ROTTEN TOMATOES: Andrew L. Urban

ANDREW L. URBAN

Agrees with the Tomatometer 69% of the time.

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	N/A	Lacombe, Lucien (1974)	" Superbly evocative of the period in both imagery and mood, Lacombe Lucien is a character study of a young man during a dark chapter in French history" Posted Aug 29, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Last Ride (2009)	" Glendyn Ivin's natural cinematic flair ensures the smooth transition from text to screen in a story that Mac Gudgeon has scripted with a sparse, raw, slow-burning dynamic." Posted Aug 27, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 40%	The Limits of Control (2009)	" You could say it's a movie version of a su-do-ku puzzle, which contains a series of small puzzles that make up one larger puzzle" Posted Jul 16, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 25%	Land of the Lost (2009)	" There are a few funny-ish moments, but the filmmakers rely too much on self parody" Posted Jun 5, 2009
Rotten	N/A	La Personne aux Deux Personnes (2008)	" Not as humorous as I'd like, mind you, and you have to totally surrender to the silliness to make this work." Posted Jun 3, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 86%	Lake Mungo (2009)	" This superbly constructed and executed film gets everything right, to the smallest detail, as it draws us into the imagined scenario." Posted May 27, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 33%	Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)	" The humour is deadbeat British, which jangles fearsomely with the vampire theme. The tone is brashly entertaining, as the filmmakers borrow shamelessly from 50s horror conventions" Posted May 16, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Line (2009)	" Thoroughly engaging" Posted May 8, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Life With Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows (2001)	" Judy Davis picks up the role as a young woman (about a quarter of the way in) and delivers a Garland that is both authentic and vibrantly real." Posted Apr 23, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 18%	Love 'N Dancing (2009)	" Instantly likeable, especially if you like dancing and this originally jazz-derivative but now pop/rock driven style" Posted Apr 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 71%	L'Emmerdeur (2008)	" The physical comedy works well, and while the farce is perhaps oversize for the screen these days, it is nevertheless an entertaining and genial trip." Posted Apr 2, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 62%	Love The Beast (2009)	" A rev head's delight, Eric Bana's two year odyssey to document his 25 year relationship with a motor vehicle is a sometimes entertaining, sometimes (unavoidably) indulgent work that is good hearted, sincere and partially illuminating" Posted Mar 5, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 98%	Let the Right One In (2008)	" Almost ethereal, subtle, nuanced and the calmest vampire movie you're ever likely to see" Posted Feb 27, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Life and Times of Harvey Milk ()	" If the feature [Milk] whetted our appetite for this amazing story, the documentary feeds us a three course meal" Posted Feb 20, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 70%	Last Chance Harvey (2008)	" A real treasure of a film, its tone perfectly pitched, its dialogue absolutely right and delivered with performances that will remain in our hearts and minds for a very long time" Posted Feb 20, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Long Lost Son (2006)	" Made for US TV by expat Aussie director Brian Trenchard-Smith (who made his movie bones with Ozploitation films in the 70s), and written by Aussie Richard Blade, Long Lost Son is an economically crafted drama driven by intrigue." Posted Feb 18, 2009
Fresh	N/A	Love and Rage (1998)	" Craig is terrific in a flamboyant performance as the gruffly charming but scheming Irish larrikin, James" Posted Jan 23, 2009
Fresh	N/A	The Librarian 3: Curse Of The Judas Chalice (2008)	" As soon as the opening credits begin, spurred on by Joseph LoDuca's 'adventure' score, we know we're in Indiana Jones territory %u2013 but Indy has left the building and the filmmakers have their tongues firmly in their cheeks" Posted Jan 9, 2009
Fresh	Rotten 27%	Lionheart (1990)	" Accompanied by an occasionally jazzy score, the film has a solid dramatic base on which to build the Jean-Claude Van Damme action." Posted Dec 20, 2008
Fresh	N/A	Lionel (2008)	" The film is decorated by some wonderfully candid moments, some of which are deceptively undramatic;... these add even more texture and resonance to the character portrait at the heart of the film." Posted Oct 15, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 92%	The Lemon Tree (2008)	" Like the fruit of the lemon tree, The Lemon Tree is an astringent film, but just as welcome to the palate, in the right context." Posted Oct 9, 2008

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