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Review of Powder Room (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 19 Jan 2014

The film's observations on women's rivalries and friendship aren't particularly eye opening and there's not much in the way of a plot, but…

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Review of The Family (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 21 Nov 2013

[Besson] doesn't really find the right tone to hold all this together, but there's a certain frisson in watching De Niro's short-fused Giovanni…

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Review of Dom Hemingway (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 18 Nov 2013

Kicking off with the, ahem, lengthy paean in praise of his Nobel prize-deserving, Louvre-worthy manhood that begins the film, Law delivers…

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Review of The Counselor (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 17 Nov 2013

With Ridley Scott at the helm and the starriest of A-list casts, The Counsellor may come with lashings of Hollywood gloss, but don't bargain…

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Review of Bula Quo! (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2013

Amateurish acting, slapdash direction and a ropey plot can't entirely dispel the cockeyed charm of this bizarre screen vehicle for Status Quo…

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Review of Stand Up Guys (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2013

The pace is too slack, the gags too tired and the plot too hackneyed for the film to be more than fitfully engaging for all but die-hard Pacino…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 09 Nov 2013

Jaw-dropping wonder, dizzying vertigo, heart-stopping tension, spine-tingling shocks and visceral fear: Gravity stimulates them all…

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Review of Ender's Game (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 01 Nov 2013

Harrison Ford, as Ender's military mentor, plays his role with a constipated scowl that makes him look as if he's just learned someone has…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 01 Nov 2013

Taylor really pulls out all the stops for the film's climax, an epic dustup in which the antagonists whiz back and forth between different…

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Review of How I Live Now (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 08 Oct 2013

Saoirse Ronan makes the story work…

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Review of Byzantium (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Sep 2013

A gory Gothic thriller whose departures from traditional horror lore give the overworked vampire genre a rejuvenating transfusion of new blood…

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Review of Runner Runner (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 28 Sep 2013

Should you take a punt on gambling thriller Runner Runner…

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Review of Prisoners (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 28 Sep 2013

Hollywood thrillers that feature vigilantes usually pander to our baser instincts. Prisoners doesn't let us off the hook so easily…

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Review of Austenland (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 28 Sep 2013

Countless romantic comedies have looked to the novels of Jane Austen for inspiration, but you'd be hard pressed to find one so at odds with…

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Review of Dead Man Down (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 21 Sep 2013

The plot and characters of pulpy revenge thriller Dead Man Down are pure B-movie stuff, yet stars Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace lend the film…

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Review of Populaire (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 21 Sep 2013

As if Mad Men had never happened, French romantic comedy Populaire takes a breezy, light-hearted approach to the late-1950s world of brooding…

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Review of The Call (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 21 Sep 2013

The Call delivers taut no-frills thrills for two-thirds of its brisk, hour-and-half running time…

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Review of Fire with Fire (2012)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 21 Sep 2013

Josh Duhamel fails to set the screen ablaze as a California firefighter who becomes an unlikely vigilante avenger in this very routine action…

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Review of In a World... (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

In a world…

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Review of 21 & Over (2013)

By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 14 Sep 2013

It's all very crude and crass, yet the trio remain essentially likeable, notwithstanding their riotous behaviour…

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