Cameron Williams

Agrees with the Tomatometer 80% of the time.

Publications:
The Popcorn Junkie
Total Reviews:
157
Total QuickRatings:
1
Location:
Australia

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 98% Gravity (2013) " A gorgeous 90 minute long panic attack that caresses the soul while it obliterates the senses" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/5 86% The Turning () " A sumptuous film that encapsulates a broad emotional spectrum within the Australian experience" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Oct 1, 2013
3/5 75% The East (2013) " Immaculately made with a thought-provoking emphasis on corporate espionage, it's just missing intensity and grit" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3/5 50% White House Down (2013) " Frustrating waiting for the film to settle into a groove that compliments the preposterous premise" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Sep 9, 2013
4/5 91% Blue Jasmine (2013) " The title is a little deceiving. It should simply be called Acting: The Movie" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Sep 3, 2013
4/5 63% The Best Offer (La Migliore Offerta) () " The cinematic equivalent of quicksand. By the time you realise something is awry you'll already be in far too deep" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Sep 1, 2013
5/5 69% Stoker (2013) " A coming of age story that subverts to a coming of the deranged" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 27, 2013
1/5 12% The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) " Cluttered, kooky and completely bonkers" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 23, 2013
0.5/5 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " A cancerous pretender promising something different but only offering up crass costumed zeroes" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3.5/5 68% Elysium (2013) " The brutality of a desolate futuristic setting matches hard-hitting action sequences perfectly, but middling characters disrupt the film's impact" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 15, 2013
1/5 49% Pain & Gain (2013) " Agony " — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 12, 2013
4/5 75% You're Next (2013) " Effective scares and an excellent shift in gear mid-film ensure that it not only hurdles the generic slasher label, it fearlessly does a triple somersault over it" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 6, 2013
4/5 91% The Spectacular Now (2013) " Captures the life lessons that spring up unexpectedly when blind confidence dictates you've got life all figured out" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 3, 2013
4.5/5 89% The World's End (2013) " Proudly wears science fiction influences on its sleeve, and has a ball doing it, but the personal character journey inward expertly trumps any lip service to a specific genre" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Aug 3, 2013
4/5 94% Fruitvale Station (2013) " A powerful acknowledgement of existence " — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 30, 2013
3.5/5 69% The Wolverine (2013) " Ace solo adventure that's a great character piece. Will have you swiping at everything with your invisible Wolverine claws for days" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 29, 2013
4.5/5 85% The Way Way Back (2013) " Personal reflections of adolescence automatically tug you into a story and it feels manipulative, but this film lovingly retraces pubescent steps with mirth." — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 23, 2013
3/5 84% This Is the End (2013) " An elaborate in-joke and everyone's in on the gag" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 18, 2013
4/5 95% Behind the Candelabra (2013) " Fearless and fabulous" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 18, 2013
4.5/5 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " A hyperactive gothic science fiction film that dazzles with epic scope and heroics" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 11, 2013
4/5 100% Rewind This! (2013) " Incredibly fun doco that delivers the perfect hit of nostalgia for generation-VHS while educating the uninitiated on an important part of pop culture history" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 10, 2013
4.5/5 84% Much Ado About Nothing (2013) " Delivers ye old fashioned entertainment with a slick makeover" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 7, 2013
2/5 31% The Lone Ranger (2013) " A complete tonal disaster and one of the goofiest attempts at trying to execute a western with an action/adventure aesthetic" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 5, 2013
4.5/5 93% For Those In Peril () " A powerful story told by a bold new storyteller which composites seafaring folklore against the raw emotions of losing a loved one" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jul 4, 2013
2.5/5 56% Man of Steel (2013) " A superhero boom crash opera " — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 27, 2013
4/5 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " A visceral fever dream that's both entrancing and horrifying" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 26, 2013
4.5/5 96% Cutie And The Boxer (2013) " Love is a battlefield, but it's a war worth fighting for in this fantastic doco " — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 26, 2013
3/5 78% Monsters University (2013) " A little sleepy but still manages to dig in an emotional hook" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 23, 2013
1/5 67% World War Z (2013) " A zombie film made by a parents group. A sanitised entry into the genre to ensure that twelve year-olds can lap up the action without mum or dad having to wash their sheets in the morning" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 20, 2013
5/5 84% Prince Avalanche (2013) " The humour is ace and it has a strong emotional backbone that moves you from laughing at the characters to laughing with them. Subtle and beautiful execution." — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 18, 2013
4.5/5 93% Frances Ha (2013) " A refreshing amount of buoyancy to dance and charm its way through Quarter-Life Crisis territory. One of the best performances of Greta Gerwig's career to date" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 18, 2013
3/5 98% Mud (2013) " A stripped back approach to tracking the process of growing up, but lacks the faith to see the plan executed to the end" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 18, 2013
4/5 85% Upstream Color (2013) " A sumptuous enigma that's intricately constructed and beautifully shot, a film that would make Terrence Malick blush" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 9, 2013
1/5 69% Fast & Furious 6 (2013) " Not every action film needs a prompt disclaimer in the credits, but Fast 6 is dim-witted enough to need one" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Jun 9, 2013
3/5 49% The Great Gatsby (2013) " It's cinematic gluttony and Baz Luhrmann does it incredibly well, but like the attendees of one of Gatsby's shindigs, you'll have a fun time but not remember much the next day" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 30, 2013
5/5 97% The Act Of Killing (2013) " The importance of this doco cannot be overstated in exposing a corrupt regime, highlighting the dangers of propaganda and holding a warped mirror to the monsters that walk the Earth as free men" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 28, 2013
0.5/5 19% The Hangover Part III (2013) " If Part 2 was a clone of its predecessor, Part 3 is the genetic trash left over from trying to replicate the success of the first film." — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 23, 2013
3/5 44% The Call (2013) " An effective thriller that does an ace job of maintaining your elevated heart rate" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 21, 2013
2/5 58% Stuck in Love (2013) " As dysfunctional as its family of scribblers despite tiny bites of charm from the cast" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 20, 2013
3/5 87% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " The spectacle remains in this sequel but the IQ of the franchise takes a massive nose dive" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 9, 2013
2.5/5 28% Drift (2013) " Superb on the water but a little wobbly on dry land" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 8, 2013
4.5/5 66% Spring Breakers (2013) " The ideals of freedom, paradise and the American dream pulse in a neon coloured, bubble-gum scented descent into darkness " — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted May 6, 2013
3/5 82% The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) " A film of two distinct halves and it works to provide a dual character study of paternity and legacy" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 27, 2013
4/5 79% Iron Man 3 (2013) " A fiery extravaganza that is a collision between the comic book world and Shane Black's resume of rapid fire action thrillers" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 24, 2013
2.5/5 54% Oblivion (2013) " A great introduction to the sci-fi genre if you've been living in a nuclear fallout shelter since the 1950s. For those more familiar with the genre, it's an elaborate sci-fi theme park ride" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 11, 2013
2/5 —— Saving General Yang (2013) " A swift hit of adrenaline and a treat for the eyeballs but not enough to provoke the heart with a battle cry" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 8, 2013
2.5/5 69% Trance (2013) " While Danny Boyle's frenetic direction excels, the film is always one long lost evil twin away from deteriorating to complete melodrama" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 8, 2013
3.5/5 81% Warm Bodies (2013) " Takes the notion of zombie meets girl an turns it into something that's so crazy that it works" — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Apr 2, 2013
3/5 100% Sound City (2013) " For those about to rock, we salute you. A fond acknowledgement of a special time when a studio produced several albums that signaled key moments in music history." — The Popcorn Junkie
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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