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Review of Spring Breakers (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 14 May 2013

Director Korine obviously wants to make some profound comment about the debauchery of Floridian spring-breaking but he's sucked into the whole…

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Review of Evil Dead (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 14 May 2013

Fernandez's film falls most flat, as Raimi's Dead pics are full of comedy, whether Three-Stooges-indebted or just plain black and gross-out,…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 07 May 2013

English actor Cumberbatch is strikingly malevolent as the villain here, but he's matched by Quinto (who again almost out-Spocks Spock), Zoë…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 01 May 2013

With a few good jokes, another committed performance by Downey and a fine one by Kingsley, this is still great fun, regardless of sequelitis…

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Review of The Paperboy (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 01 May 2013

While there's much here about family loyalty and a 'don't mess with the swamp' aspect, Daniels' film has nevertheless been most discussed for…

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Review of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 28 Apr 2013

this costume drama set in the lull between World Wars is drawn from Julia Strachey's 1932 novella (apparently much-loved by Virginia Woolf)…

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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 25 Apr 2013

With guns blazing and spouting one-liners, Gerard Butler revels in being the tough guy and leads a decent cast, with all-American Aaron Eckhart…

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Review of No (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 25 Apr 2013

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Review of The Other Son (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 25 Apr 2013

Some have accused Levy's pic of naïvete, and yet this isn't trying to make bold, heavy political statements, as the director is more interested…

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Review of The Company You Keep (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 25 Apr 2013

Whether RR's too old, as many have suggested, for the more thriller-ish elements here, there's no doubt that he's very fine and still seriously…

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Review of Identity Thief (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 13 Apr 2013

a yawner plot set-up that leads to lots of wannabe off-colour gags, a small army of pursuing villains and an expected final act in which…

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Review of Promised Land (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 13 Apr 2013

Quietly powerful, this has a fine cast and yet it's very much Damon's movie, as he delivers his finest, most subtly nuanced performance yet…

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Review of Warm Bodies (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 13 Apr 2013

Not too horrific, despite a few early attacks and munchings, this is worth it for the music, the genre joking, Palmer's cool performance and…

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Review of Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 13 Apr 2013

Walking a fine line between darkly compassionate comedy, biting reality, striking low-budget fantasy and harsh psychological honesty, this…

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Review of The Loneliest Planet (2012)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 21 Mar 2013

This load of tediously existential nonsense from writer/director Julia Loktev has been bizarrely celebrated as a profound artistic and feminist…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 17 Mar 2013

You've got to love any movie that features an army of rollicking Munchkins getting halfway through a Danny Elfman song before, basically, they're…

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Review of Blinder (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 07 Mar 2013

What's meant to be ploddingly glum drama ostensibly about Aussie Rules footy proves to be a humourless study of forgiveness, redemption and…

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Review of Blinder (2014)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 07 Mar 2013

What's meant to be ploddingly glum drama ostensibly about Aussie Rules footy proves to be a humourless study of forgiveness, redemption and…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 07 Mar 2013

As Burns' screenplay takes yet another dark alternate route, our heavily-medicated contemporary society is fearlessly placed under the microscope…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 07 Mar 2013

As Burns' screenplay takes yet another dark alternate route, our heavily-medicated contemporary society is fearlessly placed under the microscope…

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