|
5/6
|
85%
|
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007) |
"
An extraordinary performance by Belén Rueda is the beating heart and tortured soul of The Orphanage."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 20, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
64%
|
Outcast (2011) |
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
30%
|
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Snowtown Murders (2012) |
"
'Snowtown' is an uncomfortable film to watch, but its sickening suburban horror is made bearable by Kurzel's rigorous restraint..."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
TrollHunter (2011) |
"
Given that the cast improvised all the scenes live on set, the dialogue has a surprising ring of truth, and is shot through with an unexpected, often unsettling, humour."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Stake Land (2011) |
"
Jeff Grace's melancholy music underscores the atmosphere of bleak dystopian despair, leavened by flashes of humour and hope."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 15, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Monsters (2010) |
"
A seamless blending of romance, road movie and monster flick."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 1, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
64%
|
Predators (2010) |
"
This is the sequel that John McTiernan and Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 original deserved, as director Nimrod Antal delivers enough hard core sci-fi, explosive action and monster mayhem to justify its belated arrival."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Black Death (2011) |
"
This is bracing, often brutal stuff, set in a world where, as Ulric says, 'God has slipped over the horizon.'"
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 9, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Heartless (2010) |
"
Ridley's coup de grace is a quiet, emotionally charged ending as surprising as it is bold."
—
Time Out
Posted May 20, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Valhalla Rising (2010) |
"
The breathtaking digital photography and an atmospheric electronic score sustain the mood, and for those who see this savage journey through to the end, there are riches aplenty."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 29, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
The Ghost Writer (2010) |
"
A supple, amusing, lightweight entertainment graced with likeable performances and an effective, unobtrusive score."
—
Film4
Posted Apr 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Solomon Kane (2009) |
"
A monstrously entertaining action-adventure... the film's epic vision bears comparison with the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, its imaginative supernatural elements confidently fused with a savage reality."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"
It's this feeling of vulnerability that Peli's slow-burning supernatural chiller so effectively exploits, fashioning heart-stopping scares out of almost nothing."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 27, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
43%
|
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"
By tapping in to the same vein of 'hormonal horror' as the excellent 'Ginger Snaps', this offers a witty, subversive look at the darker side of teen friendship."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 6, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Triangle (2009) |
"
Melissa George's fearless, credible performance grounds the madness in a moving emotional reality, even as her sanity is lost at sea."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
42%
|
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"
Dennis Iliadis's remake retains its ferocious power and provocative themes, and thanks to a focused script that unfolds in real time, it ratchets up the suspense and sucks us into a remorseless cycle of violence and revenge."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
|
34%
|
TMNT (2007) |
"
It's not exactly Renaissance art, but it is an honourable attempt to revive the turtle-tastic franchise."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
|
50%
|
Gone (2007) |
"
Gone but not forgotten."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
|
15%
|
The Return (2006) |
"
Adam Sussman's script is so thin you can see right through it."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 16, 2007
|
|
|
65%
|
Antikörper (Antibodies) (2007) |
"
Steeped in religion yet shot through with moral ambiguity, this disturbing psychological thriller breathes new life into the moribund serial killer movie."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2006
|
|
|
88%
|
Requiem (2006) |
"
Quietly devastating and unbearably moving, this is a soul-searching classic."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 30, 2006
|
|
|
73%
|
The Bothersome Man (Den Brysomme mannen) (2007) |
"
Oddball futuristic fun with a serious, if confused, message."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
|
|
63%
|
Severance (2006) |
"
Blending fierce horror and sly humour, Christopher Smith's confident follow-up to the more generic Creep marks a quantum leap forward for the young British filmmaker."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 16, 2006
|
|
|
47%
|
Renaissance (2006) |
"
Gratifyingly downbeat and far more coherent than the Japanese anime movies to which it also owes a debt, Renaissance intelligently explores the ethical complexities of genetic manipulation."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 27, 2006
|
|
|
61%
|
Blood and Wine (1997) |
"
An engrossing thriller - and one sparkling with intelligence, with the surprising twists grounded in credible human behaviour."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
|
|
7%
|
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"
As a stand-alone film, this doesn't work; but viewed through the prism of the original, it offers some twisted, self-conscious pleasures."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
|
|
95%
|
Time Bandits (1981) |
"
Gilliam fills the screen with bizarre images, and directs with a breathless ingenuity."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
|
|
|
95%
|
Heathers (1988) |
"
The film uses an intimate knowledge of teen-movie clichés to subvert their debased values from the inside."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
|
|
|
78%
|
Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) |
"
There's plenty of scatological humour and knockabout fun to get one through the slower passages."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
|
|
|
83%
|
Dead Ringers (1988) |
"
An intense psychological drama which confronts [Cronenberg's] familiar preoccupations -- fear of physical and mental disintegration, mortality, the power struggle between the sexes -- without the paradoxical protection of visceral disgust."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 26, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
61%
|
The Joneses (2010) |
"
Every now and then a small, intelligent, quietly thought-provoking film slips through the Hollywood studios' net and prompts the thought, How did this ever get made?"
