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Review of You're Next (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Saturated with snappy dialogue, twisty plotting and wicked-minded wit, the sacrificial lambs in You're Next that display murderous masked…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

In the futuristic socialist saga Elysium, the audience pretty much are drawn to the similar Blomkamp blueprint - an elaborate and exquisite…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Snappy dialogue, spry action sequences, vibrant special effects, solid characterizations and galaxy-induced intrigue paints Star Trek: Into…

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Review of The Iceman (2012)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Vromen's The Iceman will leave audiences cold with its chilling account...a delightfully probing and perverse exposition about a complex…

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Review of The Numbers Station (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

The figures simply do not add up in director Kasper Barfoed's sleepy-eyed spy thriller The Numbers Station…

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Review of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Outlandishly clichéd and cockeyed, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones is meshed together with all the conviction of preparing homemade…

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Review of The Brass Teapot (2012)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Given its magical mediocrity, The Brass Teapot could have brewed its lukewarm water of wit and whimsy much hotter than it was in surrealist execution…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Although opulent, ambitious and populated with fine performers that try to breathe some creative life into the sporadic script, Oblivion is…

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Review of Pain & Gain (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

registers with all the smoothness of a lumpy protein shake going down a sore throat…

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Review of Kiss of the Damned (2012)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Despite its bawdy convictions, Kiss Of The Damned is an empty blood bank looking for willing donors to buy into its sultry showmance of…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

The good news is that the savvy apocalypse comedy The World's End is armed with the notorious wit from proven collaborators in…

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Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 16 Nov 2018

Unfortunately, Monsters is relentlessly derivative and a watered-down sci-fi saga that the tweens and teens will tune out with all the…

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Review of How I Live Now (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

Although ambitious with its take on young love within the possible confines of a grueling Armageddon, dullards Daisy and Eddie opt for a…

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Review of 47 Ronin (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

Rinsch does try to cough up 47 Ronin as a sophisticated and contemplative spectacle but the film has all the exciting bite of a rusty…

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Review of Touchy Feely (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

This is a little film without much flash and fury but if you are open-minded enough then allow the breezy Touchy Feely to give you an…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

All Is Lost can be tedious to watch at times but its metaphoric overtones about crisis-driven alienation and determination will certainly…

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Review of Good Ol' Freda (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

[an] intimate and deliciously cheeky documentary…

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Review of The Legend of Hercules (2014)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

Greek mythology's famous strongman ironically fails to bust out of director Renny Harlin's weak-kneed and corroded costume drama...If…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

waxes its big-budgeted whimsy but leaves out the core element of simply tooting its humble horn as a compelling down-to-earth Marvel…

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Review of The Nut Job (2014)

By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 11 Nov 2018

Predictably, the tykes will cater to the seemingly colorful antics of Surly Squirrel and his carousing cohorts but this will not be as…

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