|
4/5
|
57%
|
Resistance () |
"
A beautiful, elliptical war film with the haunting qualities of a ghost story. Riseborough is terrific and Gupta proves that he's a talent to watch."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 20, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) |
"
A compelling look at the tragic and bizarre life of an enigmatic champion."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 11, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
22%
|
Blooded () |
"
A compelling look at extremism in all its guises, Blooded boasts some genuine scares despite a narrative structure that allows little room for surprises."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 30, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Passenger Side (2010) |
"
A joy from start to finish. Bissonnette has crafted a unique, funny indie."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 28, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Stone (2010) |
"
Great performances from the cast in this engrossing drama."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 16, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
The Insatiable Moon () |
"
Real and rewarding."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 28, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Waste Land (2010) |
"
Compelling and vivid, it's another fine piece of work from an up-and-coming talent."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Blue Valentine (2010) |
"
A raw but beautiful picture of love uniting and dividing: tender, real and heartfelt."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 10, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
The American (2010) |
"
A muted thriller, weighed a little too obviously with existential angst. Still, sexy and tense, with a brave, bare performance from Clooney."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 29, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
75%
|
Dog Pound (2010) |
"
Offers a punchy insight to prison life. Unfortunately, it is a familiar and tepid storyline."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
46%
|
The A-Team (2010) |
"
An energetic escape from Development Hell: suitably OTT, often fun and always loud."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 30, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
With physics-defying, thunderous action, heart-wringing emotion and an astonishing performance from DiCaprio, Nolan delivers another true original: welcome to an undiscovered country."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"
A phenomenal, heart-breaking performance from Jeff Bridges powers this simple but affecting redemption story."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
Edge of Darkness (2010) |
"
An uneven, somewhat meandering thriller is given emotional pull by Mel Gibson's excellent comeback performance. The lethal weapon hasn't lost it."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 2, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
63%
|
Exam (2010) |
"
A modern morality tale in the sleek guise of a sci-fi-tinged thriller. The setting is modest, the ambition is big."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
The Descent 2 (2009) |
"
An uninspired retread of a horror classic, this tries hard to justify its existence... and fails."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
25%
|
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) |
"
Sometimes this kind of comedy just goes too far into rubbishness to make it back."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009) |
"
A monumental mockumentary from Brit cinema's premier director/actor double act. True, daft, emotional, hilarious."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 9, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Looking for Eric (2010) |
"
Play It Again, Eric... Ken Loach perfectly captures the feeling of football and the need for hope. Touching and hilarious - a blinder."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
In the Loop (2009) |
"
Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 17, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
Defiance (2009) |
"
An amazing true tale is somewhat diminished by second-hand storytelling: entirely admirable, largely entertaining, and yet curiously hollow."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 9, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Johnny Mad Dog (2011) |
"
Grubby and yet vital, it stays with you."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 15, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
The Fall (2006) |
"
Beguiling, befuddling, brilliant. It's sure to divide audiences but, for all its ocular opulence and wild fantasy, at heart The Fall is a tender, touching tale about childhood, hope and the power of story."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 3, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) |
—
BBC
Posted Sep 24, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"
Apparently actors are narcissistic and Hollywood is ruthless... Stiller doesn't say anything we don't know, but stand-out turns from Downey Jr and Cruise make Tropic Thunder very funny for all its flaws."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 19, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
RocknRolla (2008) |
"
Forget the tabloids - this cocksure caper shows Ritchie is much more than Mr Madonna, while Butler and Kebbell have talent to burn. Punchy, funny, criminal entertainment."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 5, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
Made of Honor (2008) |
"
An inoffensive but bland romantic comedy."
—
BBC
Posted May 6, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Lonesome Jim (2006) |
"
The world would be a better place if Steve Buscemi made more movies."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 11, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"
Another comedy winner; if you have to ask why, it's because it involves the Knocked Up guy. Hilarious - even the Beatles bit, this looks set to be a hit."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"
Reilly, one of our best supporting actors graduating to star status, finally bound for glory."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 18, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
The Magic Flute (2006) |
"
Branagh's imagery is imaginative and the music lifts you. A neat trick."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"
Ray Mears has nothing on Werner Herzog. A rough guide to survival in the cruel, cruel world, with a captivating central performance from Christian Bale. Gripping, emotional and, oddly, gloriously optimistic."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 23, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Beowulf (2007) |
"
Both exciting and flat, sexy and absurd."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 15, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
26%
|
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"
It's too pious to be entertaining, too polite to be convincing and, like a weapon of mass destruction, takes a lot longer to deploy than 45 minutes."
—
BBC
Posted Nov 6, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
1408 (2007) |
"
A terrific performance from John Cusack as a cynic on a paranormal mission nudges this towards the higher end of King adaps. Eventually lets itself down, but not before shaking you up."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 31, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Seraphim Falls (2007) |
"
An unremarkable revenge/chase western, bolstered by its name cast, matter-of-fact violence and Toll's pristine photography. Eventually a little pretentious - with Anjelica Huston's cameo the nadir - but if you love oaters, it's just worth the time."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 24, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
57%
|
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"
Think Austen In Amour, à la Shakespeare In Love. A warm, charming, bittersweet romance - destined to make a thousand dates."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
91%
|
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) |
"
An elegant improvement on Flags, with terrific performances and heart-in-mouth moments, but little lasting impact. Worth watching but worth not fighting for."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 22, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
51%
|
The Fountain (2006) |
"
Science-fiction meets emotional fact. An intelligent, time-spanning love story that deserves the benefit of any doubt. Watch. And watch again."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 26, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"
A smart, searing thriller with blistering performances from McAvoy and Whitaker. Like the best Graham Greene script Graham Greene never wrote."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 12, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
"
Unless you're already dedicated to the X-Men, The Last Stand won't really hold up."
—
BBC
Posted May 23, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
United 93 (2006) |
"
It is emotionally raw yet unsentimental; it shows people at their most pained and inspirational; it is both brilliant and troubling."
—
BBC
Posted May 16, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
Hostel (2006) |
"
Beyond its 'How far can I go?' attitude to violence, Hostel has no reason to exist."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 21, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) |
"
This gripping film about real people is well-worth excavating."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 21, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
86%
|
Inside Man (2006) |
"
Until Inside Man, it didn't seem possible Spike Lee could make a dull film."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 21, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Proposition (2005) |
"
It's a savagely entertaining look at the nature of man."
—
BBC
Posted Mar 11, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
36%
|
Guy X (2005) |
"
A film which lingers and haunts, but never compels."
—
BBC
Posted Oct 22, 2005
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
Goal! The Dream Begins (Goal!: The Impossible Dream) (2005) |
"
Hardly a winner, but far from a bore draw."
—
BBC
Posted Sep 6, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
81%
|
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) |
"
Click with it and there are elements to enjoy, but the title suggests a universal significance the film can't supply."
—
BBC
Posted Aug 16, 2005
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