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Review of Bread & Roses (1993)

By Ollie W (539) on 22 Oct 2011

Yet another beautiful, powerful and important film from Loach and the gang, occasionally preachy and less subtle than other efforts, this illuminates…

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Review of The Big Chill (1983)

By Ollie W (539) on 19 Oct 2011

Worth watching for Close, Goldblum, the incredible Motown soundtrack and the various close-ups of Kevin Kostner's sleeves and collars…

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Review of Chalet Girl (2011)

By Ollie W (539) on 17 Oct 2011

Jones, Nighy and Bailey make this predictable and unadventurous little chic-flick watchable and even sometimes really quite good…

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Review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

Don't know exactly what to say about this one…

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Review of Match Point (2005)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

Clever. Disturbing. Sexy - this is another dark beauty from mr Allen…

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Review of Match Point (2005)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

Clever. Disturbing. Sexy - this is another dark beauty from mr Allen…

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Review of Hoop Dreams (1994)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

An incredible, masterful documentary and a harrowing and poignant social experiment that expertly lays bare the failings of the American education…

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Review of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

Fairly lame effort from Allen, not particularly well acted or scripted - Pinto is good, Brolin not so much…

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Review of Postcards from the Edge (1990)

By Ollie W (539) on 16 Oct 2011

Cheesy and saccharine, Nichol's often surprisingly biting farcical comedy takes on Hollywood and family rivalry with occasional sparks of pure,…

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Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

By Ollie W (539) on 14 Oct 2011

You know a film is great when you watch a man dance with a doll and cry for her and you're moved by it instead of finding it laughable…

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Review of Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)

By Ollie W (539) on 12 Oct 2011

Harrelson and Tomei are superb, and the intercutting use of real footage and staged dramatics is a powerful and upsetting tool…

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Review of Sex Drive (2003)

By Ollie W (539) on 12 Oct 2011

A lot funnier than recent American Pie efforts (surely it's closest comparative contemporary) Indeed, Sex Drive is a cut above most other gross-out…

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Review of Sex Drive (2008)

By Ollie W (539) on 12 Oct 2011

A lot funnier than recent American Pie efforts (surely it's closest comparative contemporary) Indeed, Sex Drive is a cut above most other gross-out…

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Review of Battlefield Earth (2000)

By Ollie W (539) on 10 Oct 2011

This movie has become somewhat of a cult classic of bad movies, but upon viewing it., it really isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be…

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Review of Little White Lies (2010)

By Ollie W (539) on 09 Oct 2011

Unbelievably panned by critics, Canet's beautifully light hearted ensemble piece is a landmark in collaborative French Cinema…

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Review of The Arbor (2010)

By Ollie W (539) on 09 Oct 2011

An incredible, innovative documentary that is as artistic and subversive as it is tragic and moving…

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Review of Potiche (1983)

By Ollie W (539) on 09 Oct 2011

When trophy housewife Suzanne's (Deneuve) husband (Luchini) suffers from a heart attack, she takes over his umbrella factory while he rests…

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Review of Bullitt (1968)

By Ollie W (539) on 09 Oct 2011

Incredible, perfectly paced, violent thriller that is shot and acted with a quiet subtlety that…

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Review of The Wild Bunch (1969)

By Ollie W (539) on 03 Oct 2011

1st time seeing this & just excellent. William Holden is the man! Peckinpah is the man…

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Review of Mulberry Street (2006)

By Ollie W (539) on 02 Oct 2011

For a low budget film about mutant rat-men contaminating a city from the sewers, this is pretty good…

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