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Ben Rawson-Jones

Ben Rawson-Jones

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:
Digital Spy , Sky Movies
Total Reviews:
189

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 76% Filth () " There are no babies crawling on ceilings like in Welsh's Trainspotting, but Filth bears the same subversion and euphoria that made that 1996 film so iconic." — Digital Spy
Posted Oct 1, 2013
2/5 14% R.I.P.D. (2013) " A bloated blockbuster that squanders a promising premise in favour of soulless set-pieces and ejaculatory explosions of CGI." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 18, 2013
2/5 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " James Wan's desultory sequel lazily trots out the same procession of scare techniques but with vastly diminished returns." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 12, 2013
3/5 50% White House Down (2013) " Scheduling may make it a largely unwanted new release, but there is enough solid action and sturdy chemistry between the leads Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx to make this a reasonably enjoyable thriller." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 9, 2013
3/5 88% Rush (2013) " Sight, sound and story all fuse into an impressively cohesive whole that help the movie zoom past the finish line after shakier beginnings." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 2, 2013
3/5 60% Riddick (2013) " Riddick manages to flit effortlessly between moments of humour and menace, with Vin Diesel at his best in the role that propelled him to stardom." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 1, 2013
1/5 49% Pain & Gain (2013) " A movie in which women are either pouting, flesh-baring sluts or morbidly obese figures of mockery with terrible personal hygiene, where rampant homophobia is deemed funny and laddish, and where crude racial stereotyping is acceptable." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 30, 2013
2/5 75% You're Next (2013) " Too often, audience expectations are built up only for the payoff to fall short." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 29, 2013
3/5 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " Focusing on a movie's strengths can be tough for any sequel that fails to live up to the expectation and hype. Kick-Ass 2's idolisation of its predecessor merely compounds this problem." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 12, 2013
4/5 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " The pairing of Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling again delivers a terrific fusion of star, subject matter and style." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 26, 2013
4/5 57% The Frozen Ground (2013) " An admirable thriller bursting with tension and superb turns by its stars Vanessa Hudgens, Nicolas Cage and John Cusack." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 19, 2013
3/5 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " Guillermo del Toro blows the likes of Battleship and Transformers out of the water with action sequences that are breathtaking in scope and ferocious in intensity." — Digital Spy
Posted Jul 7, 2013
4/5 84% This Is the End (2013) " A bonkers idea executed with supreme confidence, This Is The End unleashes a bombardment of crowdpleasing hysteria and could be this summer's biggest surprise." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 28, 2013
2/5 75% The East (2013) " The East suffers from a critical identity crisis, squandering an initially intriguing premise to veer awkwardly between intimate character study and formulaic espionage thriller. It satisfies on neither count." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 28, 2013
4/5 85% Upstream Color (2013) " Much like the worm that's forced into Kris's body, you can't wriggle free from this film and it won't stop growing inside you as time goes by." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 28, 2013
4/5 49% Redemption (2013) " Along with the capability to bash the brains out of any foe with something as seemingly mundane as a spoon, [Statham] can also emote. Tears shall flow." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 24, 2013
3/5 78% Monsters University (2013) " There are flashes of visual invention scattered throughout and Helen Mirren steals the show with a stunning vocal display of austerity, but this is very much a case of Pixar going through the motions..." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 22, 2013
2/5 59% The Bling Ring (2013) " It may look aesthetically alluring, much like the Instagram-enhanced pictures the juvenile crooks upload onto their social network feeds throughout the course of the movie, but it's as equally hollow. Maybe that was the purpose - for art to imitate life?" — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 22, 2013
4/5 93% Frances Ha (2013) " Don't be fooled by Frances with all her feigned insecurity and branding of herself as "undateable" and predicting she'll be a lonely spinster. She's a psychopath." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 20, 2013
2/5 38% Admission (2013) " The staggeringly unconvincing dynamic between the central characters not only leaves Fey and Rudd helpless, it ensures the whole movie is effectively rudderless." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 11, 2013
1/5 16% The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) " Those brave souls who do venture to the cinema to witness this demonic dirge can at least feel relieved that it's nowhere near as dismal a viewing experience as The Devil Inside." — Digital Spy
Posted Jun 6, 2013
4/5 69% Fast & Furious 6 (2013) " A winning combination of audacious set pieces, outrageous stunts, brawny banter and plot twists." — Digital Spy
Posted May 13, 2013
2/5 34% Deadfall (2012) " With a script that exposes its own mechanics and contrivances with such reckless abandon, Deadfall simply can't be prevented from flatlining by the solid ensemble cast and luscious visual palette." — Digital Spy
