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1/6
|
73%
|
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist takes everything you loved in three decades of teenage romance and twists it into something unrecognisably desperate and exploitative."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
1/6
|
44%
|
The Broken (2009) |
"
Fleeting pleasures are undermined by an inane, directionless narrative, barely-even-one-dimensional characters and an overall sense of superficiality."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
1/6
|
14%
|
The Spirit (2008) |
"
Every once in a while a genuine turkey escapes the coop, bereft of charm or wit, utterly lacking in technical prowess, integrity or intelligence. 'The Spirit' is such a film."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
85%
|
Skin (2009) |
"
Director Anthony Fabian and his team of writers have lost sight of the conflicts inherent in her story, relying on TV-movie cliché and tired, unsuccessful attempts at emotional manipulation."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 24, 2009
|
|
2/6
|
20%
|
Fireflies in the Garden (2011) |
"
It's not a bad film - Lee directs with subtle grace and the cast is predictably strong - but it's saddled with too many characters, not enough drama and a strong sense of overfamiliarity."
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Time Out
Posted May 29, 2009
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2/6
|
29%
|
12 Rounds (2009) |
"
There's a decent little action movie somewhere inside '12 Rounds': a bit more complexity of character, a few more jokes and a hero who doesn't look like a two-by-four with a buzz cut might have gone a long way."
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Time Out
Posted May 29, 2009
|
|
2/6
|
37%
|
X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009) |
"
With some dire blue-screen effects, dizzying tonal instability and a total absence of suspense or originality, 'Wolverine' is something of a disaster."
—
Time Out
Posted May 1, 2009
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2/6
|
22%
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Push (2009) |
"
Silliness rules the day: plot holes abound and are plugged with techno-pounding action sequences and more nonsensical guff. As a TV pilot, this might have worked; as a film, it's loud, confusing and inane."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 19, 2009
|
|
2/6
|
50%
|
Notorious (2009) |
"
As mainstream hip hop becomes ever more predictable, so do the biopics about its stars."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 12, 2009
|
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2/6
|
57%
|
Defiance (2009) |
"
The film ties itself in knots trying to be both historical account and ripping adventure - 'Schindler's List' by way of 'The Dirty Dozen'. In the end neither aspect satisfies, resulting in a drab if diverting Sunday afternoon spectacle."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 9, 2009
|
|
2/6
|
25%
|
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"
It descends into pathos, undermined by an insipid romantic subplot and the usual platitudinous guff about self-belief."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2009
|
|
2/6
|
25%
|
The Lost City (2005) |
"
'The Lost City' is intriguing as a historical document and adequate as cinema, but it has a blandness at its core that no amount of spicy mambo and booty-quaking dance routines can disguise."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 5, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
65%
|
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) |
"
Smith may have pioneered this kind of upfront sex chat, but the Apatow team refined it. 'Zack and Miri' feels uncomfortably like a gruesome game of filth-talk oneupmanship, and it's hard to care who comes out on top."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 14, 2008
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|
2/6
|
48%
|
Choking Man (2007) |
"
There's a low-key New York drama lurking somewhere, but Barron can't seem to decide if he's making that or something more flashy."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 14, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
38%
|
In Prison My Whole Life (2008) |
"
This subjective approach subsumes the film's powerful subject, making 'In Prison My Whole Life' just another self absorbed agit-prop documentary."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
88%
|
Young@Heart (2007) |
"
Sure, these 'zesty', 'lively' old folks are enjoying themselves. The question is why on earth we should be expected to watch."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 17, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
44%
|
Live! (2007) |
"
It's hard to distinguish between the cynical indifference of the characters and the arrogant nihilism of the film itself."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 19, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
9%
|
Bangkok Dangerous (2008) |
"
None of this compensates for the overfamiliar plotline, the underdeveloped side characters, the breakbeat soundtrack, the boring shootouts and a general air of overbaked silliness. But it helps."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 5, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
51%
|
Get Smart (2008) |
"
Overall this is a limp parade of recycled gags and gadgets: an action movie with no surprises and a comedy with nothing like enough laughs."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
Ziro is the most preposterous thing to hit the 'Star Wars' universe. He's also the best reason to see this flimsy, kid-friendly videogame approximation of a once proud cinematic franchise. Still, at least it's better than 'The Phantom Menace'."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
22%
|
Make It Happen (2008) |
"
Despite boundless energy and some surprisingly artful photography, 'Make it Happen' is never more than product. Cheap, abysmally scripted and utterly soulless."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
2/6
|
35%
|
Space Chimps (2008) |
"
Coupling the men-on-a-mission antics of 'Armageddon' with the catch-all sci-fi pastiche of TV's 'Futurama', 'Space Chimps' is an underwhelming slice of lowbrow CGI entertainment."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 1, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Ondine (2010) |
"
A clunky third-act shift into thriller territory only makes 'Ondine' more confused: ambitious and deeply felt, to be sure, but also winsome and wildly uneven."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 5, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
72%
|
The Crazies (2010) |
"
