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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Jonathan Romney (434) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 Jan 2015

Redmayne's quietly exuberant performance is admirable and engaging, never over-stressing its tour de force dimension…

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

By Jonathan Romney (434) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 Jan 2015

Birdman has wings, for certain, even if you find the feathers sticking in your throat now and then…

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Review of Dying of the Light (2014)

By Jonathan Romney (434) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 Jan 2015

What remains is by no means catastrophic, just solemn and inconclusive, with the darker psychological resonances (Cage's character faces encroaching…

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Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 02 Jan 2015

It trots along at a fair old pace, the cast doing a sterling job of keeping straight faces while spouting quasi-scientific gobbledegook…

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Review of Big Eyes (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Dec 2014

After the bloated uncertainties of Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows (his last two live-action features), it's encouraging to find Burton…

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Review of National Gallery (2014)

By Laura Cumming (1) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Dec 2014

This is what weakens an otherwise superbly intelligent documentary: it never looks at the place in full swing…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Dec 2014

Yes, there is spectacle, although the initially promising parting of the Red Sea is almost drowned by waves of climactic silliness…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Dec 2014

Jolie's movie is only interested in the gruelling POW endurances that were arguably the least interesting part of this inspirational life story…

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Review of Annie (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Dec 2014

Wallis here retains all the unaffected charm that she showcased in Beasts, skipping nimbly between comedy, pathos and show-stopping song and…

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

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Dec 2014

Somewhere amid the rictus grins of this cynical seasonal offering there lurks the spectre of the old-school variety show in which tradition…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Dec 2014

The Farrellys, who once had a genuinely anarchic edge, demonstrate a fatal lack of timing - missing the film's comic beat by around 20 years…

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Review of Kon-Tiki (2012)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Dec 2014

Considering we all know the outcome, the levels of tension remain impressive, while an atmosphere of melancholy tempers even the most triumphant…

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Review of Electricity (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 14 Dec 2014

While the narrative may suffer from a few too-cute contrivances, the overall air is heady and engulfing, with Deyn cutting a defiant figure…

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Review of The Green Prince (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 14 Dec 2014

It's a remarkable story, told with slick thriller flair, focusing increasingly on the interdependence of its subjects, who chose personal morality…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 14 Dec 2014

Although once hailed as a potential successor to David Lean, Jackson's cinematic instincts are here singly overshadowed by a computer game aesthetic…

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Review of Manakamana (2013)

By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 14 Dec 2014

If only the viewing environment were more suited to casual contemplation, allowing the audience (like the passengers) to dip in and out of…

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Review of Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 13 Dec 2014

Eyes Wide Shut is flawed and overlong, but it's the work of a master, and whether you regard the 'imperfections' as such depends on how you…

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Review of Enchanted (2007)

By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 10 Dec 2014

After about half-an-hour the comic steam is dispersed by whimsy, though Timothy Spall is pretty funny as the Evil Stepmother's varlet valet…

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Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 08 Dec 2014

A sleek action picture by Guillermo del Toro, who's making a corner for himself in the horror-fantasy world in his native Mexico, in Hollywood…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 08 Dec 2014

It's charming, funny and a lot like Avatar, though less solemn and an hour shorter…

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