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Anthony Morris

Anthony Morris

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Biography:
Anthony Morris has been the film editor for Forte magazine since 1992, where he provides regular reviews, film stories and interviews. He has been writing for The Big Issue since 1997, taking on the role of acting film editor for much of 2003 and becoming DVD editor in 2005. He is currently the film and television reviewer for The Geelong Times and a regular contributor of film and DVD reviews to Empire magazine. He was the film editor at the Melbourne Agenda from 1994 until its close in 1997, wrote video reviews for What’s Hot On Video from 1998 until 2000, has reviewed films on ABC radio Melbourne, was a regular book reviewer in The Geelong Advertiser for over a decade, and has had numerous short stories published. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Literature from Deakin University, with an Honours Degree in Literature.
Publications:
Empire Magazine Australasia , The Vine
Total Reviews:
40
Total QuickRatings:
40
Location:
Sydney, Australia

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
47% Bait (2012) " Calling Bait 3D a crap film would be a compliment. " — The Vine
Posted Sep 20, 2012
73% The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) " This is a well made superhero film at a time when well-made superhero films aren't exactly hard to find; your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man's neighbourhood is starting to get pretty crowded. " — The Vine
Posted Jul 5, 2012
4/5 62% Café de Flore (2012) " Vallee tells the stories in an impressionistic way; Antoine's side of things occasionally verges on Tree of Life territory." — The Vine
Posted Apr 26, 2012
3.5/5 83% Wish You Were Here (2013) " Australian films rarely have difficultly looking good, and this one makes both Sydney and Cambodia look gorgeous and yet slightly menacing." — The Vine
Posted Apr 26, 2012
4/5 50% Mirror Mirror (2012) " Mirror Mirror isn't the kind of classic that wins big awards or lavish praise. It's just a really sweet, charming film, and we can never have enough of those." — The Vine
Posted Mar 27, 2012
3/5 59% Any Questions for Ben? () " It's a slick, lightweight feel-good film about a bunch of characters who happen to be sharing their glamorous, hard-partying lifestyle with you for a couple of hours." — The Vine
Posted Feb 10, 2012
2/5 36% The Thing (2011) " Relying almost entirely on special effects for the few scares it does have, it's the kind of uninspired remake that kills franchises stone dead." — The Vine
Posted Oct 11, 2011
4/5 60% Real Steel (2011) " Whatever your age, if you've ever crashed two toy robots together you won't want to miss this." — The Vine
Posted Oct 5, 2011
3/5 78% Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) " Stone and Gosling are great together; anyone want to put them together in a rom-com spin-off, you've sold one ticket right here." — The Vine
Posted Sep 29, 2011
4/5 90% Face to Face (2013) " For a film that is still mostly just people in a room talking -- and more importantly, for a low-budget Australian drama, a category that often rings alarm bells -- Face to Face impresses in just about every way." — The Vine
Posted Sep 6, 2011
4/5 95% The Guard (2011) " It's a good thing the two main characters are played by actors who can make these shifts in tone work otherwise this could have been one big mess" — The Vine
Posted Aug 25, 2011
4/5 84% The Tree of Life (2011) " It is a beautiful, intelligent film, sharp and insightful about the bond between father and son, thoughtful and amazed at the world that created them. " — The Vine
Posted Jun 28, 2011
3/5 60% Blame (2010) " There's nothing going on here that you haven't seen done before elsewhere and better, but there's still enough here that's fresh." — The Vine
Posted Jun 15, 2011
3.5/5 33% Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) " It may not leave you wanting more of the pirate's life, but when you've got cameos from Dame Judi Dench and Keith Richards you must be doing something right." — The Vine
Posted May 17, 2011
4/5 66% Insidious (2011) " It's intelligent, it's well-paced, it's packed with both unsettling scenes and pop-up shocks that never feel cheap." — The Vine
Posted May 12, 2011
2/5 26% Arthur (2011) " It's hard to see how a remake of Arthur could possibly go wrong. Well, apart from the fact that Russell Brand isn't really likable and alcoholism isn't funny." — The Vine
Posted Apr 20, 2011
3/5 53% Brighton Rock (2011) " Another by-the-numbers UK gangster flick that doesn't get enough wrong to hate or enough right to like." — The Vine
Posted Apr 13, 2011
