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Review of Back to the Garden (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Mar 2014

Extended takes allow the cast (rooted in 70s alternative theatre) to improvise conversations with naturalistic results; discussions about grief,…

Review of Need for Speed (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Mar 2014

Hundreds of non-racing civilians are merrily run off the road but no one cares, least of all the screenwriters who remain locked in single-player…

Review of Veronica Mars (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Mar 2014

The plot is labyrinthine, the direction televisual and the explanatory voiceover incessant, but a smattering of sharp one-liners hint at the…

Review of Suzanne (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Mar 2014

This intelligent, insightful gem presents a series of snapshots of a disintegrating family, blending acute social vision with heartbreaking…

Review of Open City (2008)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Mar 2014

Ubaldo Arata's visceral cinematography blends the grit of a documentary with the heart and soul of a drama (Fellini collaborated on the screenplay)…

Review of Wake in Fright (1971)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Mar 2014

Blends staged re-enactments with documentary footage of senseless slaughter to extremely distressing effect…

Review of The Invisible War (2012)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Mar 2014

Kirby Dick's typically insightful and compassionate documentary presents a harrowing picture of an epidemic of sexual assault and rape within…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Mar 2014

Considering the level of carnage, it's astonishing how dreary it all manages to be, with computer-game visuals and Carry On dialogue conspiring…

Review of We Are What We Are (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Mar 2014

An ambitious (if somewhat uneven) slice of downbeat American gothic which interweaves grim melancholia with pointed satire, doomy portent and…

Review of Ride Along (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Mar 2014

An action-comedy short on both action and comedy, this turgid dirge recycles all the usual mismatched cop-couple cliches (from 48 Hours to…

Review of The Book Thief (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Mar 2014

Tries to blend heartwarming moral observation with ill-fitting metaphysical contrivance…

Review of Endless Love (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Feb 2014

A super-bland tale of love and heartbreak set in a world so soft focus that the strains of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross would seem alarmingly edgy…

Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Feb 2014

While younger viewers will delight at the whiz-bang animation action and hugely likable familiar figures, adults will laugh themselves silly…

Review of The Monuments Men (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Feb 2014

The tonal uncertainty undermines complete engagement, taking the edge off both the drama and the comedy, leaving the film floundering episodically…

Review of Herø (2001)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Feb 2014

In the battle between head and heart there remains a Tin Man-shaped hole, leaving the viewer smiling wryly at the thought-provoking conceits…

Review of Her (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 16 Feb 2014

In the battle between head and heart there remains a Tin Man-shaped hole, leaving the viewer smiling wryly at the thought-provoking conceits…

Review of The Invisible Woman (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Feb 2014

Expressing much while often saying little, Jones proves once again to be a mesmerising screen presence, a performer behind whose face you can…

Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Feb 2014

While the remake may not be groundbreaking, at least it appears to have been made by someone who understands what made the original great…

Review of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Feb 2014

Offers a fairly consistent stream of sight gags and vocal slapstick, even as the plot veers wildly down a wormhole in the time-space continuum…

Review of The Patrol (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Feb 2014

The wearing tedium of conflict is effectively evoked, broken occasionally by bursts of violence that are rightly harrowing…

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