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  • Cloud Atlas 2012

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    This is a complete and utter turkey of the highest(or should that be lowest) order. And yet i was curiously compelled as if held in some sort of warped trance, probably about how ridiculous it all is. Which in its scant defense, at least means your in for some form of entertainment. It is actually unintentionally funny, scenes with Hugh Grant especially, get a chuckle or two. Those hair-pieces, over the top costumes..it is if all the cast were in…

  • Shadow Dancer 2013

    ★★★½ Added

    Shadow Dancer is by not a popcorn-fest film. It's gritty, hard hitting, fierce, and upsetting. All these characteristics normally make a 5 star film; however, Shadow Dancer doesn't offer the audience anything fresh. The blueprint is one that has been used hundreds of times and it doesn't take a smart to work out where the inevitable twist is coming from. It's still an intriguing and inspiring film to watch, but if you're looking for a film unlike any other, this…

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  • The Possession 2012

    ★★ Added

    Here we have the usual chanting, yelling of verses, and cries of pain of an exorcism ritual, punctuated by a lot of rubbish effects and loud noises. Whatever good will The Possession has built up with some interesting, eerie family dynamics, begins to dissipate quickly, and we start to realize that maybe it wasn't worth becoming enthusiastic over in the first instance. Creepiest in the bathroom scenes but ultimately yet another bungled attempt at shocking us all.

  • The Master 2012

    ★★★★½ Added

    Paul Thomas Anderson; You know when you have seen a film he has directed as you come out of the screening in total awe about what you have just witnessed unfold. If there is only one thing to be said about him, it is that he understands character and how his characters should be portrayed. The Master is a fine accomplished piece of work yet may leave the viewer more puzzled than previous efforts.
    It is not that the context,…