2/5 47% Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (2011) " If you have hair anywhere on your body below the neck, you've got better things to do." — The Vine
Posted Apr 13, 2011
4/5 72% Paul (2011) " This is both a fitting tribute to those "my best friend is an alien/computer/talking cat/whatever" movies from the '80s and funny on its own terms, and that's two more boxes ticked than a lot of comedies manage. " — The Vine
Posted Apr 8, 2011
4/5 83% The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) " About as good a case as Hollywood can put together for a stay of execution for the big-screen legal drama. " — The Vine
Posted Mar 30, 2011
3.5/5 70% Limitless (2011) " If you have any moral qualms about checking out a film where about 60% of the suspense comes from a junkie trying to hide or retrieve his stash, this isn't the film for you." — The Vine
Posted Mar 15, 2011
0/5 0% A Heartbeat Away (2010) " Seriously: you have no idea how badly you need to make sure you and your loved ones stay away from this. " — The Vine
Posted Mar 14, 2011
3.5/5 67% The Company Men (2011) " It's time once again for Hollywood's favourite game: feel sorry for rich people. " — The Vine
Posted Mar 8, 2011
34% Hall Pass (2011) " Unless you really, really, really need to scare your partner into staying in your relationship, maybe pass this one by." — The Vine
Posted Mar 2, 2011
90% The Fighter (2010) " Thankfully the performances -- together with the convincingly seedy Lowell, Massachusetts setting -- give the story enough life to keep the clichés from feeling like boxes being checked off on a list." — The Vine
Posted Jan 18, 2011
20% The Tourist (2010) " The filmmakers forgot to give us a reason to care about anything these glamourous people do or say. " — The Vine
Posted Dec 20, 2010
51% Tron Legacy (2010) " Who cares what it has to say when it looks this good?" — The Vine
Posted Dec 8, 2010
73% Megamind (2010) " The action is big and mostly spectacular, the performances are all spot-on (even Hill, who once again plays himself, is well cast), and most importantly Megamind himself is actually kind of likable." — The Vine
Posted Dec 6, 2010
52% Devil (2010) " If there's a market out there for small-scale, efficient, moderately creepy thrillers, then a Night Chronicles series could work -- right up to the moment Shyamalan starts coming up with those lame twist endings again." — The Vine
Posted Dec 1, 2010
4.5/5 98% The Loved Ones (2012) " Grueling in the best possible way, this is easily the best Australian horror film since Wolf Creek." — The Vine
Posted Oct 25, 2010
51% Chloe (2010) " It's doubly disappointing because before everyone turns into clichés this seemed poised to actually say something moderately interesting about love and relationships." — The Vine
Posted Oct 11, 2010
4/5 43% Dinner for Schmucks (2010) " Rudd and Carell turn out to be a near-perfect double act, with Rudd's exasperated, manic nice guy act a perfect foil for Carell, who gives the kind of broad, nutty, idiot man-child performance we haven't seen from him since his Anchorman days. " — The Vine
Posted Sep 29, 2010
78% The Other Guys (2010) " It comes as a massive relief to find that The Other Guys doesn't just work as a comedy -- not there was much doubt there, what with Will Ferrell re-teaming with director Adam McKay-- but there's some solid action going on as well. " — The Vine
Posted Sep 7, 2010
52% Going the Distance (2010) " This kind of film all boils down to charm and both Long and Barrymore do an excellent job of playing people it's easy to actually like." — The Vine
Posted Aug 30, 2010
55% The Killer Inside Me (2010) " Probably the best adaptation of Thompson to date (with The Grifters a very close second), but his work's yet to get the movie it really deserves. " — The Vine
Posted Aug 23, 2010
62% Salt (2010) " Director Phillip Noyce does a first-rate job of combining the requirements of modern action film-making with the old-fashioned need to actually know what's going on, creating a string of chase sequences that are authentically thrilling. " — The Vine
Posted Aug 11, 2010
73% The Waiting City (2011) " 2010 is shaping up to be yet another bumper year for Australian film, and The Waiting City should be a big part of that. " — The Vine
Posted Jul 13, 2010
47% The A-Team (2010) " It's like they're not even trying. " — The Vine
Posted Jun 7, 2010
54% I Love You Too (2010) " For the most part I Love You Too is an Australian romantic comedy that's both romantic and funny. Which is a lot more than you might have expected." — The Vine
Posted May 18, 2010
4/5 100% Balibo (2009) " The occasional misstep does not blunt this gripping thriller's impact. Or its fierce anger." — Empire Magazine Australasia
Posted Aug 10, 2009
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