|
4/5
|
100%
|
Captain Blood (1935) |
"
Lavish pirate adventure that launched Errol Flynn onto 1930's screens and ensured that buckles would be swashed for a good few years to follow."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Patience (After Sebald) (2012) |
"
With so many films adapted from novels, it's nice to see cinema paying homage to unheralded greats of literature like Sebald."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 23, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
A sequel confident in what it's about - bigger, better, funnier, without stretching the joke."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Sound It Out (2011) |
"
Proof that, in the right hands, documentaries boast as much heart as any feature. This one got soul too. Wonderful."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 31, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Carry on Spying (Agent Oooh!) (1964) |
"
More sprightly and less encumbered with the need to titillate that would ring-fence the Carry Ons in later life, there is a youthfulness about Spying that still remains fresher than the colour films."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Island of Lost Souls (The Island of Dr. Moreau) (1933) |
"
This may have been made (and banned) in the 1930s, but it remains a neatly disturbing horror with a definitive ending."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Action-packed, gorgeous, and faithfully whimsical: Hergé thought Spielberg the only director capable of filming Tintin. He was onto something."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 16, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Midnight in Paris (2011) |
"
Light, assured, and utterly charming: Woody Allen's sublime gifts are still intact."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 2, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Jane Eyre (2011) |
"
There's no question it's stunningly mounted, and Wasikowska makes a much stronger Jane than Alice, but the romance is overripe and the climax underdone."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 5, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
Time for death to call in sick?"
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Home Alone (1990) |
"
A hilarious comedy (although not a very believable one -- there can be no eight-year-olds this ingenious) that kids will love and adults won't mind sitting through either."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 26, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
Dune (1984) |
"
It's not for everyone, but if you don't mind the brain-bending confusion of the plot and occasional feeling of '80s high camp, this isn't as bad as its detractors would have it."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
There is simply nothing like it out there: profound, idiosyncratic, complex, sincere and magical; a confirmation that cinema can aspire to art."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 4, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
"
If you don't love Shawshank, chances are you're beyond redemption."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 15, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Hanna (2011) |
"
An absurd-sounding concept rendered wholly believable and thrilling by a fearless young actress and a director at the top of his game."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) (2010) |
"
Slightly underpowered as an espionage thriller, this is nonetheless a fascinating story told with real panache."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 26, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
Moby Dick (1956) |
"
The film takes flight as a grand chase movie, and leaves its ambition in its wake. "
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 5, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Quo Vadis (1951) |
"
Enough large-scale spectacle scenes to outweigh the inevitable religiose sludge that creeps in between them."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 23, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
53%
|
Brighton Rock (2011) |
"
It really needed a stronger director than John Boulting, but Brighton Rock perfectly embalms the seediness of its era."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 3, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
The King's Speech (2010) |
"
Think the blazing joys of Chariots Of Fire where the race is to the end of a sentence. Can it be that the British are coming?"
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 3, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Unstoppable (2010) |
"
Some days a runaway train movie just hits the spot."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 29, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Africa United () |
"
The intention is Spain, the kids are Uruguay, but the direction and script are England."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 20, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
Case 39 (2010) |
"
Manages to be both very silly and highly forgettable. Only for those who collect killer-children films."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 28, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) |
"
By turns fascinating and mysterious."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) |
"
Despite Cage in a snit, it's a likable if functional summer-show."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 12, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
The Last Airbender (2010) |
"
Far from the catastrophe the US bewailed, but still disappointingly clunky."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 12, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) |
"
Nine years on from the first movie but somehow the effects have gone backwards and the charm has gone missing."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 5, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
53%
|
Knight & Day (2010) |
"
They make a fun duo, but none of the constituent genres work in this overbearing action-rom-com."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Creepshow (1982) |
"
Genuinely creepy, satirical and occasionally daft horror tales with a distinctly moral bent."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 16, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
Batman Forever (1995) |
"
Hasn't aged very well."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 16, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) |
"
Its restraint might put off thrill-seekers, but if you can endure the wooden dialogue and sloppy exposition, it musters the entertainment quotient of a middle-order Harry Potter."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 20, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
The Ghost Writer (2010) |
"
As when Coppola made The Rainmaker, perfectly adequate as it was, there's a sense that Polanski is comfortable plying his expertise: a decent professional job, untroubled by the virtues of art."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 15, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
28%
|
Remember Me (2010) |
"
There is much to be impressed with here."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Perrier's Bounty (2010) |
"
There's no doubting the energy, but without Colin Farrell's fervour, or any novel spin, it's no more than treading water from this gang."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Carry On Screaming! (1966) |
"
This 12th of the franchise shows that the series could also tackle satire, as well as the tits and bum humour."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 23, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Office Space (1999) |
"
A shapeless comedy of little merit."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 12, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Frantic (1988) |
"
One of the best traditional thrillers to come down the pike in quite some time."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
Bitter Moon (1992) |
"
Deliberately provocative, infuriatingly melodramatic, this is a film that begs not to be taken seriously, and requires a ready suspension of moral discernment for maximum enjoyment."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Invictus (2009) |
"
Eastwood hits all the right notes in exactly the right order, but it's his least personal film for a while."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 5, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
In Reitman's care, still channelling the breezy, matter-of-fact perkiness of Juno, it is an emphatic statement that Hollywood can still make great movies; a celebration that stardom can be as thrilling a concept as 3-D or CG or mooncalf vampires."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 15, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
It Might Get Loud (2009) |
"
The mood's too good-spirited, and in that there are great pleasures - not least the sound-of-mind thinking of three rockers putting paid to the tired cliché of burbling rock gods trapped in their own shadows."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Glory (1989) |
"
Exceptionally well-rendered and emotive war drama."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 6, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Disgrace (2008) |
"
Surprisingly successful adaptation."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Séraphine (2009) |
"
Superb central performance in this original take on the art biopic."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 27, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
55%
|
Robin Hood (1973) |
"
Foxes with bows and arrows. What could be better than that?"
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Peter Pan (1953) |
"
Definitely a Disney classic but misses out much of the darker side of J.M.Barrie's fantasy tale."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) |
"
Like Lansbury, the film has aged well and retains almost all of its magic."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"
Genuinely original: a silly, hilarious and oddly profound adaptation for adult-sized children."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Pete's Dragon (1977) |
"
Another not very charming but harmless fusion of animation and good old real-life."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 1, 2009
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