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Rogue One is… go see it yourself and make up your own mind!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) December 15, 2016

🎶City of stars🎶
La La Land is a pulchritudinous rainbow exploding like Van Gogh x James Dean across a dreamscape. Jazz at its most bearable.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) December 13, 2016

Office Christmas Party is hilarious! I laughed long and loud! Now that's a Festivus Miracle if ever there were one!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) December 11, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge is half above average TV movie, half visceral horror of war rendered with quaking precision. Religiosity utterly ridiculous.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) December 10, 2016

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— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 26, 2016

While mostly entertaining, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is completely incomprehensible.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 20, 2016

As an Oasis superfan I'm obvs the target market but there's a lot to like in Supersonic for the general film or music enthusiast. 🏖🇬🇧🎸🎤🎬

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 13, 2016

Arrival is sooooooooooooo boring.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 13, 2016

Gorgeously shot to showcase AA's red hair and JG's black heart, Nocturnal 🌚🐺Animals is a rich, devastating, majestic filmic objet d'art.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 12, 2016

The Accountant has a cracking first hour and a silly coda that is completely forgiven if you like watching Ben beat the shit outta people.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 5, 2016

Furiously ridiculous and deeply incomprehensible, Doctor Strange is nonetheless rollicking, enhanced by spectacular scene warps. Unlong too!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) November 1, 2016

As much as I love stylised violence and repartee, Death Proof was a bit of a prolix let down.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 30, 2016

Planet Terror is peerless self-aware genre filmmaking. The machine gun prosthetic is an indelible visual and Josh Brolin is hilarious. ☠️👍🏻

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 30, 2016

Come hell or high water, Hell Or High Water will be on lotsa best-ofs and awards lists. It's a rolled gold modern heist/western classic.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 29, 2016

Light and fluffy, fun and frivolous, Café Society is a charming missive to unrequited love, set to elegant music, in gorgeous sartoria.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 23, 2016

Julieta es un duro viaje a través de los reinos de la pérdida y la condición de mujer. Absorbiendo, sí, pero depende de la narración.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 16, 2016

Smart, funny, visually/viscerally spectacular, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is fantastic. Just don't try to overthink it!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 15, 2016

Gloriously silly, Dr Strangelove is a majestic work of caustic antiwar absurdity. Sellers' nonpareil performances worthy of a mine space.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 14, 2016

A picaresque portrait of perfection, Barry Lyndon's vacillating fortunes triggered a smile as wide as its length from curtain to epilogue.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 9, 2016

A magnificent, epic achievement; coruscant with visionary production and direction: I loved Spartacus and my wife did too!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 7, 2016

Snowden is a thrilling and superbly acted reconstruction that I fell asleep in due to extreme jetlag. Best Stone film in agggggggeeeeeessss.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) October 5, 2016

Sully is riveting! Perfectly paced and enlivened by beautifully understated humane performances. One flaw: the investigators' motivators?

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 16, 2016

Captain Fantastic: fantastic

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 15, 2016

Woof woof bang bang!! War Dogs is brilliant! Funny, lotsa thrills, superb soundtrack and genuine heart; glorious filmmaking! 💣🐩

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 10, 2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is still cowabunga!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 9, 2016

Taut, sylvan, heartbreaking, Indignation is richly textured beauty rendered for the screen and soul. Thank you @LoganLerman for your craft.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 4, 2016

Room + 10 Cloverfield Lane = Don't Breathe. Beautifully shot, meticulously edited, perfect length. At times excruciating, fulla surprises.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) September 2, 2016

Swiss Army Man sure is original!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 31, 2016

I loved pretty much everything about Jason Bourne, especially the wanton destruction of the Riviera and the lack of respect for human life.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 31, 2016

visceral hilarious incendiary spectacular colourful wry insightful 🏢🏢HIGH-RISE🏢🏢 unflinching violent bloody sexy frenetic relevant fun

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 26, 2016

Love & Friendship is an acerbic, costumed, hilarious joy, even when sitting in front of the two most irritating people in the world.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 25, 2016

Nuanced, gentle and deeply quiet, Louder Than Bombs is a triumph of paced exposition and multivalent characters worthy of an artisan.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 21, 2016

I saw some things in Sausage Party I'd never thought possible and I laughed harder than I have in a long, long time. It's out there.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 13, 2016

Commando absolutely glorious – Arnie mows down like 600 million baddies before flying off with Rae Dawn Chong! pic.twitter.com/dJVP4XL00e

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 12, 2016

Surreally earnest, Predator is the apogee of Otherness fear so pervasive in the 80s. Couldn't stop thinking about Arrested Development!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 12, 2016

It could be a hilarious mockumentary that stretches the suspension of disbelief but Weiner is 💯 real, 💯 amazing. Supreme realist journalism.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 10, 2016

Incandescent visuals and fab sounds can't save the deeply misogynist and unforgivably boring Suicide Squad. A truly terrible film.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 4, 2016

