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4/10
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Four Kids and It
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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A hard slog at getting up to 110 minutes...
Posted Oct 08, 2020
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6/10
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The Translators
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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There are more than a few credibility gaps and contradictions too, and you also have to wonder, again, if any publishing firm across the world would ever go to so much damn trouble and expense...
Posted Sep 25, 2020
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6/10
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The Broken Hearts Gallery
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Yes, it's all pretty laboured, but you can't stop watching Viswanathan in her first lead, and Krinsky manages some snappy lines...
Posted Sep 25, 2020
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7/10
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An American Pickle
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Really too scattered to be as satirical as it obviously wants to be, and losing a little steam into the final act, this nevertheless demonstrates that, yes, Rogen can truly act, and that he's quite the mensch too.
Posted Sep 18, 2020
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5/10
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Becky
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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It's all a bit lame and daft...
Posted Sep 18, 2020
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7/10
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Adam
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Headed by three fine performances, with the distinguished Azabal working well with the less-known Erradi and charmingly naturalistic child actor Belkhaouda...
Posted Sep 18, 2020
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The New Mutants
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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The final result is something that's sure to irk hardcore Marvel-philes and newbies alike.
Posted Sep 11, 2020
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6/10
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Mulan
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Mandy Walker's cinematography is strong enough to make you regret that this couldn't viably be released in cinemas, and the name Chinese cast is pretty good too, and yet, somehow, it doesn't quite work.
Posted Sep 11, 2020
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7/10
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Les misérables
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Victor Hugo would have greatly approved, from the joyful opening to the unforgettable final fadeout.
Posted Sep 11, 2020
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7/10
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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If only Kaufman had thought of ending things half an hour before he actually did and this would have been a masterpiece of angsty cerebral unease.
Posted Sep 11, 2020
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Fatima
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Sure to be adored by religious types despite its faults, this tries to maintain a wary and neutral tone... But, as a wise man once said, you've got to have faith. You've gotta have faith...
Posted Sep 11, 2020
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6/10
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Eighth Grade
(2018)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Although distinctly American, writer/director Bo Burnham's subtly melancholy teen drama tells a universal story, and star Elsie Fisher perfectly captures the agony of being young...
Posted Aug 29, 2020
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6/10
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Tenet
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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A flick you'll want, however desperately, to like more than you actually do, this is surely the most Nolan-esque Nolan offering of them all...is this really the movie that's going to save the industry from COVID-induced oblivion?
Posted Aug 29, 2020
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6/10
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I Am Woman
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Director Moon and scripter Emma Jensen's epic has its problems... but much of it can be excused due to Cobham-Hervey excellent performance. Surely this is her proper breakout role...
Posted Aug 29, 2020
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5/10
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Project Power
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...if you're suspecting that Foxx's Art has some grim personal vendetta against Biggie and the whole damn Power thing, then maybe you should be writing dopey action movies yourself instead of just watching them?
Posted Aug 25, 2020
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7/10
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Acute Misfortune
(2018)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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An off-putting-but-fittingly-titled study of a period at the end of the life...
Posted Aug 22, 2020
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5/10
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Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...almost hopelessly derivative and sentimental.
Posted Aug 22, 2020
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7/10
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La belle époque
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Nicolas Bedos' melancholically French character piece has lovely performances and some charming humour - although its mixed messages are perhaps a little screwy.
Posted Aug 17, 2020
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5/10
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Made in Italy
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...a distinctly awkward drama with an almost roman a clef aspect that feels weird, strained and uncomfortable.
Posted Aug 17, 2020
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6/10
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Deerskin
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Dujardin is pretty good, considering that even he occasionally seems unsure what kind of movie he's actually in...
Posted Aug 10, 2020
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6/10
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(undefined)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...another all-star, overlong comedic drama with a fine cast seeing you past the very French contrivance...
Posted Aug 10, 2020
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Litigante
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Franco Lolli's second feature is a tough, Spanish-language family drama that takes considerable risks yet works well, with fine performances from a surprisingly untested cast.
Posted Jul 31, 2020
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7/10
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23 Walks
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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In the end, there really isn't much else to say about this one: Johns and Steadman are good, London looks nice, and the emotions are just rich and real enough...
Posted Jul 31, 2020
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6/10
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The Burnt Orange Heresy
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...this should still be tolerable if you're in the right woofy frame of mind, and a general disdain for critics could also be a bonus...
Posted Jul 27, 2020
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Babyteeth
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Shannon Murphy's feature début is something of a teen epic and even a 'cancer movie', yet proves very moving due to its tough emotions, melancholy humour and Eliza Scanlen's central performance...
