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Review of Eye in the Sky (2007)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

Full of excruciating truths about impossible choices in war, Guy Hibbert's screenplay is a searing, gripping and heart wrenching work that…

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Review of Miracles from Heaven (2016)

By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

Told with sincerity, heart and a winning performance by Jennifer Garner, the trouble with this weepie about faith is its melodramatic, manipulative…

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Review of Eye in the Sky (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Mar 2016

Full of excruciating truths about impossible choices in war, Guy Hibbert's screenplay is a searing, gripping and heart wrenching work that…

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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Mar 2016

Visually and viscerally effective, intelligent and haunting…

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Review of The Daughter (2015)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Mar 2016

I was engrossed by the elements and the superb look of the film, yet I felt a little disappointed that it never yields the emotional power…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 09 Mar 2016

With its patchwork story, sewn together from disparate plotlines (perhaps collated from discarded script ideas), 10 Cloverfield Lane can be…

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Review of Grimsby (2016)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Mar 2016

An unadulterated orgy of obscene, puerile humour doused with touches of potentially clever satire as it speeds along in its action-movie guise…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The wry tone, the dry wit and the sometimes not so dry moment (eg synchronised water dancing led by the irritable (and pregnant) DeeAnna Moran…

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Review of How to Be Single (2016)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

There's a welcome zany energy about this Sex and the City wannabe, but too many plot strands with characters that have minimal appeal stop…

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Review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The incongruity of the ludicrous marriage genres - period romance & zombie horror - deserves praise for chutzpa and the execution of the film…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

Son of Saul is a disturbing film; so intense is the feeling of claustrophobia that at times I felt I could not breathe…

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Review of Rocky Mountain Express (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The combination of aerial photography with archival material provides plenty of texture not just eye candy, and the simplicity of the film…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

A burnt out Hollywood Executive, a kidnapped movie star, a tenacious gossip columnist and a study group with communist tendencies are some…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

If you think that having seen your share of Holocaust movies you have seen them all, you are in for a surprise…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Feb 2016

The challenge for Michael Bay was to make a compelling drama from a story whose ending is neither Hollywood-happy nor unknown…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

With elements that include politics, star power, glamour and money, there is plenty of bite in Trumbo. It's a crackling good tale…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

Intimate moments that bind and divide are the focus of this intricate exploration of a long-term marriage, complete with perceptions that are…

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Review of Concussion (2015)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

The expose of brain damage risks to footballers is powerful stuff, but the film never flies, due to a messy screenplay that loses its focus…

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Review of Zoolander 2 (2016)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

In short, the joke is dead, the script is a mess and the film is a tedious embarrassment - despite the divine Penelope Cruz' seductive fashion…

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Review of Concussion (2015)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2016

I am a sucker for cause films that champion right against might, but even allowing for that bias, I can recommend Concussion as engaging cinematic…

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