|
1/5
|
15%
|
The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie) (2005) |
"
A miscalculated mix of sleaze and schmaltz."
—
BBC
Posted May 6, 2006
|
|
1/5
|
22%
|
The Pink Panther (2006) |
"
As for Martin, no matter how many he times he stumbles, fumbles, burns his balls or mispronounces the word hamburger, he never gets close to making the Clouseau persona his own."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 14, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
24%
|
The Dilemma (2011) |
"
A film with an identity crisis: an awkward hybrid of comedy and drama that's never sure of which avenue to pursue."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 20, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
42%
|
Wild Child (2008) |
"
Shame on Iggy Pop for letting them (ab)use his anarchy-anthem 'Real Wild Child' in a girls'-own flick that is so paltry it makes the recent St Trinians addition look like Picnic At Hanging Rock."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
"
Scaling dizzy heights of sheer averageness, the third in writer/ producer Paul WS Anderson's stillborn zombie saga is the best - or least worst - yet."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 10, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Marigold (2007) |
"
A sari attempt to hybridise Hollywood and Bollywood."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 17, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
81%
|
Taxidermia (2006) |
"
Where Hukkle's circle-of-life surrealism had a certain twisted charm, this film's sense of the grotesque is more glum than fun. On the tail of such a promising debut, it can't help feeling like a hiccup."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 13, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
81%
|
Fong juk (Exiled) (2006) |
"
Saved by set-piece action."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 15, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
66%
|
Meet the Robinsons (2007) |
"
This is eye candy with a hollow centre."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 27, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Duelist (Hyeongsa) (2005) |
"
Duelist turns from playful to precious in the last 30-odd minutes, straggling towards a prancey showdown that's as graceful as all get-out but as cold as the endless falling snow."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
The Fountain (2006) |
"
First, the good news: The Fountain is only 97 minutes long. Now the bad: that's 97 minutes of rampant metaphysical codswallop."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 26, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
42%
|
Lives of the Saints (2007) |
"
A bizarre brew of Brit-grit, magic realism and religious allegory."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 26, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
53%
|
Crime Novel (Romanzo criminale) (2005) |
"
Revenge is a dish served once too often in Romanzo Criminale, an Italian crime epic that runs out of appeal well before it runs out of ammo."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 11, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
27%
|
Waist Deep (2006) |
"
The worst is saved for last: just when you think the movie has shown the courage of its 'gritty' convictions, it hits you with schmaltz that would shame a Hallmark card."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 11, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
26%
|
Stay (2005) |
"
A head-scratching thriller..."
—
BBC
Posted Sep 6, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
Angel-A (2005) |
"
The whole film's easy on the eye thanks to the Parisian summer setting, photographed in creamy black and white. If only the romance wasn't so monochrome too..."
—
BBC
Posted Aug 1, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
An American Haunting (2006) |
"
Unoriginal and unrelenting, this gothic ghost story invests too much time in banging doors and billowing drapes and not enough in its characters."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 3, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
9%
|
When a Stranger Calls (2006) |
"
You know a horror movie's in trouble when the fake scares outweigh the real ones."
—
BBC
Posted May 16, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
7%
|
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"
A veritable cold shower of a sequel to 1992's softcore spectacular."
—
BBC
Posted May 6, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
5%
|
The Fog (2005) |
"
Another remake bites the dust."
—
BBC
Posted Feb 14, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
Steamboy (2005) |
"
It may be one of the most expensive anime features ever, but there isn't a wealth of entertainment on offer in Steamboy."
—
BBC
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
53%
|
Wolf Creek (2005) |
"
The film's preference for female suffering gives it a misogynist undertow that's even more unsettling than the gore."
—
BBC
Posted Sep 24, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
72%
|
Primer (2004) |
"
One of the most wilfully obscure sci-fi movies ever made, Primer will either blow your mind or drive you out of it."
