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Current Reviews
****1/2 Stories We Tell (2012)
An intimate masterpiece from one of our own.
*** Jack Reacher (2012)
Like the box art says... Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher.
Upstream Color (2012)
Shane Carruth's long-awaited followup to his breakout first film Primer.
***** The Central Park Five (2012)
A Travesty of Justice.
*** Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Rom-Com Gold.
***1/2 Django Unchained (2012)
Nobody makes a Tarantino movie better than this guy.
** Whoochi (2009)
Too long, too silly.
***1/2 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
An uncompromising film about the capture and execution of Bin Laden.
**** Misfits (Series 1,2 & 3) 2009-12
Misfits a recent gem of British TV
***1/2 Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror Series 1 (2011) PAL-format DVD
a horrifying vision of a future that's only 10 minutes away
**** Lincoln (2012)
The original Lincoln Lawyer
****1/2 Killing Them Softly (2012)
My favourite film of 2012
**1/2 Rust and Bone (2012)
Great performances, lousy script.
** The Hobbit (2012)
Why books aren't scripts without a rewrite.
**1/2 Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
....a two-punch review!
*** Argo (2012)
....fuck yourself
***1/2 The Master (2012)
...a confounding sort of film.
***** Holy Motors (2012)
“It's a movie for movie lovers.”
*** Game Change (2012)
Maverick's sidekick goes rogue
Nick’s Best of 2012
Nick's favourite releases of 2012
**** Dredd (2012)
Judgement time...
*** Copper Season 1 (2012)
Cops of New York.
*** The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)
The rise and fall of the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Projects
Scott’s Best of 2012
Scott's favourite releases of 2012
Donna & Amanda’s Best of 2012
2012 favourites from Donna & Amanda
** To Rome with Love (2012)
To Rome with Like
Rebelle (War Witch) 2012
The Oscar-nominated, Canadian produced and directed Rebelle.
** Samsara (2011)
A guided meditation....
The Killing I, II, & III PAL-Format
The complete Killing trilogy
*** The Front Line (2011)
A genuine, well-acted, well-directed and thought-provoking indictment of the banality and ultimately, the pointlessness of war.
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