebral genius of interpretive crypticism wrapped in a Coen Brothers movie…

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Review of Finding Neverland (2004)

By Benedict J (58) on 27 Jun 2010

Depp at his most child-friendly means a level of schmaltz that might be hard to swallow for the rest of us…

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Review of Copying Beethoven (2006)

By Benedict J (58) on 25 Jun 2010

It can't decide how deaf Beethoven was, so every reference to his deafness creates a plot-hole…

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Review of About Schmidt (2002)

By Benedict J (58) on 23 Jun 2010

Profoundness is compromised by a couple of unnecessary and over-broad gags but regardless, we all have something to learn from the melancholic…

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Review of Rushmore (1998)

By Benedict J (58) on 21 Jun 2010

Do you like wes anderson? I like wes anderson, this is where he finds his voice, the royal tenembaums is where is hits his peak…

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Review of Eagle vs Shark (2007)

By Benedict J (58) on 20 Jun 2010

Kiwi Napoleon Dynamite (2004). Super-bleak loser-ism taken to cringe-worthy levels…

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Review of Millions (1937)

By Benedict J (58) on 13 Jun 2010

Shallow Grave (1995) for children. Bit preachy but Danny Boyle only make good films…

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Review of Millions (2005)

By Benedict J (58) on 13 Jun 2010

Shallow Grave (1995) for children. Bit preachy but Danny Boyle only make good films…

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Review of American Graffiti (1973)

By Benedict J (58) on 08 Jun 2010

Plenty of 30-somethings playing high school kids getting into enough contrived predicaments to keep you guessing all the way to the startling…

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Review of Five Children and It (2004)

By Benedict J (58) on 08 Jun 2010

Treacherous non-period (accurate) modernization of British 1901 literary landmark…

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Review of Eastern Promises (2007)

By Benedict J (58) on 27 May 2010

It's a bit like 'Grand Theft Auto 4'. Substitute car-stealing for naked sauna-wrestling (all hail Viggo Mortensen)…

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Review of The Company of Wolves (1984)

By Benedict J (58) on 27 May 2010

This movie could have been interestingly odd and offbeat, instead I just found it to be incredibly annoying and incoherent…

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Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

By Benedict J (58) on 26 May 2010

Touching existential parable that shimmers with plateaus of hope. France's finest cinegraphic export since AmÃ©lie (2001)…

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Review of Hellraiser (1987)

By Benedict J (58) on 21 May 2010

Cenobites, skinless reincarnations of your dead uncle Frank and latex monsters can be easily dismissed as silly and antiquated…

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Review of The Pixar Story (2007)

By Benedict J (58) on 06 May 2010

Ah... so that's why Cars (2006) exists…

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Review of Flushed Away (2006)

By Benedict J (58) on 05 Apr 2010

If your expectations aren't too high, this will entertain…

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Review of The Mighty Boosh Live (2006)

By Benedict J (58) on 05 Mar 2010

Not as funny as the series, but superior to the complacent Future Sailors Tour…

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Review of Dark Water (2005)

By Benedict J (58) on 26 Jan 2010

A leaky ceiling causes untold havoc for single mother Jennifer Connelly and untold boredom for the rest of us…

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Review of Day Watch (2006)

By Benedict J (58) on 26 Jan 2010

An ok plot but could have been so much better if they had confidence to follow the books more accurately…

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