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Review of "Etre et Avoir"  

by: Roger

Etre et Avoir  

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on: 19 Nov 2013

Review extract: Beautifully engaging. ...

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Review of "Behind the Candelabra"  

by: Roger

Behind the Candelabra  

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on: 01 Nov 2013

Review extract: Surprisingly engaging

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Review of "Beasts of the Southern Wild"  

by: Roger

Beasts of the Southern Wild  

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on: 24 Oct 2013

Review extract: a magical film

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Review of "Amour"  

by: Roger

Amour  

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on: 19 Oct 2013

Review extract: Surprisingly good after the hype led one to expect something a bit mawkish.

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Review of "Rust and Bone"  

by: Roger

Rust and Bone  

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on: 06 Oct 2013

Review extract: Sort or a bit like a French Ken Loach but not nearly as good. ...

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Review of "Django Unchained"  

by: Roger

Django Unchained  

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on: 28 Sep 2013

Review extract: Excellent classic Tarrantino. ...

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Review of "Nicholas and Alexandria"  

by: Roger

Nicholas and Alexandria  

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on: 21 Sep 2013

Review extract: very much from the tsarist point of view. ...

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Review of "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa"  

by: Roger

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa  

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on: 16 Aug 2013

Review extract: Good mixture of wit and slapstick, some of the slapstick a bit weak but on the whole entertaining and funny.

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Review of "The Kid On A Bike"  

by: Roger

The Kid On A Bike  

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on: 27 Jul 2013

Review extract: Excellent child actor playing the boy very convincingly. ...

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Review of "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance "  

by: Roger

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance  

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on: 29 Jun 2013

Review extract: typical eliptical storytelling by Haneke using 71 scenes ranging from a single short shot to an edited sequence with themes gradually emeging from the juxtaposition of elements

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Review of "Everybody Has A Plan"  

by: Roger

Everybody Has A Plan  

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on: 16 Jun 2013

Review extract: Really enjoyable

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Review of "Winstanley"  

by: Roger

Winstanley  

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on: 09 Jun 2013

Review extract: Interseting fragment of english history

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Review of "Time of the Wolf"  

by: Roger

Time of the Wolf  

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on: 02 Jun 2013

Review extract: When bad things happen to people like us how will we react

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Review of "Spirit of 45"  

by: Roger

Spirit of 45  

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on: 05 May 2013

Review extract: Wasn't the '45 Labour manifesto an amazing thing - and how have we lost sight of it ...

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Review of "Time Out"  

by: Roger

Time Out  

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on: 20 Apr 2013

Review extract: Excellent picture of the hollowness and sterility of business life until the cop-out end.

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Review of "Two Years at Sea"  

by: Roger

Two Years at Sea  

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on: 30 Mar 2013

Review extract: B&W documentary without any words or narrative. ...

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Review of "A Serious Man"  

by: Roger

A Serious Man  

on: 17 Mar 2013

Review extract: Portentous rubbish about small town american jewish life in the 1960s

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Review of "Berberian Sound Studio"  

by: Roger

Berberian Sound Studio  

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on: 10 Mar 2013

Review extract: (Nic Knowland as DoP) Rather lost its direction in last third

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Review of "Cloud Atlas"  

by: Roger

Cloud Atlas  

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on: 03 Mar 2013

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Review of "Holy Motors"  

by: Roger

Holy Motors  

on: 23 Feb 2013

Review extract: Only on briefly looking at the special feature interview with the director did it become clear that Leos Carax is an incoherent gibbon hiding behind dark glasses and a gallic stubble making gnomic remarks to a sycophantic interviewer and that there ...

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Review of "Even the Rain"  

by: Roger

Even the Rain  

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on: 02 Feb 2013

Review extract: Very good

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Review of "Jackpot"  

by: Roger

Jackpot  

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on: 18 Jan 2013

Review extract: Shades of Usual Suspects, Lock Stock…, Shallow Grave - comedy mixed in with the thriller. ...

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Review of "The Angels Share"  

by: Roger

The Angels Share  

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on: 12 Jan 2013

Review extract: Unlike Kes in this one there IS a happy ending

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Review of "Great Expectations"  

by: Roger

Great Expectations  

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on: 02 Jan 2013

Review extract: Miss Haversham (HB-C) not very good, seemed to be only one street in London, OK but not the best (1946) and anyway it is not a very good story.

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Review of "The Life of Pi (3D)"  

by: Roger

The Life of Pi (3D)  

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on: 28 Dec 2012

Review extract: Very good telling of the tale, technically superb and true to the amazing spirit of the story by Yann Martell

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