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Review

Martha Marcy May Marlene

by Jason Wood

This sensational debut from Sean Durkin sees Elizabeth Olsen become seduced by a dangerous cult.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
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
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Review

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Adam Woodward

David Fincher can only slather high-grade attention-grabbing gloss onto Stieg Larsson’s crude pseudo-feminist turd.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman with short blonde hair wearing a white lace-trimmed blouse, looking thoughtfully through a window.
Review

Kill List

by Dan Brightmore

British director Ben Wheatley delivers a future classic in the form of this white-knuckle thriller.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Image of a woman in a floral dress and a man in a striped shirt sitting at a table in a room with framed artwork on the walls.
Review

The Skin I Live In

by Adam Woodward

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest is an intoxicating elixir of dark fantasy, sick obsession and all-consuming desire.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Hanna

by Adam Woodward

Any intrigue established in Hanna is smothered by a director unable to overcome his own art house ambitions.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, sitting on a pebbly beach overlooking the sea.
Review

Brighton Rock

by Adam Woodward

Rowan Joffe delivers a stale and soapy rehash when he should have dared to dream bigger.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Black Swan

by Matt Bochenski

If Black Swan is Darren Aronofsky’s claim to creative genius, it’s one that is undermined by the film’s own dual nature.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
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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Review

Winter’s Bone

by Georgie Hobbs

Debra Granik’s edge-of-the-seat backwoods thriller features a star-making turn from Jennifer Lawrence.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect