Adventure Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Review

Jack Reacher

by Adam Woodward

Not even Werner Herzog can’t save this slick but mediocre Tom Cruise vehicle.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Life of Pi

by Andrew Schenker

Ang Lee’s dazzling CG dreamworld basks in the danger of sea-bound solitude, but it all cloaks a big, banal religious metaphor.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Sightseers

by Adam Woodward

The director of Kill List and Down Terrace returns with a camp comedy caper about pair of cagoule-sporting serial killers.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Dredd

by David Jenkins

Alex Garland takes another sweep at bringing the infamous 2000AD strip to the screen. The results are sensational.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

The Expendables 2

by Little White Lies

In the spirit of this gung-ho tale about a militarist old boys network, three reviewers sit down for a chat about The Expendables 2.
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Review

The Dark Knight Rises

by Adam Woodward

Christopher Nolan’s baroque opus is a worthy trilogy closer, both seriously epic and epically serious.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man in a red superhero costume, looking seriously at the camera with web-like strings crossing in front of him.
Review

The Amazing Spider-Man

by Matt Bochenski

Despite a few comic book movie trappings, The Amazing Spider-Man is a major success story.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Avengers Assemble

by Adam Lee Davies

Joss Whedon’s Marvel maelstrom is a shiny, caged beast of a film that delivers on its every promise.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Battleship

by David Jenkins

Peter Berg’s blockbusting board game ripoff has more rough edges than a sandpaper Rubik’s Cube.

1
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

by Matt Bochenski

Twenty minutes of Dubai-based blockbuster gold aside, Ghost Protocol is kind of flat, inert and not all that exciting.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect