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Review of Jurassic World (2015)

By Jasper Rees (81) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Jurassic World is intensely conscious of its Spielbergian forebear, doffing its cap in multiple nods and winks…

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Review of Red Army (2015)

By Tom Birchenough (50) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Part of the interest in watching Red Army is in gauging the fluctuating relationship between Polsky and his chief subject: Fetisov can be distinctly…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

By Jasper Rees (81) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Don't watch it alone, because this is a film whose plains and glaciers merit further exploration long after the credits have rolled…

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Review of Love & Mercy (2015)

By Ellin Stein (10) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

As with all such biopics of artists, it helps to be a fan of the work, but Wilson is a sufficiently sympathetic central figure and the story…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Despite its sheen of fairy-dust, much of Joy is about the brutal obstacle course of American capitalism, permanently poised to asset-strip the unwary…

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Review of Amy (2015)

By Kieron Tyler (16) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

As concerned with perceptions as it is a cautionary tale about the nature of modern fame, the profoundly depressing Amy is not the last word…

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Review of Man Up (2015)

By Katherine Mclaughlin (276) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

[Lake Bell and Simon Pegg] make for an amiable pairing in a hugely enjoyable and fast-paced comedy…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Perhaps it's a shade lighter on the mind-warping trickery-within-chicanery effects seen in previous Missions, but on the other hand the interplay…

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Review of Testament of Youth (2015)

By Matt Wolf (69) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

The actors are all extremely fine, with special credit extending not just to Vikander but to Colin Morgan in wonderfully open-hearted form…

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Review of Amy (2015)

By Kieron Tyler (16) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

As concerned with perceptions as it is a cautionary tale about the nature of modern fame, the profoundly depressing Amy is not the last word…

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Review of The Look of Silence (2014)

By Kieron Tyler (16) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

This documentary has the potential to induce nausea. It is also, like The Act of Killing, landmark cinema…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Emma Simmonds (380) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

The Gift is ostensibly about the power of an idea, but this thoughtful film encourages us to look afresh at our own behaviour and relationships…

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Review of Ex Machina (2015)

By Nick Hasted (66) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Ex Machina's subtlest sleight of hand is that our eventual horror at her treatment only makes sense if she has passed the Turing Test…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Emma Simmonds (380) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

The Gift is ostensibly about the power of an idea, but this thoughtful film encourages us to look afresh at our own behaviour and relationships…

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Review of It Follows (2015)

By Emma Simmonds (380) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Like the best horror films It Follows will stay with you, making you look afresh at those trailing behind…

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Review of The Duke of Burgundy (2015)

By Graham Fuller (154) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

The Duke of Burgundy has many deeper, richer shades of complexity than the Hollywood bodice-ripper currently exercising control of the box-office…

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Review of Ant-Man (2015)

By Emma Simmonds (380) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

Ant-Man marks the culmination of Marvel's Phase Two and they've brought the chapter to a close in likeable style…

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Review of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

By Jasper Rees (81) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

This is a wannabe tragedy (with whips) about the knightly failure to commit to the maiden's romantic narrative…

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Review of Best of Enemies (2015)

By Nick Hasted (66) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

As this sharp, exciting film contends, many unpredictable genies smashed free of their bottles in 1968…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Emma Simmonds (380) for The Arts Desk (640) on 01 Jan 2016

The Gift is ostensibly about the power of an idea, but this thoughtful film encourages us to look afresh at our own behaviour and relationships…

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