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Emma Simmonds

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Publications:: The List , Time Out

Total Reviews:: 43

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
4/5	69%	The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)	" The King of Marvin Gardens reminds us of the diversity and dynamism of the New Hollywood movement. And how odd it is that a largely forgotten film should feel so utterly unforgettable." — The List Posted May 10, 2013
2/5	——	Robosapien: Rebooted ()	" Inspired by the titular toy, Robosapien combines CGI and live action with fairly banal results." — Total Film Posted May 2, 2013
4/5	75%	Simon Killer (2013)	" Simon Killer eschews easy answers and obvious characterisation and it's all the more impressive because of it." — The List Posted Apr 4, 2013
3/5	51%	Promised Land (2013)	" An earnest, fundamentally likeable film which challenges us to question what we're told rather than calling us to arms." — The List Posted Mar 26, 2013
3/5	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" Evil Dead has ample cheap shocks and few bloodcurdling frights but it builds to something gorily bravura and, if that's your bag, you'll come away satisfied." — The List Posted Mar 26, 2013
	68%	The Spirit of '45 ()	" This is undeniably an admirable film but it would have benefited from a little more of the titular spirit." — The List Posted Mar 13, 2013
2/5	14%	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)	" At best it's an intermittent assault on the senses but even that's not nearly as fun as it sounds." — The List Posted Feb 25, 2013
3/5	66%	For Ellen (2012)	" Although little is explicitly stated, the characters' back-story is effectively communicated - yet it's difficult to truly care." — The List Posted Feb 11, 2013
1/5	4%	Movie 43 (2013)	" If this is the future of film-making then basically we're all doomed." — The List Posted Jan 28, 2013
2/5	67%	Dead Europe ()	" Stunning and moodily atmospheric but dramatically sketchy, Dead Europe gives a mere snapshot of a continent falling to pieces and ultimately fails to bring its intriguing personal story to life." — The List Posted Dec 17, 2012
3/5	92%	Crossfire Hurricane ()	" Ultimately, by focusing on energetically edited footage of Stones at their musical peak, Morgen has made an immersive documentary that thoroughly entertains yet neglects to sufficiently enlighten." — The List Posted Oct 24, 2012
4/5	82%	Seven Psychopaths (2012)	" A more purely entertaining film you'd be hard pressed to find; Seven Psychopaths is best enjoyed as an unabashed hell-raiser that's also bloody funny." — The List Posted Oct 24, 2012
3/5	79%	Quartet (2013)	" Quartet tugs confidently on the heart strings with the residents' fragile health and painful memories." — The List Posted Oct 16, 2012
5/5	86%	The Master (2012)	" This may be less flamboyant than some of Anderson's previous films but when it comes to complex, confounding drama he stands assuredly amongst the masters." — The List Posted Oct 16, 2012
4/5	94%	The Sessions (2012)	" A charming and gently moving film." — The List Posted Oct 16, 2012
3/5	67%	Radioman ()	" Features a celestial line-up of talking heads, with George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Matt Damon among the interviewees." — The List Posted Oct 9, 2012
3/5	90%	My Brother The Devil (2013)	" El Hosaini shows sensitivity to character and has a fresh, fluid style which imbues what could've been grim reality with optimism." — The List Posted Oct 9, 2012
4/5	88%	Santa sangre (Holy Blood) (1990)	" Santa Sangre has ample affection for outcasts and much to say about religious hypocrisy." — The List Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	70%	Keyhole (2012)	" Keyhole is an enchantment of chiaroscuro compositions which float across the screen like a dream; it's an acquired taste but pure cinema nevertheless." — The List Posted Sep 10, 2012
3/5	16%	The Watch (2012)	" That it triumphs, despite being a slave to formula, is squarely down to its uproarious banter, co-scripted by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and delivered with aplomb by an on-form ensemble." — The List Posted Aug 14, 2012
5/5	100%	Red Desert (1964)	" It seems fitting that every frame should be rich with sorrow." — The List Posted Jul 27, 2012
