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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Hunger Games is one of the stronger entries in the four-part film franchise. It's the only film to warrant a 15 rating because of the violence and blood...and I appreciate that. The acting was fine, some of the teenage actors are dull but for... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
You're Next is a new film that is a throwback to old films in the slasher genre. The film feels very 80's but with a modern style. Adam Wingard did a great job directing this, the practical effects were consistent and the masks that the intruders... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Our Kind Of Traitor is another adaptation of a John Le Carre novel, this time all about laundering Russian money. This is a very technical film, I mean the direction felt very TV-esque and the script and dialogue are all on point and concise. It m... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
REVISED REVIEW: "The distance between insanity and genius, is measured only by success". It seems the most memorable and intuitive lines of dialogue that have stuck with me all these years, come from Bond films (who knew!). I feel as if Tomorrow N... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Requiem For A Dream...wow. Wow wow wowowow! This, this was stunning. I've not seen anything like it. Intense, dramatic, crazy and wonderfully acted...this was just pure cinema. I mean, it was unnerving! The fact that each character was spiraling o... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Judge is part family drama and courtroom drama. The blend actually worked quite well! Robert Duvall and Downey Jr. own every scene they are in...which does cause problems. They are too powerful for the film, it doesn't make the characters emot... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Sing Street is your classic "do anything for the girl" movie, heck it even says it on the cover. But the beauty of this movie, is that it's undeniably nostalgic and heart warming. A teenage boy being introduced to the mainstream music of the 1980'... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Hurt Locker won best picture back in 2009 and dominated most of the awards season. It's no Zero Dark Thirty but this is a surprisingly realistically gritty war film and how once can be addicted to the adrenaline of war. A great contrast betwee... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
REVISED REVIEW:
A lesser Bond flick that many dismiss for its thinly oiled plot. We all had a childhood favourite, that one film that we never really understood but kept watching because of specific scenes. That's this for me. I fondly remember fa... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Resident Evil Retribution...has a really good fight scene at the end. That's honestly all I can say that is great. Sure, it's watchable and not a total car crash but my God there are so many problems. Horrific acting, terrible script, bad effects,... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Lobster is the definition of Arthouse. It's quirky, weird, engrossing and strangely hypnotic. Single people go to a hotel where if they don't find love...get transformed into an animal of their choice. It's just so original and refreshing. The... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
John Wick Chapter 2 follows the man, the myth, the legend that is John Wick as he is forced out of retirement to assassinate someone. All hell breaks loose and everyone wants to kill him. This film turned action into brutal fatalities...the amount... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Goldeneye (DA-DUNNNNNN) was Brosnan's first Bond film...and easily his best. After the Timothy Dalton era, we needed a more classical approach to the Bond franchise and this was it. Full of great action scene, witty dialogue and memorable characte... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
A Most Violent Year just oozes sophistication. Ooooh just every camera shot is precise and technically excellent, J.C. Chandor is proving to be quite the director. This film is all about a family and their business, which happens to be hitting som... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Philomena is about an Irish woman trying to find her son who was taken away from her at a young age. This is an excellent drama with a great meaty role for Judi Dench who is exquisite. Her Irish accent is spot on and she is just delightful to watc... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Mad Max Fury Road...I can't. I can't even describe how much I adore this film. It's flawless. It's possibly one of the best action films ever made. Now I'm no fan boy of the series, but my word...urghhhhh this film!! I don't even care that the plo... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Submarine is a quirky coming of age comedy directed by Richard Ayoade (most famous for the incredible IT Crowd here in the UK). This is super quirky, very stylish and just so likeable! The characters are awkward (in a good way), they are relatable... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Logan is supposedly Hugh Jackman's last outing as Wolverine, a character he has been playing for 17 years. What a way to go out though!? He threw everything into this performance. As the films have progressed, the character has become more jaded a... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
