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Review of Keith Lemon: The Film (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Jan 2013

Full of nauseatingly puerile penis-enlargement and bodily fluid gags, the film pads out its mercifully brief running time with witless cameos…

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Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Jan 2013

When the dwarves turn up mob-handed, kicking off a night of boisterous revelry, the laboured jests and jollity seem to go on forever…

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Review of Seven Psychopaths (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Jan 2013

Another gleefully dark comedy thriller from In Bruges creator Martin McDonagh featuring gabby killers, scabrously funny dialogue and moments…

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Review of The Impossible (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 08 Jan 2013

The Impossible takes the breath away with its powerful restaging of the catastrophe; but if the wave's visceral impact knocks you off your…

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Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 07 Jan 2013

The gorgeous photography gives summertime Toronto a steamy, sexy glow and the music (including the Leonard Cohen song that provides the title)…

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Review of Jack Reacher (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 03 Jan 2013

Rosamund Pike's underwritten role mostly requires her to goggle at Reacher's deductive genius and swoon at his pecs, but even if Jack Reacher…

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Review of Trouble with the Curve (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 04 Dec 2012

A corny baseball drama whose story arc is as predictable as an easily caught fly ball…

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Review of Sightseers (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 28 Nov 2012

For all the miles its nerdy murderers rack up in their caravan, Sightseers doesn't really go anywhere…

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Review of Gambit (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 20 Nov 2012

Given the calibre of those involved, this Gambit can't help but disappoint…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 20 Nov 2012

Haneke's undeniably austere film doesn't offer any false consolation, but it remains tender and compassionate, and boasts brave, heart-rending…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2012

Affleck skilfully turns the screw of suspense, gaining added traction from an extremely convincing recreation of the setting and period…

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Review of Rust and Bone (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2012

Audiard's film is shot and acted in such a down-to-earth, naturalistic manner that the story and characters convince you of their emotional…

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Review of Room 237 (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2012

Room 237 probably won't convert you into a believer of any of the theories expounded, but it will make you want to watch The Shining again…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 24 Oct 2012

Mendes and his team have done an extremely canny job of combining old-school Bond with new innovations, showing respect for the series' heritage…

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Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 22 Oct 2012

A wondrously weird slice of Cajun magic realism... Beasts of the Southern Wild explodes with energy and colour. The Cajun rock score soars…

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Review of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 18 Oct 2012

The action zips along, the visuals dazzle and the gags zing. The best in the series so far…

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Review of Frankenweenie (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 16 Oct 2012

Tim Burton's stop-motion horror homage is a quirky-jerky joy…

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Review of Twenty8K (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Oct 2012

The film's ensemble cast is an impressive mix of old hands and fresh faces, but their efforts are let down by some very contrived plotting…

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Review of Private Peaceful (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Oct 2012

If there is something a little old-fashioned and televisual about the film's family-friendly handling of its subject, the filmmakers' restraint…

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Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 10 Oct 2012

Where Chbosky does score is in conveying the joyful release teenagers feel on finding themselves and finding their soul-mate peers - something…

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