2/5	34%	Lola Versus (2012)	" There's a distinct lack of individuality and insight and, appositely enough, if Lola Versus is about a woman floundering, as a film it can be accused of the same." — The List Posted Jul 27, 2012
2/5	29%	Comes A Bright Day (2012)	" Ultimately, Comes a Bright Day offers insufficient excitement and - like its incompetent robbers - once it battens down those hatches the film has nowhere to go." — The List Posted Jul 16, 2012
3/5	35%	The Players (Les infidèles) ()	" While not quite funny enough to cut it as pure comedy, nor emotionally probing enough to be a great drama, The Players is still a pleasingly frank and, at times, guiltily daft take on a very sticky subject." — The List Posted Jul 11, 2012
3/5	67%	God Bless America (2012)	" Its jubilant anarchism intermittently excites, there's a smattering of well-executed gags and the cathartic violence set to euphoric tunes offers some (extremely) bad taste satisfaction." — The List Posted Jul 2, 2012
2/5	55%	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)	" Feeble and cloying from midway to its final throes, it begins with a bang but - inappropriately for the scenario - goes out with a whimper." — The List Posted Jun 25, 2012
2/5	82%	Fast Girls (2013)	" Devoid of anything daring, Fast Girls makes some of the right motions but never rises above its cash-in status." — The List Posted Jun 19, 2012
5/5	100%	Jaws (1975)	" The aquatic terror is deftly balanced with lively, likeable characterisations." — The List Posted Jun 13, 2012
3/5	41%	Rock of Ages (2012)	" Rock of Ages is at best irresistibly idiotic and at worst brilliantly bad." — The List Posted Jun 13, 2012
3/5	92%	Himizu (2013)	" Its young leads are terrific, the ruined city is a fitting backdrop for mental obliteration and the wall-to-wall parental negligence references the behaviour of the disinterested elite." — The List Posted Jun 1, 2012
3/5	48%	Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)	" Although it fitfully drags, Sanders' confident handling of the sizable production means that overall it's an impressive debut." — The List Posted Jun 1, 2012
4/5	87%	She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (2011)	" A courageous, periodically unsettling coming-of-age tale, She Monkeys is the arresting first feature from director Lisa Aschan." — The List Posted May 23, 2012
3/5	65%	2 Days in New York (2012)	" With its hair-pulling, arse-baring and soul-selling it's often very funny and is certainly welcome respite from more saccharine takes on the subject matter." — The List Posted May 18, 2012
4/5	79%	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012)	" It's far from perfection but those who are more interested in consideration than carnage might find that such dignified imperfection will do." — The List Posted May 4, 2012
5/5	95%	The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)	" The Bad and the Beautiful took home a quintet of Oscars from 1953's ceremony and in its title alone we have possibly the greatest ever description of Hollywood." — The List Posted Apr 23, 2012
4/5	85%	The Hunger Games (2012)	" The Hunger Games largely transcends its teen-fiction origins to prove itself more than a money spinner." — The List Posted Mar 21, 2012
2/5	18%	The Art of Getting By (2011)	" Not funny, quirky, or particularly insightful." — Little White Lies Posted Aug 31, 2011
2/5	73%	Sarah's Key (2011)	" Wildly inconsistent." — Little White Lies Posted Aug 5, 2011
3/5	83%	Treacle Jr. ()	" Entertaining but a touch slight, one thing that's in no doubt is that Treacle Jnr's heart is in the right place; it is, after all, a film named after a kitten." — Little White Lies Posted Jul 14, 2011
3/5	91%	Delhi Belly (2011)	" Das and Kapur make for effective sidekicks, it's pacy, fitfully funny and, in its determination to upend cultural expectations, likeably mischievous." — Time Out Posted Jun 28, 2011
3/5	89%	A Screaming Man (2011)	" Engrossing and enlightening but it doesn't quite live up to its considerable promise." — Little White Lies Posted May 13, 2011
1/5	23%	Sucker Punch (2011)	" Have we already found the worst film of the year?" — Little White Lies Posted Mar 31, 2011

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