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2/5
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20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
Much of this could be forgiven if you had even the remotest shred of sympathy for Imogene. But from beginning to end, she's the sort of character you should cross the cinema foyer to avoid."
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Sky Movies
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
Makes up for its lacks of originality with more flash than a One Direction press conference."
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Sky Movies
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
Justin and the Knights of Valour () |
"
If imitation is flattery, the makers of How To Train Your Dragon and the Oscar-winning Brave must never have felt flatter."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Sep 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Riddick (2013) |
"
Twohy gets the Pitch Black saga back where it belongs: at the B-movie end of the sci-fi universe."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Sep 4, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
15%
|
Top Cat:The Movie (UK) () |
"
From the objectification of females to the condoning of crime, the mild political incorrectness of the 1960s fits uneasily with the 21st century upgrades."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
Good for a few chalk-and-cheese chuckles but no real belly laughs."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jul 31, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
Despite Gerwig's natural appeal and talent as a performer, Frances' self-absorption and flakiness begin to grate."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
From sunny autumn mornings to rainy afternoons and gloaming dusks, it feels like the couldn't-be cartoonier characters are going about their business in a very real world."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
30%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
Butler and Weston forge a credible bond, with able on-shore support coming from Abigail Spencer as Frosty's saintly wife, Hunger Gamer Leven Rambin as Jay's sweetheart and, of course, yummy mummy Shue."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jul 4, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Perhaps Coppola errs towards the mundane to emphasise that these were just typical, peer-pressured California kids. But being credible doesn't make them interesting."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jul 3, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
Guffaw you will, but like a middling sketch show, it gives your sides too many opportunities to recover."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jun 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
Consider it time well served."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jun 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Black Rock (2013) |
"
It's Aselton and Bell who really impress, their characters providing the glue of credibility that prevents the increasingly overwrought situation from coming apart."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jun 19, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Nothing will go down in history ... but Man of Steel still makes an impact. Whether you emerge energised or simply dazed, you'll know your blocks have been well and truly busted."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jun 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Behind the Candelabra (2013) |
"
While everything looks splendid, the film engages less the longer it goes on. True story or no, the final act treads very familiar territory."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jun 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
This is one of those farces you come away from thinking the French would have done better. Then you discover that the French have already done it, and better."
—
Sky Movies
Posted May 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
Once you're hooked to its towbar, it's hard to let go."
—
Sky Movies
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
34%
|
Deadfall (2012) |
"
From characters and dialogue to the belief-beggaring contrivances of the plot, everything about it feels utterly phony."
—
Sky Movies
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
Clever editing enhances the drama, while time-lapse sequences and crystal-clear photography complete a captivating picture of jungle life."
—
Sky Movies
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
[A] handsome, if patchy, rendering of Patrick White's story of manipulation and dysfunction among the rich and selfish."
—
Sky Movies
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
The scenery is lovely. Brosnan won't lose any admirers either. But by imbuing Ida with the perfect blend of optimism, courage and vulnerability, it's the radiant Dyrholm who'll make you go "aaahhh"."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Once upon a time there was a movie that stayed faithful to its fairy tale roots while adding some welcome folkloric touches of its own."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Welcome to the Punch (2013) |
"
The result is a tightly plotted thriller that looks like The Shard but occasionally sounds like The Gherkin. It gets away with it."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
Under Taylor Hackford's efficient direction, Parker delivers on all counts."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Mar 6, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
The sad truth is that screenwriter Miller drops most of the intrigue down more plot holes than you'd find in a makeshift graveyard."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 27, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Lore (2013) |
"
While prone to arty lingering, thus wasting time that would have been more wisely spent plugging gaps in the narrative, Shortland slathers the story in enough mud and horror to make it a compellingly visceral experience."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
The film sticks rather too often to horror movie conventions."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 20, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Unfinished Song (2013) |
"
By hook or by crook, Williams chivvies everyone along to the requisite throat-clearing denouement. A feelgood finale, for sure. You just might feel like you've been man-handled to get there."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 20, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Aside from the stunt team and the over-caffeinated editors, nobody appears interested in making this what it should be: a major movie event."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 14, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
46%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
Who knew that emo could be this much fun?"
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Starting with the least meet-cute encounter ever, Warm Bodies injects much-needed life into a genre crushed to a sugary pulp under the juggernaut of Nicholas Sparks."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
I Give It a Year (2013) |
"
There's no doubt that these people deserve each other. It's just a matter of sorting out which insufferable twit ends up with which."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Feb 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
Antiviral (2013) |
"
Queasiness abound but there are no real jolts; the words "foreskin", "anus" and "vulva" are unlikely to disturb anyone under the age of 97."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Everyday () |
"
With each chapter covering no more than a few days a year, mainly around her prison visits or his rare days on release, the pair create a credibly stagnant relationship. Forced to snatch whatever intimacy they can, their frustration is palpable."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Jan 16, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Child's more open-minded readers and those unfamiliar with his ex-military hero can rest assured that Cruise's Reacher is a character of considerable screen substance."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
Smashed (2012) |
"
A film that is unafraid to recognise that, for some, a life spent drunk is easier (and much less boring) than fighting a disease with no permanent cure."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Dec 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
All the wry banter and gentle soul-searching in the world can't save the audience from drifting into apathy."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Dec 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
An in-yer-face showcase of violence, female objectification and Eastern, wu xia action made to make adolescent lads drool."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Dec 5, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Great Expectations (2013) |
"
With few characters to warm to and enough plot to fill a dozen nights in the TV parlour, turning Dickens' doorstop into a single, consistently enjoyable piece of cinema is no mean feat."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
The Hunt (2013) |
"
It's a no-win situation regardless of the outcome. In keeping with the cautionary tone, Vinterberg leaves the dust unsettled."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 28, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
Practically embracing the commercialism of childhood and clearly made with one eye on the franchise, it's arguably the least hypocritical holiday flick of the modern age."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 28, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
19%
|
Gambit () |
"
Alas, everyone involved appears to have seen it less like the next country for old men than easy money for old rope."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Just the sort of rom-com you'd expect from a director who once came to blows with George Clooney."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Not since Robin Williams rocked it from the delta to the DMZ has the war in Vietnam produced a story with as much snap and sass as this. And you can take that to the bridge."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Nov 7, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Fun Size (2012) |
"
As the title implies, Josh Schwartz's first directing job is designed purely for the short-term satisfaction of simple appetites."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Oct 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
Think American Pie (without the sight gags) meets Sex and the City (without the gloss) and you've got this, a girls-on-top comedy that's all spit and no polish."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Oct 31, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
And there's you thinking that The Shining was just a scary movie about Jack Nicholson going nuts in a big, old hotel in the middle of nowhere. Ha! Think again."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Ultimately, any misgivings are far from grave... and animation lovers will certainly rest in peace."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
For a story of illicit lovers, wronged women and anxious protest, Ginger & Rosa lacks one rather important ingredient: passion."
—
Sky Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2012
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