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Review of Postman Pat: The Movie (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Since Simon Cowell and his talent shows are already over-exposed on TV, it's a real shame that Postman Pat's producers have rubber-stamped…

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Review of Boyhood (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

What Boyhood lacks in terms of story development and pace, this inevitably flawed but compelling experiment compensates by showing its central…

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Review of Last Love (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Caine's brave attempt to speak pigeon French with an American accent produces some unintentionally comedic moments…

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

A classic that is beautifully restored to life, successfully mixing lightness and humour in a dark film that would even have Frankenstein's…

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Review of Her (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

A provocatively-relevant film about how technology can make people dangerously introspective…

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Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Most older viewers will probably feel that RoboCop cannot match Verhoeven's satirical originality, but the computer age has made the core ethos…

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Review of Blended (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

It seems that miracles do happen in modern cinema. It's warm, funny, tender, serious and ( ... ) decidedly old fashioned…

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Review of Boyhood (1951)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

What Boyhood lacks in terms of story development and pace, this inevitably flawed but compelling experiment compensates by showing its central…

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Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Black Sabbath's War Pigs coats the end credits in the aural equivalent of liquid metal, the final guilty pleasure of a senses-battering 106…

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Review of Chef (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Bitingly funny, bang up to date and flavoured with the winning combination of good music and plenty of stunningly-shot kitchen scenes which…

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Review of Believe (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Believe has its heart in the right place and it's nice to see a homely British film about family life…

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Review of Belle (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Though having the kind of pedestrian pace which often hits British costume dramas (Keira Knightley's 2008 film The Duchess excepted), Belle…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

A forgiving nature and lots of stamina is needed for this no-holds-barred hedonistic ride into the Roman orgy-style excesses of the 1990s…

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Review of In Secret (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Olsen is one of Hollywood's best young actresses. There is nothing she can't do…

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Review of Walking on Sunshine (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Sexy, not smutty, and resisting the temptation to be anything other than a family-friendly romp, Walking on Sunshine is such a feelgood pre-holiday…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

As with Schindler's List, you won't want to be munching a bucket of popcorn through this…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

With multi Oscar-nominated British cinematographer Roger Deakins (Skyfall) advising, DreamWorks' visual work is stunning, but the story feels…

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Review of The Congress (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

The Congress loses direction when it becomes an animation (…

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Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Audiences high on popcorn fumes will laugh along at the smut…

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Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

It's brilliantly animated and incredibly well shot - whether it's the dazzling 'Busytown' cityscapes that children's author-illustrator Richard…

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