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Adam Ross

Adam Ross

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
The Aristocrat
Total Reviews:
119

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
4/5 68% Elysium (2013) " After District 9, this is a little bit of a disappointment... but a must-see for fans of the genre." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 5, 2013
5/5 97% Gravity (2013) " ...Cuaron takes elements that remove the soul from most films and uses them to his advantage. Gravity opens up the possibilities of cinema. (Video review)" — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 2, 2013
4/5 89% The World's End (2013) " ...may not be as funny or inventive as its trailblazing predecessors, but it still has enough of the good stuff to put most big-budget Hollywood comedies to shame. (Video Review)" — The Aristocrat
Posted Aug 11, 2013
3/5 69% The Wolverine (2013) " ...its not the definitive Wolverine film that we had been promised. (Video Review) " — The Aristocrat
Posted Aug 6, 2013
4/5 87% The Conjuring (2013) " ...2013's horror film to beat. (Video review)" — The Aristocrat
Posted Jul 29, 2013
2/5 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " Ultra Art-house, ultra obscure... a step down from Drive. (Video Review). " — The Aristocrat
Posted Jul 29, 2013
3/5 69% Fast & Furious 6 (2013) " ... Lin must actually listen to criticism and has been slowly rectifying the mistakes made in his previous films - hell, the way he is going, by the time they get to Sweet Fast 16, it might be up for Best Picture." — The Aristocrat
Posted Jun 5, 2013
2/5 49% The Great Gatsby (2013) " It may sound like a strange comparison, but the film that Gatsby reminded me of the most is Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers." — The Aristocrat
Posted May 30, 2013
5/5 82% The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) " Bleak, raw, epic and vibrating with energy, Pines is a film to haunt your dreams, and, so far, the best thing I've seen in a cinema in 2013." — The Aristocrat
Posted May 11, 2013
4/5 95% The Hunt (2013) " ...watching an intelligent discourse on such a tricky subject makes for engrossing drama, even if it comes at the expense of our protagonist: a good man stranded in the void between moral panic and due process." — The Aristocrat
Posted May 5, 2013
2/5 79% Iron Man 3 (2013) " This film resembles its protagonist Tony Stark: its overblown, convoluted and seemingly disconnected to anything that has come before it." — The Aristocrat
Posted May 1, 2013
4/5 54% Oblivion (2013) " Not all of Oblivion's big ideas stick - in fact some of them threaten to send the film spiralling into its namesake - but at its best, the film achieves something that is highly elusive in modern film: it is completely and utterly engrossing." — The Aristocrat
Posted Apr 21, 2013
3/5 81% Warm Bodies (2013) " ...the film's horror element is hamstrung by its bloodless rating, so the filmmakers often focus on the immaculate cheekbones of their leads..." — The Aristocrat
Posted Apr 10, 2013
1/5 14% A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) " Gone is the vulnerable, smart and resourceful hero of the original. He has instead been replaced by an unstoppable killing machine who - like a pull-string toy - sprouts irrelevant catch phrases like 'I'm on vacation!' in the middle of a fire fight." — The Aristocrat
Posted Mar 25, 2013
3/5 66% Cloud Atlas (2012) " ...few films have ever been this weird, this epic and this disjointed." — The Aristocrat
Posted Mar 12, 2013
3/5 60% The Last Stand (2013) " ...it's refreshing to watch a film that wants to be nothing more than a blood-soaked accompaniment to beer and pizza." — The Aristocrat
Posted Feb 26, 2013
4/5 88% Django Unchained (2012) " It would seem that this film's irreverence isn't a case of didn't-try-can't-fail dismissiveness, but rather something more innocuous: it's simply the world interpreted through Tarantino's boisterous perspective." — The Aristocrat
Posted Jan 28, 2013
2/5 32% Gangster Squad (2013) " ...it would seem so much was spent on waistcoats that no one could afford to go to Officeworks, as Gangster Squad's script - the foundation of every film - is an absolute mess." — The Aristocrat
Posted Jan 11, 2013
4/5 61% Jack Reacher (2012) " Unless you cast Yao Ming as Bilbo Baggins, what bearing does height have on a characterisation? Thank Christ that Cruise has an unwavering sense of self, as Jack Reacher is old school action dynamite." — The Aristocrat
Posted Jan 6, 2013
2/5 12% Red Dawn (2012) " If your film choices are dictated by what is in the $2 pile at Blockbuster, I imagine this kind of easily justified pro-war sentiment would go down a treat, especially with a bottle of cheap whiskey." — The Aristocrat
Posted Dec 4, 2012
2/5 51% Trouble with the Curve (2012) " It's a shame that Kevin Costner had already taken the title The Postman as it perfectly defines Curve - a film where every single plot development is telegraphed in advance." — The Aristocrat
Posted Dec 1, 2012
5/5 92% Skyfall (2012) " Skyfall does what all of the best franchise entries do: it makes you want to see the next one immediately. Consider me (physically) shaken and (emotionally) stirred." — The Aristocrat
Posted Nov 23, 2012
4/5 85% End of Watch (2012) " ...one of 2012's best action films." — The Aristocrat
Posted Nov 6, 2012
4/5 78% Dredd (2012) " ...Dredd is one of the year's purest, most gratifying genre films." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 27, 2012
