Reviews

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Argo

A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. The I...

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Frankenweenie

From creative genius Tim Burton (“Alice in Wonderland,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas”) comes Frankenweenie, a heartwarming ...

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Dredd 3D

The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropoli...

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Lawless Review

Set in Virginia during the depression, and based on the true story of the Bondurants brothers – three rural bootleggers who defied the crooked a...

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To Rome With Love Review

I rate Woody Allen the king of hit and miss. In his 40+ years as a screenwriter and director he has divided audiences and somehow created both modern ...

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Killing Them Softly – Review

 When their illegal card game is held up, and the life blood of the criminal economy is on the verge of collapse, the mafia calls in enforcer Jackie C...

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Taken 2 Review

Taken sparked a four-year love affair between Liam Neeson and I (one-sided though the love affair is…). Needless to say Taken 2 was marked as a highli...

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Mental Review

When Shirley Moochmore, the mother of five girls is committed to a mental institution, her husband Barry picks up Shaz, an eccentric and inspiring hit...

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Looper Review

In a world where time travel is possible, but deemed illegal, Joe a ‘looper’, a gun-for-hire whose targets are sent to him from the future...

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Ruby Sparks Review

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. ...

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Hotel Transylvania Review

If there’s one genre of film I am really excited about, it’s animation.  No, seriously. Having arguably evolved more than any other type of film in th...

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The Watch Review

Film critics. You gotta love ‘em. They have their place on this earth aiding the indecisive movie-goer in their quest for a good night’s entertainment...

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Arbitrage Review

Arbitrage—buying low and selling high—depends on a person’s ability to determine the true value of any given market. It’s a talent that has made Rober...

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Beasts of the Southern Wild Review

Be reminded of how cinema-going can be an experience, and discover your purpose in life by listening to the wise words of a six-year-old squatter in B...

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Monsieur Lazhar Review

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping h...

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Moonrise Kingdom Review

Wes Anderson proves how lazy Hollywood really is with his latest flick Moonrise Kingdom. It’s been three years since writer/director Wes Anderson last...

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Hit and Run Review

A former bank robber, Charlie Bronson, living in a small California town with his girlfriend, Annie decides to leave witness protection to help her re...

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The Bourne Legacy Review

A new story set in the same universe as the three previous films based on Robert Ludlum’s novels, centred on a different hero, CIA operative Aaron Cro...

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Hope Springs Review

Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones take us on an exploration of the death of intimacy in long-standing marriages in Hope Springs, a tale of a couple who...

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Total Recall Review

Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip ...