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Angus Batey

Angus Batey's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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It Follows (2014) 95% 4/5 EDIT “[It] isn't the first to combine frights with burgeoning teen sexuality, but because his smart script cranks up the tension and without gratuitous gore, this film feels fresh and scary.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 27, 2021 Full Review Made in America (2013) 50% 2.5/5 EDIT “"I'm not a businessman - I'm a business, man," he once famously rapped. It's a line that should be kept in mind when watching this entertaining but disingenuous film.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 25, 2021 Full Review Life of Crime (2013) 67% 4/5 EDIT “Jennifer Aniston shines as the confused but composed hostage...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Big Hero 6 (2014) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “...there's a sentimental heartbeat and some painterly framing which mean this hugely enjoyable romp retains its unique character.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review A Most Violent Year (2014) 89% 4.5/5 EDIT “Oscar Isaac is magnificent in this enthralling movie...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Ex Machina (2014) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Alex Garland's directorial debut is an artificial intelligence film that asks the right questions...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review American Sniper (2014) 71% 4/5 EDIT “Clint Eastwood directs this biopic of Navy Seal Chris Kyle with precision and economy.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Magic in the Moonlight (2014) 52% 3.5/5 EDIT “Woody Allen's 46th film remains with you after the credits have rolled.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Time Is Illmatic (2014) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Parker and One9 deserve huge credit for treating their subject with suitable, but unusual, respect and reverence.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Return to Sender (2015) 14% 2.5/5 EDIT “Return to Sender, starring Rosamund Pike, isn't quite what it seems...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) 88% 4/5 EDIT “A haunting film based on the real-life mystery...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Maidan (2014) 100% 4/5 EDIT “A violent, challenging and essential doc on the protests that sparked revolution in Ukraine...” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review The Invisible Life (2013) 63% 3/5 EDIT “The loneliness is contagious, the isolation chilly.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review The Look of Silence (2014) 96% EDIT “Exceptional.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review The Face of an Angel (2014) 38% 4/5 EDIT “An approach that avoids the cliches of whodunnits and the legal minefield of writing about an ongoing court case, instead meditating on love, loss and the subjective nature of truth.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Glassland (2014) 84% 4/5 EDIT “A stark, deeply moving examination of a family stretched beyond breaking point by addiction and poverty.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review The Reunion (2015) 3.5/5 EDIT “Swedish artist Anna Odell looks back at her troubled school days in this stylish, complicated and discomfiting film.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Fresh Dressed (2015) 91% 4/5 EDIT “The establishment has reasserted itself, but hip-hop's sense of style - always fluid - has never diminished.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Pixels (2015) 18% 3.5/5 EDIT “Pixels is a likeable and unpretentious piece of summertime fun, if you can let yourself enjoy it for what it is.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) 92% 3/5 EDIT “An absorbing and timely look at the Black Panther Party and American police violence.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Station to Station (2015) 72% 2/5 EDIT “It's impossible to engage with this glib film, which feels like a very long mobile-phone advert.” – NME (New Musical Express) May 18, 2021 Full Review Unhallowed Ground (2015) 40% 3/5 EDIT “This low-budget British horror flick is refreshingly old-fashioned.” – The Times (UK) May 5, 2021 Full Review Reunion (2020) 91% 3.5/5 EDIT “Swedish artist Anna Odell looks back at her troubled school days in this stylish, complicated and discomfiting film.” – NME (New Musical Express) Apr 29, 2021 Full Review The Goob (2014) 85% 3/5 EDIT “The bleakly beautiful Norfolk backdrops subvert cliché, but the characters' obeisance to tinpot tyrant Gene leaves an inexplicable hole at the heart of the film.” – NME (New Musical Express) Apr 23, 2021 Full Review
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