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he MovieMuse Reviews (MovieViews) database is a searchable collection of films that the team have watched, providing a comprehensive guide on what to watch and what to avoid. It provides a link to an in-depth review or a short opinion on the film and a rating, as well as a link to the film’s poster or DVD cover. For more recent entries we are also including a link to the film’s IMDb page and a trailer from YouTube.
You can search and sort the list by individual film names, genre, reviewer, score and other variables to inform you on whether a film is worth your time, or to inspire you for your next movie night.
We will also use the database to create periodic lists of the recommended films in all sorts of categories. These lists will be shared on the website and some will even come with a video.
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Independence Day Resurgence | 2016 | Action, 1, 17 | Inane script, awful acting, bad modelling, terrible score. And those are its good oints. Almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. A lesson in how to kill a franchise. | 3 |
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Action, 1 | Click to see our Box Set review. | 8 |
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | Action, 1 | Click to see our Box Set review. | 4 |
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 1984 | Action, 1 | Click to see our Box Set review. | 6 |
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Inferno | 2016 | 1, 7, 20 | Inferno displays everything that is wrong with big budget thrillers. Ageing 'named' lead actors who can't keep up with the action, overused and unnecessary CGI and a myriad of twists that are all so signposted they just prolong the agony. | 3 |
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Infiltrator | 2016 | 3, 5, 7 | Despite playing his part well, Cranston is horribly miscast and the film plods along to a pretty unsatisfactory conclusion. | 5 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | 2013 | 7, 12 | Oscar Isaac is excellent as the temperamental folk singer questioning his art. | 8 |
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Inside Man | 2006 | 5, 7, 13 | An interesting twist, but just a little too generic. | 7 |
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Into the Wild | 2007 | 1, 3, 7 | The desire for a free life is infectious, but the film fails spectacularly in showing the risk and danger of living in the wild. Though it is still great to see a film championing the odd people on the outside of 'normal' life. | 6 |
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 2016 | Action, 1, 5 | Some brilliantly brutal fight scenes elevate a very average script. | 5 |
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | 2014 | Action, 20 | Generic spy-action thriller set in the US and Russia but with an almost entirely British cast?? | 5 |
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Jackie Chan's Project A | 1983 | Action, 4 | Click to see our Film Club review. | 3.6 |
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Japan Sinks | 2006 | 1, 7, 17 | Focuses a little too much on the people and not the action, making for a slightly dull affair. | 5 |
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Jason Bourne | 2016 | Action, 20 | Fun and entertaining, but the script is unusually poor (no doubt due to regular screenwriter Tony Gilroy not being involved) and the set pieces too often spoil the flow. | 6 |
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The Jewel of the Nile | 1985 | Action, 1, 4 | A moderately entertaining sequel to Romancing the Stone that just doesn't pack the punch of its predecessor. | 5 |
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Jimmy Vestvood | 2016 | 1, 4 | The 'all foreigners are terrorists' and 'America loves a good war (for commercial gain)' rhetoric feels bang on, but does get a little tiresome by the end. A nice slapstick comedy. | 6 |
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Joy | 2015 | 3, 7 | Dreary TV movie dressed up as cinema. Poor acting throughout and an absolute mystery how it became oscar nominated. The film appears as fake as the QVC sellers peddling Joy's wares. | 4 |
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Joysticks | 1983 | 4 | Awful racial and social stereotyping and bereft of humour. Nowhere near its contemporaries (like Revenge of the Nerds) and not even worth watching to geek out on the old arcade games. | 3 |
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Judge Dredd | 1995 | Action, 5, 17 | Looks dated even for a 90s movie, but the camp and cartoony fun is all the simple plot needed. | 6 |
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K-Shop | 2016 | 11, 20 | An unexpected indictment of binge drinking Britain dressed up as a Sweeny Todd for the millenial generation. One of those films that you want everyone to see. | 8 |
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Keanu | 2016 | Action, 4 | Buddy film about two good guys with an nhealthy obsession with George Michael acting bad to rescue a kitten. Sounds awful but works surprisingly well. | 8 |
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Key Largo | 1948 | 5, 7, 14 | Click to see our Film Club review. | 3.6 |
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Kicking Off | 2015 | 4 | Ends a very different film to the one that started. Think Edgar Wright on a budget. | 7 |
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KiDULTHOOD | 2006 | 5, 7 | A frighteningly authenic look at urban Britain with some great cebtral performances. | 7 |
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Kill List | 2011 | 5, 11, 20 | A 720 degree headfuck. Could be genius or could be madness. I have no idea which, but I liked it! | 7 |