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  • Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
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    Jodorowsky, amazingly vigorous at 84, is never anything less than captivating, funny, and passionate when on screen.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's famous science fition novel Dune for the big screen.
  • Joe (2013)
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    Cage takes commanding ownership of the somewhat familiar material and milieu.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    When an ex-con meets a teenager who looks to him for inspiration, he has to decide, once and for all, what to do with his life.
  • Joey - Series 1 (2004)
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    There is a reasonable amount of sarcastic wit, stereotypical female hang ups and ridiculously embarrassing situations to satisfy.

    The Dude · 3.5 out of 5
    First season of the Friends spin-off, starring Matt Le Blanc
  • Johanna (2005)
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    Art, or arse? Well, we certainly see plenty of Toth's behind as she orgasms elderly blokes back to health.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    An operatic hospital saga, in which junkie nurse prescribes sex as life-saving treatment.
  • Johnny English (2003)
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    The true weakness of the film is the script - a single gag runs through it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A spoof James Bond adventure, with Rowan Atkinson playing the accident prone secret agent.
  • Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
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    That the film is so close to parody is partly a mark of its sincerity.

    David Haviland · 1.5 out of 5
    A soldier rendered limbless and almost senseless by war, remembers moments of his past.
  • Johnny Guitar (1954)
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    It's really a vehicle for Joan Crawford as Vienna, a woman holding her own in a brutal world through sheer force of personality.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A saloon owner falls foul of a jealous woman on the Arizona frontier.
  • John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars (2001)
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    Having the director's name in the title implies there's another Ghosts Of Mars somewhere. If so, choose it, because this has feathers and won't live to see Christmas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Law enforcement officers on Mars are attacked by Alice Cooper lookalikes in a mining town.
  • John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
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    A yukfest of superatural proportions.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A vampire hunter goes on the prowl.
  • John Carter (2012)
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    Action moves at a pleasing zip with an early fight scene setting the tone with spectacle but no wall-of-noise aggression.

    Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
    Mysteriously transported to Mars, a 19th century cavalryman is caught up in an alien conflict in this adaptation of the classic pulp series.
  • John & Jane (2005)
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    Pity and then guilt are the two dominant emotions that this film elicits.

    Susanna Krawczyk · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about Indian call centre workers.
  • John Tucker Must Die (2006)
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    Essentially a well crafted, intelligently structured film, considerably more complex than it looks on the surface.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A group of girls plot revenge on the guy who's been cheating on them.
  • John Wick (2014)
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    Engaging in approximately the same way that a shoot-em-up arcade game is engaging.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    A retired hitman pursues the men who killed the dog given to him by his dead wife.
  • John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
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    Slowly but surely the wonder of moving pictures bleeds to death in the corner of your mind

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    John Wick faces trouble when a bounty is put on his life after a killing spree of gut wrenching proportions
  • Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
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    Better standard camera techniques and catchier tunes would be more likely to ensure box office success.

    Max Blinkhorn · 1.5 out of 5
    Footage from the Jonas brothers' Burning Up tour and an insight into their private lives.
  • The Joneses (2009)
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    What also contributes to the film's success is its timeliness and the myriad little references and in-jokes that place it in a darker context.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A seemingly perfect all-American family move into an aspirational neighbourhood, but is their lifestyle too good to be true?
  • Joshua (2006)
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    Move over, Damien.

    Moominkat · 3.5 out of 5
    Jealous of his baby sister and ignored by his parents, a nine-year-old boy plans a terrible revenge.
  • Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
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    As well as being brain-dead, the plot is nasty.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Brainless satire on the manipulation of teenagers through their music.
  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
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    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a good example of bad storytelling.

    Donald Munro · 2 out of 5
    Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
  • Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
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    This film is not an encyclopedia entry but a living, breathing adventure ride into French cinema through the eyes and ears of the filmmaker.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A personal look at French cinema, the films, directors and composers.
  • Journey To Italy (1953)
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    Since the film so closely follows the couple, it is vital that we feel this sense of alienation and despair, and feel it we do.

    Caro Ness · 5 out of 5
    A seminal film about a marriage in crisis.
  • Journey To The Shore (2015)
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    There's a wonderful flexibility to Fukatsu's performance as a woman who bears endless slights as she struggles to retain her decorum.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A devoted wife lets her husband, who drowned at sea three years ago, take her on a journey.
  • Journey to the Sun (1999)
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    Ustaoglu doesn't fake it for entertainment's sake. She's the real thing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A Kurdish emigre tries to take his friend's body home.
  • Journey To The West (2014)
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    A meditative miniature of hypnotic grace.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4.5 out of 5
    A slow-moving Buddhist monk acquires a follower on the streets of Marseille.
  • Joy (2012)
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    The film shows how easily an individual can be domestically, emotionally, politically and legally marginalised.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman takes home a baby from hospital, devotedly caring for it. But she is not its mother - she is a kidnapper.
  • Joy (2015)
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    As wild as it seems at times, the film is deeply grounded in an emotional truth for each of the protagonists.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop.
  • Joy Division (2006)
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    Traviss uses a multiple flashback/forward technique, designed to confuse you so much you won't notice that the MI6 agents are behaving like suspicious characters from an Edgar Wallace B-picture.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A teenage German soldier in the Forties is trained to become a KGB agent in the Sixties.
  • Joy Division (2007)
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    The soundtrack is, of course, superb, and the television appearances and bootleg live videos testify to how charismatic Joy Division were as live performers.

