|
|
92%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
Aardman films' yuletide offering is both a heartwarmer and a sly dig at the gospel of family togetherness."
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Independent
Posted Dec 5, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
——
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Tau chut (The First 7th Night) (2009) |
—
Independent
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
It's worth pointing out that Ramsay's film is a bold one in terms of current sensibilities."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
37%
|
Monte Carlo (2011) |
"
A dull fantasy-farce of luxe hotel suites, hot guys and product-placement jewellery, a pretty unappetising mix that the film tries to justify at the end with some blather about Romanian orphanages."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
Real Steel (2011) |
"
Battling to be heard above the metal-on-metal clangour is a heartwarming (read: terribly soppy) story of a broken family."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
37%
|
Restless (2011) |
"
The downward curve of Gus Van Sant's career continues with this awful slice of morbid whimsy."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
72%
|
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) |
—
Independent
Posted Oct 14, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Footloose (2011) |
"
The patent absurdity would be forgotten or at least forgiven if the songs and the moves were any good, but aside from the title track it's a sorry farrago of blandness."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 14, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
48%
|
Albatross (2012) |
"
Niall MacCormick's debut feature has a puppyish eagerness that doesn't quite deliver."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 14, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
25%
|
The Three Musketeers (2011) |
"
A dead cert for a slot in the Top Ten Worst of 2011."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 14, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
83%
|
Dolphin Tale (2011) |
"
Two hours of redemptive hugs, triumphant whoops and tearful smiles later we learn that pinning a tail on a dolphin is, on the scale of human achievement, not far behind winning the Nobel Peace Prize and discovering a cure for cancer."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 14, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
51%
|
Perfect Sense (2012) |
—
Independent
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011) |
"
Del Toro's influence is apparent in the CGI of the bulbous-headed goblins, but the story has none of the shiver-inducing otherness of Pan's Labyrinth."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
It's hard to watch at times, though made with an intensity and artfulness you never for a moment doubt."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
The Lion King (2011) |
"
Huge fun for the kids; some acceptable laughs for the adults."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
It lasts about 90 minutes, during which time I heard not a single laugh in the whole room."
—
Independent
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
Unglamorous, yes, and, as we shall see, unreconstructed. But certainly not unexciting."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 16, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti) (2010) |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 16, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Kes (1969) |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
A Lonely Place to Die (2012) |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
82%
|
TrollHunter (2011) |
"
The film begins strongly, but once past the half-hour mark loses energy and direction."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
71%
|
Friends With Benefits (2011) |
"
You can tell this romantic comedy thinks it's a cut above from the way it keeps sniggering at the feebleness of other romantic comedies -- a risky strategy, as it turns out."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Jane Eyre (2011) |
"
Some works of art are inexhaustible, and this is proving one of them."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Attenberg (2012) |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Fright Night (2011) |
"
This is a pretty droll and well-made entertainment."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
The Art of Getting By (2011) |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
Strong meat, this. Even those who cackled and cringed through Ben Wheatley's Brighton-based crime satire Down Terrace (also the best British picture of 2010), may find themselves recoiling at certain moments in his second film, Kill List."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
88%
|
The Hedgehog (2011) |
"
The fate of a goldfish provides a subplot in a film strong on tender characterisation and rather wishful about the remedies for loneliness."
—
Independent
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Trust () |
—
Independent
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Villain (Akunin) (2010) |
—
Independent
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
23%
|
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011) |
"
The mind boggles before being lulled into a stupor of inanition by this latest instalment of Robert Rodriguez's increasingly cheap-looking franchise."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 24, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) |
—
Independent
Posted Aug 19, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
60%
|
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011) |
"
I'm afraid my heart wasn't warmed by their tales of personal growth, and I can't forgive the cast for what they did to that Journey song."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 19, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) |
"
Jon Favreau handles the big setpieces with competence if no great flair; whenever the plot backs itself into a corner something else will make a sudden, inexplicable interruption."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 19, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Mickey's House of Villains (2002) |
—
Independent
Posted Aug 19, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) |
"
As a summer blockbuster Rise of the Planet of the Apes won't regenerate any brain-cells, but it doesn't forget a sense of humanity while delivering its package of thrills."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 12, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
99%
|
The Interrupters (2011) |
"
An antidote to the recent spoofery of DIY superheroes."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Project Nim (2011) |
"
The release of this documentary by James Marsh in the same week as Rise of the Planet of the Apes is wittily timed. It too speaks of caged primates, though its judgement on their captors is far more disturbing."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
What keeps us enthralled is its nostalgic sensibility, partly for the time but mostly for its old-school film-making values."
—
Independent
Posted Aug 5, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
Horrid Henry: The Movie () |
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) |
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
14%
|
Zookeeper (2011) |
"
In which Kevin James yet again proves his absolute unfitness (in both senses) for the part of romantic comedy lead."
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
The Light Thief (Svet-Ake) () |
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
"
These characters aren't just stick figures to fill in the time between the next set-piece; they talk, and argue, and appear to inhabit actual personalities."
—
Independent
Posted Jul 29, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
20%
|
Honey (2003) |
—
Independent
Posted Jul 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) |
"
It's a sad story of genius paying for the gift."
—
Independent
Posted Jul 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011) |
"
Not that part two of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is bad, you understand; it's much better than I expected, given the mediocrity of the series in general and the fizzle of part one in particular."
—
Independent
Posted Jul 15, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
67%
|
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) |
"
It stomps over any notions of good taste and credibility after roughly five minutes."
—
Independent
Posted Jul 15, 2011
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