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Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 May 2016

While it's okay to enjoy big studio films of this size, one shouldn't feel obliged to trudge through them annually and celebrate their mediocrity…

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Review of The First Monday in May (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 14 May 2016

It is more than a glossy celebrity cover shoot. It has both beauty and brains…

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Review of Midnight Special (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 12 May 2016

As with the impressive Ex Machina last year, Midnight Special is, despite its flaws, another example of a modern Hollywood sci-fi film using…

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Review of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 07 May 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins is determined to shape its story into a crowd-pleaser but suffers from overexcited, uncontrolled performances and clumsy…

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Review of The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 06 May 2016

The Angry Birds Movie is both the equivalent of a screaming five-year-old and a regressive piece of American propaganda…

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Review of Marguerite (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 23 Apr 2016

Xavier Giannoli hasn't settled for lavish and funny alone but has also aimed high to make his film surprisingly deep…

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Review of The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 15 Apr 2016

It doesn't matter how good the cast is on paper because the basics, such as the script and the cut of the film, are not worthy of such good actors…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 27 Mar 2016

Dawn of Justice's aim of reshaping our image and understanding of Batman is squandered under the weight of its incoherent and undisciplined narrative…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 21 Mar 2016

The Witch is a rare treat today: a horror movie that gripped me not because it is immediately gory but because of the ambiguous means in which…

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Review of The Daughter (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 18 Mar 2016

The Daughter contains a number of attractive elements but the inconsistency of its filmic style and its script makes it a near-miss…

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Review of Triple 9 (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 Mar 2016

Considering the first rate cast assembled for Triple 9, directed by Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat, the film rates as a letdown…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 01 Mar 2016

At nearly two and a half hours long, life is too short for how little Bay offers…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 20 Feb 2016

It's a film that tests your patience because of the gentle way its angst unfolds and the measured, glacial time it provides for Charlotte Rampling…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 20 Feb 2016

Zoolander 2 is not a great film or even essential but it fulfilled its overall purpose, which was to make me laugh…

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Review of Deadpool (2016)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 20 Feb 2016

It is an enormous contributor to dumbing down a relatively new film genre straining for credibility and American culture in general…

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Review of Concussion (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 16 Feb 2016

It's become all too easy for heavyweights like the NFL to forget the essence of sport: win or lose, it's just a game but one which can physically…

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Review of Steve Jobs (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 02 Feb 2016

When you have time to absorb all the positives here, from the performances to the script's details, it impresses and lingers…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 16 Jan 2016

It is equally political and broadly universal and applicable in its aim of dramatising an unexpected trace of love that might be true and worth…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 13 Jan 2016

Iñárritu, presumably spurred by the difficulty of the frosty conditions, has realised the need for narrative discipline, using the images…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 27 Dec 2015

O. Russell's reach hasn't extended further than a standard archetype or clenched a unique narrative line…

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