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Review of Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 11 Jul 2012

Against all of the odds in a business that is potentially so ephemeral, dangerously shallow, nihilistic and sycophantic, Part of Me is, in…

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Review of Magic Mike (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 11 Jul 2012

Magic Mike is raucous, often ludicrously indecent and quite likely to send home women home thinking they've just had the cheapest hen night…

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Review of God Bless America (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 03 Jul 2012

Goldthwait targets today's mixed-up and decidedly shallow celebrity culture with one of the sharpest scripts this year…

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Review of Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 03 Jul 2012

Don't go expecting too much and you'll enjoy it well enough - and no doubt return for number five, when we'll probably be meeting aliens or cowboys…

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Review of Spider-Man (1977)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 26 Jun 2012

For a film which feels almost depressingly-familiar, it still becomes an exciting thrill ride with an interesting, watery test for Spidey's…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 26 Jun 2012

For a film which feels almost depressingly-familiar, it still becomes an exciting thrill ride with an interesting, watery test for Spidey's…

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Review of Jaws (1975)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Jun 2012

Jaws retains its power to enthrall and shock at the same time…

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Review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Jun 2012

Some of Bekmambetov's action sequences are spectacular as you would expect, but they are also wholly lacking in any sense of peril or jeopardy…

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Review of The Last Projectionist (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Jun 2012

The multi-talented Tom Lawes, owner of The Electric, does an extraordinary job directing, producing and editing the film, as well as writing…

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Review of Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 20 Jun 2012

It's watchable enough, topical and slightly better than your average 'attractive young people in peril' movie…

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Review of Ill Manors (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 13 Jun 2012

On this form, 28-year-old Ben Drew has the world at his rapper's feet…

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Review of Red Lights (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 13 Jun 2012

Leaving too much of an increasingly contrived film in Murphy's hands when he's not a leading man ensures that neither Weaver's nor De Diro's…

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Review of A Thousand Kisses Deep (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 12 Jun 2012

The initially-promising story about a haunted woman who travels back in time to reveal the truth is as unconvincing as they come…

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Review of Ill Manors (2012)

By Alison Jones (12) for Birmingham Post (543) on 12 Jun 2012

Low budget director Drew has an eye for cityscapes and a finely-tuned feel for the mostly untrained cast…

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Review of Red Lights (2012)

By Alison Jones (12) for Birmingham Post (543) on 12 Jun 2012

Red Lights has an interesting premise and Weaver is on top form at the start…

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Review of Fast Girls (2012)

By Alison Jones (12) for Birmingham Post (543) on 12 Jun 2012

Predictable as the day is long, but it certainly makes a massive change from the usual crime-infested gangster movies set in London…

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Review of The Pact (2010)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Jun 2012

Despite having an effective but shockingly-predictable computer-chat scene, The Pact didn't raise a single hair on the back of my neck…

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Review of The Innkeepers (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Jun 2012

Naturally, if you don't like the sight of blood on screen stay well clear, but, for the most part, this is an atmospheric, ghost-hunting piece…

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Review of The Pact (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Jun 2012

Despite having an effective but shockingly-predictable computer-chat scene, The Pact didn't raise a single hair on the back of my neck…

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Review of Red Tails (2012)

By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Jun 2012

The distilled essence of this story is surely of more long term value than what Britain's own Tony Scott and Tom Cruise were dealing with in Top Gun…

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