5/5 96% Argo (2012) " ...incredibly entertaining, lucid crowd pleaser. I'm [annoyed] that people may hear the synopsis and go 'Oh, that's not my thing', because Argo is everyone's thing: it's one of the year's best films." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 25, 2012
2/5 24% Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) " ...Shulman and Joost forget to bring the scary - that low frequency noise and telegraphed pop-up scares have worn as thin as a communal durex." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
3/5 30% Total Recall (2012) " This new version of Total Recall is the cinematic equivalent of a vibrator: it is whirling, sleek, shiny and utterly artificial, yet it gets you where you need to go." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
4/5 65% The Campaign (2012) " The Campaign is an equal split of smart and stupid. Some people may be off-put by the wild detours into vulgarity, but I relished it." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
2/5 17% The Watch (2012) " The only arcs these characters encounter are in their pants." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
4/5 87% ParaNorman (2012) " ...this is truly edgy for children's fare." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
5/5 94% The Sessions (2012) " The Sessions is a magnificent film. This tale of a profoundly disabled man's sexual awaking is not only a genuine crowd pleaser , but it also gives a cinematic voice to the marginalized." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 19, 2012
4/5 86% Easy Money (2012) " This Swedish thriller isn't just a great crime film, it's a great film, period. Based on the novel by Jens Lapidus, Easy Money is positively Dickensian in its themes and scope." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 18, 2012
4/5 67% Lawless (2012) " ...[Hillcoat] has an ability to capture violence in a way that breaks through a century of cinematic desensitisation - when someone gets hurt in a John Hillcoat film you feel it." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 15, 2012
5/5 87% Blue Valentine (2010) " [Director] Cianfrance is not interested in the Hollywood fairytale, he want to show that love can scar." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 5, 2012
4/5 63% Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) " Like most guy-centric films these days, this film is ragingly homophobic and misogynistic, and you know what? These are some of the best parts. It is a testament to the wit of the writers and the charisma of the cast that we are never turned off." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 5, 2012
3/5 21% Taken 2 (2012) " The aversion to violent detail makes it appear as though Mills is applying light chiropractic manipulation rather than giving someone an involuntary dirt nap." — The Aristocrat
Posted Oct 2, 2012
2/5 40% Mental (2013) " ...due to a mortifyingly miscalculated lead performance and haphazard writing, Mental is often as funny as a burning orphanage." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 30, 2012
3/5 53% The Mechanic (2011) " [Simon West] goes for headshots, stabbings and other dispatches that are the antithesis of modern PG-13 action filmmaking." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
1/5 49% The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) " Edward is cold and controlling: the archetype of an abusive partner and Jacob just acts like a rapist in training, he keeps trying to kiss Bella against her will." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
2/5 94% Samson and Delilah (2010) " Director Warwick Thornton's artistic choices alienated me as viewer and made me pray for the end." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
2/5 33% Terminator Salvation (2009) " Everything that made the Terminator films great is absent in this film. The violence, the terror, the basic fear is gone ... In this film, children defeat a terminator." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
4/5 61% The Reader (2008) " The film's exploration of the Holocaust's fallout on subsequent generations is harrowing." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
3/5 43% Robin Hood (2010) " I thought [Robin Hood] was going to be the best film of the year ... [it] never gels. " — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
4/5 98% Let the Right One In (2008) " Let the Right One In eschews all the crap that has plagued vampire films for years. This is a dark, serious and twisted film. " — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
4/5 99% Toy Story 3 (2010) " ... this is [Pixar's] prison film, and they load it with suspense, clever references, invention and action. " — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
4/5 95% Star Trek (2009) " ... it pleases me to report that the new film from Director J.J. Abrams pulled me (a Trek newbie) in like a Romulan tractor beam." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
5/5 51% Observe and Report (2009) " This is one of the best comedies of the decade, and I suggest you check it out immediately - just don't take your grandmother." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
2/5 27% Fast & Furious (2009) " The tagline for this film is: 'New Model, Original Parts'. It should be: 'Are you dumb enough to pay for the same film twice?'" — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
3/5 73% Iron Man 2 (2010) " I was predisposed to like Iron Man even if it starred David Hasselhoff wrapped in tinfoil ... Is it worth your time? Definitely. Is it the calibre of Spider-Man 2 and The Dark Knight? Afraid not." — The Aristocrat
Posted Sep 29, 2012
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