Beautiful people, beautiful location, decent story and a few niggles.
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
An endearingly ridiculous festive treat from Scandinavia that’s certainly more Brothers Grimm than Miracle on 34th Street. It’s a refreshingly unsentimental movie that mercifully lets you keep your Christmas dinner down.
London Boulevard
Having a better cast than usual doesn’t stop this effort descending into stereotypical cockney gangster rubbish. Stay away from this, you c–t.
Animal Kingdom
A refreshingly mature gangster movie from Australia. Characterisation, themes and plot dominate Animal Kingdom and leave no room for the usual childish romanticisation.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
A dawdling story, acting that won’t blow you away and a runtime that far outstays its welcome still don’t detract enough from HP7’s good points to make it fun for all the family (except Dads, Uncles, Grandads etc.)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Everything comes together nicely in a final instalment of the Millennium trilogy that oozes thrills, class and memorable moments.