—
BBC
Posted Aug 9, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
41%
|
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) |
"
An overwrought and underwhelming study of childhood abuse."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 12, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
I Am David (2004) |
"
Short, simple and inoffensive, it's well suited to family viewing, albeit on the gogglebox one Sunday teatime rather than the big screen."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 9, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Imagining Argentina (2004) |
"
Well-intentioned but awkwardly executed."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 23, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"
What could, and should, have been as fun and daring as skipping school turns out to be as dull as a two-hour detention."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 16, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) |
"
Bursts with energy but not inspiration."
—
BBC
Posted Feb 3, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Brother Bear (2003) |
"
Run-of-the-mill fare like this only gives more power to the pixel-pushers."
—
BBC
Posted Dec 2, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
A level-headed take on a topic that's often an excuse for madness and melodrama."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 19, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Like the 3D, an adventure that's serviceable but doesn't reach out and grab you as often as you'd expect. Frenetic to a fault, it'll divert the under-10s; older viewers may feel there's not enough lift in the quiff."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2011) |
"
Genre staples and stereotypes are slain only for convention to wreak revenge; but it'd sure be sweet to follow the loveable lugs on another misadventure."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) |
"
Solid bordering on stolid. It's Favreau in control again after Avengers advert Iron Man 2 - but given the possibilities, a mild, mild west. More horsing around and another set-piece or two might've helped."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
"
The final piece of the Avengers jigsaw falls efficiently into place: decent acting, decent action, a few too many "we're all heroes inside" platitudes."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 21, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Chalet Girl (2011) |
"
It's steered to success - just - by Jones, a natural, likeable everygirl who will make you care, possibly against your will, about a story as old as the Alps."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
53%
|
Knight & Day (2010) |
"
Diminishing returns eventually topple it, but not before Cruise has cemented one of his most relaxed and likeable performances in some time."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 12, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
It's Complicated (2009) |
"
Not too sickly-sweet, but not sour either - still, Meyers' sex-with-the-ex comedy is an entertaining poke in the eye for Hollywood ageism."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
34%
|
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"
Sommers bucks the bad buzz with a throwaway blast of solid, stupid fun. You laugh at it rather than with it, but a sequel would be worth it just for more of Gordon-Levitt's one-eyed dramatics."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 7, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
John Williams' music elbowed in favour of Kevin Kiner's pale imitations... Little things that jar and jar, but at least there's no Jar Jar."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) |
"
Stagey fluff, yes, but old romantics will spare a sigh for the fairytale fade-out."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"
Less than the sum of its A-list parts, Nichols' grown-up satire only catches fire when Hoffman's steamed up."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 11, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Enchanted (2007) |
"
Subversive enough for older brother, sweet enough for kid sis, this cine-panto's a safe if not spectacular choice for a Chrimbo family outing. The cartoon chipmunk almost steals it, but Adams' dippy dazzle is the movie's heart, soul and lungs."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 13, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Planet Terror (Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror) (2007) |
"
A bona fide trash pastiche. So good it's bad, then? Almost, but the panache and playfulness machine-gun most of the shortcomings. DVD suppliers! Can we have the two films plus trailers in one now, please?"
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"
This has more bite than we've come to expect from Sam Raimi's Ghost House production outfit. Some of the action misses the jugular, but Danny Huston makes for a sensational baddie."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 1, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
December Boys (2007) |
"
A warm, sentimental glow prevails at the end, while copious shots of rolling landscape offset the teatime-telly feel of veteran goggleboxer Rod Hardy's direction."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Waitress (2007) |
"
A stylised indie chick-flick, Waitress gets itself into a tonal puree but still offers flavoursome pleasures and full-on food-porn visuals. A funny and touching testament to Shelly's multi-talent - savour it."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 10, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006) |
"
Captured at hair-raisingly close quarters by the fearless filmmakers, the sense of lawlessness grabs the throat and haunts the mind."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957) |
"
Fear, peril and hoplessness soak every frame."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006) |
"
Arguably the film romanticises its morally challenged protagonists, but there's little hint of rose-tint in the fear, peril and hopelessness that seem to soak every frame like a cold sweat."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 17, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) |
"
More a thumbnail than a full portrait."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 26, 2007
|
85%
79%
7%
