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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

With cliché, paper-thin characters and plot, 'Suicide Squad' is a film with an interesting premise that could have done something very different,…

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Review of Wild Tales (2014)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

A brilliantly crafted and hugely entertaining anthology film that takes a satirical look at some of life's universal struggles and challenges…

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Review of Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

At its core, it's a story about coming to terms with severe grief from traumatic events, from the perspective of both adults and children,…

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Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

At the time, this was a unique and very interesting take on the monster genre…

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Review of Get Low (2010)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

With subtle direction and a stellar performance from star Robert Duvall, 'Get Low' is a fantastic example of a film that doesn't need anything…

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Review of The Polar Express (2004)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

The Polar Express' is a film that has all the classic elements needed for a good Christmas tale: a magical story about the power of a child's…

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Review of The Jungle Book (2016)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Considering 'The Jungle Book' was one of my favourite Disney movies as a kid, I have to admit that I was sceptical about it translating well…

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Review of Miami Vice (2006)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Despite demonstrating Michael Mann's distinct visual flair, everything else about this version of 'Miami Vice' is about as far from the original,…

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Review of Cop Car (2015)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Executed in style, 'Cop Car' manages to be entertaining throughout a good portion of its running time, not despite its simple premise, but…

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Review of Romancing the Stone (1984)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

The plot is rather unrealistic with action sequences that lack imagination and the characters are cliché to the extreme, neither of which…

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Review of Z for Zachariah (2015)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

A thinking man's movie, the pace is deliberately slow so as to let the characters and the relationships between them develop naturally, as…

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Review of Bone Tomahawk (2015)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Bone Tomahawk is certainly a different take on a Western as it opts to, rather unusually, blend it with the Horror genre…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

If you feel like you've seen it before, it's because you have, which leads to the film feeling rather uninspired on the story front…

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Review of Z for Zachariah (1984)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

A thinking man's movie, the pace is deliberately slow so as to let the characters and the relationships between them develop naturally, as…

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Review of Once (2007)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

A touching and realistic feeling story of two musicians -- one a busker, the other a classically trained pianist -- who fall for each other…

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Review of Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Clearly aimed at children, 'Planes: Fire and Rescue' is very simply written with a cliché plot, one-dimensional characters, bland dialogue…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Although the story to the second instalment into the Indiana Jones franchise is certainly less interesting and feels like the stakes aren't…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

With thrilling action sequences, a well-thought out and interesting story with witty, funny dialogue, and a fantastic sidekick in Sean Connery…

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Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

In an unexpected and rarely seen turn of events, the sequel is actually a huge improvement…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

By Late R (405) on 16 Aug 2017

Although it is very nice to see Ford back as the world's most interesting professor of Archaeology, 'The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull' lacks…

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