Category: Reviews
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Secret in Their Eyes – Review
To justify this remake, something creative needed to be done with the source material, but that simply isn’t the case… Read More >
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Backtrack – Review
All too unsubtle in its execution and the message it’s trying to portray. Read More >
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Solace – Review
“A better filmmaker could evoke such feelings of discomfort without the need to be so graphic and overstated in their approach.” Read More >
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Survivor – Review
Abiding, frustratingly, by genre conventions, Survivor is a film devoid of any true identity, with such an unbearable inclination for cliché. Read More >
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White Bird in a Blizzard – Review
With her impressive performance in Insurgent, not to mention her empathetic turn in The Fault in our Stars – yet again Shailene Woodley is the best thing about an underwhelming movie, starring in Gregg Araki’s overtly melodramatic feature White Bird in a Blizzard. The young, talented actress manages to find a strand of subtlety in… Read More >
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Gone Girl review
“Gone Girl is unrelenting in its commitment to entertainment, with Fincher evidently valuing such a notion above all else is this fast-paced, riveting thriller, as he takes us down several paths with a plethora of twists and turns to keep us thoroughly engrossed throughout.” Read More >
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Non-Stop Review
“Non-Stop is completely illusory, but thoroughly entertaining, as a film that is unashamed of its approach and a real homage to action thrillers of old”… Read More >
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Oldboy Review
“The publicity building up to the release of Spike Lee’s contentious remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy was less than favourable, with a copyright dispute over a poster design bringing in some undesirable exposure, while the impassioned fans of the original cult favourite seemed somewhat apathetic to Lee’s endeavour to trespass over such glorious territory”… Read More >
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Review
“Tom Clancy’s popular, literary creation Jack Ryan has been brought to the big screen before. Having been portrayed by a series of actors such as Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin, the latest Hollywood A-list star to tackle the eponymous role is Chris Pine”… Read More >
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Frozen Review
“Frozen is just charming cinema, and despite what the title may have you believe, it’s a warm and gracious production”… Read More >
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