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3/5
Quantum of Solace (2008) Siobhan Synnot Maybe Bond is still an action figure whose default setting is beating up bad guys, pulling out a gun and running across roofs. But if boys have to be boys, it's a huge relief to know the new Bond age is confident enough to keep them conflicted about it.
Posted Nov 02, 2015  Edit critic review
4/5
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Siobhan Synnot Firth is the lynchpin of Kingsman. It's a pleasure to watch him take down a pub full of heavies, but Firth also brings a suave wit to his line readings and a moral core to the over-caffeinated violence.
Posted Jul 13, 2015  Edit critic review
3/5
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Siobhan Synnot I like that X-Men eschews the hipster cynicism of other superhero movies, and that Singer encourages the cast to give their performances Shakespearian vigour.
Posted Jul 13, 2015  Edit critic review
3/5
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) Siobhan Synnot This time the transgressive punch-ups feel awfully forced.
Posted Jul 07, 2015  Edit critic review
4/5
A Most Violent Year (2014) Siobhan Synnot A Most Violent Year may lack originality but there are fine performances throughout, especially from Isaac.
Posted Jan 19, 2015  Edit critic review
3/5
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Siobhan Synnot As a flight of fancy, Birdman swoops gleefully on artistic tropes and tics, but it never soars.
Posted Dec 29, 2014  Edit critic review
2/5
Annie (2014) Siobhan Synnot This remake updates the musical to include hip-hop stylings, Twitter updates and YouTube references, but any charm has been left behind in John Huston's 1982 film.
Posted Dec 22, 2014  Edit critic review
3/5
Unbroken (2014) Siobhan Synnot The problem is that Jolie cannot bring herself to be selective, instead cramming all of these incidents into one movie. The result is a picture that never hits its stride.
Posted Dec 22, 2014  Edit critic review
2/5
Men, Women & Children (2014) Siobhan Synnot A new film, but the themes are old and tired.
Posted Dec 08, 2014  Edit critic review
3/5
Black Sea (2014) Siobhan Synnot Director Kevin Macdonald creates some great scenes of subaquatic tension, but Law's Aberdonian accent makes Groundskeeper Willie sound authentic.
Posted Dec 08, 2014  Edit critic review
3/5
Joe (2013) Siobhan Synnot Moody, melancholy and well-intentioned, Joe works better as a character study than the melodramatic parable that it eventually embraces.
Posted Jul 21, 2014  Edit critic review
5/5
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Siobhan Synnot Every shot is gorgeously framed, with screwball rhythms patterned after 1930s European ironists such as Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder.
Posted Mar 03, 2014  Edit critic review
3/5
The Wolverine (2013) Siobhan Synnot It's laudable that Wolverine tries to show cultural curiosity outside all-American heroism. It's just unfortunate that whenever the action stops, Wolverine in Japan has the same kind of clunk as You Only Live Twice.
Posted Jul 22, 2013  Edit critic review
4/5
Arbitrage (2012) Siobhan Synnot This may be the role that Gere has been suited for since he first threw on the Armani for American Gigolo.
Posted Feb 25, 2013  Edit critic review
Lincoln (2012) Siobhan Synnot This is handsome-looking history, but Spielberg's worshipful treatment slows down its pulse.
Posted Jan 21, 2013  Edit critic review
5/5
Amour (2012) Siobhan Synnot The performances of the two astonishing French actors in Amour makes this a gripping and possibly provocative drama.
Posted Nov 15, 2012  Edit critic review
4/5
Skyfall (2012) Siobhan Synnot Overall, Skyfall is an accomplished action movie which allows Bond a little more psychological complexity and stronger emotional beats.
Posted Oct 22, 2012  Edit critic review
3/5
The Hunger Games (2012) Siobhan Synnot Does it really matter that this is not an entirely new idea? Nope.
Posted Mar 25, 2012  Edit critic review
3/5
Orphan (2009) Rosanna Chianta If Esther materialises silently and unexpectedly once at the edge of the camera, she does it a dozen times - but this is merely the film warming up its trash aesthetic before heading onwards to a memorably queasy finale.
Posted Aug 07, 2009  Edit critic review
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