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Preggoland - review

29/12/2014

PREGGOLAND is even more than an ace female arrested development comedy.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/preggoland.html

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death - review

29/12/2014

The Woman in Black Angel of Death - Phoebe Fox

THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH is a horror sequel dud.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/the-woman-in-black-angel-of-death.html

The Guest

“He is programmed to clean-up all loose ends,” Carver (Lance Reddick)

Disney’s POLYANNA (1960) had Hayley Wells titular outsider enter a town and bring positivity to its inhabitants. DOWNTON ABBEY’s Dan Stevens throws off cloistered post-Edwardian Britain for a new guise, an American veteran fresh from soldiering in the Middle East theatre. Turning up to a grieving household, at first it looks like Stevens’ David is going to shake the family up for the better. This ain’t no Disney flick; it’s from the writer-director team of horror-thrillers A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE and YOU’RE NEXT (those titles say it all, right?).
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Entourage - trailer

25/12/2014

Can the movie spin-off return the story to the season four high point?

The Wedding Ringer - new trailer

25/12/2014

Some Josh Gad and Kevin Hart is coming.

Selma - review

24/12/2014

SELMA ★★★★★
This or BOYHOOD for Best Picture at the Oscars?
An exhilarating take on Martin Luther King. Eschews biopic cliché, wisely being focused in history but wide in commentary.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/selma.html

Big Eyes - Review

24/12/2014

BIG EYES ★★½☆☆
Passable presentation of creative theft. No stand out scene or ideas. Disappointing from director Tim Burton.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/big-eyes.html

Focus - trailer

23/12/2014

In the Heart of the Sea - trailer

23/12/2014

Out to Own Today - The Keeper of Lost Causes and Alleluia

22/12/2014

Out to own today:

The Keeper of Lost Causes

“Have you figured out why you’re here?” Kidnapper

What a struggle to find an original idea in this staid Nordic cop thriller; from mismatched bickering partners to convenient plot revelations. Here’s a list:

- Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a homicide detective, who doesn’t wait for more backup going into the opening crime scene. Botching covering themselves, all three cops are gunned down. One is killed, Carl’s best bud is paralysed, and the lead is put on medical leave. THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is about a policeman coming to terms with a catastrophic error. (For a better example, see Joe Carnahan’s ace NARC.)
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Alleluia

“Are you a sorcerer?” Marguerite (Édith Le Merdy) to Michel (Laurent Lucas)

Forget the seductive glamour of BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) as far as killing sprees go, movies don’t come as skin-crawlingly sexual as ALLELUIA. For all the copulation, erotic is not a word that would be used to illustrate. While the characters are being exploited, thankfully the actors are not – the otherwise usual default mode it feels for the horror genre.
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