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Andrew Osmond

Agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

Publications:: Empire Magazine , SFX Magazine , Sight and Sound

Total Reviews:: 31

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/5	29%	Everybody Has a Plan (2013)	" Mortensen is on top form - twice over - but while the noir mood gathers like a black cloud, the story frustrates." — Empire Magazine Posted May 20, 2013
4/5	95%	L'ordre et la morale (Rebellion) ()	" It's an absorbing political drama, eloquent and angry." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 15, 2013
2/5	29%	All Things To All Men ()	" Wants to be Heat, ends up closer to a high-gloss episode of The Bill." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 1, 2013
1/5	18%	May I Kill U? ()	" Setting out to be a killer-cop satire for the social media age, the result makes Paul Blart look like Taxi Driver. Unfollow immediately." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 7, 2013
4/5	100%	Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)	" A terrific alternative to the diabetic's nightmare that is most of Disney's output, Kiki's Delivery Service takes pride of place in Miyazaki's exceptional body of work." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 26, 2012
3.5/5	94%	Room 237 (2013)	" Misery-style uber-fandom meets David Icke conspiracy freakery. " — SFX Magazine Posted Oct 27, 2012
2/5	29%	Red Lights (2012)	" Booming portents and crashy crescendos try to cover the sins of a deeply pedestrian script." — SFX Magazine Posted Jun 21, 2012
3.5/5	78%	Tales of the Night (2012)	" Tales Of The Night may be computer-animated, but its style is antique." — SFX Magazine Posted May 25, 2012
3/5	63%	The Monk (2013)	" Studded with lovely painterly images, but ends up feeling cramped and stagey." — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2012
3/5	40%	Thief and the Cobbler (1995)	" A cartoon legend, a massively ambitious film decades in the making. Even in this butchered, cretinously dumbed-down version, its incredible hubris shines through." — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 11, 2012
4/5	32%	Intruders (2012)	" Intruders has many familiar elements, but it's not a problem; the film uses its archetypes wisely, and never glibly." — SFX Magazine Posted Jan 29, 2012
3.5/5	85%	A Monster in Paris (2013)	" Solidly staged and charmingly quirky, but be prepared for a few longueurs." — SFX Magazine Posted Jan 27, 2012
5.5	76%	Summer Wars (Sama Wozu) (2010)	" A cyberspace spectacle, but with the warmth and wonder we associate with Pixar or Ghibli. " — SFX Magazine Posted Mar 28, 2011
4.5/5	72%	Enter the Void (Soudain le vide) (2010)	" Initial wonderment gives way to feelings of frustration, tedium and then - if you're in a receptive mood - appreciation of the astral to-ings and fro-ings, the rhythms of despair and consolation." — SFX Magazine Posted Sep 24, 2010
4/5	50%	The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2010)	" It's no shock classic, yet it lingers in the mind, prompting weird thoughts like, "Would I go in the front, middle or back?"" — SFX Magazine Posted Aug 20, 2010
3/5	——	Pet Shop of Horrors (1999)	" Tolerably diverting, with a few truly weird moments." — SFX Magazine Posted Aug 2, 2010
	60%	300 (2007)	" If 300 represents an evolution in 'virtual' cinema, then at the same time it tells a story that transports us back to the violent roots of western civilisation." — Sight and Sound Posted Jul 6, 2010
4.5/5	92%	Ponyo (2009)	" Ponyo is a delight, so long as you accept it for what it is... an empowering, completely upbeat wonder-tale." — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 8, 2010
3.5/5	49%	Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (2009)	" "Often funny, enjoyable and surprisingly thoughtful."" — SFX Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2010
3/5	34%	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)	" Coming after Michael Bay's terrifyingly psychotic Transformers sequel, it's a relief to have a lowbrow fantasy actioner that's lively and busy without being crushingly relentless." — SFX Magazine Posted Aug 11, 2009
4.5/5	48%	Antichrist (2009)	" You may be gripped by Antichrist's depraved fairytale, or write it off as arthouse excrement. Either way, we guarantee you'll be relieved as hell when it's over." — SFX Magazine Posted Jul 16, 2009
1.5/5	22%	Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)	" If you go in expecting an amusing stinker, you may enjoy it." — SFX Magazine Posted Jun 30, 2009
2/5	25%	Bedtime Stories (2008)	" If you are forced to attend, then at least Bedtime Stories is tolerable, and occasionally fun -- when it forgets to be dumb." — SFX Magazine Posted May 27, 2009
3.5/5	43%	Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)	" Add some gags with living paintings and photos, and the return of that monkey, and this museum is certainly worth the price of admission." — SFX Magazine Posted May 22, 2009
2/5	26%	The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)	" Let's be clear: this is trash, not very funny and sometimes jaw-droppingly insulting." — SFX Magazine Posted May 12, 2009
4/5	55%	17 Again (2009)	" Here's the shocker: 17 Again is actually pretty good." — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 9, 2009
1.5/5	14%	Dragonball Evolution (2009)	" It's just dull, dumb and depressing." — SFX Magazine Posted Apr 9, 2009
4/5	78%	Surf's Up (2007)	" A charming computer cartoon, lifted by Bridges' Lebowski-like performance and a truly funny mockumentary framework." — Empire Magazine Posted Aug 10, 2007
3/5	86%	Howl's Moving Castle (2005)	" As much of a hand-drawn treat as Spirited Away, chock-full of numinous sunsets, fabulous organic machinery and gratuitously delightful touches." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 24, 2005
5/5	91%	Bambi (1942)	" The fun and fear, the silliness and heartbreak, are taken to vivid extremes by Walt's entwining of high art and what snobs will always deride as Disney-kitsch." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2005

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