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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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Monsters
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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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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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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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on: 24 Dec 2013
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funnyish
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Review of "Philomena"
by: Roger
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on: 21 Dec 2013
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Review of "Search for Sugarman"
by: Roger
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on: 14 Dec 2013
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Review of "The Lone Ranger"
by: Roger
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on: 06 Dec 2013
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John Depp provides a slightly darker variant on his Captain Jack Sparrow character in this tale of the genesis of the Lone Ranger. ...
Full review 390 words
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Review of "Sightseers"
by: Roger
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on: 23 Nov 2013
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Great fun
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Review of "Etre et Avoir"
by: Roger
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on: 19 Nov 2013
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Beautifully engaging. ...
Full review 29 words
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Review of "Behind the Candelabra"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Nov 2013
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Surprisingly engaging
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Review of "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
by: Roger
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
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on: 24 Oct 2013
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a magical film
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Not Mawkish
by: Roger
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Amour
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on: 19 Oct 2013
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Surprisingly good after the hype led one to expect something a bit mawkish.
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Review of "Rust and Bone"
by: Roger
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on: 06 Oct 2013
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Sort or a bit like a French Ken Loach but not nearly as good. ...
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Review of "Django Unchained"
by: Roger
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Django Unchained
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on: 28 Sep 2013
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Excellent classic Tarrantino. ...
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Review of "Nicholas and Alexandria"
by: Roger
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on: 21 Sep 2013
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very much from the tsarist point of view. ...
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Review of "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa"
by: Roger
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on: 16 Aug 2013
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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
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The Kid On A Bike
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on: 27 Jul 2013
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Excellent child actor playing the boy very convincingly. ...
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