Showing posts with label 7/10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7/10. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 October 2016

EX_MACHINA [2015]



ARTIFICIAL INDIFFERENCE

2015, USA
Alex Garland
7 // 10


Is Artificial Intelligence really a threat to an Organic Stupidity? Is everything that's smart bound to become deadly? Do androids really dream of electric sheep? There's only one way to find out!


Monday, 17 November 2014

BOCCACCIO '70 [1962]



Quattromerone


1962, Italy
Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica
7 // 10



If you have a four-course meal, do you rate the dinner or the dishes? Is acting really what we should remember young Sophia Loren for? What are the chances of milk adverts driving men insane? There's only one way to find out!


Saturday, 1 March 2014

DREDD [2012]



BETWEEN SLY AND A HARD-FACE


2012, USA
Pete Travis
7 // 10




Is it OK to let the realism creep into our comic-book heroes' film adaptations? Couldn't we at least once have a Dredd with a proper jaw? Am I secretly missing the codpiece? There's only one way to find out!


Wednesday, 17 July 2013

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS [2009]






NO GOATS WERE HARMED IN WRITING THIS REVIEW


2009 USA
Grant Heslov
7 // 10




What do you get when you cross Yoda with Timothy Leary? Is George Clooney's transformation into Clark Gable complete yet? Were the goats paid accordingly? There's only one way to find out!


Thursday, 20 June 2013

LOOPER [2012]




THE LOOP IS NOT ROUND


2012, USA
Rian Johnson
7 // 10




Can Bruce Willis pull off another time travel flick? Are future blunderbusses as badass as they sound? Is it OK for British actors to do American accents as a form of retaliation? There's only one way to find out!


Wednesday, 1 May 2013

SUCKER PUNCH [2011]



WOULD IT BE KNIFE AND FORK OR THE DESSERT SPOON, SIR?


2011, USA
Zack Snyder
7 // 10


Can you dance your way out of the nightmare? Is fantasy a good medium to talk about real problems? Dude, is this even, like, real or somethin'? There's only one way to find out!


Tuesday, 19 March 2013

REPO MAN [1984]


AND PEOPLE THINK THAT 80s WERE CRAP


1984, USA
Alex Cox
7 // 10


How long can you keep dead aliens in the boot of the car for? Are the Rodriguez Brothers tough or is it just a sound insurance policy? Is the Repo Man Code something you could see yourself living by? There's only one way to find out!