7 Word Film Reviews

Don't have time to read turgid movie reviews? Miz Movies gives you the low down in just 7 words!
And if that's too cryptic, check out her booze companion guide underneath. Guaranteed to make you want to see the movie, or get drunk - either way you are the winner.
Showing posts with label Reviews 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews 2012. Show all posts

Best & Worst of 2012

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BEST                                                                                       

*****   Searching for Sugarman                                 Inspirational                      

*****   Killing Them Softly                                                       Artful                              

*****   Martha Marcy May Marlene                                 Gripping                      

*****   Moonrise Kingdom                                       Heartwarming                    

*****   We Need to Talk About Kevin                               Stunning                      

****     Lawless                                                                            Fine                   

****     Argo                                                                        Nail-biting                       

****    The Skin I Live In                                                Extravagant                           

****    Coriolanus                                                                      Novel                      

****    The Artist                                                                        Quiet

WORST

 Stand alone Worst

 -*   Paris – Manhattan                                                   Thoughtless


 MEDIOCRE

  *   Savages                                                                                  Lazy

  *   Taken 2                                                                                  Tired

 **  The Dark Knight Rises                                                      Boring

 **  Looper                                                                             Annoying
   
                                                                                        

JUST MISSED BEST                                                         

****  DREDD 3D 
                                                                    
****  Seven Psychopaths

****  Shame

****  End of Watch 

***    Haywire 

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FInal of 2012

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**** Samsara

Snapshots of our cruel bizarre fantastic world

See it if you like Star fruit and Green tea Daiquiris
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-* Paris - Manhattan

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Did a five year old write this?

See it if you like to be blindfolded and have petrol poured down your throat
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**** The Man with the Iron Fists

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Crowe does Burton with Cool Fight Crew

See it if you like Louis XIV cognac, straight from the decanter
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*** Skyfall

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Like expensive icecream, familiar but always yummy

See it if you like your Martinis WITHOUT a Twist
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**** Seven Psychopaths

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Rockwell rocks, Walken rules and Farrell...Farrells!

See it if you like Jameson Whiskey with a Peyote chaser
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* Savages

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Savage (n.): Anyone involved in this interminable yawn-fest

See it if you are willing to swallow whatever Oliver Stone feeds you
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** Housos Vs Authority

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Equally discriminatory and UnPC as per TV

See it if you like VB longneck and Winnie Red combos
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**** Argo

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Is Affleck the new Master of Suspense?

See it if you like 'Quick Fucks' or any other cocktail with the word Fuck in the name
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*** Intouchables

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Sure it's cheese, but fancy... and French!

See it if you like Brillat Savarin and Cristal Champers for high tea
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**** End of Watch

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Hard-core action makes this a Slick Flick

See it if you like Tequila for wedding toasts
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**** Lawless

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Another triumph for Hillcoat/Cave team. Great film.

See it if you like your moonshine made by teenage inbreeds
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*** Shadow Dancer

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Solid performances but nothing new to say

See it if you like to drink whiskey, sing shanties and yell Slainte!
till you pass out
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* Taken 2

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Unimaginative, tired, old, just like the cast

See it if you like waking up next to a half empty beer, and drinking it - despite the high risk of their being a cigarette butt in there
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**** DREDD 3D

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Gorgeous use of 3d VFX. Dredd set!

See it if you like Special K for breakfast
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***** Searching for Sugarman

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Doco of 2012. Best Film? I Wonder

See it if you like drinking sweet red wine at stoplights
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***** Killing Them Softly

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Poetry. Beautifully scripted, acted, photographed & music'd

See it if you like sipping Valdespino Pedro Ximenez Black Sherry after dinner, and licking the inside of the glass after





Scoot's the Man!
Ben's the MAN!
Ok Scoot and Ben are the Men


All hail Andrew Dominik &                cinematographer Greig Fraser
Love the soundtrack
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*** Bait 3d

Ripper! Tasty lead makes this b-grader digestible

See it if you like plain old vodka infused with new spices
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**** On The Road

All that roadtrips are - fascinating, frustrating, friendship-testing

See it if you like Bennies in your Bourbon, shared from an unrinsed coffee cup of course
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 ***** Moonrise Kingdom
Uncompromisingly whimsical, an absolute joy to watch




                                                
See it if you like bubbles in the good times, deep red in the bad
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