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Review of This Is England (2007)

By Simon W (815) on 03 Oct 2009

A tense and tragic snapshot of Thatcher's Britain, what I liked most is that you could feel the motivation behind the actions of the characters,…

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Review of A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

By Simon W (815) on 28 Sep 2009

Funny in a totally obvious, rushed and out there way. you can see from the film that he only took 2 weeks to write the script, but it's still great…

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Review of Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

By Simon W (815) on 28 Sep 2009

I saw it when I was 12 and I didn't get it, I thought it was pointless, but seeing it at the age of 20, you don't understand it, you feel it,…

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Review of One Hour Photo (2002)

By Simon W (815) on 27 Sep 2009

A concise and creepy film, executed with a tangible sense of sadness. Robin Williams is marvellous in the lead role…

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Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Simon W (815) on 26 Sep 2009

Forrest Whitaker was amazing in this and he deserved his Oscar, but it should have been for best supporting actor…

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Review of Basic Instinct (1992)

By Simon W (815) on 12 Sep 2009

An incredibly enjoyable piece of adult hokum that is considerably cleverer than people give it credit for…

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Review of Baise-moi (2000)

By Simon W (815) on 11 Sep 2009

A cross between Thelma & Louise meets Natural Born Killers except more sexually explicit and violent…

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Review of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

By Simon W (815) on 05 Sep 2009

There's barely a shot in this movie that doesn't puposely draw attention to itself - and it's pretty clear that old Clooney was having one…

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Review of Jesus Camp (2006)

By Simon W (815) on 31 Aug 2009

Creepy stuff…

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Review of MouseHunt (1997)

By Simon W (815) on 30 Aug 2009

Apart from a sappy ending, this is marvellous knockabout fun…

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Review of Girl, Interrupted (1999)

By Simon W (815) on 24 Aug 2009

Best movie i've seen in a long time Jolie is awsome in this film…

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Review of The Doors (1991)

By Simon W (815) on 24 Aug 2009

This is the only way this movie could be done and it was the way Oliver Stone had the insight to do it; Jagged, self-important, pretentious…

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Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Simon W (815) on 22 Aug 2009

Awesome cast and it really does have some clever insights into the cult of celebrity as well as some clever-clever tricks to illustrate them…

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Review of The Full Monty (1997)

By Simon W (815) on 21 Aug 2009

The more you watch, the more you realise how delightful this movie is. Robert Carlyle is brilliant in the lead role…

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Review of The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

By Simon W (815) on 17 Aug 2009

Gretchen Mol is great in this movie. Just looks like a TVM though, as indeed it is.(made for HBO)…

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Review of Bride & Prejudice (2004)

By Simon W (815) on 16 Aug 2009

This is an Indian musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice…

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Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Simon W (815) on 13 Aug 2009

It`s a layered movie. First time I watched it, I hated it. Watched it again and took something completely different away from it…

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Review of Stop-Loss (2008)

By Simon W (815) on 12 Aug 2009

This reminded me alot of Jarhead, another anti-iraq war movie, but this was infinitely more watchable…

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Review of Adulthood (2008)

By Simon W (815) on 10 Aug 2009

Not bad, but a bit too disconnected. Shame, as it presented the topic quite well at times…

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Review of The Fifth Commandment (2008)

By Simon W (815) on 06 Aug 2009

This an entertaining enough action movie…

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