|
5/5
|
94%
|
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"
Nolan cements his position as Hollywood's premier purveyor of blockbuster smarts."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 15, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
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
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Deliverance (1972) |
"
There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Amadeus (1984) |
"
Entering its third decade, but has lost none of its power to awe."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
A stunning superhero/sci-fi that has appeared out of nowhere to demand your immediate attention."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Restrepo (2010) |
"
Powerful, terrifying and soulful, this real-life Hurt Locker is an intimate, often brilliant insight into combat and comradeship."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 6, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
53%
|
Green Zone (2010) |
"
A wham-bam actioner, but its pointed political subtext ensures Damon and Greengrass deliver their most provocative mission yet."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 9, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
45%
|
The Box (2009) |
"
Movie Marmite. Many will be perplexed. Donnie Darko fans should lap it up."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
64%
|
Harry Brown (2010) |
"
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
|
|
4/5
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Blow Out (1981) |
"
A forgotten gem."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 27, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
63%
|
Dumb and Dumber (1994) |
"
[Featrues] a plethora of memorable scenes."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 28, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2007) |
"
A haunting, uplifting and never-exploitative portrayal of a terrifying real-life tragedy."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 14, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
Blade II (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
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The Ring (2002) |
"
As a concept, it's flawed. As a remake, it's good. As modern horror, it's a firecracker."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 30, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Fah talai jone (Tears of the Black Tiger) (2007) |
"
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
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Near Dark (1987) |
"
Kathryn Bigelow took on the big boys and won."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
57%
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Stand by Me (2000) |
"
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
|
|
4/5
|
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
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Dreamscape (1984) |
"
Very, very '80s, but lots of fun too."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Point Break (1991) |
"
The elements conspire to produce a superb splash of trashy, testosterone-induced mayhem."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
87%
|
Nico and Dani (Krámpack) (2000) |
"
Vilches and ... Ramallo, both strong thesps, make a good pair and help keep the story from slipping into sleaziness."
—
Variety
Posted Feb 7, 2001
|
|
|
70%
|
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
|
|
|
87%
|
Platoon (1986) |
"
Peppered with a superb cast."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
72%
|
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
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
80%
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Black Hawk Down (2001) |
"
Ambitious, sumptuously-framed and frenetic, Black Hawk Down occasionally errs on the confused, but is nonetheless a rare find of a war movie which dares to turn genre convention on its head."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 30, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Kill Bill, Volume 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
|
|
3/5
|
26%
|
Swordfish (2001) |
"
Techno tosh, but fitfully great fun all the same."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
46%
|
Cherry Falls (2000) |
"
The disappointment is in an ultimately anaemic feel."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Reality Bites (1993) |
"
Although overly melodramatic and stylised, this is still feelgood fodder at its most digestible."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
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
|
|
2/5
|
64%
|
Basic Instinct (1992) |
"
Truly bonkers, and perhaps something of a guilty pleasure."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
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
|
|
2/5
|
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
|
|
2/5
|
53%
|
Scary Movie (2000) |
"
Rendering this film fairly pointless."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
37%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2001) |
"
Sadly little more than a (very) poor man's Thelma And Louise."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 23, 2001
|
|
1/5
|
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
|
|
1/5
|
4%
|
Godsend (2003) |
"
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
|
|
1/5
|
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
|
67%
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