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Review of This Means War (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 13 Feb 2012

Not even [the stars'] innate magnetism, comic timing, and outrageous gorgeousness can make this 14-year-old screenplay seem fresh, nor can…

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Review of Romantics Anonymous (2010)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 12 Feb 2012

Romantics Anonymous is about emotional-cripples who find love in one another's awkward embrace. They're cutesy. They're clumsy…

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Review of Safe House (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 08 Feb 2012

Safe House generates enough genuine startles and provides plenty of aggressive action sequences to elevate it beyond your typical disposable fare…

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Review of Safe House (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 08 Feb 2012

Safe House generates enough genuine startles and provides plenty of aggressive action sequences to elevate it beyond your typical disposable fare…

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Review of Any Questions for Ben? (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 08 Feb 2012

Even though Any Questions for Ben never really produces any unique answers to make it a revelatory rom-com, it has an easy, low-stakes charm,…

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Review of Shame (2011)

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

It may be hard to sympathise with a man as well endowed and frequently bed-bound as Brandon, but Shame's success rests on its ability to rise…

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Review of Chronicle (2012)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 01 Feb 2012

There's plenty to like about Chronicle, but this seems to be a case where the medium obscures the message (or better yet, annoys us to the…

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Review of The Artist (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 31 Jan 2012

If you want to see some spectacularly adorable if not particularly lasting or memorable dog tricks, The Artist is the film you've been waiting for…

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Review of J. Edgar (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 24 Jan 2012

DiCaprio and Hammer work hard, but under Eastwood's half-hearted direction they merely seem like teenagers - wearing their father's suits,…

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Review of The First Grader (2010)

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

The First Grader is a self-congratulatory and subtlety-free slog that makes saints of its protagonists, devils out of its antagonists and narcoleptics…

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Review of Le Havre (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 17 Jan 2012

[It's] a movie that - like fellow 2011 Cannes entry The Kid With A Bike - is all about generosity of spirit and the cosmic rewards afforded…

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Review of Cedar Rapids (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 17 Jan 2012

The cast is inherently likable, and the comedy is pleasantly sweet-natured (even if crack pipes, c-bombs and references to The Wire abound)…

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Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 17 Jan 2012

Swedish director Tomas Alfredson brings his austere Scandinavian aesthetic to proceedings, and it blends wonderfully with this very British tale…

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Review of Young Adult (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 17 Jan 2012

Young Adult's Mavis Gary is undergoing a manic break from reality of Charlie Sheen proportions…

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Review of Hugo (2012)

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

You can practically feel time stop in sync with the audience's halted breath. It's nothing short of wizardry…

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Review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

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

Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows does have one trick up its sleeve that makes it a worthy companion to its predecessor: the upgrading of…

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Review of Hugo (2011)

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

You can practically feel time stop in sync with the audience's halted breath. It's nothing short of wizardry…

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Review of The Skin I Live In (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 22 Dec 2011

The Skin I Live In certainly puts the ! in ALMODOVAR…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 21 Dec 2011

David Fincher's English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's 2005 novel goes to great lengths to distance itself from the woeful Swedish…

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Review of War Horse (2011)

By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 21 Dec 2011

If it weren't for the expertly composed skirmishes and the numerous fine performances, War Horse would deserve a trip to the nearest abattoir…

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