Spellbinding! pic.twitter.com/os9WuCu8l8

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) August 3, 2016

Funny, suspenseful, tremendously entertaining, Hitchcock/Truffaut is must-see cinema for film buffs. A joy worthy of those two great names.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 31, 2016

While never straying from a well-traveled path, Sing Street is a mellifluous joy, glorified by wonderful performances and fabulous music.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 29, 2016

Some time ago, I saw Microbe Et Gasoil (Microbe & Gasoline) at the French Film Festival and this is my tweet about it. Idiot mais agréable.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 18, 2016

Ghostbusters is terrific fun! Almost certainly better than the original, which I have not seen. Fast, funny, frenetic. See it in 3D! 👻🔫👍🏻

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 17, 2016

Our Kind Of Traitor is my kinda film! Gentle, considered; elegantly shot in beautiful locales, inc The Emirates; an Oscar-worthy D Lewis.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 16, 2016

Hip-chic Maggie's Plan is a splendid slice of post-grad life /love, realised wintryly via punchy portrayals of likable but flawed academics.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 14, 2016

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is an instantly forgettable romp with sporadic highs. Adam and the Gals are good, Zac ain't funny.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 9, 2016

Star Trek: Beyond is a very silly film interspersed with some admittedly awesome action sequences. Plot is incomprehensible.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) July 7, 2016

Kate Plays Christine has a unique sense of purpose and is good in parts but fails to maintain verisimilitude on a contentious topic.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 19, 2016

Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater's exuberance) is a charming love letter to 1980s fraternal camaraderie. See it with your best friend.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 18, 2016

Demolition is extraordinary. I actually cared about Jake Gyllenhaal.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 15, 2016

Went to see Teenage Kicks and beforehand a dude says it's the world premiere! Graphic and realist, with good dialogue.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 11, 2016

Urgent, intense, surprisingly funny, Money Monster is a hoot! Only occasional lapses into melodrama mar this taught and relevant thriller.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 7, 2016

The Hunt For The Wilderpeople is sheer, unbridled joy! Humour strides with pathos and genuine warmth through the majestical NZ bushland.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 4, 2016

Now You See Me 2 is a glorious triumph! So many laughs, so many surprises, so much fun! Peak Jesse Eisenberg!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) June 3, 2016

The Nice Guys is a whole bunch of frivolous fun. Enjoy the style, dialogue and violence; don't fret too much on the plot!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) May 26, 2016

Nicest thing I can say about the dreadful Eva No Duerma (Eva Doesn't Sleep) is that it's mercifully short.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) April 15, 2016

The Jungle Book is glorious entertainment, though I'm worried the nuanced commentary on colonialism was lost on the rapt kids cowatching.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) April 10, 2016

BvS:DofJ is a terrifically silly film that could have been excellent with more Lex and less 30 minutes. Affirmed my faith in DC 4 eva!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) April 2, 2016

10 Cloverfield Lane is a visceral and claustrophobic allegory for feminism's fight against white male privilege. And John Goodman.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) March 13, 2016

45 Years is stunning. Filmmaking at its best. Rampling and Courtney give the performances of their vast careers.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 18, 2016

The Lady In The Van is very pleasant. Would have been improved by editing out Maggie Smith's character and focusing on Alan Bennett.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) March 27, 2016

What a great film! Realism at its most real time riveting! pic.twitter.com/GnKE1JRMzw

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) March 28, 2016

The Hateful Eight is magnificent. Twenty minutes too long but magnificent nonetheless.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) January 17, 2016

Joy is joyous! Definitely the best film I've ever seen about a mop!

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) January 12, 2016

The Danish Girl is extraordinary filmmaking. Twenty minutes shorter and it would be a masterpiece.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) January 21, 2016

Steve Jobs – wow – what a great film! Truly brilliant piece of filmmaking from Danny Boyle. Fassbender, Winslet and Rogen are superb.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 11, 2016

Trumbo is very good, in a melodramatic overacting made-for-TV kinda way.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 24, 2016

I read Room and enjoyed it. You should read it too.
I saw Room and enjoyed it. You should see it too.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 14, 2016

I laughed, I cried – Brooklyn is a remarkable film. Saoirse Ronan's performance is as magnificent as the film's marketing is terrible.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 20, 2016

This week I read and saw Carol and I loved both! Brilliant and revelatory book and wonderfully nuanced adaptation. Rooney Mara is amazing.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 3, 2016

Deadpool. Loved it.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 21, 2016

The scenery is itself a character in The Revenant. I'm surprised the snow wasn't nominated for an Oscar – it is white, after all.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) January 27, 2016

Spotlight is very good. But also a little bit overwrought.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) February 1, 2016

Just saw The Big Short – loved it! Absolutely loved it.

— Patrick Avenell (@Patrickavenell) January 20, 2016