—
Film4
Posted Apr 29, 2010
|
|
4/6
|
79%
|
The Children (2008) |
"
Shankland's approach is oblique rather than graphic, but these icy chills will send shivers down your spine."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 5, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
53%
|
City of Ember (2008) |
"
This seriously entertaining film celebrates the idea that, despite their elders' complacency, the young will find the strength to imagine a better future for themselves."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 10, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
83%
|
Eden Lake (2008) |
"
The film's one major fault is that Reilly's character repeatedly acts in ways that serve the plot, but which run contrary to rational human behaviour. By contrast, the shattering downbeat ending is well earned and genuinely shocking."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 12, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
87%
|
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) (2008) |
"
A thinking person's 'creature feature,' Hellboy II is also a heartfelt plea for bio- and cultural diversity."
—
Time Out Sydney
Posted Aug 31, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
87%
|
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) (2008) |
"
Guillermo del Toro's Fabergé egg of a fairytale is not so much a sequel as a fusion of the fabulist imagination of 'Pan's Labyrinth' with the witty, irreverent comic-book action of his own 'Hellboy'."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
96%
|
[Rec] (2007) |
"
A brilliantly staged early scare signals that the safety rails are off and, despite an unexpected, last-minute swerve into the supernatural realm, the edge-of-the-seat tension is sustained to the very last second."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 11, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
69%
|
Black Sheep (2006) |
"
The performances may be uneven, but the flawed characters are believable, the sheep surprisingly scary and the animal antics often laugh-out-loud funny."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 10, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
The Monitor (Babycall) () |
"
It's the naturalistic intensity of Rapace's performance that stays with us."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Safe House (2012) |
"
While director Espinosa hones in on the ambiguous battle between Weston's idealism and Frost's cynicism, British cinematographer Oliver Wood - who filmed the last two Bourne movies - shoots the hell out of everything."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
X: Night of Vengeance (2011) |
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
45%
|
Yes Man (2008) |
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 23, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988) |
"
The powerful performances and sharp script augment this revealing human drama."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 19, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Another Earth (2011) |
"
Cahill's visually inconsistent first feature tries to beam epic sci-fi concepts into a micro-human drama, refracting its thought-provoking ideas through the prism of the central emotional relationship."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 6, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
The Ruins (2008) |
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011) |
"
There is so much here that one admires, one wishes that there was more to love."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 5, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
A Lonely Place to Die (2012) |
"
The film's relentless momentum, coupled with Ali Asad's breathtaking location photography, distract us from the often two-dimensional supporting characters."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
It sticks to gimmicky scenes in which twentysomethings are dispatched in ingenious ways, but first-time director Steven Quayle delivers cheap fun that will keep fans happy."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) |
"
Distinguishes itself from other ill-conceived reboots in general, and from Tim Burton's disastrous 2001 remake in particular, by looking with fresh, simian eyes at its core conflict between human and primates."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 17, 2011
|
65%
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