Posted May 11, 2013
3/5 47% Olympus Has Fallen (2013) " The movie's best moments belong to Gerard Butler though, thriving in a role that's perfect for his capabilities as he establishes a hero we can't help but root for." — Digital Spy
Posted Apr 16, 2013
4/5 62% Evil Dead (2013) " A must-see for horror fans, Evil Dead is great fun from start to finish and establishes the basis for a rejuvenated franchise that could fuse with past demon defiance rather than overwrite them." — Digital Spy
Posted Apr 15, 2013
2/5 37% Dark Skies (2013) " A protracted and tedious build up leads to a mildly unnerving pay-off in this largely uninspired horror movie." — Digital Spy
Posted Apr 3, 2013
4/5 69% The Croods (2013) " Reminiscent of classic Flintstones and Simpsons episodes." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 20, 2013
1/5 12% Red Dawn (2012) " This dismal remake of the overrated '80s cult flick is littered with the type of nausea-inducing patriotic dialogue lampooned by the likes of Team America: World Police." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 17, 2013
2/5 43% The Paperboy (2012) " What a cast. What a disappointment." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 16, 2013
3/5 47% Maniac (2013) " Far too busy doing the filmic equivalent of poking you with a stick to see how much you flinch, and unashamedly so." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5 86% Robot & Frank (2012) " Often moving and deeply personal, Robot & Frank is a rewarding - if often underdeveloped - antidote to the plethora of loud and overblown movies that tackle the theme of technology's role in our futures" — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 9, 2013
4/5 87% Arbitrage (2012) " Arbitrage is a rewarding, thought-provoking movie that deserves to find a wide audience." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 1, 2013
2/5 15% Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) " Bereft of engaging characters or dialogue, it lurches from one blood-splattered action sequence to the next, even threatening viewers with a sequel at the end." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 28, 2013
2/5 77% The Bay (2012) " A largely ineffective and ponderous movie that harnesses many of the worst elements of both the horror genre and the found footage trope." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 26, 2013
2/5 85% Chariots of Fire (1981) " It's an uncomfortable reminder of how the memory can cheat and the Academy Awards can favor nostalgic sentimentalism over strong storytelling." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 22, 2013
4/5 63% Hitchcock (2012) " Hitchcock happily displays its skeleton, but is lacking in the way of flesh. Not unlike Norman Bates's mother." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 5, 2013
3/5 55% V/H/S (2012) " The anthology framework works well and features enough audacious moments to merit a viewing." — Digital Spy
Posted Jan 19, 2013
3/5 72% Grabbers (2013) " This Irish/British horror-comedy deals with menacing tentacles of an extraterrestrial kind, with an inspired premise, appealing cast and mix of laughs and thrills ensuring it's destined for cult status." — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 24, 2012
5/5 83% Gremlins (1984) " An enchanting yet savagely funny movie, Gremlins belongs alongside Ghostbusters as an enduring mainstream masterpiece from the summer of 1984. Just don't watch it after midnight." — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 6, 2012
2/5 49% The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) " Appealing supporting turns from Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu can't salvage this shoddily structured and messily executed homage to the martial arts movie genre." — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 6, 2012
1/5 12% Alex Cross (2012) " If you crave a genial crime thriller about a forensic psychologist then go and buy a boxset of Cracker. Alex Cross is simply an inexcusable misfire." — Digital Spy
Posted Dec 3, 2012
5/5 94% Halloween (1978) " Still relevant. Still scary. Make a date on Halloween night to witness cinema's scariest Michael Myers (unless you've seen The Love Guru) causing carnage on the big screen." — Digital Spy
Posted Oct 31, 2012
2/5 78% Dredd (2012) " Despite admirable intentions and assured performances, Dredd 3D suffers from a structurally flawed script that fails to engage and repetitive fight sequences that fail to excite." — Digital Spy
Posted Sep 10, 2012
3/5 30% Total Recall (2012) " Ultimately, it's a totally watchable action thriller but not the film it could and should have been." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 29, 2012
3/5 65% The Expendables 2 (2012) " It may be all brawn and no brain, but there's plenty to enjoy on a non-cerebral level here." — Digital Spy
Posted Aug 14, 2012
1/5 13% Piranha 3DD (2012) " Who'd have thought that a movie entitled Piranha 3DD could be so bereft of titillation?" — Digital Spy
Posted May 16, 2012
2/5 38% Lockout (Unrated) (2012) " With the exception of Guy Pearce's old school anti-hero Snow, Lockout is a pointless exercise that's bereft of originality in both its plotting and direction." — Digital Spy
Posted Apr 19, 2012
2/5 23% The Raven (2012) " Squandering a promising premise and depriving John Cusack of sufficient dramatic meat to stake his claim to be the definitive portrayal of Poe, The Raven feels like a hollow shell - without a beating (or tell-tale) heart." — Digital Spy
Posted Mar 6, 2012
2/5 17% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) " Nicolas Cage's return to the blazing bike saddle is a distinct improvement on its dire predecessor, although that is hardly a blistering recommendation of its quality." — Digital Spy
Posted Feb 17, 2012
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