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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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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November 9th 2007
“Do you want to win the War on Terror?”
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The second half of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s failed grindhouse experiment limps sheepishly into cinemas.
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Steve Buscemi is Pierre, a bitter hack sent to interview Sienna Miller’s vacuous starlet, Katya.
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You hear the words ‘directed by Sean Penn’ and you don’t necessarily think hippie spiritualism, the poetry of Lord Byron, and the palliating power of nature.
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This is a puzzling movie.
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In 30 years we will have run out of oil.
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November 2nd 2007
History has a formidable talent for turning people into names, achievements into dates and experience into facts.
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When a film as impressive as Elizabeth is followed by murmurs of a sequel, reactions tumble into two opposing camps.
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I Do is the story of lifetime bachelor Luis...
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October 26th 2007
Yet another delightfully odd Aussie comedy rolls off the production line, this time a satire of the ferocious world of kids’ dance competitions.
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