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Review of Winter's Bone (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 15 Sep 2010

It will wow anyone who thinks grimness equals profundity…

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Review of Tamara Drewe (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 15 Sep 2010

The English countryside is pretty, and it's good to see a splendid cast of mainly British actors so happily and productively employed…

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Review of Just Wright (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 15 Sep 2010

It's rescued by the warmth of the two central performances…

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Review of Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 01 Sep 2010

Dinner For Schmucks is easily the most obnoxious film of the year, and ranks high among the least intelligent remakes of all time…

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Review of The Last Exorcism (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 01 Sep 2010

Another cheap horror film dressed up like a documentary…

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Review of The Switch (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 01 Sep 2010

Aniston has wasted herself on some pretty thankless roles recently, but she is exactly right for this movie…

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Review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 25 Aug 2010

It's the old romcom story - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy fights to win back girl…

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Review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 25 Aug 2010

Somewhere during the transition to a live-action movie, screenwriters Jackie and Jeff Filgo have turned Greg from endearingly weedy into annoyingly…

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Review of The Expendables (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

Stallone, never a clear speaker, spends most of his time grunting like a Gloucester Old Spot or barking like a sea lion with a sore throat…

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Review of The Illusionist (2009)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

The lovely Edinburgh backdrops, shot with marvellous attention to light and weather conditions, only partially compensate for a story that's…

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Review of The Expendables (1988)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

Stallone, never a clear speaker, spends most of his time grunting like a Gloucester Old Spot or barking like a sea lion with a sore throat…

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Review of Piranha 3D (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

I must confess that I have a sneaking admiration for knowingly humorous movies that exploit the worst instincts of their target audience…

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Review of The Expendables (2000)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

Stallone, never a clear speaker, spends most of his time grunting like a Gloucester Old Spot or barking like a sea lion with a sore throat…

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Review of The Illusionist (1901)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

The lovely Edinburgh backdrops, shot with marvellous attention to light and weather conditions, only partially compensate for a story that's…

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Review of Marmaduke (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

The incoherent, moralising script demeans a number of actors, including William H…

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Review of The Illusionist (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Aug 2010

The lovely Edinburgh backdrops, shot with marvellous attention to light and weather conditions, only partially compensate for a story that's…

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Review of The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 12 Aug 2010

No one is likely to mistake it for art, but this is one of the better summer blockbusters, thanks to special effects, adequate acting and welcome…

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Review of Knight and Day (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 05 Aug 2010

The miracle is that Patrick O'Neill was able to pitch his screenplay for Knight And Day and not get carted off to a home for the criminally insane…

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Review of The A-Team (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 03 Aug 2010

Even committed action fans may acknowledge the editing is so frenetic that it's often impossible to know what is going on -- or why…

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Review of Skeletons (1997)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 01 Jul 2010

This primitive effort needed much more work on the screenplay, a director with some grasp of pace, and a budget that could have done justice…

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