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Irreplaceable (2016) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 7, 2018 by garethrhodes

Irreplaceable (2016) Directed by Thomas Lilti. With François Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt, Christophe Odent. Originally titled Médecin de campagne but converted to Irreplaceable for English language audiences, this mature French drama is the work of Thomas Lilti (director and co-writer) – … Continue reading →

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Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on August 13, 2017 by garethrhodes

Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017) Directed by Gerald Rascionato The found-footage formula is stretched to its limit with Open Water 3: Cage Dive, an Australian shark thriller in which we’re asked to give two shits about a romantic entanglement subplot involving … Continue reading →

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on February 16, 2017 by garethrhodes

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) Directed by Dan Trachtenberg • Written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken & Damien Chazelle With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher Jr.  It’s been 8-years since the surprise attack of Cloverfield, Matt Reeves’s monster-on-the-loose-in-Manhattan horror-thriller … Continue reading →

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David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on December 31, 2016 by garethrhodes

David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) Directed by Ricky Gervais • Written by Ricky Gervais With Ricky Gervais, Doc Brown, Jo Hartley, Tom Basden and Tom Bennett. Since we last met him, David Brent’s rock n’ roll aspirations haven’t waned. … Continue reading →

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Into the Forest (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on November 23, 2016 by garethrhodes

Into the Forest (2015) Directed by Patricia Rozema. With Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood and Callum Keith Rennie.  How do you make an effective drama-thriller about a power cut? You hire writer-director Patricia Rozema, that’s how. Into the Forest is … Continue reading →

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Creed (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on June 4, 2016 by garethrhodes

Creed (2015) Directed by Ryan Coogler. With Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson.  After achieving critical acclaim together on 2013’s Fruitvale Station, the teaming of writer-director Ryan Coogler and actor, Michael B. Jordan takes an unlikely left turn … Continue reading →

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on April 16, 2016 by garethrhodes

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With Colin Firth, Taron Edgerton, Samuel L. Jackson and Mark Strong.  The dream-team writer-director pairing of Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman with graphic novelist Mark Millar strikes again. In 2010, everyone … Continue reading →

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Tango & Cash (1989) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on November 25, 2015 by garethrhodes

Tango & Cash (1989) Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. With Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher and Jack Palance. The wave of buddy-cop action-comedies of the 1980’s culminates with Tango & Cash. Sylvester Stallone is ‘Tango’ and Kurt Russell is ‘Cash’, … Continue reading →

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Chef (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on March 29, 2015 by garethrhodes

Chef (2014) Directed by Jon Favreau. With Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara, Oliver Platt and Robert Downey Jr. If you like great food, Latin jazz and a smile on your face … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Point (1971) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Posted on March 27, 2015 by garethrhodes

Vanishing Point (1971) Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Robert Donner, Lee Weaver, Victoria Medlin. Ever since Terrence Malick’s Badlands, I’ve been a huge fan of road movies. In 1991, Ridley Scott’s Thelma & … Continue reading →

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