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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 03 Apr 2016

Jason Bateman, such an easygoing nice guy in Juno and Arrested Development, is a progressively dislikeable main character in this deeply absorbing…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Neil R (177) on 02 Apr 2016

Every second of the film has a place in the story…

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Review of Man of Steel (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 31 Mar 2016

I can appreciate the need to refresh Superman's brand, honestly…

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Review of Risen (2016)

By Neil R (177) on 28 Mar 2016

An engaging, believable movie which tracks the investigation of Roman tribune Clavius who is commissioned by Pilate first to finish Jesus off,…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 03 Mar 2016

After it's surprising Oscar win for Best Picture, I checked out Spotlight. Wow, just wow…

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Review of Terminator Genisys (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 31 Jan 2016

I'm not sure why so many others had issues with this movie…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 22 Jan 2016

Really not a great animation…

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Review of Slow West (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 22 Jan 2016

It is slow, and it is wild wild West at its most primal and brutal…

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Review of Steve Jobs (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 23 Nov 2015

Sorkin, Fassbender, Winslet and Boyle at their finest in this verbose, dynamic, intense set of three snapshots into Jobs' monomaniacal mind…

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Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 21 Nov 2015

Deft and meticulous direction again from master craftsman Paul Greengrass who blew me away with 'United 93', and a sterling performance from…

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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 17 Nov 2015

An exciting, if formulaic and predictable war film, that focuses its efforts on elevating our troops onto pedestals of heroism and valour…

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Review of Whatever Works (2009)

By Neil R (177) on 02 Sep 2015

A kind of cinematic theme and variations on the book of Ecclesiastes, existentialism and hedonistic pragmatism…

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Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012)

By Neil R (177) on 02 Aug 2015

Suffering from an absence of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Legacy fails to reach the high potential of the original Bourne trilogy…

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Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By Neil R (177) on 31 Jul 2015

Very moving and engaging if a little cliched in places…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Neil R (177) on 31 Jul 2015

Mindbogglingly overrated and so disappointing and crude given that it's from that otherwise brilliant auteur Inarritu…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Neil R (177) on 31 Jul 2015

Mindbogglingly overrated and so disappointing and crude given that it's from that otherwise brilliant auteur Inarritu…

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Review of The Book of Life (2014)

By Neil R (177) on 30 Jul 2015

Not the most involving narrative, compared to the recent chain of great animated features, but still a fun diversion for both children and…

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Review of The Way Way Back (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 28 Mar 2015

I watch Steve Carrell movies as a matter of course but it's Sam Rockwell (Moon, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) who really steals the show…

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Review of In a World... (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 25 Mar 2015

Mildly amusing but no laugh-out-loud moments and my friends at school did better accents, tbh…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Neil R (177) on 25 Mar 2015

Just laboured. Stopped watching - it's just more recycled 'Shawn of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' and lacking in pizzazz, originality or wit…

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