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Review of Sanctum (2011)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

The 3D cinematography is occasionally impressive, but in most other respects Australian made cave-diving adventure Sanctum is a disappointingly…

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Review of Project Nim (2011)

By Anthony Kaufman (83) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

The film takes pleasure in revealing the dysfunctional nature of its human characters, who are shown to be hugely fallible, much to the detriment…

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Review of Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

[The filmmakers] infuse originality into the one-against-all tale by thinking outside the horror toolbox…

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Review of Frankie & Alice (2010)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

Halle Berry impresses in both the title roles of Frankie & Alice, a well crafted if slightly soapy seventies period piece about a young woman's…

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Review of Margin Call (2011)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

Chandor's script fuels intensity by packing the drama into a tight window…

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Review of The Dilemma (2011)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

The male leads look comfortable in roles that approximate to their usual comic personas and each deliver chuckle-worthy moments…

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Review of Archipiélago (1992)

By Mark Adams (368) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

Joanna Hogg's follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 debut Unrelated is an impressively staged and impressively understated drama…

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Review of Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

By Mark Adams (368) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

The fascinating and turbulent life of chess master Bobby Fischer is impressively documented in Liz Garbus's gripping film…

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Review of The Rite (1969)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

More interested in theology than gut-churning effects, The Rite is a creepy exorcism thriller elevated a bit above the norm for that reliable…

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Review of The Roommate (2008)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

A poorly directed and even more inadequately imagined exercise in genre calisthenics…

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Review of Gulliver's Travels (2010)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

Alternately yawningly obvious and under-sketched, the movie never settles on a consistent tone, or takes full comedic advantage of its big-man-in-a-small-land…

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Review of Our Idiot Brother (2011)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 10 Feb 2011

Paul Rudd makes this ordinary comedy something special…

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Review of What Women Want (2011)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 04 Feb 2011

This Mandarin-language remake of the 2000 Mel Gibson blockbuster rarely rises above a genial likability, lacking sufficient comic or romantic brio…

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Review of The Mechanic (2011)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Jan 2011

Despite the dependably uber-cool presence of Jason Statham, The Mechanic doesn't wield enough inventiveness or attitude to fix its overriding…

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Review of Dhobi Ghat (2010)

By Mike Goodridge (67) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Jan 2011

A reflective portrait of contemporary Mumbai largely devoid of cliché or overt exoticism, the multiple storyline film presents its characters…

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Review of Burning Palms (2010)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 13 Jan 2011

Touching on taboo themes like rape, incest, and kinky bedroom exploits, Burning is a series of five Los Angeles-set short films that are only…

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Review of The Green Hornet (2011)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 12 Jan 2011

A superhero movie with the soul of a bromance, The Green Hornet is consistently mildly amusing but never quite as fun as it should be…

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Review of All Good Things (2010)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Dec 2010

Beset with a series of miscalculated dramatic misfires, the film is a melodramatic adaptation of a tabloid-style 20/20 murder-mystery, wearyingly…

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Review of The Warrior's Way (2010)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Dec 2010

A visually rich but lumbering, narratively confused genre hybrid, The Warrior's Way feels like a wildly missed opportunity for East-meets-West…

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Review of Country Strong (2010)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Dec 2010

A country music drama with a big heart but not enough focus, Country Strong tackles fame, artistic expression, addiction and love, although…

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