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Review of Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2013

A fine example of how sympathetic interviewing techniques can result in a probing interview that carries insights and emotion…

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Review of The Last Stand (2013)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2013

Sensational action, bloody violence, goofy humour and Arnie as the small town Sheriff - it's all there, and the larger than life 65 year old…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2013

My review is categorized as 'favourable' not because I enjoyed the film (that's not Michael Haneke's intent) but because I recognise what he…

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Review of The Imposter (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Feb 2013

The Imposter has many lessons; for the rest of us, it reinforces the golden rule: never assume anything about anyone…

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Review of Safe Haven (2013)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 Feb 2013

While none of the elements of this Valentine Day release chick-flick are remarkable in themselves, in the gifted hands of director Lasse Hallström,…

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Review of The Sweeney (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Feb 2013

There's not much more we could ask for in a contempo police procedural - except maybe subtitles to overcome the heavy, dense cockney accents…

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Review of Anna Karenina (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Feb 2013

Wright's edgy, bravura approach actually enhances the moral themes and the social context, illuminating the story in a fresh, contemporary…

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Review of Anna Karenina (2012)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Feb 2013

Wright's vision in re-imagining this classic tale is conceptually brilliant, with a perpetual sense of motion... a visual and emotional statement…

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Review of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Feb 2013

A sorry witches' brew of tedium that burns all too slowly, despite its brisk 88 minute running time, there's no trail of enticement (or even…

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Review of Elles (2011)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Feb 2013

I can't tell what Elles has to say and I rather think the filmmakers don't either…

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Review of Lincoln (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Feb 2013

A literally and metaphorically towering performance by Daniel Day Lewis as the 1.93cm Abraham Lincoln drives this historically riveting and…

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Review of Flight (2012)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Jan 2013

While this is not based on a single true story, it draws on many true stories…

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Review of Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Jan 2013

It starts to fray about halfway through as it shifts into a more conventional mode, taking on the usual trappings of the genre and making its…

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Review of Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 26 Jan 2013

Both charming and gritty... Cooper is edgy, while Lawrence is dynamite…

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Review of Django Unchained (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 18 Jan 2013

Exciting, entertaining, funny, dramatic and edgy, Django Unchained is also intelligent and sometimes touching, often bloody and yet - in the…

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Review of The Impossible (2012)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Jan 2013

The most challenging aspect of disaster movies to make the disaster believable…

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Review of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Jan 2013

Like a second hand clothes shop, it is comfortable rather than exciting, predictable rather than refreshing, even though it boasts a great…

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Review of Compliance (2012)

By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Jan 2013

It's a creepy and frightening demonstration of the risks society faces when accepting authority without question…

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Review of Compliance (2012)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Jan 2013

The implications are frightening and the premise fascinating as we are able to see how something like this can spiral out of control…

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Review of Monsters, Inc. (2001)

By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 12 Jan 2013

Now in 3D, the filmmakers have created a wonderful reality - the reality of Monstropolis, which like the worlds of Oz and Pleasantville, whisk…

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