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Review of "Diary of a Lost Girl with Wurlitza"
by: Roger
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on: 03 Oct 2014
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Good story and quality film making (for the silent era) with excellent soundtrack performed live by Wurlitza
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Review of "From Straight to Bizarre"
by: Roger
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From Straight to Bizarre
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on: 20 Sep 2014
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Review of "Night Moves"
by: Roger
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Night Moves
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on: 04 Sep 2014
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For the first half its a conventional thriller taking the side of the young activists as they execute their plot to blow up an environmentally damaging hydro dam. ...
Full review 125 words
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Review of "A Field In England"
by: Roger
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on: 17 Aug 2014
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Decidedly odd. ...
Full review 38 words
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Review of "Sigur Ros - Heima 2006"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Aug 2014
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Interesting visuals of iceland and people, the music pales a bit after a while
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Review of "Life, Above All"
by: Roger
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on: 20 Jul 2014
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Very involving, excellent actress in lead role.
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Review of "Jimmys Hall"
by: Roger
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Jimmys Hall
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on: 12 Jul 2014
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Review of "Confessions"
by: Roger
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Confessions
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on: 06 Jul 2014
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Very good evocation of school atmosphere and the internal/external dialogue of confession. ...
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Review of "The Two Faces of January"
by: Roger
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on: 24 May 2014
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Patricia Highsmith novel adapted by Hossein Amini and shot (very effectively) in the style of an early 1960s (hitchcock) thriller. ...
Full review 43 words
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Review of "Cobra Verde"
by: Roger
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on: 10 May 2014
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Classic Herzog/Kinski territory
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Review of "The Double"
by: Roger
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The Double
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on: 02 May 2014
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An excellent interpretation of Dostoeskvy's Bureaucratic Existential Angst
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Review of "Calvary"
by: Roger
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Calvary
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on: 25 Apr 2014
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Pretty engrossing tale of the west coast small town
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Review of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
by: Roger
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on: 19 Apr 2014
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Shame they messed with the front story as it was nicely understated in the book.
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Review of "Nostalgia for the Light"
by: Roger
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on: 13 Apr 2014
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Stunning photography but it didn't seem to hang together - no drama, no narrative, no thing. ...
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Review of "Monsters"
by: Roger
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on: 30 Mar 2014
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Rubbush story about self-centred trivial young people with massive background plot holes and some reasonable special fx
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Review of "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
by: Roger
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
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on: 29 Mar 2014
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Hugely well crafted and entertaining
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Review of "Dreams of a Life"
by: Roger
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on: 23 Feb 2014
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Badly flawed in its failure to reveal all it found out - presumably for legal reasons - and just focus on those who were prepared to tell their story on camera.
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Review of "Where Do We Go Now"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Feb 2014
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Excellent piece of storytelling around a community resisting external pressures of conflict
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Review of "Inside Llewlyn Davies"
by: Roger
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on: 31 Jan 2014
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Excellent, some comedy
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Review of "12 Years A Slave"
by: Roger
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12 Years A Slave
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on: 19 Jan 2014
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Its a true story so nothing much more can be said. ...
Full review 45 words
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Review of "A Royal Affair"
by: Roger
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on: 17 Jan 2014
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Very well acted - Alicia Vikander as the queen, Mads Mikkelsen as Struense, and espcially Mikkel Folsgaard as the slightly insane king.
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Review of "The Deep"
by: Roger
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The Deep
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on: 02 Jan 2014
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So much better than Gravity seen last week in dealing with on person's struggle alone against impossible odds. ...
Full review 58 words
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Review of "Gravity (3D)"
by: Roger
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Gravity (3D)
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on: 27 Dec 2013
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First the good - 3D quality excellent, technical quality excellent, mise-en-scene excellent. ...
Full review 34 words
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Review of "Office Space"
by: Roger
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Office Space
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on: 24 Dec 2013
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funnyish
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Review of "Philomena"
by: Roger
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Philomena
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on: 21 Dec 2013
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