Reviews by Angus Wolfe Murray

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  The Dish (2000)

  Character-driven comedy drama about how an isolated Australian radio telescope was crucial to the first Apollo moon landing.
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  Divergent (2014)

  Review preview for Divergent

  It's not war with an aggressor. It's war within.

  In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
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  Divided We Fall (2000)

  A couple decide to take in a holocaust fugitive - a move which has unexpected consequences.
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  Divine Intervention (2001)

  Absurdist comedy from the heart of the Occupied Territories, Palestine.
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  Diving Into The Unknown (2016)

  Review preview for Diving Into The Unknown

  Despite the confusion there is a tremor of excitement that never goes away.

  The survivors of a cave accident risk their lives to bring the bodies of their friends to the surface.
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  Divorcing Jack (1998)

  Comedy thriller, a newspaper columnist finds himself on the run from the local Northern Ireland hardman.
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  Doctor Dolittle 2 (2001)

  Californian vet, who talks to animals, attempts to save endanged forest with help of circus bear
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  Document Shorts 2 (2006)

  Collection of documentaries, shown at the EIFF.
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  A Dog's Purpose (2017)

  Review preview for A Dog's Purpose

  Don't expect revelations beyond those designed to appeal to eight-year-old girls and warm blooded animal lovers

  A dog looks to discover his purpose over the course of several lifetimes and owners.
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  Dogtown And Z-Boys (2000)

  Review preview for Dogtown And Z-Boys

  An exhilarating insight into a moment in Californian history when some underprivileged kids broke the rules and did things on skateboards that had never been seen before.

  Absorbing documentary about the birth of modern skateboarding, told by those who were there.
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  Dog Days (2002)

  Sexual humiliation and dark desires amongst disillusioned overweight Austrians in hot weather.
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  The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside (2003)

  The dog, with the cat inside, meets a cat, with a dog inside.
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  Dolls (2002)

  Review preview for Dolls

  Takeshi Kitano returns to the tradition of the bunraku doll theatre, where tragedy is expressed in silence, leaving the audience to make sense of it, or not.

  Three separate stories of love lost in the beautiful landscapes of Japan.
• Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1998)

  Review preview for Don't Go Breaking My Heart

  The plot should have been doused in irony and the supporting characters led away in chains.

  Rom com about a widow making a romantic choice between a dodgy dentist and a trainer with a heart of gold.
• Don't Say A Word (2001)

  Michael Douglas is a New York shrink, whose daughter is kidnapped by Sean Bean.
• Don't Worry, It's Just A Phase (2003)

  Documentary tracks three Swedish teenage girls as they come to terms with their sexuality.
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  The Door Stop (2005)

  The inner rage of a small, bald bouncer.
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  Dope (2015)

  Review preview for Dope

  The film has charm, due in most parts to Shameik Moore's performance

  Self confessed teen geek from the wrong side of the tracks in Inglewood, Cal, with aspirations to go to Harvard, is compromised by a stash of drugs and threats from gangster crews.
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  Double Whammy (2001)

  Comedy sees a disgraced cop try to rebuild his reputation.
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  Down From The Mountain (2000)

  Review preview for Down From The Mountain

  A great deal more than an end-of-shoot wrap party.

  Nashville concert for those who played on the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou.
• Down With Love (2003)

  Pastiche comedy romance about a philandering journalist and a feminist best selling author.
• Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary (2002)

  Vamp tale pastiche lacks bite.
• Dreamcatcher (2003)

  Review preview for Dreamcatcher

  Hands the reins to the special effects department, who think its Christmas.

  Man-eating worms from space have lunch on witless hunters in the forests of Maine.
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  The Dreamers (2003)

  Review preview for The Dreamers

  Despite full frontals, this is less erotic than scooping shelled shrimps out of aspic with your tongue.

  Exploration of love set against a backdrop of the 1968 student riots in Paris.
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  Dreamgirls (2006)

  Review preview for Dreamgirls

  Dreamgirls has the passion, the moves, the rhythm and the sex appeal, as well as the curse and casualties of fame.

  A fictionalised, all singing, all dancing biopic of The Supremes and the rise of Motown Records.
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  Dreaming Of Joseph Lees (1999)

  Review preview for Dreaming Of Joseph Lees

  Linstrom ends so inadequately you want to scream.

