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Entertaining as blackly comic drama.

There’s really no excuse for producing such a visually insipid film.

If you're looking for a double entendre, then Howerd will certainly give you one, but it's not enough make up for the plodding script.

The writers are crafty enough to stick to a formula yet still keep things fresh, with the 'central' diagnosis often kept very much on the fringes, so that the relationships within the story are allowed free reign.

Bent copper. Check. A liking for the charlie. Check. Shady gangsters operating out of shady strip clubs. Check.

One film can change the world. This almost does.

Immortals could and should have been so much more.

Imagery and sound are so closely wedded throughout that at times it seems meaningless to distinguish between the two.

For the most part this is a lyrical and lightly handled odd couple road movie that achieves a subtle resonance, although it is almost scuppered by a sudden major tonal shift in the film's final act.

This is a powerfully atmospheric film that goes beyond the conventional techniques of documentary to communicate concepts we might otherwise struggle to grasp.

The fusion of the crime thriller’s grim reality with the otherworldly fantasy of the ghostly confederate army is, for the most part, very effective.

Line after line proves infinitely quotable... suggesting cult status as well as critical acclaim beckons.

Whilst there are aspects of the Zionist project that the film doesn’t address, it’s fairly well borne out by evidence insofar as it goes.

As a tribute to those who are not blessed with personality, the film is a ray of hope.

A deceptively unassuming and remarkably solid piece of work.

Pike won a Golden Globe for this performance and it's well deserved.

Breathing life and spirit into the undead.

This odd couple film could easily have been mere farce, but the two leads, both on top form, imbue it with a warmth and pathos that breaks through in unexpected places.

The whodunit elements of these stories are as smart as a Saville Row suit.

An abstract, uncanny experience.

The characters seem as shallow as the waters through which they paddle.

Although the story is simple, its themes are powerful and it speaks with a clear voice of its own.

After a string of vulgar performances in awful films, Tim Roth here makes a stunning return to form as the cabaret owner and hypnotist, courageously portraying an ambitious and frightened man whose life is dominated by the secrets he keeps.

This New Zealand shocker keeps you guessing.

If there's a message to be had it's that outwardly respectable men can be violent tossers, but that's hardly a revelation.

It Happened Here has been hailed as one of the all time best war films, which is amazing when you consider the constraints the filmmakers faced.

The only thing Martens takes seriously is his humour - and it pays off handsomely.

It is to the film's great credit that its politics remain subtle.

It's a shame that nothing of real genius, or imagination, occurs within this unique environment.

The atmosphere and aesthetics are engrossing and go a long way to carrying the show.

Gilliam's monster, when we finally see it, is so hideous a thing that we can only be grateful this film is played for laughs.

This is a film full of cultivated emptiness.

Made as a future cult classic.

A ripping yarn of the finest sort with good work all round.

The first thing that needs to be said about Judge Minty is that it looks stunning.

So riddled with logic gaps, dumb character decisions and simple confusion about how we should view the entire conceit, that the actual genetic recreation of dinosaurs from 65 million years ago starts looking believable in comparison.

Slowly but surely the wonder of moving pictures bleeds to death in the corner of your mind

The soundtrack is, of course, superb, and the television appearances and bootleg live videos testify to how charismatic Joy Division were as live performers.

Its balance, and the detail surrounding it, makes the film easily accessible to people new to the subject and gives it a natural sense of authority.

Strickland reveals an eye for landscape and place that for me recalled early Werner Herzog.

There's a real sense of being there, not only in the same physical spaces but in the same emotional ones.

The film lacks the courage of its conviction and allows sentimentality to creep in.

The script, which was partly improvised, is unsentimental and fierce.

The film is so well written that the magic realistic aspect of Helen's apparition in places where she could never be is acceptable as a plot device.

The film is well made, without being innovative.

The fast storytelling tempo transforms Kalev into a basketball game without a time-out.

An excellent introduction to his nihilistic but strangely poetic worldview.

Fans will be familiar with most of what is presented here but it’s the voiceover from Dalglish and others that elevates this to a must-see for them.