Posted Jul 27, 2020
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Armando Iannucci's version of Charles Dickens' much-filmed eighth novel is a spirited, sometimes joyous dramatic comedy headed by a gorgeous performance by Dev Patel.
Posted Jul 15, 2020
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6/10
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Shirley
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...in the end, it's mostly just an opportunity for Moss to channel her skills into a particularly venomous vessel.
Posted Jul 12, 2020
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Da 5 Bloods
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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A beautifully cinematic saga with some ugly edges, Spike Lee's latest is one of his most epic, expensive and occasionally messy outings yet.
Posted Jul 02, 2020
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7/10
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Nobody Knows I'm Here
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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This peculiar but curiously moving drama from Gaspar Antillo is built upon a finely understated performance by Jorge Garcia, a man who could carry just about anything.
Posted Jul 02, 2020
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6/10
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Wasp Network
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Assayas' mighty factual epic is too overstuffed with plot and character to come together as a whole, but many of its individual elements are impressive - and even spectacular.
Posted Jun 27, 2020
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6/10
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One-Way to Tomorrow
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Throwing in an odd, film-school-ish reference to Jean-Luc Godard's Bande À Part towards the end, Açiktan's character piece is worth watching, despite its issues, if you're sick to death of glossy, cheesy Hollywoody romantic epics.
Posted Jun 27, 2020
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8/10
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Spelling the Dream
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Yes, all in all, director/co-writer/co-producer/editor/co-camera operator Rega's doco is positively spellbinding.
Posted Jun 19, 2020
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6/10
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Resistance
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...it's a shame that he loses his grip at times. And yet it's still a story that should be told, especially as Marceau and his colleagues helped save some 10,000 children during the war...
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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6/10
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Proxima
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Alice Winocour's vaguely awkward drama is saved from the brink by a strong performance by the luminous Eva Green, and she's matched by little Zélie Boulant as her eight-year-old daughter.
Posted Jun 10, 2020
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6/10
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Mutiny of the Worker Bees
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Amiable work from Egelhaaf and Carreiro help save this from itself, and they're cute enough to help you see past the jumbled scripting...
Posted Jun 10, 2020
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6/10
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The Lovebirds
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Familiarity aside, this is worth it for Issa and Kumail, whose charm and chemistry carries the film through its shakier moments.
Posted May 29, 2020
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6/10
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Escape From Pretoria
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Radcliffe gives it everything under a ratty wig and peering out from very '70s spectacles, and almost makes you forget these issues. You really want to see him break out, and he eventually does...
Posted May 29, 2020
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5/10
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I Love You, Stupid
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...only if quarantine is really, really getting to you.
Posted May 29, 2020
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3/10
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The Wrong Missy
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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... what did you expect? Originality? Wit? Narrative sense? Emotional resonance?
Posted May 29, 2020
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7/10
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The Trip to Greece
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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The fourth and final entry in Michael Winterbottom's Trip film series is darker still and more melancholy than the previous pics, despite the gorgeous locations.
Posted May 29, 2020
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8/10
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A Secret Love
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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So subtle yet so moving, and really one of the best recent movies to hit Netflix...
Posted May 21, 2020
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7/10
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Hearts and Bones
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Lawrence demands that we remember that the refugee crisis is never, ever resolved with an unexpected final sequence set to the tune of an '80s classic turned unforgettably on its head.
Posted May 16, 2020
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6/10
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The Assistant
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...a study of workplace oppression and a kind of systemic harassment that aims high but is somewhat undone by its own slow, miserable mood.
Posted May 16, 2020
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7/10
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The Half of It
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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There's much to enjoy in Wu's second film as director (and her first in 16 years!)...
Posted May 09, 2020
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5/10
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Dangerous Lies
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Let's face it, if the lies were really that dangerous, one might hope they'd be a little bit more memorable.
Posted May 09, 2020
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6/10
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Extraction
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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In the end, after all that violence and ceaseless blokey shooting you might be left wondering whether another title might have been more appropriate: Exhaustion.
Posted May 01, 2020
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7/10
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Onward
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Yes, it isn't really another WALL-E, Up, Inside Out or Coco but, then again, what is, kids?
Posted Apr 29, 2020
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6/10
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Vivarium
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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An unusual Irish-Danish-American-Belgian co-production, Finnegan's film keeps you watching, if sometimes irritated, to see what happens...
Posted Apr 29, 2020
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6/10
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Sergio
(2020)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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Perennially political director Greg Barker's dramatisation of chunks of the life of UN diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello has its problems but is grounded by a tremendous performance from Wagner Moura...
Posted Apr 29, 2020
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6/10
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Swallow
(2019)
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David 'Mad Dog' Bradley
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...until that slightly disappointing final act or so, this is certainly a movie with, ahem, guts.
Posted Apr 17, 2020
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