There's too much story and key details are absent or underexplained. Though far from unwatchable, The Crazies feels like a missed opportunity."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 26, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
All About Steve (2009) |
"
Mary is a memorable comic creation for all the wrong reasons: glibly written, offensively characterised and bizarrely dressed, she's the classic screwball ditz taken to grotesque and at times unwatchable extremes."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 15, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
21%
|
Spread (2009) |
"
Shallow, melodramatic, pretentious and wildly misguided, it's also ambitious, entertaining and rather funny."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009) |
"
Cameron's signature achievement may have been to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the oldest of all Hollywood maxims: all the money in the world is no subsitute for fresh ideas and a solid script."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Unmade Beds (2009) |
"
There's real promise in 'Unmade Beds': the photography is luminous, the direction loose but involving, the acting superb. But ultimately it's a joyless, indulgent film about joyless, indulgent people."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
Mr. Right (2006) |
"
Most disastrous is the script, which carries about as much dramatic weight as an episode of 'Heartbeat'."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 27, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
9 (2009) |
"
This film will surely be remembered as an intriguing failure: a triumph of ambition over ability, of ideas over emotional resonance - just another grim fairy tale for these troubled times."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 30, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) |
"
It's unlikely Gilliam's own, undeniably brilliant career will be revitalised by this rambling, undisciplined and indulgent piece of work."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Blind Dating (2007) |
"
Pleasant but forgettable, it's destined to end up as little more than a minor footnote on Pine's megastar CV."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 18, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
Sorority Row (2009) |
"
A booty-shakin', text-messagin', Facebook-referencin' multiplex moneyspinner for undemanding twenty-first-century teens."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
Aliens in the Attic (2009) |
"
Fleeting charms are largely outweighed by an unexceptional script, a brace of shabby performances (from both kids and adults) and some dismal CG effects."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009) |
"
How could one hate a film where a giant shark jumps out of the sea and brings down a plane?"
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"
'The Taking of Pelham 123' is not a bad film: it's ponderous and shallow, but always watchable. But what it crucially fails to do, especially in the light of its illustrious predecessor, is justify its own existence."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 31, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
Year One (2009) |
"
'Year One' wants to be seen as a freeform, knockabout trawl through Biblical history, perfect for an undemanding Saturday night. There are only two problems: it's kind of dull and just isn't funny."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 3, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
78%
|
The Hangover (2009) |
"
An intriguing, time-hopping set-up is wasted on obnoxious characters, celebrity cameos and crass attempts at humour."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"
A shambolic, deafening, intelligence-insulting mess, a crushing failure on almost all counts."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 5, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
53%
|
Viva (2007) |
"
At an epic two hours the stilted dialogue and eye-scorchingly oversaturated film stock threaten to test the patience. But as a self-conscious exercise in kitsch graverobbing, 'Viva' succeeds."
—
Time Out
Posted May 15, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
38%
|
Outlander (2009) |
"
Daft, obvious but hugely enjoyable, 'Outlander' is superior trash."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 24, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
40%
|
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) |
"
While hardly groundbreaking, this is smart, amusing post-pub viewing."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 24, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
55%
|
17 Again (2009) |
"
The leads are charming, the comedy well judged and the script, however predictable, sure-footed, playing on notions of midlife nostalgia with grace and integrity."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 9, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
62%
|
Traitor (2008) |
"
Once the pieces fall into place, it loses momentum, meandering towards a contrived climax in which all ambiguity is swept aside and the forces of righteous democracy prove reassuringly triumphant."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 27, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
55%
|
Surveillance (2009) |
"
While the narrative is hardly original - it meanders to a predictable but juicily malicious climactic twist - 'Surveillance' is never less than a compelling watch."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 6, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
86%
|
El Rey de la montaña (King of the Hill) (2007) |
"
As a work of hard-driving tension, this is satisfyingly terse, methodical and relentless."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 12, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
83%
|
JCVD (Van Dammage) (2008) |
"
Unpredictable, engaging and even challenging, 'JCVD' is an intriguing oddity."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
61%
|
Valkyrie (2008) |
"
As old-fashioned historical escapism goes, this is solid, compelling stuff."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 23, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
73%
|
Hansel & Gretel (2007) |
"
It's inconsistent: too predictable and simplistic for adults, too disturbing and bloody for their offspring. It's hard to know who it's for."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 16, 2009
|
|
3/6
|
46%
|
Sex Drive (2008) |
"
Little has changed since the heyday of John Hughes: nerdy hero on a mission to get laid, red sports car, bespectacled BFF- check, check, check."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 9, 2009
|
67%
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