|
5/5
|
98%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
Simply irresistible."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
82%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
Mullan plays his unsympathetic character with power and magnetism, but it is Colman's terrific performance that sticks in the mind, a powerhouse portrayal of one of modern-day suburbia's many unseen, unheard victims."
—
Radio Times
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010) |
"
Slick, sharp and fantastically entertaining, this is a film that works not just as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of helping strangers but also on a deeper level as a crafty meditation on art, its true value and our own gullibility."
—
Radio Times
Posted Mar 5, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
62%
|
Changeling (2008) |
"
A compelling, adult period thriller, with an Oscar-assured performance from Angelina Jolie."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 28, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) |
"
Tense, kinetic, intelligent and real."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
72%
|
Inland Empire (2006) |
"
A dazzling and exquisitely original riddle as told by an enigma, featuring a superb, multi-layered performance by Laura Dern."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 7, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
75%
|
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |
"
The Coensâ(TM) first mainstream romantic comedy is a superb hijacking of an ailing art form -- short, sharp and frequently laugh-out-loud hilarious."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 30, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
[A] powerful and moving film, a smart study of relationships that could but can't and never will be."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Headhunters (2012) |
"
Hennie's hangdog hero makes this a perversely entertaining ride, even at its most relentless and - particularly for Roger Brown - punishing."
—
Radio Times
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Michael (2012) |
"
As horrifying and hard to watch as you'd expect a paedophile's-eye view of life to be. It's neither sensationalist nor trite, and the questions it asks are intelligent and thoughtful."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 27, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
Although it doesn't quite match LA Confidential for complexity and scale, it does capture some of the grit and dynamism of the author's hard-boiled style."
—
Radio Times
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
Brave, beautifully acted and emotionally revealing - an early strong contender for the most provocative and compelling film of the year."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
A tough, post-punk Tintin-meets-Klute for the Occupy Wall Street set, this kinetic, hard-edged thriller is the perfect festive comedown for Fincher fans and dysfunctional families everywhere."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 19, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
50/50 (2011) |
"
[A] beautifully played, precisely observed and surprisingly thoughtful buddy movie, which is based on a true story."
—
Radio Times
Posted Nov 27, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
The Deep Blue Sea (2012) |
"
A heady and often heartrending study of lovers at loggerheads..."
—
Radio Times
Posted Nov 27, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
The Deep Blue Sea (2012) |
"
In an age of hubbub, its patient elegance is a rare thing we should nurture."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 20, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Oslo, August 31st (2012) |
"
A wonderful, melancholy character piece that's funny and tender, and as fresh as a breath of Oslo sea air."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
The back and forth narrative makes a few plot points hard to follow, but overall this is an artful portrayal of every mother's worst nightmare."
—
Radio Times
Posted Oct 26, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
Features great performances and terrific Cold War detail..."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
48%
|
Angel of Evil (2011) |
"
Rising Italian star Kim Rossi Stuart is the standout in this fast-paced biography of Milanese gangster Renato Vallanzasca, who fancied himself as something of a Robin Hood figure in the mid-1970s."
—
Radio Times
Posted May 26, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Animal Kingdom (2010) |
"
A dark rites-of-passage story meets lethal Shakespearean drama, with low-key performances that artfully get under the skin."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Inside Job (2010) |
"
It's a fascinating but terrifying insight into a very murky world."
—
Radio Times
Posted Feb 17, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Inside Job (2010) |
"
A sharp study of corporate greed for those who felt Michael Moore pulled too many punches."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
The film hurtles towards an exhilarating and disturbing climax that will please fans of Roman Polanski's early work."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jan 20, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
127 Hours (2010) |
"
A surprisingly fun, effervescent against-the-odds drama that offers an upbeat moral without the usual punishing survival-story clichés. Not for the faint-hearted, mind."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 3, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Another Year (2010) |
"
Leigh completes a most satisfying hat-trick -- following Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky -- with yet another beautifully performed character piece."
—
Radio Times
Posted Nov 4, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
Best of all is Bening, capping even her performance in American Beauty, as a woman forced to face her partner's betrayal."
—
Radio Times
Posted Oct 28, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
A rich, understated character drama that gleefully exposes the petty playground politics at the centre of one of the internet-era's most bitter court cases."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 13, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Buried (2010) |
"
An intense, claustrophobic experience that's inventively filmed and powerfully performed by Reynolds as the story's flawed but unnecessarily hard-done-by everyman."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 23, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
Lawrence's mature and inspiring determination makes this much, much more than a grim skid-row whodunnit."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Cyrus (2010) |
"
A welcome change from the increasingly irony-enriched fare we've come to expect."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 9, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Cherry Tree Lane () |
"
Taut, tightly-plotted and at times confronting, it'll have you gripping the arm of your seat and double-locking the door."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Black Dynamite (2009) |
"
Fond and very funny homage to the exploitation era."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 12, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
I Am Love (2010) |
"
It's melodramatic stuff, but it's beautifully filmed and Swinton is outstanding."
—
Radio Times
Posted Apr 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
I Am Love (2010) |
"
Tilda Swinton unleashes her diva and Italian cinema gets a powerful new voice in this operatic melodrama."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
Up in the Air stays clear of genre clichés, offering a satisfying hybrid of 1950s glamour, 70s realism and 21st-century attitude."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jan 15, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Humpday (2009) |
"
The farce that follows is both ridiculous and surprisingly real, mining a very rich seam of comedy while also making some very sharp points about male friendships and the often very blurred line between straight and gay."
—
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) (2009) |
"
A hard film to love, but a hypnotic meditation on all the elements - gossip, religion, bullying - that can turn a parish and country bad."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 13, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
49%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
Ang Lee's latest dissection of the American dream is one of his most complex and even most deceptively subversive films."
—
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Posted Nov 13, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
52%
|
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
"
George Clooney dazzles and Jeff Bridges shines in a scattershot but often hilarious military farce."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
A splendid study of the forces and passions behind the world's biggest fashion magazine."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Drag Me to Hell (2009) |
"
Drag Me To Hell is never less than trashy, adrenalised fun."
—
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Posted May 29, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) |
"
Funny, sometimes tender and ultimately unsettling black comedy."
—
Times [UK]
Posted May 19, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Mother (Madeo) (2010) |
"
It's elegant, witty, tightly plotted and absolutely gripping."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 18, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010) |
"
A Prophet is an astonishingly detailed crime drama that could end up being this year's Gomorra, but although it's arguably more accessible."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 18, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Cold Souls (2009) |
"
Anchored by a great Giamatti performance, Cold Souls is built around a terrific idea and has serious fun with it. It also marks Barthes as a filmmaker to watch."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 8, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Tyson (2009) |
"
Very humane portrait of a potentially extremely unlikeable character."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 27, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008) |
"
A sombre, slow, but well-paced study of organised crime in urban Naples that leaves a very grim taste in the mouth."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 10, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"
A slick, fun film that has by no means sacrificed the fast action beats of the first three."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 19, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
In Bruges (2008) |
"
With In Bruges, the British gangster movie gets a Croydon facelift. It may not be new, but it's a wonderfully fresh take on a familiar genre: fucked-up, far-out and very, very funny."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 18, 2008
|
63%
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96%
