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Review of Whisky Galore (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 02 Sep 2017

A great wee craic...full of whimsy and charm…

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Review of Platoon (1986)

By Calum R (115) on 29 Aug 2017

Platoon is a very good anti-war film and its anti-war messages are clear throughout…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 18 Mar 2017

Leaves more questions than answers. Stupid…

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Review of Sing Street (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 17 Mar 2017

Best musical of the year! This is what a heartfelt non pretentious musical looks like. The unknown cast do a great job…

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Review of Ocean's Eleven (2001)

By Calum R (115) on 17 Mar 2017

Smooth, slick as hell, simple, straight forward and direct. I've always loved this film unconditionally…

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Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 17 Mar 2017

I am still not sure why this is supposedly better than Batman V Superman…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Calum R (115) on 29 Jan 2017

After what I felt was a terrific reboot in The Amazing Spider-Man I will admit that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 while still an enjoyable movie,…

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Review of Spider-Man (1977)

By Calum R (115) on 29 Jan 2017

A terrific reboot and every bit as amazing as the title suggests. The performances are fantastic too…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Calum R (115) on 29 Jan 2017

A terrific reboot and every bit as amazing as the title suggests. The performances are fantastic too…

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Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

By Calum R (115) on 23 Jan 2017

Peter Jackson makes a very good Lord of the Rings movie that combines great storytelling and action…

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Review of Sully (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 03 Jan 2017

Tom Hanks was awesome…

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Review of Manhattan (1979)

By Calum R (115) on 03 Jan 2017

Insightful and filled with symbolic atmosphere for modern problems and relationships, but almost too cliche, as I can see why Woody was surprised…

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Review of Fargo (1952)

By Calum R (115) on 27 Dec 2016

The Coen Brothers are wizards at using complex plots to explore human frailties…

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Review of Fargo (1996)

By Calum R (115) on 27 Dec 2016

The Coen Brothers are wizards at using complex plots to explore human frailties…

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Review of Finding Dory (2016)

By Calum R (115) on 16 Nov 2016

Look, if I'm gonna be honest, when I heard that Pixar was gonna do a sequel to Finding Nemo focusing on the character of Dory, I was bummed…

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Review of V for Vendetta (2006)

By Calum R (115) on 13 Nov 2016

Critics rating for this movie is a proof how dump and shallow minded every critic who didn't give this movie a full score…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

By Calum R (115) on 10 Nov 2016

The best of the franchise. I remember this was a big deal back in the day. Depp gives the performance of his career…

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Review of Babel (2006)

By Calum R (115) on 07 Nov 2016

One of those films that tempt the fast forward button. Could have been handled less pretentiously. A film desperately in need of a saving grace…

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Review of The Bourne Identity (2002)

By Calum R (115) on 24 Oct 2016

Don't know how many time's I've watched this since it came out, but that's pretty much a reflection of how badass this film is XO…

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Review of Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

By Calum R (115) on 06 Oct 2016

Entertaining at points, but it really doesn't develop the friendship between Murphy and Mikey, which is supposed to be the driving force for…

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