  Unrequited love in 1950s Somerset.
• Drink Me (2005)

  A podgy bloke comes home to find his flat full of bottles of beer.
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  Drive Me Crazy (1999)

  Review preview for Drive Me Crazy

  Grenier displays an effortless charisma.

  Witty update of Pygmalion.
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  Drole de Felix (1999)

  Review preview for Drole de Felix

  Road movies are about roads and roads can be long and tiring.

  Gay man goes on road trip to see his dad.
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  Druckbolzen (2003)

  A Kafkaesque vision of meaningless work.
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  Dr Dolittle (1998)

  Review preview for Dr Dolittle

  Scriptwriters Nat Mauldin and Larry Levin lack vision to lift the movie out of TV sitcomland.

  A vet discovers he can talk to the animals.
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  Dr T And The Women (2000)

  A successful Dallas gynaecologist comes up against problems in his private life.
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  D-Tox (2001)

  Review preview for D-Tox

  The scriptwriters commit hari-kari, leaving the movie up to its neck in hokum.

  Sylvester Stallone plays a cop who fights off a serial killer at a rehab unit in the wilds of Wyoming.
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  Dubbed & Dangerous (2001)

  Parody of badly made Hong Kong martial arts movies.
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  Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

  Review preview for Dude, Where's My Car?

  Dude, what's the point of this movie?

  Teenage wasters... and a car.
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  Duel In The Sun (1946)

  The sons of a cattle baron in Texas in the 1880s vie for the love of an untamed "half-breed".
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  The DUFF (2015)

  Review preview for The DUFF

  Being an individual is a declaration of sorts

  She's not ugly; she's a dress mess. This is high school politics for the Glee generation. You have to be strong to survive Prom rejection and cyber bullying.
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  The Duke Of Burgundy (2014)

  Review preview for The Duke Of Burgundy

  Humiliation is the name of the game

  The relationship of a couple in a sado-masochistic relationship comes under strain.
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  Dunkirk (2017)

  Review preview for Dunkirk

  This is not just a war film. It is an artistic triumph.

  Dramatic rescue of British soldiers, trapped on the beaches in France, at a critical moment in WWII.
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  Earthling (2010)

  Review preview for Earthling

  In the real world of coincidence and logic there has to be meaning in order to contain the terror that naturally arises from unnatural occurances.

  A group of people on Earth discover they aren't who they thought they were.
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  Earth To Echo (2014)

  Review preview for Earth To Echo

  Teenage confusion gives the film an unexpected conviction, coupled with its punk styled cinematography

  Three high school friends find a lost silver baby from another galaxy in the desert and try to help it before the authorities find out
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  Eating For Two (2003)

  Trying for a baby over fish and chips.
• Eating Out (2003)

  A young couple argue in a restaurant.
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  Echo Park, L.A. (2006)

  Rites of passage for Mexican- American teenagers in Los Angeles.
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  The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)

  Review preview for The Edge Of Seventeen

  Hope is the antidote. Really? They all say that. Can it be true?

  How to be a teenage misfit without killing yourself.
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  Edge Of Tomorrow (2014)

  Review preview for Edge Of Tomorrow

  Cage gets killed over and over and comes back to the same place to start again. Bor-ing!

  A soldier fighting a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle and despite being killed over and over resurrects to save the world with the help of a tall girl in a leotard.
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  Ed Gein (2001)

  Review preview for Ed Gein

  A fine example of horror as an extension of private delusion.

  True story of country loner who desecrated graves and killed women for their skin and body parts.
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  The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

  Review preview for The Eagle Has Landed

  Caine's presence makes the difference between entertaining nonsense and a rattling good yarn.

  Michael Caine leads German commando raid to kidnap Churchill from a sleepy English village.
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  Early Man (2018)

  Review preview for Early Man

  Despite a star studded voice cast it lacks the comic invention required to make an impossible dream memorable

  Stop motion animated cave men and a hog learn to play football and take on the best team in the known universe
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  East Is East (1999)

  Review preview for East Is East

  The comedy is sharp, the acting excellent, the racial harmony likely to splinter as suddenly as family solidarity.

  Culture clash in a multiracial family in Seventies Britain.