Movie Reviews by Colm M - Page 2 of 13

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Colm M (245) on 28 Oct 2013

Charles Laughton's only directive feature, The Night of the Hunter, is literally one of my all-time favorite movies whether it is watched on…

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Review of Take Shelter (2011)

By Colm M (245) on 24 Oct 2013

I can see why this might blow hot or cold depending on the viewer…

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Review of Safe (1993)

By Colm M (245) on 22 Oct 2013

Firstly this is not a movie about physical ailments or so called 'environmental sickness'. For those who think it is, wake up…

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Review of Safe (1995)

By Colm M (245) on 22 Oct 2013

Firstly this is not a movie about physical ailments or so called 'environmental sickness'. For those who think it is, wake up…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

By Colm M (245) on 13 Oct 2013

Great animation but more traditional looking dragons would have improved this a lot for me…

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Review of The Last Detail (1973)

By Colm M (245) on 11 Oct 2013

Okay, but not great. Why do critics always love these slice of real life movies with no particular point to make…

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Review of Point Blank (1967)

By Colm M (245) on 07 Oct 2013

Over-rated. If you like the 60's style overload in the series Mad Men then your going to have a visual orgasm when you see this…

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Review of Suspiria (1977)

By Colm M (245) on 07 Oct 2013

Horrendous b-movie acting, silly story and terrible effects but uncannily the horrific and perpetually oppressive interior design, garish colour…

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Review of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

By Colm M (245) on 07 Oct 2013

I don't like the term anti-western or revisionist western. This is just a great western…

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Review of Touch of Evil (1958)

By Colm M (245) on 12 Sep 2013

So dark. Darker than Hestons make up and surely it bravely stretches the boundaries of taste for the 1950's…

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Review of Clerks (1994)

By Colm M (245) on 11 Sep 2013

It captures the 90's slacker attitude that I remember well. That's the only positive thing I can say about it…

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Review of The Long Goodbye (1973)

By Colm M (245) on 09 Sep 2013

Maybe I'm just not savvy enough to appreciate Altman…

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Review of Barton Fink (1991)

By Colm M (245) on 01 Sep 2013

How have I not seen this Coen brother's film before now?!? Intelligent, well written Postmodern art with superb acting! Simply fantastic…

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Review of Riff-Raff (1991)

By Colm M (245) on 28 Aug 2013

Reliable Ken Loach social commentary laced with humour, affection and honest portrayal of the working class in 1990's London…

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Review of Shotgun Stories (2007)

By Colm M (245) on 27 Aug 2013

A slice of modern southern life in a downtrodden town with the added tension of a simmering family feud…

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Review of Eve's Bayou (1997)

By Colm M (245) on 25 Aug 2013

Great cinematography ,great acting, nice southern gothic feel to it but weak script and story…

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Review of King of Devil's Island (2010)

By Colm M (245) on 23 Aug 2013

Yet again we turn to Scandinavia for some stark reality…

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Review of Room 237 (2012)

By Colm M (245) on 20 Aug 2013

First off , OK I did find the theories around the impossible architecture and deliberate removal of continuity very attractive…

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Review of Southern Comfort (1981)

By Colm M (245) on 20 Aug 2013

An old favourite..... and yes it is better than Deliverance…

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Review of Memories of Murder (2003)

By Colm M (245) on 03 Aug 2013

A black comedy rife with social commentary like Bong Joon-Ho's later work The Host except this one follows a pair of rural South Korean detectives…

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