Reviews by Shaun Davis

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return To The Scene Of The Great Escape (2018)

  Review preview for The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return To The Scene Of The Great Escape

  The overall feel is that of a production you might find when flicking through the History Channel.

  Documentary about Second World War film The Great Escape.
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  Monk: Season 4 (2005)

  Review preview for Monk: Season 4

  More watchable than ever.

  Detective Monk sets out for a fourth outing, which begins with a crisis in faith and ends in redemption (sort of). Out to own on DVD now.
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  Proof (2005)

  Review preview for Proof

  Let lose amongst the autumnal vistas of Southside Chicago, Proof’s breezy visuals complement its sombre subject matter.

  The mathematics of personal relationships, confused by an equation of madness.
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  Prison (1949)

  Review preview for Prison

  Guided with a deft touch Bergman is expert at coaxing performances out of his cast.

  Religion, melodrama and an early cameo from Death himself in Bergman’s twisting metafilm.
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  Viridiana (1961)

  Review preview for Viridiana

  A premiditated attack on Catholisism wrapped in an intriging, and often shockingly funny, story.

  A repressed nun desperate to maintain her Catholic ideals is tested as she takes residence on her uncles debauched estate in Luis Buñuel's controversial Palme d’Or snatcher.
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  Victim (1961)

  Review preview for Victim

  Daring, and well ahead of its time.

  Damning revelations fill this forgotten Brit classic as a closeted lawyer tackles a group of blackmailers.
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  Guy X (2005)

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  Both cast and crew shine in creating a harmonic picture of the quieter times in a soldier's life.

  Odd goings on at isolated US base in Greenland, as witnessed by a man with two names.
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  Rebecca (1940)

  Review preview for Rebecca

  This is Hitch cutting his teeth on a bigger budget and, despite any of his own begrudges, loving every minute of it.

  A woman is whisked off her feet by a rich widower, but gets more than she bargains for when she moves into his mansion.
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  Volunteers (1985)

  Review preview for Volunteers

  Despite comedic pitfalls, denser than the Indonesian jungle, the Tomster comes good.

  Peace Corps comedy on remote Thai penisula, with Commie insurgents and Tom Hanks.
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  Hollywood Flies (2004)

  Review preview for Hollywood Flies

  Meandering between the daft and the enjoyable the film falters at times of drama and action.

  A road trip through Death Valley becomes a kidnap double crossing stylefest.
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  Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst (2004)

  Review preview for Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst

  Packed with enough mind altering revelations to keep you gripped for its duration, it is the aftermath that hits home the hardest, as the decimated SLA lies in tatters and the fugitive Hearst is locked away.

  The short, violent life of The Symbionese Liberation Army.