|
5/5
|
95%
|
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) |
"
Its status as a national treasure is assured, thanks to Roger Livesey's protean lead turn, Deborah Kerr's three incarnations of his ideal woman and the mastery of the medium that typified The Archers at their height."
—
Total Film
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Beauty and the Beast (2012) |
"
Reaches a level of artistry, sophistication and musical excellence that's still to be bettered by the Mouse House - or indeed its rivals."
—
Total Film
Posted May 2, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
The Lion King (2011) |
"
Well worth another look, though it's a pity they're saving the newly made bloopers for the upcoming Blu-ray."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 4, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
West Side Story (1961) |
"
Not seen it? Time you did."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) (1955) |
"
The ending, much copied, is justly famous. But it's the implacable build-up that seals its classic status..."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 7, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
The Big Sleep (1946) |
"
Oozing class from start to finish, Howard Hawks' 1946 noir isn't just a Hollywood classic."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 24, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
It Happened One Night (1934) |
"
Both stars loathed the experience yet turned in two of their most enduring performances."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 27, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
"
Both spirited road movie and existential journey."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
A conceptual coup that, in dealing with the shifting logic and fractured reality of dreams, frees itself from the need to satisfy any conventions, formulae or expectations."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Toy Story 3 (2010) |
"
One of the best films of the year, Pixar's long-awaited latest scores in every department. Funny, affecting and dramatically fearless, it's as fine a threequel as you could hope for. Bring tissues -- lots of tissues."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 17, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2011) |
"
An intimate tribute that pays as much attention to Bill the man as it does to Bill the stand-up."
—
Total Film
Posted May 20, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Toy Story (1995) |
"
There's no denying 3D adds extra texture to Pixar's seminal 1995 buddy movie, emphasising Buzz and Woody's toy's-eye- view of the world."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 4, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
From Russia With Love (1964) |
"
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
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966) |
"
The visuals are eye-popping, the score (by Ennio Morricone) magnificent, the Civil War set-pieces both stunning and haunting. If you're going to end a trilogy, this is the way to do it."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 1, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
The Jungle Book (1967) |
"
Ridiculously entertaining."
—
Film4
Posted Mar 10, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
All About Eve (1950) |
"
For old-school Hollywood movie-making at its most polished, literate and sophisticated there is really nothing to match it."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
All About Eve (1950) |
"
Impeccable."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Withnail and I (1987) |
"
Has any screenplay combined so many quotable lines with such tear-jerking pathos or blatant homophobia?"
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
76%
|
Superman Returns (2006) |
"
Logical progression, intelligent reappraisal, and nostalgia trip all in one, Superman Return is better than we dared hope."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 4, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) (2003) |
"
It's a vast, sweeping epic that thrillingly sets its characters' lives against a wider backdrop of profound political, historical, and cultural change."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 3, 2004
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Amadeus (1984) |
"
This 'special edition' of Amadeus proves that Abraham's Oscar triumph was no fluke."
—
BBC
Posted Jul 22, 2002
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Gosford Park (2001) |
"
Five stars don't do it justice."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 21, 2002
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1981) |
"
The stunts are incredible and the effects astonishing, but it's Harrison Ford's effortlessly charming performance as the original tomb raider that makes his globetrotting quest for the Ark of the Covenant so appealing."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 10, 2002
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
From Russia With Love (1964) |
"
A thrilling espionage adventure chock full of iconic characters, set pieces and one-liners."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 27, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
81%
|
The Untouchables (1987) |
"
Few old TV shows have been brought to the big screen with such élan as Brian De Palma's majestic adaptation of the 60s small screen classic The Untouchables."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 13, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Godfather (1972) |
"
Coppola's masterpiece reveals something new every time you watch it."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 18, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
GoodFellas (1990) |
"
Goodfellas is a tour de force that brilliantly evokes both the seductive glamour and moral degradation of organised crime."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
M*A*S*H (MASH) (1970) |
"
Altman's black comedy perfectly expressed the anarchic, rebellious spirit of the 1970s with its blistering anti-war message and contempt for authority."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
The Godfather, Part II (1974) |
"
The only sequel to win an Oscar for best picture."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
Meet the Parents (2000) |
"
A five star hoot."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
—
|
93%
|
Riding Giants (2004) |
"
It's enough to make you want to take to the waves yourself."
—
Film4
Posted Aug 5, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Young Adult (2011) |
"
Theron gives a fearless performance in a dark comedy of no manners that's as acerbic and mordant as Juno was warm and embracing."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
A fast-paced, globe-trotting adventure that offers blasts, brawls and buildings of equally spectacular scale."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
Faster, funnier and even more bromantic than the original, this far from stately Holmes delivers piping hot entertainment at a furious lick."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Tabloid (2011) |
"
A bizarre coda turns what begins as a playful exposé of the British media's sensationalist excesses into a surreal voyage into a warped mind no reporter could invent."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Ides of March (2011) |
"
Clooney and Gosling will poll well in this sleek peek at how politicians really get elected, staged with a smart nod to the classic conspiracy yarns of yesteryear."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
The Debt (2011) |
"
Smart and suspenseful, The Debt packs in enough surprises to make you forgive its last minute collapse. Chastain, meanwhile, shows why everybody's talking about her."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
In A Better World (2011) |
"
Bier's yarn offers an involving narrative, strong acting and fine location work on both sides of the equator."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) |
"
With simulated simians authentic enough to make Project Nim look almost phoney, allied to an involving, evolving story, Rise is the Planet we've been waiting for."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 5, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Beginners (2011) |
"
Mills allows one half of his story to subtly shape the other in a way that makes for a more coherent and rewarding tale than its disparate elements suggest."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
It's uneven, unwieldy and overlong, but if it's yucks you're after you'll find them in abundance in a side-splitting comedy that lifts the veil on every wedding's unsung heroines."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 8, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Life in a Day (2011) |
"
Ignore the stats and surrender to the emotion in a movie where there's always something cool just around the corner."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
58%
|
Kaboom (2011) |
"
It's good to see the respectability Araki won from 2004's Mysterious Skin hasn't sapped his subversive streak."
—
Total Film
Posted May 31, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
It's a tough job but someone's got to do it in a moving look at one of the armed forces' most harrowing details."
—
Total Film
Posted May 23, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Little White Lies (2012) |
"
Populist fare from across the channel that will amply repay those ready to put the time in. The scenery, meanwhile, makes you want to run out and buy a timeshare."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 30, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Source Code (2011) |
"
A clever, classy and affecting thriller that never goes off the rails."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 23, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Benda Bilili! (2011) |
"
Take the Buena Vista Social Club, add some wheelchairs and you have Staff Benda Bilili..."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 10, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The African Queen (1951) |
"
It's probably cameraman Jack Cardiff who deserves kudos for turning this odd-couple romance into such a colourful escapade through east Africa."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 23, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) |
"
Its charms remain undiminished after five decades, despite Mickey Rooney's Mr Yunioshi..."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 27, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Catfish (2010) |
"
A compulsive, propulsive study of relationships virtual and real."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 9, 2010
|
67%
——
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