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Review of Wild (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

Reese Witherspoon gives a beautifully stripped-back performance in this epic journey based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

Once again, director Clint Eastwood lurks in the background, springing a stunningly atmospheric thriller on audiences when they least expect it…

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Review of Still Alice (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

For a film about early onset Alzheimer's, this is a remarkably wry, honest and even hopeful drama, anchored by another staggeringly sensitive…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

It's hard to think of another film that leaves us quite so out of breath…

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Review of Testament of Youth (2015)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

A classic British memoir gets the full costume drama treatment with this beautifully crafted World War I drama, although it never quite transcends…

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Review of Little Accidents (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 15 Jan 2015

With a strikingly unflinching eye, newcomer Sara Colangelo astutely adapts her 2010 short into an evocative feature, beautifully capturing…

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Review of Poker Night (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 12 Jan 2015

Refusing to settle down to focus on its intriguing central story, filmmaker Greg Francis whirls around through a series of whizzy flashbacks…

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Review of Black November (2012)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 12 Jan 2015

Nigerian filmmaker Jeta Amata clearly feels passionate about the problems in his country, but despite the presence of Hollywood stars the movie…

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Review of Taken 3 (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 12 Jan 2015

As with the first two films in this dumb but bombastically watchable franchise, writers Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen seemingly put no effort…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Director Bennett Miller continues to skilfully probe around the edges of true stories with this follow-up to Capote and Moneyball, although…

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Review of Big Eyes (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Tim Burton combines his sunnier filmmaking style (Big Fish) with his more deranged impulses (Dark Shadows) for this amazing true story about…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu continues to reject traditional narrative structures with this whizzy, ambitious exploration…

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Review of Into the Woods (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

It's taken a long time for this stage musical to make it to the big screen, and while director Rob Marshall once again fails to give the story…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu continues to reject traditional narrative structures with this whizzy, ambitious exploration…

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Review of The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

It may not be very clever, and the plot may be full of holes, but this sequel's clammy atmosphere is so unnerving that it manages to keep us…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 02 Jan 2015

An unusual point of view prevents this from ever turning into the standard biopic, but it's Eddie Redmayne's staggeringly committed performance…

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Review of Annie (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 19 Dec 2014

A solid cast bodes well for this unnecessary remake of the 1982 movie (based on the 1970s musical), but the filmmakers' decision to turn the…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 19 Dec 2014

With a true story that's almost hard to believe, this inspiring biographical drama is made with attention to detail and a remarkable resistance…

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Review of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 19 Dec 2014

Now in its third instalment, it's clearer than ever that this franchise is based on one joke that has been stretched far beyond the breaking point…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 19 Dec 2014

Be warned: this is a movie meant only for hardcore fans of the 1994 original, and other moronic comedies in which plot, character and filmmaking…

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