Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 44%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
Full of clunky voiceovers, corny music and maudlin montages, this manipulative yarn plays with issues of medical morality and parental duty only to discard them in favour of a manipulative paean to valuing life and accepting death." — Total Film Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
Taking his cue from his leading man’s minimalist, self-effacing performance, director and co-writer Matt Aselton has fashioned a wry homage to eccentricity." — Total Film Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
Succeeding equally well as rowdy romp, what-happened mystery and man-crush comedy, /The Hangover/ is an unexpected winner." — Total Film Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Last Chance Harvey (2008) | "
Hoffman’s undimmed star power papers over the script cracks in an otherwise polished vehicle for his and Thompson’s talents." — Total Film Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Anything for Her (2008) | "
Methodically detailing every stage of his daring plan, director Fred Cavayé serves up a taut tale that tantalisingly leaves the question of his incarcerated heroine’s innocence dangling." — Total Film Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009) | "
With their fresh-faced image, it’s hard not to snigger when they start spraying the audience with foam guns… Insert your own Freudian interpretation here." — Total Film Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 25%
| Fireflies in the Garden () | "
An impressive ensemble lends heft and humour to this sprawling potboiler. Watchable if never truly memorable, it’s a mid-range work for most involved that still affords the odd guilty pleasure." — Total Film Posted May 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Awaydays (2009) | "
To its credit, Awaydays does not glamorise its hooligans the way The Football Factory and Green Street did." — Total Film Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Atoning for The Da Vinci Code’s cardinal sin – thou shalt not bore – this superior sequel zips along at such a lick you can almost forget the story is utter bollocks. At this rate, The Lost Symbol should be a doozy." — Total Film Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
Awash with ideas, imagination and structural daring, Kaufman’s latest is an audacious experiment that repays multiple viewings." — Total Film Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Coraline (2009) | Endlessly inventive and impeccably realised, it’s tough to find fault with this freaky, feisty fable. — Heat Magazine Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 46%
| Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) | "
With its kid-friendly mix of tunes and chaste romance, this is sure to leave its target demographic grinning widely." — Total Film Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
As much as you’d love to hate it, this jaunty supernatural romcom remains a polished, amusing, surprisingly sweet diversion." — Total Film Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| Shifty (2008) | Moving, gripping and funny, this is a homegrown gem you can’t help taking to your heart. — Heat Magazine Posted Apr 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 38%
| Outlander (2009) | Outlandish would have been a better title for a film that's great fun and quite exciting before eventually outstaying its welcome. — Heat Magazine Posted Apr 25, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| From Russia with Love (1963) | "
It’s no surprise Connery cites this as his favourite Bond. Would that Quantum had had a fraction of its pace, grace and style." — Total Film Posted Apr 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Tony Manero (2009) | "
Thanks to Castro’s creepy turn, this offbeat tale of a loon locked in his own disco inferno is strange enough to give anyone the heebie-Bee Gees. That said, some may find it hard to take an anti-hero without one redeeming feature." — Total Film Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Slick action, hot hardware, shame about the screenplay… Still, it’s the best since the original TFATF, and fans of Diesel’s gravel-voiced swagger will get a kick seeing him reprise the role that put him on the map." — Total Film Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
A snappy script and some neat 3D make for an above-average romp with plenty of in-jokes for cineastes and fan-boys alike." — Total Film Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Tyson (2009) | "
The result is fascinating yet troubling." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| Knowing (2009) | "
A ticking-clock thriller turned full-blown horror, Alex Proyas’s film isn’t the first to feature Cage wandering about bewilderedly. At least I Am Legend had a dog." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Two Lovers (2009) | "
A sombre, intelligent affair with superb performances across the board." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 60%
| Traitor (2008) | "
A globe-trotting conspiracy thriller that is a little too complicated for its own good." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 25%
| The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) | "
A sudsy potboiler with a twist you can see coming from the title." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| Genova (2008) | "
