ROTTEN TOMATOES: Andrew L. Urban

ANDREW L. URBAN

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Biography: Andrew L. Urban is Publisher & Editor of Urban Cinefile, Australia’s award winning online weekly movie magazine (est. 1997). Specialising in film journalism, Andrew was Australian bureau chief for London based film trade publications from 1985 to 1994. He was Channel Host for the World Movies subscription movie channel (2002-6), and with his publishing partner and wife Louise Keller, he co-produced and hosted Movies This Week, a short movie review program, broadcast on World Movies and the Ovation arts & entertainment channel (2004-5). Since July 2005, Andrew has presented Movies Now, a contemporary movie appreciation course at Sydney University’s Centre for Continuing Education. In January 2007, Andrew was commissioned by the Australian Film Television and Radio School’s Centre for Screen Business to produce an extensive series of in depth on camera interviews with film and TV industry practitioners, for the CSB website; the series continues into 2008. Andrew is a regular guest on ABC Radio 702 Drive’s Critics Forum with Richard Glover.

Publications: Urban Cinefile

Total Reviews: 389

Location: Sydney, Australia

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Fresh	Fresh 83%	Avatar (2009)	" Avatar is a richly symbolic, captivating and immense film which laces together some of the great mythical stories of mankind into a contempo action adventure fusing its sci fi genes with spiritual and ecological themes. And it pivots on romance" Posted Dec 13, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 66%	Away We Go (2009)	" The film is a bit too sentimental and rather flat, despite some amusing scenes" Posted Nov 28, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 50%	Antichrist (2009)	" A tough film on every level, and each viewer will have their personal and private response; but von Trier's cinematic flourish is undeniable" Posted Nov 20, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 88%	Amreeka (2009)	" It's the humanity of the work that makes it resonate and the insight into a culture closed to most Australians that makes it illuminating" Posted Nov 13, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 21%	Amelia (2009)	" Amelia reminds us how little we really know about the lives of famous achievers who changed the world, and underlines the power of biography on screen. It's a creatively and technically accomplished film with thrills and emotional action in equal measure" Posted Nov 5, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	An Education (2009)	" Sheer joy of an intelligent, grown up film" Posted Oct 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Astro Boy (2009)	" The symbolism and the underlying themes within this story may not be relevant to its core audience, but it's interesting to see how filmmakers feed off those elements" Posted Oct 8, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 29%	Aliens in the Attic (2009)	" Undemanding and occasionally lol, Aliens in the Attic will have the youngsters in stitches at some of the fight scenes... entertaining and sometimes goofy family comedy" Posted Aug 28, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 86%	The Age of Stupid (2009)	" Does little more than enumerate the ills and evils of today's world in a cry of panic and accusation, regurgitating those images and messages that serve its cause." Posted Aug 21, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 65%	Adam (2009)	" Max Mayer has written a remarkably engaging screenplay about a relationship that isn't meant to be yet somehow is but not quite as we might expect, from this charming yet down to earth romantic comedy" Posted Aug 17, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 36%	Angels & Demons (2009)	" Dan Brown knows what ingredients to use for a recipe that goes down as easily as a devilish ice cream drenched in glistening, dark chocolate." Posted May 11, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Archangel (2006)	" A positively gripping work which never lets up the tension and the intrigue, with great performances and touches of wry humour. And a sensational subject." Posted May 8, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	American Son (2008)	" A powerful yet nuanced work" Posted May 8, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 14%	All Roads Lead Home (2008)	" This movie about a family who is first damaged by an accidental death and healed by an accidental discovery, is inspired by a true story" Posted Apr 24, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	A Film With Me In It (2008)	" What begins as downbeat Irish humour soon turns into bleak, black comedy in this dryly farcical Irish film, made possible by perfectly pitched, deadpan performances that are kept in check" Posted Apr 18, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 83%	Acolytes (2008)	" A combo of psychological thriller and bloody chiller... a superior piece of genre filmmaking" Posted Apr 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Appaloosa (2008)	" Viggo Mortensen is a trustworthy ally in the project, an actor whose extraordinary range enables him to move his performance along the scale from 0 to 100 at will." Posted Mar 11, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 54%	Australia (2008)	" It's not the size that matters most in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, it's the many details, the intimate, personal moments, the connection with and respect for the Aboriginal culture in the context of human interaction, and the evil that greed makes men callo" Posted Nov 18, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 71%	American Teen (2008)	" While the filmmaker constructs the film with verve and genuine cinematic flair, there are not enough surprises, not enough unexpected insights, to grab onto as we lurch from one scene to the next" Posted Nov 14, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 67%	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)	" There is plenty of fun but always grounded in serious subjects, and the parents play an unexpectedly important role in the story" Posted Sep 13, 2008
Fresh	N/A	All I Desire (1953)	" Sustained by wonderful performances, especially by Barbara Stanwyck, the story is engaging and develops in unexpected ways" Posted Aug 23, 2008
Fresh	N/A	Anthony Zimmer (2005)	" This is writer/director Jerome Salle's thrilling debut feature, and earned a nomination as Best First Feature at the 2006 Cesar Awards" Posted Jul 25, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 79%	Amistad (1997)	" Spielberg errs on the side of right and moral decency, and as a cinematic essay on a subject of universal validity plus eternal currency, it deserves -- and justifies -- genuine praise both as entertainment and as history lesson." Posted Jan 1, 2000

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