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Review of Cocaine Cowboys (2006)

By Huw G (575) on 02 May 2014

A fast talking Miami cocaine business lads mag style documentary. Full of fascinating trivia, starkly devoid of real social analysis. Long…

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Review of Breaker Morant (1980)

By Huw G (575) on 01 May 2014

A cautionary tale of military injustice in the British Empire. Great cast…

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Review of Margin Call (2011)

By Huw G (575) on 29 Apr 2014

Tense. Shows impressive control and restraint, with no major compromises or let downs. Leaves you wishing it continued…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Huw G (575) on 28 Apr 2014

A couple of times it looks visually like a really good sci-fi, and once one of the characters does something not entirely stupid…

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Review of Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012)

By Huw G (575) on 26 Apr 2014

It's something exceptional when you create something amazing from a single thought in your head but it was even more of an experience as the…

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Review of Heist (2001)

By Huw G (575) on 14 Apr 2014

Heist (David Mamet, 2001) [originally posted 26Nov2001] Beware: if you go to see a David Mamet film expecting a linear time, you're going to…

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Review of Gulliver's Travels (2010)

By Huw G (575) on 05 Apr 2014

If you've read a few reviews, and are at least vaguely familiar with the genre, your guess will be spot on - lots of laziness, and one or two…

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Review of Swordfish (2001)

By Huw G (575) on 03 Apr 2014

This film was fun. It felt unique and it was quite exciting in spots and it was fun seeing a young Hugh Jackman do his thing…

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Review of Failure to Launch (2006)

By Huw G (575) on 25 Mar 2014

Failure to Launch is yet another bad and unimaginative romantic comedy and I will gladly tell you why it's terrible, while also admitting that…

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Review of Surviving Georgia (2011)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Mar 2014

Sometimes witty banter, but mostly formulaic or contrived in general. Harmless rather than annoying though…

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Review of Deep Blue Sea (1999)

By Huw G (575) on 05 Mar 2014

This was bad when I saw it in theaters and it still is…

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Review of The Rocket (2013)

By Huw G (575) on 02 Mar 2014

If you get a chance to go this, you should. It's a an uplifting movie set in a very different environment. Beautifully done…

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Review of Total Recall (1990)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

It has a bit of the hamminess that's part and parcel of a Schwarzenegger film, but it's not over the top, and no more spoils things than the…

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Review of 54 (1998)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

Holds your interest, but only just. A bit empty…

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

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

Overindulgent battle scenes, but I enjoyed it which is more than I can say of the book…

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Review of High Fidelity (2000)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

Great, but why does American always have to layer an air of melancholia over this sort of film…

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Review of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

Insightful, but frequently brutish and uncomfortable…

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Review of American Splendor (2003)

By Huw G (575) on 22 Feb 2014

Clever, but lacking something to connect with…

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Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

By Huw G (575) on 21 Feb 2014

The Two Towers is slightly less well-rounded than the first one, but I still give a lot of credit to Jackson for putting forward a great piece…

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Review of Insomnia (2002)

By Huw G (575) on 20 Feb 2014

While the film itself is not bad, it's the Jackie Brown of Nolan's catalog…

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