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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October 26th 2007
Fashion journo Holly Shackleton casts an appraising eye over a unique documentary.
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Michael Moore’s latest broadside is against America’s private health industry and how it makes money by denying patients medical care.
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October 19th 2007
You’ve got to admire Matthew Vaughn.
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When you’re cooking, reveals chef Gusteau, “the only limit is your soul”. The same applies to Pixar, whose films to date haven’t so much been touched as manhandled by genius.
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“Where words fail, music speaks.” So said famed fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen, and nowhere is the power of music more persuasive than in Once.
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Téchiné has pitched his latest film against the grim reality of AIDS, which the director envisions as a war.
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October 12th 2007
Ah, New Zealand, with its bucolic, Hobbit-trodden hills, jocular locals and vast array of fluffy animals just waiting to be butchered.
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Holocaust films are, for the most part, difficult.
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October 5th 2007
There’s no smaltz here – just the kind of truisms that explore the life-long parent/child tussle.
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The sequel to remarkably successful vampire flick Night Watch is Timur Bekmambetov’s fourth feature.
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