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Iron Man 3 2013
A disappointing addition to the Ironman franchise. The director & writer totally waste Downey Jr's mastery of the Tony Stark larger-than-life personality.
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The Croods 2013
Saw with the kids last night. It thought pretty well executed. Reminded me a little of Ice Age.
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Django Unchained 2012
brilliant. Entertaining from start to finish.
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Jack Reacher 2012
Tom Cruise's fragile ego is his worst feature & the subsequent need for him to create vehicles that pump this up at the expense of all other redeeming features usually result in humourless & soulless movies. This is one of those. Add a confusing story & no compelling characters & you get a 1 star movie.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
Meh. Nothing to write home about. A little disappointed
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Life of Pi 2012
Enjoyed the book much more so than the movie. Doesn't translate well.
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Silver Linings Playbook 2012
well done. Trailer almost put me off, but the movie delivers much more than expected. Acting & directing first class
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Seven Psychopaths 2012
self indulgent crap
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Looper 2012
One of the better & logically-self-consistent time-travel genre movies I have seen. But no one to root for (the protagonist is a nihilistic psychopathic killer) & nothing much to ponder about when it finished. For me the ultimate measure of a movie is whether I want to see it again at some point & the answer on this one is NO.