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• March, 2010

• Green Zone 7/10

  2010-03-09 14:29

  Clearly the only way to really promote Green Zone was to use the word Bourne in as many places possible, in the trailer, on posters in interviews and of course it’s the best way to promote Green Zone because the lead character looks him and according to the trailer acts like him but it’s just the familiar look where the similarities between this and Bourne end. Which is a good thing.

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• Crazy Heart 9/10

  2010-03-03 15:33

  Well written, superbly directed and powerfully emotional drama featuring a terrific performance from Jeff Bridges that all but guarantees his Oscar for Best Actor.

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• Up In The Air 9/10

  2010-03-02 09:53

  Hugely enjoyable, well written comedy-drama that delivers a powerful emotional kick, thanks to terrific performances and strong chemistry between Clooney and Farmiga.

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• Alice In Wonderland 8/10

  2010-03-01 11:21

  Not that there was any doubt that, when it came to restaging the 1865 Lewis Carroll classic for a 21st century sensibility, Tim Burton would be the man for the job. But even the filmmaker’s trademark winsomely outlandish style doesn’t prepare you for the thoroughly enjoyable spectacle that is his “Alice in Wonderland.”

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• February, 2010

• From Paris With Love 7/10

  2010-02-24 12:30

  “From Paris With Love” shows you a wild and crazy side of John Travolta you have not seen before. You may have thought you had seen it all when he played a woman in “Hairspray” or even when he played good and bad roles in “Face/Off.”

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• Dear John 7/10

  2010-02-23 09:41

  “Dear John” follows the life of two lovers who have a chance encounter resulting in love after two weeks. Channing Tatum is John a soldier who is on a short leave from base and Amanda Seyfried as Savannah, a college student who seems to have a heart of gold.

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• Bright Star 9/10

  2010-02-18 12:19

  Beautifully directed, superbly written and powerfully emotional drama with terrific performances from Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish.

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• Nine 9/10

  2010-02-17 16:43

  Enjoyable, beautifully shot and superbly acted musical, heightened by show-stoppingly sexy musical numbers, even if the songs themselves aren’t especially memorable.

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• The Wolfman 7/10

  2010-02-17 00:51

  Enjoyable, beautifully shot and surprisingly gory creature feature, with terrific performances from Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt.

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• Valentine's Day 6/10

  2010-02-10 11:26

  Valentine’s Day arrives in our cinemas just in time for the day that people either love to hate, or love to use as an excuse to shower their loved ones with cards, chocolates and flowers.

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• The Tournament 6/10

  2010-02-02 11:22

  In The Tournament, a shoot’em up game that tests the skills of deadly assassins against one another in real time, it’s all about the carnage.

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• Armored 5/10

  2010-02-02 11:21

  Armored starts well but quickly runs out of steam, thanks to dull characters, a weirdly moralistic script, an extremely tedious middle section and a general lack of ideas.

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• January, 2010

• The Box 6/10

  2010-01-26 12:33

  Richard Kelly’s creepily atmospheric thriller starts well and is suitably dark and weird throughout but it starts to unravel in the second half and becomes increasingly pretentious and annoying.

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• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 7/10

  2010-01-25 12:47

  Terry Gilliam’s latest film will delight and infuriate in equal measure; it’s messy, rambling, patchy and occasionally annoying, but it’s also visually stunning and superbly acted, with moments of magic that no other director could pull off.

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• Tooth Fairy 6/10

  2010-01-20 09:36

  In this cleverly sculpted, surprisingly adult-friendly kids’ film, the hulking, muscled mass of Dwayne Johnson (Scorpion King, Welcome to the Jungle) is cast as a violent, over-the-hill hockey player who is made to pay for his tooth-breaking ways on the rink by becoming a tooth fairy.

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• Brothers 8/10

  2010-01-19 12:23

  If there were ever a milieu made for Jim Sheridan, a military town amid the current war in Iraq is it. Throughout his prestigious career, in movies as different as In the Name of the Father and In America, the Irish filmmaker has specialized in portraits of families under siege and the male psychology pushed to the brink.

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• Law Abiding Citizen 7/10

  2010-01-16 11:17

  If you can get past its rather unpleasant, reactionary message, this is a slickly made, trashily entertaining and ridiculously implausible thriller that’s more fun than it has any right to be.

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• New York, I Love You 7/10

  2010-01-13 09:56

  Since the international success of “Paris, je t’aime,” an omnibus-style look at different people and their stories in the City of Lights, it was only a matter of time before the same approach would likely be applied to other cities. So along comes “New York, I Love You,” 10 vignettes with various stars and acclaimed directors giving their takes on life in the Big Apple.

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• The Blind Side 8/10

  2010-01-12 10:01

  If this wasn’t a true story, it would seem incredibly pat and manipulative and impossibly rapid. The Blind Side was based on the book Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis, and follows the amazing story of Michael Oher from the underbelly of society to the spotlight.

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• It's Complicated 7/10

  2010-01-11 07:44

  Watchable, if overlong and underdeveloped romcom that just about survives Nancy Meyers’ bloated direction thanks to strong comic performances from a perfectly cast Streep and Baldwin.

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• Daybreakers 7/10

  2010-01-08 20:55

  Enjoyable, inventive and stylishly directed thriller with some nice ideas, a handful of impressive action sequences and strong performances from Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.

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• Invictus 8/10

  2010-01-05 11:26

  Invictus is solid, unsurprising, formalist filmmaking of the kind we’ve come to expect from Clint Eastwood and which a lot of people seem to feel makes him one of our great filmmakers.

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• Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 5/10

  2010-01-03 10:30

  Watchable teen fantasy with colourful characters and decent effects, but it’s let down by some poor casting decisions, a cluttered script and a plot that’s more concerned with setting up the sequels.

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• Did You Hear About The Morgans? 5/10

  2010-01-02 15:57

  Disappointing romcom with a lazy, predictable plot, irritating characters, lacklustre performances and painfully unfunny set-pieces, though Grant’s winning way with a one-liner just about scrapes this an extra star.

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• December, 2009

• The Fourth Kind 6/10

  2009-12-28 11:47

  The Fourth Kind delivers a handful of decent shocks but it’s ultimately let down by a weak plot, some patchy performances and the fact that the fictionalised reconstruction element doesn’t really work.

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• An Education 8/10

  2009-12-27 11:27

  Extremely enjoyable, impressively directed and frequently funny coming-of-age drama with a sharply written, emotionally engaging script and a star-making performance from Carey Mulligan that will almost certainly net her a Best Actress nomination come Oscar-time.

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• Sherlock Holmes 8/10

  2009-12-23 12:08

  Enjoyable, pacily directed action / adventure romp with an engaging mystery, decent action sequences and terrific central performances from Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.

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• Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 7/10

  2009-12-20 12:40

  Disappointing sequel that scores highly in terms of cuteness but fails to learn any of the lessons of the first film and suffers from the side-lining of Jason Lee.

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• Avatar 8/10

  2009-12-15 11:28

  James Cameron’s 15 years-in-the-making, $150 million, 3D action adventure lives up to the hype, thanks to extraordinary visual effects and thrilling action scenes but it’s also a good 30 minutes too long, the dialogue is functional at best and the plot goes a little overboard on the New Age-y tree-hugging aspects of the story.

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• Planet 51 4/10

  2009-12-06 08:51

  Despite a strong cast and a host of enjoyable movie references, Planet 51 is something of a disappointment, thanks to an extremely weak plot, a sloppy screenplay and a lamentable lack of decent laughs.

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