Contributor Matt Bochenski

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Review

Bunny and the Bull

by Matt Bochenski

Paul King’s endlessly inventive road movie is very much a case of back to the future for British comedy.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Tales from the Golden Age

by Matt Bochenski

This anthology film is sly, wry, funny and illuminating.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Moon

by Matt Bochenski

Moon is a thoughtful but imperfect sci-fi alternative to the brain-dead blockbusters that dominate the summer.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

by Matt Bochenski

A frenzy of sound and fury that takes Michael Bay’s vision to its final, eye-boggling extreme.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Synecdoche, New York

by Matt Bochenski

Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is a difficult, maddening and elusive film that’s also intriguing, profound and darkly funny.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Encounters at the End of the World

by Matt Bochenski

As an observational study of people and place, Werner Herzog’s documentary is truly fascinating.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Crank: High Voltage

by Matt Bochenski

This is what happens when logic and taste get hurled head-first out of a 10-storey window.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Let the Right One In

by Matt Bochenski

Tomas Alfredson’s stunning Swedish love story has re-invented the vampire film.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Wendy and Lucy

by Matt Bochenski

Michelle Williams stars in this tender portrait of a women searching for her lost dog.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Valkyrie

by Matt Bochenski

Tom Cruise plays a Nazi with a moral compass in this drab historical drama from director Bryan Singer.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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