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Films Reviews (By Retrospect)

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.

Land of the Lost

Neither conventional action-adventure or enough of an out-there pastiche, this really is the land of the lost

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Afterschool

A brave directorial debut, but Afterschool still has a lot to learn

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The Final Destination

An unnecessary addition to a far from fresh franchise

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The Red Baron

The story of Germany's foremost fighter pilot is more often than not a misfiring affair

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Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray is Carry On Gothic with Wilde’s wit

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Maradona by Kusturica

Maradona's genius with a ball, twinned with his life of excess must make for some good documentary fodder. So bring it on.

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Julie & Julia

On paper, it’s enough to send all but Ephron’s target audience running for the exits, but Julie & Julia does have a certain charm

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The Soloist

A big budget and US co-production sees director Joe Wright losing the reins on a film with some truly dire, literal, overbearing, metaphorical moments

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Pandorum

If you're looking for a solid Friday night at the flicks, you could do far worse than this action packed sci-fi chiller

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Ong Bak: The Beginning

Tony Jaa returns in the non-prequel to the non-sequel of that really good 2003 film. Confused? You will be

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Gilliam’s latest is all over the place

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Colin

Colin clearly isn’t as mindless as your average low-budget zombie slasher

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