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Review of Fast Girls (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Jun 2012

Fleet-footed British sports movie Fast Girls, an engaging tale of underdog triumph that makes up in energy and high spirits for what it lacks…

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Review of Rock of Ages (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 12 Jun 2012

The rude and raucous heyday of 1980s hair metal is relived in this starry screen version of the jukebox musical, but despite the cast's game…

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Review of Casa de Mi Padre (2012)

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

A spoof of Mexican Westerns and Latin American telenovelas, Casa de mi padre is a truly bizarre entry in Will Ferrell's filmography - a very…

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Review of Prometheus (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 05 Jun 2012

There's nothing here to match the visceral shock in Alien of seeing John Hurt's chest explode but Scott does deliver a grisly standout scene…

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Review of The Angels' Share (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 31 May 2012

A whimsical crime caper comedy in the Ealing vein about a bunch of delinquent Glaswegians who pull off a very unlikely heist - think Whisky…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 31 May 2012

As a tortured soul for whom beauty is power, Charlize Theron pulls out all the stops, but director Rupert Sanders doesn't know when to rein…

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Review of Men in Black 3 (2012)

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

Is the goofy MIB formula - a mix of deadpan acting cool and eye-popping creature effects - still funny…

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Review of What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

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

As rom-coms go, this one is definitely stillborn…

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Review of 2 Days in New York (2012)

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

If Woody Allen had been born a neurotic blonde Frenchwoman instead of a neurotic New Yorker, he might very well have come up with 2 Days in…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 13 May 2012

As with Pirates, the story often stalls while Depp does his stuff, but his fish-out-of-water vampire is roguish, mannered and a hoot, as you'd…

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Review of All in Good Time (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 13 May 2012

It's all very contrived and sometimes clumsy, but what rescues the tale is the element of pathos lurking beneath the film's broad comedy…

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Review of Get the Gringo (2012)

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

Mel looks a lot more grizzled, of course, than when he first started playing his hair-trigger hotheads but he still oozes charisma…

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Review of Womb (2010)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 03 May 2012

Clone looks good and may get under your skin - if you can put up with the story's glacial pace, which is so creepingly slow that it's no wonder…

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Review of Piggy (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 03 May 2012

From the clunky dialogue and dreary voice-over narration, it sounds as though director Kieron Hawkes has swallowed a GCSE psychology textbook…

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Review of The Lucky One (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 03 May 2012

It's all very contrived and sentimental and could easily be unbearably slushy, but director Scott Hicks just about keeps the schmaltz in check…

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Review of Damsels in Distress (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Apr 2012

Set on the campus of a fictional East Coast college, Damsels revolves around a typical Stillman set of earnest, talky, old-beyond-their years…

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Review of Albert Nobbs (2011)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Apr 2012

Glenn Close's character couldn't be more buttoned-up, but beneath the reserve she conveys a lifetime of loneliness, hurt and quiet heartache…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Apr 2012

It's Cruise's daredevil bravado that provides the film's standout episode, a sequence of hair-raising, palm-dampening, gob-smacking suspense…

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Review of Romantics Anonymous (2010)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 19 Apr 2012

Set in Lyon amid the world of chocolate making, this charmingly old-fashioned French romantic comedy is a truly mouth-watering confection…

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Review of Lockout (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 19 Apr 2012

Whether you call it rip-off or homage, Lockout's guilty-pleasure mix of explosive action and tongue-in-cheek humour is mightily enjoyable…

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