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Review of Beastly (2011)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 21 Nov 2017

Aimed squarely at Twilight's teenage fans, this is about as subtle as a baseball bat to the head and only marginally more enjoyable…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 21 Nov 2017

This is one of the best American mainstream movies of the year and another taut, terrific film from director Affleck. Truly unmissable…

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Review of G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 20 Nov 2017

Any hint of amusement or wit is quickly glossed over in favour of action sequences, clunky dialogue and forgettable 3-D…

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Review of Broken City (2013)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 20 Nov 2017

The two central performances ultimately save the movie…

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Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 20 Nov 2017

A slight but fun romp through Greek mythology with a modern twist...Grown-ups will hate it, but tween-age kids will have a blast…

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Review of Hitchcock (2012)

By Jo Berry (104) for The National (UAE) (421) on 20 Nov 2017

Anyone wanting to learn about the real Hitchcock will be disappointed - although Hopkins does get a gold star for a tongue-in-cheek impersonation…

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Review of Get Out (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for The National (UAE) (421) on 06 Nov 2017

Jordan Peele's Get Out is one of the more intriguing and provocative horror movies to come out of Hollywood in recent years…

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Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 01 Nov 2017

he director has delivered possibly the most entertaining instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet…

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Review of Khoobsurat (2014)

By Aarti Jhurani (9) for The National (UAE) (421) on 24 Oct 2017

Visually, the film is flawless - from the impeccable styling and opulent palaces to the vintage cars, no cost has been spared to create the…

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Review of Jannat 2 (2012)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 24 Oct 2017

It's a bewildering clash of genres: the intriguing buddy-buddy cop relationship takes place against the backdrop of an intense crime drama…

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Review of Besharam (2013)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 24 Oct 2017

Mrs Kapoor sums up the whole affair quite nicely. Enough, Ranbir, she seems to be saying. Especially since you're capable of so much more…

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Review of Aarakshan (2011)

By Kaleem Aftab (340) for The National (UAE) (421) on 24 Oct 2017

At times it's so heavy-handed and clunky in laying out the arguments for and against quotas that it resembles a high school debate rather than…

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Review of Simran (2017)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 19 Sep 2017

Kangana Ranaut is one among a tiny percentage of Bollywood actresses who can carry a film on their own…

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Review of The Trip to Spain (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for The National (UAE) (421) on 18 Sep 2017

The razor-sharp comedy sees both Coogan and Brydon play exaggerated versions of themselves as they travel to various gourmet eateries…

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Review of The Limehouse Golem (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 14 Sep 2017

The twists and turns aren't quite of Sherlock proportions, but…

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Review of It (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 05 Sep 2017

There is more to It than scares though. It, at heart, is a coming of age tale…

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Review of The Transfiguration (2016)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 22 Aug 2017

O'Shea hasn't crafted a typical horror film here. The brooding pace and shaky, handheld camera is more arthouse introspection than slasher frenzy…

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Review of Toilet: A Love Story (2017)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 15 Aug 2017

[Toilet] cleverly channels all the usual Hindi cinema tropes - song, dance, action, melodrama…

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Review of Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017)

By Christine Iyer (13) for The National (UAE) (421) on 08 Aug 2017

In the end, Jab Harry Met Sejal will quite possibly be declared a hit, even if it's nothing to write home about, simply because SRK stars in it…

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Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 19 Jul 2017

Like a Dalí painting, this film exists in a realm beyond the need to make sense, so find the biggest screen you can, sit back and let the…

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