Review

Poetry review

When the title comes up beside a body floating down a river, it’s clear Poetry won’t be as demure as it sounds. Chang-dong Lee’s film centres on Mija (the outstanding Jeong-hie Yun), who’s developing Alzheimer’s and, unsettled by losing her grasp on words, joins a poetry class. But finding beauty …

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Bastion review

Bastion’s presentation is beautiful. Its vibrant watercolor art style and melodic soundtrack make its appeal immediately apparent. It’s not just window dressing either – Bastion has all the trappings of a superb hack-and-slash action game, with just the right amount of RPG-ness to add substance. The combat feels satisfying, each …

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Cars 2 review

Of all Pixar’s alti-verses, the one in Cars is the hardest to buy into. Motors with eyes for windshields, pootling about a four-wheeled world modeled on auto parts? It may be John Lasseter’s pride and joy, but for us it’s missing some key components. Internal logic for one. Charm. Car-isma… …

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Cell 211 review

When Hollywood distilled Roderick Thorpe’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever into Die Hard, the first elements to go were the politics, the doubt, the moral complexity of choosing sides when you can’t see the bigger picture. One of the best things about Daniel Monzón’s relentless Iberian action thriller, the winner of …

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon review

No two ways about it, Transformers: Dark of the Moon for DS is a dud. Michael Bay’s movies are loud, raucous, and filled with more explosions than a melodramatic volcano, but at least they’re never boring. Dark of the Moon DS seems content to task Transformers with leisurely strolls. In …

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Ghosted review

Hot on Screwed’s heels comes another Brit-flick about life behind bars, this time viewing Porridge from the lags’ perspective. John Lynch is Jack, a model prisoner who, in taking a shine to newbie Paul (Martin Compston), sets himself on a collision course with wing psycho Craig Parkinson. Numerous stabbings and …

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Trenched review

It was the fifteenth and final wave. Our base was in shambles with only a few percentage points of integrity left, and Arty and Big Willie were laying siege upon it with their massive weaponry. Crippled from a recent run-in with a swarm of suicidal Blitzers, we piloted our mobile …

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