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Review of On The Road (2010)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 11 Jun 2012

A rambling, tedious, seemingly unending mess that can't be salvaged by three decent but mostly underwhelming performances…

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Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 11 Jun 2012

They say specificity is the key to connecting with general audiences, but this just feels like a Mad Libs version of Blue Valentine, played…

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Review of On the Road (2014)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 11 Jun 2012

A rambling, tedious, seemingly unending mess that can't be salvaged by three decent but mostly underwhelming performances…

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Review of On the Road (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 11 Jun 2012

A rambling, tedious, seemingly unending mess that can't be salvaged by three decent but mostly underwhelming performances…

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Review of On The Road (2013)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 11 Jun 2012

A rambling, tedious, seemingly unending mess that can't be salvaged by three decent but mostly underwhelming performances…

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Review of Polisse (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 09 Jun 2012

Polisse is a fantastically compelling and complex portrait of the men and women who devote their days to the safety of children, and who must…

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Review of Margaret (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 09 Jun 2012

If you wanted to see this troubled, acclaimed, mishandled movie, you had to go to New York, Los Angeles, or fly 40,000 feet above the Earth…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 09 Jun 2012

Haneke plays no funny games on the audience in his considerate and humanistic Amour, though it will have you begging for a remote control all…

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Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 07 Jun 2012

Both quixotic and brutally blunt, this mini-masterpiece bewitched me from the opening moments to the last…

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Review of Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 07 Jun 2012

The fourth feature from Jay and Mark Duplass is the least impressive of their canon, despite it being sweet and slight and slim in all the right ways…

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Review of A Royal Affair (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 06 Jun 2012

Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair doesn't quite have the potency of a fleeting, passionate romance, so much as it mimics the drawn-out dissolution…

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Review of Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 04 Jun 2012

The doco only offers some insights, but even a minor glimpse into the notoriously private life of Allen is a treat…

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Review of Prometheus (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 03 Jun 2012

The film doesn't finish its meal before moving onto dessert; abandoning a satisfying conclusion in favour of starting work on the inevitable…

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Review of Men in Black 3 (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 19 May 2012

J threatens to pimpslap the shiznit out of Andy Warhol, and the artist is befuddled by his ultra-hip parlance…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 14 May 2012

There is nary an awkward or horrifying scenario [Baron Cohen] won't subject himself to, and, despite the lack of fearless japery as seen in…

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Review of Trishna (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 06 May 2012

There are times when Trishna feels like a Five Obstructions-esque experiment, such is the way in which Winterbottom has worked in his recurring…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 06 May 2012

[Burton's] co-conspirators Depp, Bonham Carter, and the shaman that renders them all ageless have returned to wreak scenery-eating havoc once…

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Review of Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 05 May 2012

The film similarly guides us smoothly from opening credits to closing without complaint or concern, and before you know it, you've dreamily…

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Review of Iron Sky (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 05 May 2012

Mercifully, Iron Sky is not interested in being bad, which is fortunate, because I have no interest in watching something bad…

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Review of The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 02 May 2012

The Five-Year Engagement is perfect for anyone who liked Blue Valentine, but felt it was a little light on the yuks…

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