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  • Hard Candy 2005

    ★★★ Added

    A very meh feeling thriller. The film packed moments of punch, but never really felt like it was taking the story seriously. It also felt to me like a short which had accidentally found itself in the feature pile, and as a result had been stretched to death. This could've been 30 minutes long. Having said that, it was still an interesting film.

  • The Dark Knight Rises 2012

    ★★★★½ Added

    My favourite film of the year so far. Nolan ends the trilogy in the epic size we're used to, adding the final piece to the Gotham puzzle, and decorating it with even more moments of generation defining cinema. Anne Hathaway took the role of Catwoman and created her own cheeky, conniving, curvaceous and calculating character. Christian Bale filled out the deep husky bat-voice we've come to know and love. Tom Hardy gave a masterclass in villainous character depiction, and the…

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  • The Ides of March 2011

    ★★★★ Added

    The drawn out wide angle shots gave this film an aesthetic that felt enticing and even at times quite dark. The crisp dialogue and interchanges are a credit to the screenplay writing of Clooney and he took on a role stereotypically characterised as a lead, and managed to play it with enough subtlety and poise that the main story was not overshadowed by his place in the cast. And that's not to say Ryan Gosling isn't up there with Clooney,…

  • 21 Jump Street 2012

    ★★★★½ Added

    21 Jump St is a very funny film. Jonah Hill really does have the Midas touch when it comes to modern comedy script writing. A good cast, a story punctuated with some bout-inducing moments of situational humour and a surprise cameo to tee it all off.