    Daniel Hooper · 4.5 out of 5
    An in-depth biographical account of the legendary Manchester band.
  • Joy Of Madness (2003)
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    It provides some compelling insights into the fear and distrust still prevalent in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

    David Haviland · 1.5 out of 5
    Fourteen-year-old Iranian girl shoots a documentary about the making of a film in Afghanistan.
  • Joy Of Man's Desiring (2014)
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    Côté deliberately refuses to manufacture a conclusion, leaving it to us to make of it what we will.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Humans' relationship with machinery.
  • The Juche Idea (2008)
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    Jim Finn’s awkwardly placed film is unsettling by its approach as well as its subject matter.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    Deconstruction of the North Korean official state ideology.
  • Jucy (2010)
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    Jucy may at times take on the ramshackle amateurishness of the play in which Jackie and Lucy appear – but it more than makes up for this with an enthusiasm and vibrancy that ensures its judiciously brief duration breezes by.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Jucy = Jackie + Lucy, best friends who hatch a plan to snag the man and grab a cool new job.
  • Judex (1963)
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    Franju beautifully captures the style of his silent serial models with intertitles, irising and other archaic effects, while also using his camera in a thoroughly modern and personal manner.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Tales of a master of disguise who is the self-appointed scourge of the underworld.
  • Judex/Nuits Rouges (2008)
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    The exploits of a masked hero and villain.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
    Double dose of masked magic from Georges Franju
  • Judy Berlin (1997)
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    A celebration of middle-class miasma.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A celebration of urban alienation.
  • Julia (2008)
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    Swinton is mesmerising as a messed-up drunk.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An alcoholic finds herself in deep trouble after kidnapping a kid.
  • Julia's Eyes (2010)
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    Though his film is beautifully shot and well acted, Morales sadly lets things fall apart somewhat in the last third.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A young woman who is slowly losing her sight fears she is being stalked as she investigates the death of her sister.
  • Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
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    The film's saving grace are the performances.

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    A potrait of a young schizophrenic.
  • Julieta (2016)
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    Almodóvar exudes a new found confidence.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A mother and daughter struggle to come to terms with grief.
  • July Rhapsody (2002)
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    Ann Hui's quaint little film is enjoyable, despite being too static.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 3 out of 5
    A heartwarming tale about family relationships in China.
  • Jump London (2003)
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    This documentary lacks honesty. It presents the sport as a lot more dramatic than it actually is.

    Josh Morrall · 2 out of 5
    Three suicidal Frenchmen take on London’s landmarks as they bring free running to the UK.
  • Jump Tomorrow (2000)
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    This unpretentious, entertaining little comedy of culture clashes marks a solid feature debut for British writer/director Joel Hopkins

    Keith Hennessey Brown · 3.5 out of 5
    Unpretentious, entertaining romantic comedy of culture clashes.
  • The Junction (1999)
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    A well done if inconsequential film driven by well-written, interesting and realistic characters.

    Nicola Osborne · 3.5 out of 5
    A lonely young romantic running the signal box at a dilapidated station plans her escape from her small town in this touching little drama.
  • The Jungle Book (2016)
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    The film has adventure at its heart and excitement in its pocket.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Rudyard Kipling's classic children's book is given a post-Disney modern interpretation with a real boy and CGI animals that look more real than the breath they take away
  • The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
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    Please Walt, leave the boy alone.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Sequel to The Jungle Book, except that this time Mowgli has a girlfriend.
  • Junk Mail (1997)
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    Norway is the least likely place on earth to find a comedy thriller of this quality.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A postie gets more than he bargains for when he pokes his nose into a woman's business.
  • Jurassic Park III (2001)
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    Joe Johnston directs the action scenes (is there anything else?) with professional efficiency.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Sam Neill goes back to dinosaur island and is chased all over again.
  • Jurassic World (2015)
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    It’s nonsense. Tolerable nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    The addition of a new creature to the Jurassic World theme park leads to trouble.
  • Juste Avant La Nuit (1971)
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    This is a masterful film about the meaning of friendship and the darker sides to human nature.

    Caro Ness · 4 out of 5
    Sexual betrayal, forgiveness and murder in a small, suburban town.
  • Justin And The Knights Of Valour (2013)
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    Even Banderas' character feels like a cheap knock-off who is not fit to polish the boots of Puss.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    A boy embarks on a quest to become a knight

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