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Review of Get Hard (2015)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 08 Apr 2015

The laughs are down to Ferrell and Hart, who hold the thing together…

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Review of Fading Gigolo (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

Turturro and Allen make for a good double act in some strong scenes, but the film as a whole feels light, without too much real substance…

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Review of 22 Jump Street (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

If there's a funnier comedy this year, it'll have to be something quite special…

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Review of Locke (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

The film makes quite a lot out of not very much, and features a strong performance from Tom Hardy, whose versatility continues to impress -…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

With Chris Evans charismatic as ever in the lead, and a good supporting cast, The Winter Soldier is a welcome addition to Marvel's ever-expanding…

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Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

It has hints of heart, and one or two good sequences, but a rent-a-baddie villainy, a poor storyline and paper thin characters leave it floundering…

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Review of This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

There are moments when it's far too sugary for its own good, and the script can't quite find the right amount of laughs or tears, but for all…

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Review of We Are the Best! (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

We Are The Best…

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Review of Lucy (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

It would be a stretch to call it smart, but 'Lucy' isn't stupid either, and Besson is sensible enough to allow the film to sprint with its…

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Review of Touchy Feely (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

There is strong character work in here, one or two genuinely touching moments, and some good laughs too…

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Review of In Order of Disappearance (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

It's lazy to call parts of the script 'Tarantino-esque' but I'm doing it anyway, and I mean that in a positive sense…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

A terrific watch, and bound to be one of the funniest films of the year, but perhaps a tad indulgent and lacking the emotional resonance that…

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Review of The Machine (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

The film is ambitious visually, in spite of its small budget, and while not all of the effects come off, it's hard to hold that against an…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

It might just drop your jaw once or twice, but to really establish the giant lizard as the star of a new franchise, this needed to be a more…

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Review of Magic Magic (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

It's refreshing to see something with a dramatic heart beating beneath its discomfiting exterior…

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Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

There are moments of wit in the script, and one or two strong scenes, but the film feels oddly directionless for much of its runtime…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 07 Nov 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel is funny and offbeat, zips along at a pleasing pace, and in M. Gustave has a truly memorable leading character…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 29 Sep 2014

There are obvious touchstones here in Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but Gunn allows his influences to inform rather than define the film…

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Review of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 02 Jan 2014

The film is missing the originality and jokes that Phil Lord and Chris Miller brought to the first one, but it has one killer trick up its…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Martin Roberts (187) for Fan The Fire (489) on 02 Jan 2014

Thankfully, Taylor and his cast create enough laughs and just enough thrilling set pieces to save the project from being crushed under the…

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