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  • Upstream Color 2013

    ★★½ Watched 09 May, 2013

    Too vague for me to find any enjoyment. Undeniably strong visuals but I felt it lacked a unique style to differentiate it from any other low budget production. I can appreciate the potential for others' experiences, it just wasn't my cup of tea.

  • Side Effects 2013

    ★★★★ Watched 10 May, 2013

    A heavy handed first half that quickly spirals into a convoluted villainous romp. Stretched for convenience, but when you're along for the ride switching off works for the better.

  • Hugo 2011

    ★★★ Watched 03 Mar, 2012

    Steampunk™ — now for the whole family

  • Restless 2011

    Watched 05 Jan, 2012 2

    An endurance test of awful.

  • Quicksilver 1986

    ★★ Watched 08 Jan, 2012 1

    Bacon, Fishburne, Raleighs, trading montages and an omnipresent drug dealer set in San Francisco, oh wait no, that's LA…and now New York.

    Better enjoyed as a music video.

  • The Ides of March 2011

    ★★★½ Watched 03 Dec, 2011

    The final scene. Why?

  • Contagion 2011

    ★★★½ Watched 15 Nov, 2011

    An uncomfortable experiment in public hypochondria.

  • Our Idiot Brother 2011

    ★★½ Watched 12 Nov, 2011

    An attractive cast with ugly characters, mehness abound.

  • Highlander 1986

    ★★½ Watched 05 Nov, 2011 2

    If I'd been transported to the 80s as a pubescent teenager it's possible this would've piqued my interest, however watching it now it's just a bit shit.

  • In Time 2011

    ★★ Watched 30 Oct, 2011

    Still confused if this was set in LA or an alternate universe that consists of matryoshka timezones.

    With lines like "Just once I want to wake up with more time on my hand than hours in the day" it makes you wonder why the writers' didn't claim pun bingo, clock out and simply title it Just-in Time.

  • Captain America: The First Avenger 2011

    ★★½ Watched 22 Oct, 2011

    On par with flat Fanta.

    This and Thor make the Avengers look more and more like a future episode of Burger King bartending — all fizz and swampy aftertaste.

  • Midnight in Paris 2011

    ★★★★ Watched 20 Oct, 2011

    Owen Wilson drops some Valium and becomes a time travelling flaneur. Film peaks with McAdams loading luggage and a serious case of white man overbite.