Reviews
A LWLies review will not be inhibited by any perceived rules. Just as
movies are about more than the two hours you spend sitting in the
cinema, our reviews are a chance to talk about much more than the
immediate experience of the film in question. There are many
different aspects of the movie-going experience and we will embrace
them all.
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| Anticipation |
Enjoyment |
In Retrospect |
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Ever waited six months for a box-office behemoth? Read a book that
you loved and nervously watched the adaptation? Been pleasantly
surprised by an off-the-radar independent? Anticipation plays a
crucial role in your reaction to a movie. Rather than ignore it, we
think it should be measured and acknowledged as part of the movie-
going experience.
Marked out of 5.
Top 20 films that we couldn't wait to see »
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All other things aside, how did you feel for those two hours? Were
you glued to your seat? Did the film speak to your soul? Was it
upsetting, disappointing, or just plain boring? Were you even awake?
Marked out of 5.
Top 20 films we enjoyed the most »
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Great movies live with you; you carry them around wherever you go and
the things they say shape the way you see the world. Did this movie
fade away or was every moment burned into your retinas? Was it a
quick fix action flick, good for a rainy Sunday afternoon? Or the
first day of the rest of your life? Did you hate it with a fury only
to fall in love with a passion? Or did that first love drain away
like a doomed romance?
Marked out of 5.
Top 20 films that left a lasting impression »
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April 25th 2008
Marjane Satrapi comes straight out of the underground and socks it to the big boys.
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April 24th 2008
Yet more desperate grasping at career ballast from rent-a-babe Jessica Alba.
4 Comments »
April 18th 2008
Christmas, and foggy Bruges is fully booked, but Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) manage to snag a B&B for two weeks.
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Mike Leigh is now such a pillar of the British establishment that it’s easy to forget just how divisive he used to be.
1 Comment »
April 11th 2008
What is the point of Shine a Light, Scorsese’s record of a Rolling Stones’ gig at New York’s Beacon Theatre?
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April 4th 2008
An innovative and charming British comedy, Son of Rambow is a decent film that has had the good fortune to uncover Bill Milner.
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Park Chan-wook is fast becoming Asia’s answer to David Fincher: a director whose dynamic technical skills are matched only by his subversive sense of humour.
5 Comments »
Michael Haneke is an audience-hater, a bourgeois-baiter, a cinematic terrorist.
8 Comments »
March 28th 2008
The opening 30 minutes of Roy Andersson’s You, The Living hint that you may be about to witness the most hilarious film ever made.
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March 27th 2008
Katherine Heigl could have a huge career as this generation’s Julia Roberts – sexy enough for the boys, but goofy enough for the girls.
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