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Review of The Guilt Trip (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Mar 2013

There are OK performances but the cast are better than this. Very occasionally it's vaguely amusing, but it's mostly just annoying or cringeworthy…

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Review of Broken City (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 27 Feb 2013

I wouldn't call it gripping, but it's compelling enough to make you keep watching - and the performances lift a script which could be better…

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Review of Safe Haven (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 27 Feb 2013

The plot holes are so big that you can drive a bus through them and you'll come out of the cinema asking 'But why didn't...?' about many things…

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Review of Arbitrage (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 27 Feb 2013

Not a huge amount happens, though suspense does eventually build…

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Review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 27 Feb 2013

This is no fairytale for kids, but adults are advised to give it a miss too…

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Review of Mama (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Feb 2013

It's frankly laughable by the daft end, when Mama and her tragic tale are fully revealed…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Feb 2013

This would be a good day to kill this franchise for ever…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Feb 2013

It's one of those films that really divides opinion, but I still reckon it's a must-see - and especially on the big screen - just because it…

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Review of This Is 40 (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 14 Feb 2013

The Judd-ernaut is back to make you shudder with another comedy that sometimes aims below the belt…

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Review of Beautiful Creatures (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 14 Feb 2013

It has quite a few good lines and laugh-out-loud moments, while it's atmospherically shot…

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Review of Warm Bodies (2013)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 14 Feb 2013

The zombie genre has been done to, well, death but this has some originality and funny lines, as well as clever make-up…

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Review of Hitchcock (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Feb 2013

A surprisingly bright-and-breezy affair in which the action moves briskly and with no little humour…

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Review of Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 31 Jan 2013

Hyde Park is of fleeting interesting to a degree, but always feels like it is missing more exciting historical opportunities at the same time…

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Review of Movie 43 (2013)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 31 Jan 2013

This is nothing more than a chance to watch many of your favourite stars embarrassing themselves like 13-year-olds high on illicit booze…

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Review of Flight (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 31 Jan 2013

It proves that Washington is the greatest black actor of them all…

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Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 24 Jan 2013

It's stylishly filmed and carried by a strong cast…

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Review of Lincoln (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 24 Jan 2013

Lincoln reminds you how little has actually changed in one-and-a-half centuries - presidents still have to worry about the war dead while trying…

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Review of The Sessions (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 16 Jan 2013

The Sessions finally proves that Hollywood can take physical incapacity and/or sex far more seriously than it does the potential side effects…

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Review of Monsters, Inc. (2001)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 16 Jan 2013

Despite its eternal message about physical differences and the importance of love over fear of the unknown, Monsters, Inc primarily remains…

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Review of Django Unchained (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 16 Jan 2013

We're used to Tarantino's films being multi-layered with several plots going on at once, but Django Unchained is a little too simple and, dare…

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