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Rob James

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 42% 3/5 EDIT “As the scale of the carnage becomes bigger and bigger, the humans feel less and less relevant, but as you've probably bought a ticket for monster- mash spectacle, you won't feel shortchanged.” – Total Film May 30, 2019 Full Review The Belko Experiment (2016) 55% 3/5 EDIT “A white-collar horror that's fun while it lasts, Belko is tense and inventively gory, but lacks substance and characters to root for.” – Total Film Apr 19, 2017 Full Review Moonlight (2016) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Sensitive, subtle and heartfelt, Jenkins' genre-buster is a significant work that will knock you out.” – Total Film Feb 13, 2017 Full Review Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) 21% 1/5 EDIT “Monotony soon sinks in thanks to side-tracking flashbacks, trite dialogue and snigger-inducing seriousness.” – Total Film Jan 11, 2017 Full Review Suite Française (2014) 75% 3/5 EDIT “A handsome production on an important theme with a deeply tragic backstory, shot with precision and acted with conviction.” – Total Film Mar 9, 2015 Full Review The Duke of Burgundy (2014) 94% 4/5 EDIT “It won't be for everyone, but Burgundy is rich, dark and could well lead to intoxication.” – Total Film Feb 16, 2015 Full Review Magic in the Moonlight (2014) 52% 3/5 EDIT “A notch below Allen's recent form but still an easy, breezy soufflé.” – Total Film Sep 15, 2014 Full Review Earth to Echo (2014) 49% 3/5 EDIT “The cast of unknowns are charismatic enough ... and the glitzy FX are surprisingly impressive.” – Total Film Jul 21, 2014 Full Review Walking on Sunshine (2014) 31% 3/5 EDIT “Hard to hate anything this self-consciously silly.” – Total Film Jul 6, 2014 Full Review The Hooligan Factory (2014) 33% 2/5 EDIT “It's an affectionate piss-take that clearly knows its source material inside-out; trouble is, it relies too often on lifting other movies' dialogue verbatim, as if the mere act of referencing were innately hysterical.” – Total Film Jun 9, 2014 Full Review The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 79% 5/5 EDIT “An epic, boldly broad screwball comedy about the state of America, then and now.” – Total Film Dec 17, 2013 Full Review Vendetta (2013) 17% 3/5 EDIT “Surprisingly decent.” – Total Film Nov 18, 2013 Full Review Parker (2013) 42% 3/5 EDIT “He might have lost his edge, but Parker hasn't mellowed in his old age. A sunny, silly, violent revenger that puts Statham in good company.” – Total Film Feb 4, 2013 Full Review Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 92% 3/5 EDIT “As its nutty lovebirds, Cooper and Lawrence save Playbook from the director's surprisingly mundane impulses.” – Total Film Oct 29, 2012 Full Review Cosmopolis (2012) 67% 3/5 EDIT “It might just be the weirdest movie of the year.” – Total Film Jun 11, 2012 Full Review Red State (2011) 62% 3/5 EDIT “A brave attempt from Smith to break away from dialogue-heavy comedy, Red State doesn't lack for ideas. What it does lack is an ability to execute them sharply.” – Total Film Sep 15, 2011 Full Review Horrible Bosses (2011) 69% 3/5 EDIT “It's not as dark as you imagine, but it will get you grinning.” – Total Film Jul 12, 2011 Full Review Honeymooner (2010) 67% 3/5 EDIT “The script is drab and aimless, but like its moping hero, Honeymooner has a certain shaggy charm and doesn't wear out its welcome.” – Total Film Jan 27, 2011 Full Review Down Terrace (2009) 86% 4/4 EDIT “Down Terrace is a Brit-gangster film that rarely feels like one - and is much the better for it.” – Total Film Jul 29, 2010 Full Review Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010) 0% 1/5 EDIT “The CGI is beyond ropey (we're talking 1995 computer game levels); the script reads as though it was half-heartedly written during a hangover and every single main character is obnoxious.” – Total Film Jun 8, 2010 Full Review 4.3.2.1. (2010) 37% 3/5 EDIT “Lacking the polish of the Tarantino frescoes he's striving to emulate, Clarke's multistrander still packs enough infectious gusto, humour and surprising detours to paper its obvious cracks. He's still on the way up, but the future is bright.” – Total Film May 28, 2010 Full Review Legion (2010) 20% 3/5 EDIT “First-time feature director Scott Stewart is a former ILM special effects wizard who's been given the keys to the store and it shows. There's little sense of narrative cohesion - or any explanation for the moments of madness.” – Total Film Mar 5, 2010 Full Review All About Steve (2009) 7% 1/5 EDIT “Romcom? Send-up? Romcom send-up? No one seems to know, least of all director Phil Traill, whose failure to deliver a consistent tone - or, y'know, any laughs - leaves his capable cast hung out to dry.” – Total Film Jan 15, 2010 Full Review The Box (2009) 42% 3/5 EDIT “Richard Kelly returns with a tense, unnerving and jumpy thriller. It loses focus towards the end, but Donnie Darko has just entered The Twilight Zone.” – Total Film Dec 4, 2009 Full Review Jetsam (2007) 53% 3/5 EDIT “Jetsam's saddled with a score that's as subtle as a pneumatic drill at 6am on a Sunday morning, but there's enough here to ensure Welsford should get noticed.” – Total Film Aug 29, 2009 Full Review
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