Rhys Ifans

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary Review

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Director Sophie Barthes adapts one of the great works, casting the formidable Mia Wasikowska in the title role as one of literature’s most famous social climbers and doomed heroines. Does the film adaptation do Flaubert's novel justice?

Serena Review

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The Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper starring period drama Serena is the kind of trainwreck that only really talented people can make.
The Amazing Spider-Man - F2

The Amazing Spider-Man Review

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The Amazing Spider-Man still faithfully tells the origin story of Marvel Comics’ famed web-slinger for the first half, but a stellar cast raises the material past the bar set by Sam Raimi’s franchise and the second half wisely becomes its own movie from that point onward, even if the more original second half has more problems than the part haters will probably unjustly dismiss as redundant.
The Five-Year Engagement - F2

The Five-Year Engagement Review

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While it will probably appeal to the most adoring fans of producer Judd Apatow and star Jason Segel, The Five-Year Engagement is a mean spirited, mostly unoriginal comedy that can never decide if it wants to pander to women or to bros, when it's a plot clearly designed to pander to the latter.