Contributor Tom Seymour

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Review

This Must Be the Place

by Tom Seymour

Paulo Sorrentino and Sean Penn unite for a dark road movie handled with lightness and ease.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Submarine

by Tom Seymour

British cinema isn’t good at being cool, but Submarine has bucked that trend; defiantly so.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Archipelago

by Tom Seymour

The Isles of Scilly provide the dramatic, windswept backdrop for Joanna Hogg’s soulful familial drama.
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Review

TRON: Legacy

by Tom Seymour

The screen may glow in Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi spectacle, but the soul lies cold.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Catfish

by Tom Seymour

In the truth it finds, Catfish is a sad and troubling film that avoids cynicism.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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The problem with Hollywood’s representation of the Holocaust

by Tom Seymour

Why are Tinseltown’s depictions of this atrocity so often reduced to little more than failing memories?
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Review

Clash of the Titans

by Tom Seymour

A big-budget 3D remake of a classic and popular spectacle film starring the guy from Avatar.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The House of the Devil

by Tom Seymour

Ti West’s period chiller is a modern horror film that feels at once nostalgically hackneyed and invigoratingly fresh.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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