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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 22 Apr 2014

As with the too-early franchise reboot in 2012, this sequel struggles to balance the demands of a teen romance with a superhero blockbuster…

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Review of 13 Sins (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 22 Apr 2014

Even if the premise is tired, this grim thriller holds the attention by focussing on the raw intensity of the characters' personal lives…

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Review of The Love Punch (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 22 Apr 2014

An old-school caper comedy, this goofy romp struggles to surmount its badly contrived screenplay…

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Review of Locke (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 22 Apr 2014

A riveting performance from Tom Hardy makes this pseudo-thriller utterly riveting, turning even the most contrived plot elements into punchy drama…

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Review of We Are the Best! (2013)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 22 Apr 2014

Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson returns to the improv-style charms of his earlier films (like Together and Show Me Love), a welcome break…

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Review of Calvary (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 13 Apr 2014

After the 2011 black comedy The Guard, Brendan Gleeson reteams with writer-director John Michael McDonagh for a darker comical drama grappling…

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Review of The Raid 2 (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 13 Apr 2014

After the linear kick of 2011's surprise Indonesian hit The Raid, Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans is back with an epic-style sequel that sags…

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Review of Noah and the Last Days (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

Darren Aronofsky continues to ambitiously experiment with genres in this Old Testament blockbuster, but this is his first real misstep as a…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

Filmmaker Neil Burger is more interested in whizzy visuals and a thorny plot to pay much attention to the characters or larger underlying themes,…

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Review of The Double (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

After his acclaimed drama Submarine, actor-turned-filmmaker Richard Ayoade applies his considerable visual skills to this striking blackly…

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Review of Rio 2 (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

After the snappy, clever 2011 original, this sequel feels rather lazy by comparison: it's still visually colourful and sometimes witty, but…

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Review of Noah (2015)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

Darren Aronofsky continues to ambitiously experiment with genres in this Old Testament blockbuster, but this is his first real misstep as a…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

Darren Aronofsky continues to ambitiously experiment with genres in this Old Testament blockbuster, but this is his first real misstep as a…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

Darren Aronofsky continues to ambitiously experiment with genres in this Old Testament blockbuster, but this is his first real misstep as a…

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Review of Honour (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 06 Apr 2014

There's such an important issue at the centre of this British thriller that the film should not be ignored, even if filmmaker Shan Khan strains…

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Review of Almost Married (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 28 Mar 2014

There's basically just one joke in this scruffy British comedy, and it's dragged out painfully for the better part of an hour before the script…

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Review of 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 28 Mar 2014

Entertaining and uplifting, this Oscar-winning documentary tells the unknown story of the back-up singers who made classic records so memorable…

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Review of Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 28 Mar 2014

Where the 2011 reboot felt effortless in the way it recaptured that warmly anarchic Muppets humour, this sequel feels like it's working every…

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Review of Tom at the Farm (2014)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 28 Mar 2014

After black comedy (I Killed My Mother), ethereal romance (Heartbeats) and gender-bending drama (Laurence Anyways), eerily gifted 25-year-old…

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Review of Afternoon Delight (2013)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 28 Mar 2014

There are some very dark corners in this cheeky comedy, which explores relationships and sexuality in unusually realistic ways…

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