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Review of Wild Tales (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 09 Feb 2015

It felt very much like a dark, Western Hemisphere Almodóvar film, and, lo and behold, it was produced by Pedro and his brother Agustín…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 08 Feb 2015

Although the titular Godzilla is somewhat overshadowed by the other main creatures, Godzilla is still full of great special effects and exciting…

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Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 06 Feb 2015

This film looks great and is quite well acted; in fact it's far superior to the original in almost every way, except it lacks any sense of…

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Review of Tusk (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 22 Jan 2015

A really weird and at times funny horror film with some of the best practical effects in a long time…

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Review of Irreversible (2002)

By Jim S (927) on 16 Jan 2015

Extremely brutal film, to the point where I had to look away at times…

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Review of The Break-Up (2006)

By Jim S (927) on 15 Jan 2015

After awhile all I could hear is blah, blah, blah. There are some interesting supporing players here, but it's really kind of dull…

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Review of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)

By Jim S (927) on 11 Jan 2015

This film has great art direction and a fun performance by Dustin Hoffman, but really, with all its colour, it plays out kind of dull…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 10 Jan 2015

Loved it can't wait for the next one…

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Review of Moms' Night Out (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 09 Jan 2015

The person who wrote this silly thing spent way to much time watching bad American sitcoms…

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Review of Grand Prix (1966)

By Jim S (927) on 05 Jan 2015

Saw it in 66 when new and in 120 degree cinemascope. Amazing then ... still the best. Rush was interesting but too much CGI…

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Review of A Clockwork Orange (1971)

By Jim S (927) on 04 Jan 2015

Disturbing, psychotic, ultra-violent, angry, academic and undeniably brilliant; Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Anthony Burgess' cult novel…

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Review of Last Vegas (2013)

By Jim S (927) on 04 Jan 2015

The gimmick of seeing these legends on screen together for the first time is the reason to watch this and why it works…

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Review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

By Jim S (927) on 03 Jan 2015

The problem I have with Transformers movies is, when the good guys and bad guys are fighting each other I can never tell them apart…

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Review of Bad Words (2013)

By Jim S (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Jason Bateman is quite good in this laboured comedy, as is Rohan Chand as the young wannabe champion…

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Review of The Pretty One (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Strong performances highlight this strange little movie that deals with how people perceive themselves and the others around them…

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Review of Howard the Duck (1986)

By Jim S (927) on 31 Dec 2014

Shouldn't this film be listed as a horror film? I mean it's frightfully awful…

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Review of Bears (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 27 Dec 2014

Beautifully shot and amusingly narrated by John C…

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Review of Heaven Is for Real (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 19 Dec 2014

An amazing, incredibly moving, inspiring movie. Wow!! Highly recommend what is a great family movie that packs a powerful story…

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Review of Transcendence (2014)

By Jim S (927) on 13 Dec 2014

While Wally Pfister makes this movie look very cool, it's an absolute labour to sit through…

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Review of The Banger Sisters (2002)

By Jim S (927) on 10 Dec 2014

Hawn and Sarandon are pretty good as the best friends, but the seen it before script and the pedestrian direction kind of drag it down…

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