Part psychodrama, part Italian travelogue, Michael Winterbottom’s latest is the progeny of an A-list film-maker and B-movie material." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 60%
| Traitor (2008) | "
Strong turns from Cheadle and Pearce elevate an ambitious suspenser with a keen eye for the duplicities that propel the War On Terror. The risible ending, alas, is pure wish-fulfillment hokum, while the solitary female character is barely a cipher." — Total Film Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| Genova (2008) | "
After his playful turn in Mamma Mia!, Firth cuts an altogether more sombre figure in this thoughtful study of bereavement. With no shock twist or homicidal dwarf up its sleeve, though, Winterbottom’s film seems a little self-defeating." — Total Film Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| Knowing (2009) | "
Knowing has a far more insidious agenda: to convince non-believers like Cage, an embittered, alcoholic atheist since his wife’s death, there is intelligent design in the universe." — Total Film Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | "
Criminally overlooked this awards season, this modest indie is a treat." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 59%
| Surveillance (2009) | "
Things aren’t what they seem, however – something Lynch tries to hide by steeping her tale in wacky humour and over-ripe acting." — thelondonpaper Posted Mar 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Push (2009) | "
No amount of local colour and effects-heavy fisticuffs can save Paul McGuigan’s film." — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Cadillac Records (2008) | "
It’s a shame director Darnell Martin depends so heavily on the clichéd conventions of every other rags-to-riches biopic." — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| Che, Part Two (2008) | "
Having given us Che the icon, Del Toro now gives us Che the man: an asthmatic, flawed individual, powerless to prevent events spiralling out of his control. The film itself is far less compelling." — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Push (2009) | British director McGuigan clearly hoped to make more than a dopey, effects-laden actioner. Unfortunately, he’s made an uneven and pretentious one instead. — Heat Magazine Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 23%
| Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | "
More Topshop than Top Gun, this Bruckheimer effort sees Fisher finally make good on her Wedding Crashers promise in a film that manages to be both a frothy romcom and a cautionary tale on the perils of plastic splurgery." — Total Film Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
A hagiographical whitewash." — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 46%
| Hotel for Dogs (2009) | "
Cheerful family-com." — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
Someone, please make it stop!" — thelondonpaper Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | The animated title sequence is fun. Besides one set-piece involving a burning restaurant, the rest of the movie isn’t. — Heat Magazine Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 46%
| Hotel for Dogs (2009) | "
If you lapped up Beverly Hills Chihuahua, this canine caper about two siblings who turn a derelict hotel into a refuge for stray pooches will no doubt be the mutt’s nuts." — Total Film Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Doubt (2008) | "
Though Shanley’s first film as director since 1990 flop Joe Versus The Volcano never strays far from its theatrical origins, his unfussy direction and compelling script provide a perfect platform for his talented cast." — Total Film Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Bolt (2008) | "
If a little twee for grown-ups, this is riotous fun for kids. Even if it’s not Pixar-perfect, it’ll definitely do until Up touches down." — Total Film Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Tokyo Sonata (2009) | "
Too long by half, it’s still a well- crafted mix of tragedy and black humour." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 31%
| The Broken (2009) | "
Part mystery, part horror, it keeps us wondering what the hell is going on, while the sombre lensing ups the air of menace. The silly finale undoes a lot of the fine work, though." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| JCVD (2008) | "
Will make you see the Muscles from Brussels in a new light." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 40%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
Younger audiences will adore this canine caper, though grown-ups might feel its one joke is stretched too far." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 27%
| Clubbed (2009) | "
The swaggering acting and profanity-rich dialogue, alas, make Neil Thompson’s film feel little more than an excuse for Guy Ritchie-esque posturing." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 40%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
It’s put across with enough brio to excuse the inherent stupidity of the premise." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
mith’s charisma holds the interest, even if this and his other recent movies (I Am Legend and Hancock) suggest the only thing bigger than his ears is his Messiah complex." — thelondonpaper Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 62%
| The Reader (2008) | "
A superbly crafted yet oddly unmoving film that's easier to admire than to genuinely like." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 5, 2009 |
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