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. View a full explanation of the ratings system »
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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.
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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.
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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.
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September 28th 2007
Here’s the thing about dumb-ass comedies: some people dig this kinda stuff.
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Kenny is perfectly happy with his lot in life, cleaning the grimmest of toilets with the pride of a master craftsman.
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Part gritty drama, part 1960s musical, and part psychedelic puppet show; Across the Universe could have fallen flat.
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It’s a Gallic vision of the Phoenix Club...
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A foppish English gent, an ensemble British cast and a dash of Americana was once sufficient when concocting a classic Brit comedy.
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September 21st 2007
Death Proof pays homage for homage’s sake, inviting us into the hoary world of seedy fleapit cinemas and micro-budgeted, gung-ho exploitation pics.
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Tough Enough is the story of Polischka, a weedy teenage boy who moves out of the posh gaff of his mum’s boyfriend and starts school in a rough neighbourhood of Berlin.
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It’s very odd film that can discuss heart-blackening guilt, loveless marriage, pain and regret only to taper off into a dry-eyed ending.
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Film number five in Kenneth Branagh's ongoing love-in with Shakespeare.
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Thai auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest is a richly rewarding Godardian hall-of-mirrors.
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