13 Hours is a war film directed by, prepare yourselves, Michael Bay. Yes, it has your typical Bay explosions with a ridiculous amount of sparks and firs, it has the many many many tilted camera angles...but no, there is no "hot chick". To be fair,... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Birdman (or the unexpected blah blah no one uses the full title) is all about a washed up actor trying to get back into the game and become relevant. I found this to be utterly compelling. I viewed it as a microcosm of Michael Keaton's actual care... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Lady in the Van is a nice heartwarming British comedy drama. But that's all it is, it's just nice...nothing ground breaking here. Dame Maggie Smith is a delight as always and I thought Alex Jennings was also very good. Plenty of smiles, a few... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Black Swan...ohhhhhh Black Swan how I love thee. This film is ridiculously good, another great hit from Aronofsky! Everytime I watch this I'm completely entranced by Natalie Portman, her character slowly becoming corrupted as she chases perfection... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Brave is Pixar's most overlooked animation in my opinion. Not sure why this is not as memorable as the other films they've produced. Memorable characters? Check. Heartwarming storyline with comedy? Yup. A moral that children can learn (i.e. don't... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Guest...I, I don't know what to say. There was me thinking it's about a nice man helping a family out, only for it to make a U-turn and say "Luke, you just got punked!" Wow! Ok without any spoilers (which is difficult), I can safely say go wat... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
28 Days Later is not a horror. Sure it's an 18 rated film, and yes there are infected people. But deep down this is a drama regarding a few survivalists as they fight for their lives. Danny Boyle is ridiculously good when it comes to character bui... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
28 Weeks Later is far superior to its predecessor but it's a completely different film. This is a horror. Again, it follows a group of survivalists but this film contains way more blood, infected civilians and jump scares (the good kind). The open... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Green Room shouldn't appeal to me. I hate "screamo" music, Neo-Nazis, gory films for the sake of being gory...but y'know I quite like this! It's one of those films that makes me think "what would I do in their situation?" and it definitely kept me... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Get Out...has literally blown me away. Wow wow wow wow woooooow! Jordan Peele's debut? I mean really? The script he wrote was ridiculously clever, complete genius. The social contexts, racial stereotypes, political satire...it had it all! Both sca... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Trainspotting was groundbreaking in the 90's, both for British film and the choice of topic (although rather unconventional). To be honest, this has aged very well! I thought the characters were memorable with great performances all round. But wha... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Flight is an excellent character study on a pilot who saved the lives of many on a broken airplane...however all is not what it seems. Robert Zemeckis directed this, so you know it's going to be a good old fashioned story film and it certainly is.... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
The Terminator (DUN DUN DA DUN DUN) is the beginning to one of the most famous sci fi franchises of all time. Quite rightly so, this was ground breaking for its time. The effects were great and you can tell it borrowed heavily on Blade Runner, the... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Jumper could've been the start to a promising franchise, I mean teleporting to different locations facing enemies...it had potential. But this film fell short. I mean it's fine...just nothing great. Hayden Christensen is...Hayden Christensen. Jami... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Mulholland Drive is quite possibly the most complicated, weird, mind-boggling film I've ever seen. The last third of the film completely made no sense to me and I was left baffled...what the heck was going on!? And yet still David Lynch was able t... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (not Sorcerer's...so don't even go there) is the film that started it all. It makes me proud to be British that we are able to produce such a fine film that starts a global phenomenon. Sure the child acting... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Grave of the Fireflies is morbid, depressing and quite frankly soul draining. I felt nothing after watching this...however no man tears were produced! But that does not mean it's a bad film, in fact it's rather brilliant. It succeeded in what it s... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
My Neighbour Totoro, I thought, was going to be a stupid kids film. Oh how wrong I was. Yes people, I have fallen in love with this film. I have to appreciate the message that it conveys, treat nature with kindness and it will treat you well. An e... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Ghost in the Shell is the live adaptation of the 1995 anime, which in my opinion is very overrated. This film however, I was nervous for. This could pave the way for anime adaptations, secure Scarlett Johansson as a box office star and combine bot... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets continues the franchise with great consistency. This one introduces a lot of memorable characters: Dobby, Lockhart and Moaning Myrtle. This entry definitely focusses more on the magical creatures, I mean we... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is easily the best of the saga. Alfonso Cuaron enters the franchise, drops this beauty, and leaves. This is so competently directed, and such a great direction for the series...it went from a children's ser... Read the full review »
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TheMovieDiorama rated and reviewed a movie.
9 years ago
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the film in the series that I just can't connect with. Sure the acting is consistent, the visuals are great and the story progresses...but something is missing. The magic. I didn't have a sense of awe or wond... Read the full review »
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