The Lobster

This is an utterly unique movie, which, in this day and age, is no mean feat. It's hyper-stylized, but in a way I found intriguing, not off-putting. The choice of dialogue delivery confused me for a little while, until the allegorical layer of *why* everyone spoke as they did occurred to me. When I began to realize that nearly everything in this movie was layered with meaning, I became ever more intrigued. I could spend a year analyzing this and probably still miss things, but I really was totally enthralled by it. Very daring. 4/5

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The Way Back

This extraordinary tale of survival is in the legacy of films like "Papillon" and "Midnight Express", but focuses almost entirely on the escape rather than the gulag. Breathtakingly directed and solidly acted throughout. Well done! 4/5

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Total Recall

Absolute crap compared to the original with really wooden acting and bad action. Why remake this? I don't get it. 2/5

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Winter's Tale

I didn't expect to like this so much - a sweetly sentiment tale told with beautiful direction. Lovely. 4/5

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Dead Man Down

This thriller is really well plotted & wonderfully acted by Farrell, Rapace & Howard. Suspenseful & well done. 4/5

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Seven Psychopaths

The acting was great but the plot very weak in this rather bland thriller - Rockwell was amazing though. 3/5

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London Boulevard

This film has great acting but boiled down it's just "Drive" with less clarity & development. I'm kinda meh. 3/5

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Horrible Bosses

While this goofball comedy was nothing original it had tremendous acting & made me LOL for real. Well done. 3.5/5

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