Author: Barnaby Walter

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    Bottom of the Barrel: Kick-Ass (2010)

    Kick-Ass gets a kicking

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    ARCHIVE: Bad Lieutenant (2009) ★★★★★

    Werner Herzog’s retelling of Abel Ferrera’s 1992 film Bad Lieutenant is not an easy watch. It contains graphic depictions of drug abuse, ugly scenes of cruelty and torture and ambiguous, but still distressing, scenes of potential sexual assault. It also has a script that’s far from sophisticated and direction as crazy as its subject matter. […]

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    Guillero and Guillem make a team worth watching: Julia’s Eyes ★★★☆☆

    Spanish horror is too sentimental to really succeed

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    Bottom of the Barrel: Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

    There was a time when Disney would give audiences a fresh, vibrant new form of silliness that actually had heart, warmth and enjoyment running through its filmic blood. But Confessions of a Shopaholic marked a new low for the studio’s live-action output. This dire piece of messy comedy is adapted from Sophie Kinsella’s much-loved series, […]

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    ARCHIVE: Alice (1988) ★★★★☆

    The unsettling and underlooked 1988 film finally gets a Blu-Ray release

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    ARCHIVE: The Piano Teacher ★★★★★

    This review contains extreme sexual deviancy.

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    Heartbeats: An interesting, stirring and colourful drama ★★★★☆

    A showcase for Xavier Dolan, who proves himself to be an impressive talent

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    Possibly worst romcom of the year: Larry Crowne ★☆☆☆☆

    Stay well clear of this if they don’t want their image of this once-great actor permanently besmirched

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    Something close to brilliance: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ★★★★★

    The final Potter film is a “jaw-dropping cinematic experience”

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    Disappointing and more than a little weird: Bad Teacher ★★☆☆☆

    Bad Teacher has been advertised as a cool, biting romantic comedy. The promotional trailer shows Cameron Diaz as a teacher trying to raise money to have surgery to increase the size of her breasts, and by doing so secure the affections of new school supply teacher Justin Timberlake. The trailer is rather misleading. The reality […]

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    Fierce and Thrilling: Hanna ★★★★☆

    Intelligent, exciting and effortlessly cool – and boosted by a pounding score by The Chemical Brothers

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    EastEnders uproar? Hardly.

    The complaints about the Eastenders gay love scene aren’t all they’re cracked up to be

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    You want a crude comedy? This is the best it gets: Bridesmaids ★★★★★

    So much more than just The Hangover re-made with women…

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    Racist, homophobic and devoid of laughs. It’s The Hangover: Part II ★☆☆☆☆

    The wolfpack return… Barnaby Walter wishes they hadn’t bothered.