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Review of Run Lola Run (1998)

By Ol R (38) on 16 Apr 2012

Great originality, great cinematography, and great fun. I really enjoyed this film…

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Review of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

By Ol R (38) on 03 Apr 2012

Minimalism, samurai-ethics and east coast hip-hop combine to make this one of Jarmusch's more action packed films…

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Review of Pi (1998)

By Ol R (38) on 01 Jan 2012

Pi represents Aronofsky's style perfectly and has the same focus as his later, more notorious/acclaimed films, though this debut benefits from…

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Review of Before Sunset (2004)

By Ol R (38) on 01 Jan 2012

Someone could explain why Paris is the city of love…

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Review of The Machinist (2004)

By Ol R (38) on 28 Dec 2011

A thriller that takes you on a ride with Trevor Reznik (Bale), a skeleton of a man who is completely losing his mind…

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Review of Martyrs (2008)

By Ol R (38) on 03 Dec 2011

As a horror film it's totally bizarre: there's almost no structure, it flows between various sub-genres starting on revenge thriller to psychological…

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Review of The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

By Ol R (38) on 29 Nov 2011

Wasnt really intersted in seeing but I watched it and it was good worth watching…

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Review of Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

By Ol R (38) on 28 Oct 2011

Great direction and an awesome performance from Strathairn make this a solid movie about men who smoke a lot…

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Review of Blitz (2011)

By Ol R (38) on 27 Sep 2011

Pretty underwhelming overall, but there are some enjoyable performances from Considine and Gillen, who do their roles with surprising conviction,…

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Review of Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

By Ol R (38) on 16 Sep 2011

Couldn't have had my expectations blown away more perfectly…

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Review of Dogtooth (2009)

By Ol R (38) on 06 Sep 2011

Never before have I seen a film where not much happens, become so compelling particularly one so heavily influenced by the likes of Michael…

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Review of Thank You for Smoking (2005)

By Ol R (38) on 21 Aug 2011

What defines a perfect film? Acting? Dialogue? Good story lines? Good editing…

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Review of The French Connection (1971)

By Ol R (38) on 25 Jul 2011

Incredibly gritty and uncompromisingly bleak, it's a film that works on every level - a cops and robbers film, an action blockbuster and a…

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Review of The Mechanic (2011)

By Ol R (38) on 22 Jul 2011

Certainly nothing spectacular, though the action is damn solid and Statham (more accurately his accent) is pretty steady throughout…

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Review of The Queen (2006)

By Ol R (38) on 17 Jul 2011

Well-executed enough, great acting and some exquisite cinematography can't mask the fact that this overrated film is just too dry and straight-forward…

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Review of The Piano Teacher (2001)

By Ol R (38) on 10 Jul 2011

Utterly repugnant and grotesque, not to mention intensely disturbing, Haneke's cold, vicious style lends itself to sexual perversion as well…

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Review of A Beautiful Mind (2001)

By Ol R (38) on 05 Jun 2011

Ron Howard's directing style is really hit-and-miss for me, he possesses very little dynamic in his basic and generally stoic style, and the…

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Review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

By Ol R (38) on 25 Apr 2011

A little p.t.a. for sandler is a good thing…

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