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: 386

Location: Sydney, Australia

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Fresh	Fresh 73%	Rudo and Cursi (2009)	" Bright, fresh, well observed human drama dressed up as comedy as two brothers rise from rags to riches through their soccer talents" Posted Jul 23, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 87%	Red Cliff (2009)	" John Woo returns to China to make a film he has been burning to make, an adaptation from the much read book, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written in about the 14th century; many years after the events depicted, but then these events are as important in" Posted Jul 16, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 25%	Rip!: A Remix Manifesto (2009)	" As a piece of polemic, it's a well worked doco, using energy, narration and home video style footage to ram home the message. Pity the message is flawed" Posted May 16, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 94%	Revanche (2009)	" Marvellous performances help to make this a riveting film with much to say about human nature" Posted Apr 11, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 100%	Rio Bravo (1959)	" Texecution is superb in every department, making this one of the classics of the genre" Posted Feb 20, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 62%	The Reader (2008)	" David Hare's sensitive treatment of a challenging, nuanced subject is adroitly directed by Stephen Daldry, full of the textures, subtleties and complexities that make this story so compelling and memorable" Posted Feb 12, 2009
Fresh	Fresh 68%	Revolutionary Road (2008)	" Skilfully adapted and superbly directed, the film is an emotional tornado, delivered with exceptional performances from not only the two leads but the entire cast" Posted Jan 15, 2009
Rotten	Fresh 76%	Role Models (2008)	" Like so many of Hollywood's youth oriented comedies, this is like a mound of dog turd flavoured with honey; the crass vulgarities are sweetened by add-on humanity. But just like dog turd with honey on it, the mess is unappetising" Posted Jan 9, 2009
Rotten	Rotten 44%	Redacted (2007)	" We're being manipulated, and the irony is that the filmmaker is trying to prove how manipulated we are by the various interests around the Iraq war" Posted Nov 14, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 50%	Re-Cycle (2006)	" The first thing that strikes you is the beauty and clarity of the images (fabulous transfer to DVD, almost like HD), the brilliantly effective use of music and the artful use of the camera" Posted Nov 8, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 13%	Running with Arnold (2008)	" The naïve clarity of the bias makes the film a bit more fun to watch, as Dan Cox takes the baseball to Arnie' image and his persona with a relish" Posted Nov 8, 2008
Fresh	Fresh 87%	Roman de Gare (2008)	" The thriller elements that become the crucial threads in the third act are a bit clunky and the resolution is not convincing, either dramatically or romantically, but the film is nonetheless an entertaining journey" Posted Oct 31, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 39%	The Rocker (2008)	" Delivers what it promises and satisfies the filmmakers' objectives (even if it isn't my kinda movie), and despite its many predictable elements, has enough entertainment value to have elicited applause from the preview audience" Posted Oct 4, 2008
Fresh	N/A	Rosebery 7470 (2006)	" Images, colours, light/dark, layers, textures, shapes and sounds, more so than dialogue, are the tools that Stefan Popescu uses to infiltrate our consciousness with this absorbing but confronting film." Posted Aug 25, 2008
Fresh	Rotten 37%	Reservation Road (2007)	" Reservation Road, where the event central to this story takes place, is a symbolic crossroads for two families in this engaging drama about a hit and run accident and its aftermath." Posted Aug 3, 2008

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