Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
Movie Marmite. Many will be perplexed. Donnie Darko fans should lap it up." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 77%
| Harry Brown (2009) | "
Caine’s mesmerising, tough-as-old-boots performance makes Harry Brown, if no Get Carter 2, somewhere not a million miles removed. Get some." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 96%
| Big River Man (2009) | "
Entertaining more as a portrait of a slightly unhinged sportsman than the biography of stunt." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
An absolute treat. In spite of its disappointing climax, this is Apatow’s smartest, rudest and — yes — funniest film yet." — Empire Magazine Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Blow Out (1981) | "
A forgotten gem." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| Zombie Strippers (2008) | "
A brilliantly high-concept title and some decent gore aside, you’re better off watching the version in your head. It will be infinitely more fun and have markedly improved production values." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
Nolan cements his position as Hollywood’s premier purveyor of blockbuster smarts." — Empire Magazine Posted Jul 15, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 62%
| Dumb and Dumber (1994) | "
[Featrues] a plethora of memorable scenes." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 28, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Out of the Blue (2007) | "
A haunting, uplifting and never-exploitative portrayal of a terrifying real-life tragedy." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 59%
| Basic Instinct (1992) | "
Truly bonkers, and perhaps something of a guilty pleasure." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 8, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 19%
| The Hitcher (2007) | "
A depressingly formulaic reworking of a unique cult favourite that should have been left well alone. Stick with Rutger." — Empire Magazine Posted Jun 1, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Re-Animator (1985) | "
The plot... took a genre obsessed with masked killers, monsters et al, completely by storm." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 18, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 7%
| Boat Trip (2003) | "
It also has one of the most lame plots in the history of lame plots." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 58%
| Blade 2 (2002) | "
Popcorn nonsense for sure, but shot with a wit, skill and understanding of its audience all too rarely seen in the genre." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 76%
| Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) | "
Wonderfully shot in an oh-so-bright colour scheme and laced with a delightful sense of humour, the tale of gunslinger Dum and his childhood sweetheart Rumpoey is a joy." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 2%
| The In Crowd (2000) | "
Stone the crows! Or is that flog the dead horse? Either way, this is cobblers." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 5%
| Godsend (2004) | "
It's mangled into an Omen-lite disaster area, thanks to a script torn between making a moral point about cloning and cheap shocks." — Empire Magazine Posted Jul 3, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) | "
Go see it, laugh and flinch in all the right places, have a ball, but don’t expect to remember this for years to come." — Empire Magazine Posted May 14, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Near Dark (1987) | "
Kathryn Bigelow took on the big boys and won." — Empire Magazine Posted Aug 1, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| Catch Me If You Can (2002) | "
A fitting dessert to Spielberg's preceeding entree and main course of A.I. and Minority Report, and one hell of a ride." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 25%
| Swordfish (2001) | "
Techno tosh, but fitfully great fun all the same." — Empire Magazine Posted Jul 27, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 32%
| Along Came a Spider (2001) | "
In terms of plotting, it's hardly breaking new ground, but spare a thought nonetheless for Morgan Freeman." — Empire Magazine Posted May 7, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Mean Streets (1973) | "
A true rough diamond, Scorsese's breakthrough may be uneven, but at its heart lies fledgling genius." — Empire Magazine Posted May 3, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| The Terminator (1984) | "
A tense, slickly executed thriller, which sent a relatively unknown Austrian bodybuilder screaming into the world's spotlight." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 22, 2001 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Beautiful Creatures (2001) | "
Sadly little more than a (very) poor man's Thelma And Louise." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 23, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Nico and Dani (2001) | "
Vilches and ... Ramallo, both strong thesps, make a good pair and help keep the story from slipping into sleaziness." — Variety Posted Feb 7, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Amadeus (1984) | "
Entering its third decade, but has lost none of its power to awe." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| Bullets Over Broadway (1994) | "
As one-liningly sharp and self-deprecating as you'd expect. If not more so." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| Cherry Falls (2000) | "
The disappointment is in an ultimately anaemic feel." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 7%
| Chill Factor (1999) | "
The makers were certainly never aiming for the cerebral, but nonetheless seem happy from the outset to simply cobble together a couple of action staples and hope it'll all work out. Strangely enough, it doesn't." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 70%
| Chopper (2001) | "
Unsettling and at times uneven, but always fascinating material for anyone prepared for a grim ride." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Deliverance (1972) | "
There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Dreamscape (1983) | "
Very, very '80s, but lots of fun too." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) | "
What plot there is garnishes itself with an array of such like-minded sensibilities that you'd be hard pushed to find much in the way of fault." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Jacob's Ladder (1990) | "
Admittedly it is sporadic and at times even rambling, but when it succeeds ... the results are positively haunting." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Platoon (1986) | "
Peppered with a superb cast." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Point Break (1991) | "
The elements conspire to produce a superb splash of trashy, testosterone-induced mayhem." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| Reality Bites (1993) | "
Although overly melodramatic and stylised, this is still feelgood fodder at its most digestible." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 52%
| Scary Movie (2000) | "
Rendering this film fairly pointless." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Shallow Grave (1995) | "
Brilliantly implicit, relentlessly paced, hilariously dark and underpinned by a central moral dilemma guaranteed to tease long after lights out." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Stand by Me (1986) | "
An absorbing, touching examination of the loss of innocence that, despite occasionally drifting towards the sappy, undeniably deserves its place in the heart of a generation." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 62%
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) | "
A great work from a greater director, and a blockbuster of quite the most swashbuckling kind." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| The Usual Suspects (1995) | "
Certain 'big twists' may have hogged the limelight of late, but rarely have they come 'bigger' or better than in Bryan Singer’s glorious exercise in taut intrigue, dazzling plotting and criminal psychology." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 1, 2000 |
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