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RICHARD LUCK
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• Channel 4 Film
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Total Reviews: 39


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"A convincing case can be made for this being Lynch's finest film to date." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 14, 2008
 
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)53%
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"A likeable, highly entertaining film that endears in spite of the odd spot of Disney-esque schmaltz." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 13, 2008
 
Stuart Little (1999)66%
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5/5
 
"The greatest children's movie of all time. Probably." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 12, 2008
 
The Wizard of Oz (1939)100%
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"Doctor Dolittle might be a little woolly at times but it's impossible not to be impressed by Rex Harrison and his marvellous menagerie." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 12, 2008
 
Doctor Dolittle (1967)28%
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"Frankly, Murray, Sigourney Weaver and even Aykroyd deserve much better." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 6, 2008
 
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)53%
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"One of the funniest family films of the 1970s." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 6, 2008
 
The Muppet Movie (1979)89%
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"A sharp, smart movie peppered with A-grade performances from its B-list cast." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Apr 16, 2008
 
2 Days In The Valley (1996)63%
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"Go on, give in to temptation." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)81%
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"An exciting second-tier action flick." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
The Fast and the Furious (2001)53%
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5/5
 
"The Conformist isn't just a triumph, it's one of the greatest movies ever made." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 29, 2008
 
The Conformist (1970)100%
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3.5/5
 
"A funny, sharply-written film more pertinent in the Noughties than it was upon its first release." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 27, 2008
 
Soapdish (1991)75%
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3/5
 
"Weird Science is an odd mix of risqué shenanigans, puerile pranks and dubious gender politics. It also happens to be very funny." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 27, 2008
 
Weird Science (1985)52%
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5/5
 
"If you haven't seen Taxi Driver, your education in film hasn't even begun." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 12, 2008
 
Taxi Driver (1976)100%
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4.5/5
 
"Shane isn't just one of the best movies of its genre or decade -- it's one of the finest films ever made." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Nov 13, 2007
 
Shane (1953)96%
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"Kitsch, stylish and a little on the empty side, Shampoo is mirror image of the decade that spawned it." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Oct 31, 2007
 
Shampoo (1975)63%
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"Cronenberg's most conventional film prior to A History Of Violence, The Fly is also among the finest of his American movies." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Sep 24, 2007
 
The Fly (1986)91%
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5/5
 
"Among the greatest films of the 1980s, but not Scorsese's best." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Aug 17, 2007
 
Raging Bull (1980)98%
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3/5
 
""Ogre and out" say the critics, but the Shrek series still has laughs and legs." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Shrek the Third (2007)42%
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3/5
 
"Succeeds as a summation of America's shaky grasp of freedom. And while the footage of the girls at work and play sometimes seems inconsequential, there are moments that are as unexpectedly pleasing as the band's soft country sounds." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Shut Up & Sing (2006)90%
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2/5
 
"Crass, obvious and largely unfunny - in fact just about everything the original film isn't." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 23, 2007
 
School for Scoundrels (2006)25%
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4.5/5
 
"Who'd have thought PC comedy could be so much fun?" -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Feb 14, 2007
 
Hot Fuzz (2007)90%
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3.5/5
 
"It's uneven but when Bobby's at its best it's unbelievably good." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Jan 26, 2007
 
Bobby (2006)45%
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3/5
 
"A strange one this - Capote is a superior picture but Toby Jones is the superior Capote." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Jan 15, 2007
 
Infamous (2006)70%
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"Even 30-odd years on, the picture still has more than a whiff of rebellion about it." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted Mar 15, 2005
 
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)73%
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"A minor masterpiece from a major artist." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Golden Coach (1952)100%
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5/5
 
"In Which We Serve is not only one of the greatest of all British war movies but also marks the mighty David Lean's first major contribution to cinema." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
In Which We Serve (1942)92%
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"The Karate Kid belongs so irredemiably to its time that you can't feel anything other than affection toward it." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Karate Kid (1984)88%
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"A fine thriller, Looking For Mr Goodbar is a reminder that Richard Brooks was a writer-director of rare talent and Diane Keaton is capable of a lot more than being ditsy." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)79%
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4/5
 
"A fascinating study of an era that now feels so remote, it might as well have occurred on another planet." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Wild Style (1982)86%
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4.5/5
 
"It's amongst British cinema's finest crime dramas." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Odd Man Out (1947)100%
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"The least satisfying of Steve Martin's early movies." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Lonely Guy (1984)48%
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"It's still entertaining, but New Jack City now feels about as edgy as an old razor. And it's just as disposable." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
New Jack City (1991)79%
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5/5
 
"Shakespeare's finest hour on the big screen to date." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Henry V (1944)100%
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4.5/5
 
"Although it's well-handled by Attenborough and features decent supporting turns from Ann-Margret and Ed Lauter, the key source of Magic's terror is the fact that ventriloquists' dummies are and always will be disturbing." -- Channel 4 Film
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Magic (1978)82%
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2.5/5
 
"An unnecessary addition to the cannon of cinematic Shakespeare." -- FilmFour.com
Posted Sep 17, 2002
 
O (2001)64%
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2/5
 
"Wells' movie is more content to rip off Tomb Raider than remain faithful to his great-grandfather's book." -- BBC
Posted May 27, 2002
 
The Time Machine (2002)27%
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1/5
 
"Just when you think films have got as bad as they're ever going to be, along comes a picture that takes cinema to a whole new level of shoddiness." -- BBC
Posted Apr 24, 2002
 
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)28%
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1/5
 
"You'll find more self-involvement and cod philosophising here than in all the world's coffee houses." -- BBC
Posted Apr 15, 2002
 
Waking Life (2001)79%
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1/5
 
"Sums up all that's wrong with contemporary cinema: unsubtle to the point of obviousness, it reeks of MTV and relies on volume to get its point across." -- BBC
Posted Apr 15, 2002
 
The Queen of the Damned (2002)14%

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