Short Reviews
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One of those great Hollywood thrillers that you can throw on any time and get lost in. Harrison Ford stars as respected doctor Richard Kimble, wrongly convicted of murdering his… Read More
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Hong Kong’s reigning champion of pyrotechnic mayhem continues to move outside of his comfort zone with the psychological crime drama That Demon Within, but the results fail to hit the… Read More
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For a long time this early 80s Sam Fuller thriller was all but forgotten, shelved upon original release, and only re-released in the US by the Criterion Collection in recent… Read More
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Creaky yet rather charming Hammer film that is less a horror than an old fashioned adventure with supernatural elements. Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins and John Richardson are a trio of… Read More
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Dane DeHaan stars as the heartbroken Zach whose girlfriend, Beth (Aubrey Plaza) dies suddenly, apparently from a snakebite while out hiking. As he attempts to get over her death, however,… Read More
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The Coen Brothers deliver another classic, as well as gifting Oscar Isaac a career-making turn as a struggling musician battling his own pretensions. You can read my full review here Read More
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Apparently based on a prize-winning novel, this is a coming-of-age story following a young lad Toma (Suda Masaki), who lives with his abusive father and younger lover, while his mother… Read More
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Lea Seydoux and Tahar Rahim are the big name draws in this potentially interesting drama set amongst the blue collar workers of a nuclear power station. Rahim is the new… Read More
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A major disappointment that just feels over worked, under developed and lazily handled by all concerned. While no one could accuse the original Anchorman of having a particularly strong script,… Read More
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The latest from Kids Police director Fukuda Yuichi is a humorous and mostly successful tale of five young women who are all but coerced into becoming a secret crime fighting… Read More
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The Cap continues to prove the most interesting of the Avengers in his second solo effort, which combines a politically charged espionage plot with the regular big canvas superhero exploits… Read More
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From the team behind Taiwanese epic Seediq Bale comes a rousing big screen sports saga telling the incredible true story of the Kano baseball team, a multiethnic squad of rural… Read More
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I have a strange relationship with Alexander Payne’s films. I never look forward to them or feel drawn to them in any way, but upon viewing, I absolutely love them… Read More
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Kaji Meiko is at her gorgeous, formidable best in arguably the greatest “lady of vengeance” movie ever made. A huge influence on Quentin Tarantino – so much so he uses… Read More
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A triptych of short cinematic experiments into the possibilities of 3D cinema from three acclaimed European directors proves that only Peter Greenaway has any idea how to use the medium.… Read More
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This grim depiction of survival takes place across the Chinese border in Myanmar, where a young man and his father attempt to eke out a desperate living farming vegetables. When… Read More
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Pinku director Imaoka Shinji (Underwater Love) gives us his own version of Richard Linklater’s Slacker, as we follow a string of characters in a series of vignettes, each focusing on… Read More
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Jim Jarmusch’s laid-back vampire drama is indelibly, effortlessly cool as it charts the long distance romance (both in time and geography) between two immortal hipsters, struggling to survive in the… Read More
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