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  Straight Outta Compton 2015

  ★★★★ Added by Dave Fensome

  This really isn't a very good film. It's a melodramatic, histrionic and highly revisionist reconstruction of history that papers over a lot of cracks and is very clear on the version of the legacy it wants to tell. I'm really surprised at some of the highly positive reviews it's received as if I didn't have a deep vested interest in the subject matter, I would probably dismiss it as a big budget VH1 behind the music. There is a huge…

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  Inside Out 2015

  ★★★★ Added by Dave Fensome

  Clever, imaginative, funny, sad, glorious. This is Pixar back on their creative A game after a few years in the wilderness.

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  Riddick 2013

  ★★ Added by Dave Fensome

  Shoddy, and a bit rapey.

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  Watchmen 2009

  ★★★★ Watched by Dave Fensome 26 Aug 2013

  This is a much better adaptation than it gets credit for. Head and shoulders above his botched Superman movie.