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Damon Smith

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Biography:

Since 1996, London-based print and broadcast journalist Damon Smith has been the film critic of PA Media, the national news agency of the UK and Ireland. His weekly review columns are syndicated to 200-300 newspapers and their associated websites. Additionally, Damon is a film critic for BBC radio and he has previous written film reviews, features and interviews for Attitude and Hello! magazines.

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Bros (2022) 89% 7.5/10 “Bros warmly embraces the cosy conventions of a boy meets boy love story and tempers emotional gooeyness with the acerbic wit of lead actor Billy Eichner.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Living (2022) 96% 9/10 “Living wreaks emotional devastation in the lingering silences between characters who have kept calm and carried on since the Second World War.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) 84% 7/10 “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever falls noticeably short of its predecessor in many respects except for an unnecessarily bloated 161-minute running time that could easily have trimmed with a few slashes of the title character’s vibranium-enriched claws.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) 91% 8.5/10 “Glass Onion is an ingenious, self-contained puzzle, which is both funnier and sneakier than its predecessor (and 10 minutes longer)... The script is as tight as the dashing blue cravat knotted around Daniel Craig’s neck.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) 93% 8/10 “Warchus reunites with composer and lyricist Tim Minchin and scriptwriter Dennis Kelly for a swashboggling, phizz-whizzing screen adaptation that retains the acidic tang of Roald Dahl’s beloved 1988 children’s novel.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Violent Night (2022) 74% 7/10 “The illegitimate love child of Bad Santa and Die Hard, which compels a hungover and disillusioned Saint Nick to dole out season's beatings when he should be delivering presents to sweetly slumbering children.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review The Silent Twins (2022) 69% 7/10 “The Silent Twins is a surrealistic biopic that lives, breathes (and sometimes chokes) on director Smoczynska's audacious flourishes including a splashy Busby Berkeley-style fantasia replete with synchronised swimmers.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 76% 8.5/10 “In this opening salvo of four sequels, [Cameron] expands digitally rendered horizons from bioluminescent forests to the moon's teeming oceans and resplendent atolls, providing audiences with a compelling reason to immerse fully in eye-popping 3D and IMAX.” – PA Media Dec 17, 2022 Full Review Eternals (2021) 47% 7/10 “The most emotionally intimate Marvel story to date...” – PA Media Oct 24, 2021 Full Review The Purge (2013) 41% 6/10 “DeMonaco's script begins to run out of steam ... but there's a deliciously nasty sting in the tail, just when it seems the film is poised to draw breath.” – Birmingham Post May 29, 2013 Full Review Byzantium (2012) 66% 6/10 “The fractured chronology hampers dramatic momentum but Jordan navigates a clear path between past and present, drawing us into his heroines' unusual predicament.” – Birmingham Post May 29, 2013 Full Review The Big Wedding (2013) 6% 5/10 “A frothy and harmless confection that squanders the on-screen talent.” – Birmingham Post May 29, 2013 Full Review Epic (2013) 65% 6/10 “A charming fable that could, with clever parental persuasion, inspire the youngest generation to swap their video games for an invigorating spot of housework.” – Birmingham Post May 22, 2013 Full Review Fast & Furious 6 (2013) 71% 5/10 “Diesel and Walker can play their roles in their sleep, and the lack of expression on the former's face suggests he might be ...” – Birmingham Post May 16, 2013 Full Review Deadfall (2012) 35% 5/10 “The shifts in tone between black comedy, romance and suspense are often jarring and Dean's script fails to seamlessly weave together its themes of incest and redemption.” – Birmingham Post May 8, 2013 Full Review Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 84% 7/10 “Star Trek Into Darkness is bolted together with clinical precision by Abrams, who orchestrates each daredevil chase and skirmish with breathless abandon.” – Birmingham Post May 8, 2013 Full Review Chimpanzee (2012) 74% 7/10 “Linfield and Fothergill, colleagues from the BBC Natural History unit, who worked together on the series Planet Earth, remain cheerful throughout. Their passion for Mother Nature shines through in every frame.” – Birmingham Post Apr 30, 2013 Full Review Dead Man Down (2013) 42% 7/10 “Dead Man Down is gripping.” – Birmingham Post Apr 30, 2013 Full Review 21 and Over (2013) 26% 6/10 “Moore and Lucas's script treats the characters with affection and is peppered with belly laughs.” – Birmingham Post Apr 30, 2013 Full Review All Stars (2013) 43% 6/10 “All Stars is inoffensive wish fulfilment aimed at a distinctly younger audience than the StreetDance franchise.” – Birmingham Post Apr 30, 2013 Full Review The Look of Love (2013) 56% 6/10 “Quips aside, there's a disappointing lack of depth to the characters.” – Birmingham Post Apr 24, 2013 Full Review Promised Land (2012) 53% 5.5/10 “The film means well, it just doesn't stir the soul.” – Birmingham Post Apr 17, 2013 Full Review Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 50% 6/10 “Fuqua lights the fuse on the summer blockbuster season with an almighty, ground-shaking bang.” – Birmingham Post Apr 17, 2013 Full Review Love Is All You Need (2012) 75% 6.5/10 “[Peddles] a winning formula of fizzing dialogue and longing glances.” – Birmingham Post Apr 17, 2013 Full Review The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) 79% 7/10 “The Place Beyond The Pines is impeccably crafted and Mike Patton's orchestrations beautifully underscore the inner turmoil.” – Birmingham Post Apr 10, 2013 Full Review
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