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Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 24 Jun 2014

Intrinsically dishonest whilst purporting to be the definitive truth about living and dying with cancer…

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Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 20 Jun 2014

It takes a fair while but eventually this bio-pic based on the better stage show about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons manages to hit most…

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Review of Belle (2013)

By Foxgrove (359) on 19 Jun 2014

Whilst not carrying the gravitas attached to such films as 'Lincoln' and '12 Years a Slave' this is still an engaging and substantial period…

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Review of Test (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 06 Jun 2014

Set at the time of the aids crisis the crux of the film revolves around one guy's decision to take the HIV test and the resultant anxieties…

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Review of Test (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 05 Jun 2014

Set at the time of the aids crisis the crux of the film revolves around one guy's decision to take the HIV test and the resultant anxieties…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 29 May 2014

Based on 'The Sleeping Beauty', my favourite of the old style animated Disney Films, this is a credible and mainly satisfying re-imagining…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 15 May 2014

When remaking a film who's main character is so iconic the driving ambition has got to be at least to improve on previous incarnations…

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Review of The Double (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 08 May 2014

The Double is consistently fascinating enough not to be considered a bad film, but is also too frustratingly opaque to be a really good one…

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Review of Neighbors (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 08 May 2014

Lewd, rude and very crude and these are the best bits in this hysterical but often very funny exercise in bad taste…

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Review of Blue Ruin (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 08 May 2014

A menacing tone permeates this small independent film as we follow an unlikely gun toting protagonist on his mission of revenge…

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Review of The Other Woman (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 02 May 2014

Low brow cinema at its most commercial. This does benefit from a good performance from Cameron Diaz and a fair quota of funny moments…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 01 May 2014

Ludicrous plotting doesn't spoil an otherwise entertaining Marvel adventure,although it isn't as good as the first instalment…

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Review of Pompeii (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 30 Apr 2014

It seems to me that both critics and audiences have got their knives out for the sword and sandal pictures of 2014, and unfairly in my opinion…

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Review of Locke (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 24 Apr 2014

Employing the risky premise of one person holding centre stage for an entire film, Locke does not go the way of similar enterprises like 'All…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 23 Apr 2014

An engaging Sci Fi thriller which is a bit of a mystery at the beginning (I haven't read the book) as events don't pan out as expected…

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Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Foxgrove (359) on 10 Apr 2014

A simple premise is backed up by a unique interpretation of modern day vampires…

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Review of 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

By Foxgrove (359) on 03 Apr 2014

This Oscar winning documentary is both engrossing and fun highlighting as it does the careers and importance of some of the most famous backing…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 03 Apr 2014

What's going on' asks Chris Evans of Scarlett Johansson at one point in this confused unstructured movie…

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Review of The Legend of Hercules (2014)

By Foxgrove (359) on 01 Apr 2014

A singular curiosity about this possibly being the worst reviewed movie so far this year prompted me to find out for myself if this really…

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Review of Bridegroom (2013)

By Foxgrove (359) on 30 Mar 2014

This amazing documentary is at once both life affirming and heart breaking…

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