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Moon Man
Beautiful luminescent animation from the studio behind The Secret of Kells. Lovely soundtrack as well. Recommended. →
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Vanishing Waves
A pompous, tedious Lithuanian sci-fi romance. Awkward and dull. →
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
A decent sequel, though didn’t feel like it really went anywhere. →
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Just wonderful. Fantastic soundtrack, beautiful cinematography, great performances. I love it. →
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Shotgun Stories
Accomplished drama detailing a pointless feud between two sets of Arkansas brothers. Lazily violent, plus Michael Shannon. →
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Mars Attacks!
A joyless, laugh-free slog. →
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Cold in July
Stylish & enjoyable hick flick that doesn’t stand up to a moment’s scrutiny. Nothing makes sense, but it’s nicely grizzled. →
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The Last Samurai
Not the Dances With Wolves-style white-man-better-native-than-natives tosh I was expecting; actually surprisingly not bad. →
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Classic ‘70s Italian thriller. A bit dated & the scares no longer have such bite, but well worth watching →
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Gallipoli
WW1 drama which spends so long on the story of two young men enlisting there’s only about 10 minutes of actual war. →
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Classe Tous Risques
Grimly absorbing French ‘60s film noir. Stylish without being flashy. →
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Doom
Almost offensively banal. →
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Ivansxtc
An awkwardly-performed drama really only made watchable by the always-excellent Danny Huston. →
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The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears
I have no fucking idea what this film is doing. Not at all. →
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The Quiet Earth
Certainly one of the better ‘80s Australian sci-fi lo-fi post-apocalyptic thriller mysteries I’ve seen in my time. →
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Castle in the Sky
Standard Ghibli audio/video brilliance but the story feels a little incomplete, maybe better suited to a TV series. →
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Her
A nightmarish future vision of a world in which the only place to shop is Urban Outfitters. Chilling. →
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Nashville
I love Robert Altman films, but sitting through three hours of country & western music was quite a slog. →
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Running Scared
Some nice visuals in this odd action-thriller but it’s baffling, like watching a load of videogame cutscenes stuck together. →
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I Frankenstein
Utter crap from start to finish. Not even entertainingly bad, just…shit. →