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Review of X-Men: First Class (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

Magneto used to be a globe-trotting Bond-a-like and Xavier was a beer-chugging ladies man…

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Review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

A welcome return for the World's Greatest Detective Other Than Batman, and a sequel that impressively conspires to be more challenging than…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

Despite some pretty glaring plotholes, the combination of astonishing special effects and a tension-filled story makes for a gripping and worthy…

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Review of Super (2010)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

[Not] an easily digestible movie but this is…

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Review of The Skin I Live In (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

A movie puzzle that confounds and then unnerves with an impact as shocking as any of the most infamous of cinema last-reel shockers…

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Review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

It's of massive benefit ... to have many of the best British actors carrying this dense, convoluted plot through its many twists and knots…

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Review of Tower Heist (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

All corners of the oddball comedy genre are squarely covered in a way that somehow seems fresh despite the well tried-and-tested formula…

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Review of Red State (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

The characters are one-dimensional, the plot is a shambles and the preaching gets so tedious you'll be praying yourself for divine intervention…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 24 Sep 2012

While this film is a brilliant, dispassionate rival to the also-brilliant Swedish original, the films that could really use the Fincher treatment…

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Review of J. Edgar (2011)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

There is no better way to summarise the ways in which Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic fails: J. Edgar is just boring. It just is…

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Review of The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

One of those romantic comedies that spends too much time unnecessarily creating drama for its characters…

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Review of Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

Martha Marcy May Marlene might not have campaign funding or grandstanding performances, but it has heart and soul, two qualities which are…

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Review of The Campaign (2012)

By Matt Looker (202) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

This film is about silly voices and crude sex gags and jokes about children touching an old alcoholic's man boobs. Thank god…

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Review of Brave (2012)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

Brave strives above all else to make an emotional connection, and boy does it connect: a hugely atmospheric fairytale of old, it's Pixar's…

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Review of Hesher (2010)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

Perhaps more interesting than outright entertaining, Hesher is something of an acquired taste…

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Review of War Horse (2011)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

It's about as manipulative a film has Steven Spielberg has ever made - a movie that's been custom-designed from the ground up to play a sad…

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Review of Young Adult (2011)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

Lacking the over-polished zing of Juno or the heft of either of Reitman's previous offerings, Young Adult is nonetheless an interesting pseudo-comedy…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

The Dictator is comedy at its broadest, but underneath the 'hilarious' beard and predictable September 11th gags lies a sharp script that attempts…

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Review of American Reunion (2012)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

American Pie: Reunion does exactly what's expected of it, no more, no less - it's less a fresh slice of pie and more of a re-bake…

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Review of Ted (2012)

By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 23 Sep 2012

Like Family Guy, Ted's obsession with fame, celebrity and brainless sight gags means it's content being merely funny now but forgettable in…

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