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Tequila Sunrise
A dreadfully banal and soulless ‘80s work that’s massively and exclusively improved by Raul Julia bring brilliant. →
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The Wolf of Wall Street
A joyless self-indulgent never-ending waste of everything. →
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Pride & Prejudice
Perfectly serviceable, though Matthew Macfadyen’s Darcy lacks the Colin Firth smoulder. →
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Murder by Death
A bit like Clue if Clue was racist, homophobic and not remotely funny. In conclusion, I recommend Clue. →
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Disney’s Tarzan
Overall I love this, but Rosie O’Donnell, a Phil Collins soundtrack and a skateboard-grinding action style make me cringe. →
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Mr. Turner
Spall is excellent and this is a beautiful film, but it’s just too long to be comfortable. →
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Me and You
A horrible teenager who remains a horrible teenager and ends the film as a horrible teenager. One for horrible teenagers. →
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Painless
Painful. →
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Escape From Tomorrow
Despite the noteworthy guerrilla filmmaking — filming surreptitiously at Disney — the end result is kind of dull. →
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Fritz the Cat
Seedy, smutty animation from Ralph Bakshi that’s an important landmark in seedy, smutty animation history. →
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His Girl Friday
‘40s whip-smart rapid-fire newsroom dialogue aside, everyone in this film is just a hateful, terrible person. Very sour. →
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The Hunger
Good, but I’ve never seen a more ‘80s film. Sets practically made of soft-focus diaphanous veils instead of walls. →
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Clue
Only gets going once Tim Curry is off the chain, but when it does it proves itself to be the best board game film adaptation ever. →
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The Addams Family
Maybe the most perfectly-cast film ever. Was any film husband & wife ever in love as much as Gomez and Morticia here? →
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Frankenweenie
Maybe Tim Burton’s best film since, ooh, Sleepy Hollow. Funny and grotesque and properly charming. →
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The Visitor
Enjoyably trashy ‘70s oddball thriller/horror. A bit like The Omen but with this guy as Jesus Christ. →
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Moebius
Maybe the most repugnant film I’ve seen all year. Opens with a mother cutting off & eating her son’s penis and descends from there. →
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The Last Days on Mars
Well-performed by a solid cast & so fast-paced I didn’t notice how dumb & derivative it was until after. Worth a look →
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Bambi
Like watching an animated ballet. More than 70 years old and it hasn’t aged a day; disgracefully charming. →
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The Beastmaster
Pleasingly terrible. →