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"What's this? A deliciously witty, wildly imaginative and visually spectacular 3D animated film that's not by Pixar studios!? How did this happen?"
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2.5/5 |
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"There's a bit more meat on the bones of Meyer's story and less meandering schmaltz, but [...] it's still a gruelling endurance test for anyone with a Y chromosome."
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4.5/5 |
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"A Serious Man might just be [the Coen's] most accomplished, yet least accessible, work to date."
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3/5 |
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"light-hearted fun[...]that runs out of steam well before it reaches its destination"
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3.5/5 |
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"Roland Emmerich's 2012th epic disaster movie to date (give or take) is spectacularly loud, laughably ludicrous and insanely entertaining for all the wrong reasons."
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"It's brutal yet sincere, funny yet solemn -- Darren Aronofsky has made a remarkable film that expertly depicts the reality of a sport it both honours and berates."
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"Enjoyable, but probably only as funny as it thinks it is if you're as high as Judd Apatow's salary."
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"[Hopkins and Gosling's] courtroom power struggle holds this Fractured drama together."
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"Strictly by-the-numbers supernatural horror...that doesn't solely rely on its taboo subject matter for all the shocks, boasting moments of genuine suspense."
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"Although it's essentially a glorified special feature for a concert DVD, it's a fitting eulogy for fans (and fans alone) that is thankfully not overwrought with sentimentality."
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"A logically impaired, hyperbolic mess that darts from one high-concept idea to another as flowingly, and painfully, as someone with a bladder infection."
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"Like a travelling sideshow, Imaginarium drifts from one weird and wonderful idea to another without any discernible plan or structure, kept alive by novelty value"
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"Yes, Capitalism is a well argued documentary, but let's not forget the fact that Moore...is capitalising on being critical of capitalism."
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2.5/5 |
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"This slapdash animated adventure is a middling diversion at best."
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"As a thriller, it's damn effective. It had me sitting anxiously on the edge of my seat, knuckles whitened, not because of a gory death, but because of the suspenseful build up to one."
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"A bit like getting relationship advice from a clown. A really, really unfunny one."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"For a film that has all the inner workings of a generic sports movie, Whip It somehow avoids being one."
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(2009) |
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"[Murphy] continues to treat his career like it were a game of limbo, as Imagine That sees the once gifted comedian stoop to a horrendous new low."
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3/5 |
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"Essentially a collection of Family Guy cutaway gags slapped onto a DVD and played back to back. No continuing plot, no overriding characters, no particular order. Just raw, uncensored hilarity."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A bland blend of two half-baked stories. Julie & Julia spends so long celebrating the art of cooking, it forgets to be dramatic, romantic or funny."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Won't burst through the comedic stratosphere, but Stone Bros. is still a trip worth taking."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A kid-friendly caper that's drunk a bit too much CGI-spiked red cordial."
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3.5/5 |
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"Moon is the kind sci-fi film you rarely see any more; subtle and intelligent. Yet it gets stuck on the launch pad to greatness."
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4.5/5 |
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"Another near-perfect Pixarian blend of escapist fun and heart-warming sentiment."
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2/5 |
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"There isn't a single word in the English language that could justly convey the sheer stupidity, and impenetrable complexity, of Push."
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(2009) |
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"Despite being almost exclusively tailored to pluck at our emotional strings, The Soloist is an oddly uninvolving experience."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Driven by top-tier performances from Adams and Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning is a charming dramedy that lifts the dirt on life and death."
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"Packed with enough rap music, nauseating camera jerks, speed shifts and freeze frames to almost, so nearly, convince us something interesting is occurring on screen."
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4.5/5 |
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"[Quentin Tarantino has] whacked history over the head and cut away all the boring bits, leaving behind a blood-drenched war epic like no other."
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3.5/5 |
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"It's understandable that some fans might see this as an act of pure blasphemy...but it's hard to deny that [this is a] slicker, more definitive cut of the pilot episode."
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4.5/5 |
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"It's thrilling, chilling, amusing and moving, and if I could think of any other sensations that rhymed, The Cove would surely be those as well."
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4/5 |
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"Easily the most exhilarating lesson in racial politics you're ever likely to sit through."
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"What makes Balibo essential viewing is that, on top of its past and present political significance, it also happens to be one of the most captivating and thrilling films in years."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Grocery shopping is arguably a more novel experience than Robert Luketic's The Ugly Truth."
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Check the return policy for this Orphan."
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A lively, yet tedious, assault on the senses."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"An engaging and inspirational story about the spirit of survival, bravery and brotherhood."
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4/5 |
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"Synder has achieved what many said was impossible; he has in-fact filmed the unfilmable, and arguably done so as well as anyone could have."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A stylish, engaging and complex thriller."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Whilst 3D glasses might mask this lapse of originality by putting it all in your face, from a standard visual plane, the creative potential of Verne's novel appears to be inexcusably wasted."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Yes Man is proof that reverse psychology works; No, it's not worth seeing because, no, it's not that funny."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Lacks the Gothic coolness that made the original such an underground hit."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"More concerned with recruiting the testosterone troubled boys of today than it is rewarding fans of yesteryear."
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(2008) |
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"A 'what not to do' guide when making an action film."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Those next to me in the cinema staring blankly at the screen gave a remarkably similar performance to that of Reeves without even being aware of it."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Brendan Fraser's boyish face usually oozes charisma, but here he just looks plain bored. Which is kind of how the audience looked too."
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1.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"If it's not fast and furious automotive action you're after, hoping instead for a cohesive character driven plot, then you're more likely to just get furious pretty damn fast."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"It's certainly tough viewing, but Rachel Ward's feature debut is a superbly executed and deeply affecting piece of Australian cinema."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Boasting a cracking cast and a deliciously clever script, State of Play is a polished political thriller not to be missed."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"One of the best sci-fi films of the last decade, and that's coming from someone who has never Trekked before."
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