|
2/5
|
——
|
Goodbye Charlie Bright () |
—
BBC
Posted Dec 13, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
—
BBC
Posted May 21, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
62%
|
Cat People (1982) |
"
The result has a certain cinematic beauty, and Kinski, in particular, plays her role with an appropriate cat-like presence. Yet alongside the 1942 version (produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jaques Tourneur) it is clear which one is the winner."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Lady in the Lake (2006) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Where the Heart Is (2000) |
"
So much plot is crammed in, it's like a feature-length soap."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
U-571 (2000) |
"
Alas, it's a noisy, cliche-ridden, incomprehensible mess."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
102 Dalmatians (2000) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
2/5
|
43%
|
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) |
"
Pretentious piffle."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz () |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 23, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Rollerball (1975) |
"
The performances of star player, James Caan, drawn into the politics behind the sport and John Houseman as a creepy corporate boss, are excellent."
—
BBC
Posted Sep 11, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) |
"
There is a slightly perfunctory air in the way the story unreels as though it's all been done before. Nevertheless, Caine and Martin make a great double act."
—
BBC
Posted Aug 28, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2001) |
"
There are some excellent digs at television's enduring capacity for trivialising serious issues."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 5, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
When Brendan Met Trudy (Stolen Nights) (2001) |
"
Brimming with sweet Irish charm."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 30, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Love and Death on Long Island (1998) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Malena (2000) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2001) |
"
At least nobody could accuse the director Bill Eagles or his writer Simon Donald of mealy-mouthed timidity."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
About Adam (2000) |
"
Stembridge capably balances the potentially unstable narrative, and the performances are fully rounded."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
What Women Want (2001) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
"
This is the best Warner Brothers cartoon Disney ever made."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Quills (2000) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
The Contender (2000) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
|
96%
|
The Dish (2001) |
"
Beguilingly funny."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 23, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Firemen's Ball (1968) |
—
BBC
Posted Jul 24, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Merci Pour le Chocolat (2000) |
"
Isabelle Huppert excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 25, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) |
"
It is hard not to feel spine tingles with numbers such as "Sunrise, Sunset", "Miracle of Miracles", or "Do You Love Me?""
—
BBC
Posted Jun 19, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Champion (1949) |
"
The contrasting black and white cinematography perfectly fits the dark mood. The fight sequences are excitingly and realistically staged."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 13, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Croupier (2000) |
"
For once here is a British film that is both tough and intelligent, and so well-researched that it will probably tell you more about how casinos work than had it been a documentary."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 5, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Easter Parade (1948) |
"
The slight plot is laced with generous dollops of vintage Irving Berlin songs, several of them staged with dazzling ingenuity."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Terminator (1984) |
"
One of the most effective science fiction films of recent decades."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |
"
The Pythons delivered a classic comedy."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Mildred Pierce (1945) |
"
It is mainly Crawford's triumph, and the most remarkable comeback in Hollywood's history."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Melvin and Howard (1980) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Mary Poppins (1964) |
"
Disney had done a magnificent job of adapting the PL Travers character to the screen, using cinematic effects to the full in creating an enchanting story."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Lonely are the Brave (1962) |
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Philadelphia (1993) |
"
Arguably, the horror of death from Aids has been sanitized for popular consumption, but nevertheless it is a brave and commendable effort."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) |
"
Ryan and Hanks, even apart, have the chemistry to make a very agreeable entertainment."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Sweet and Lowdown (1999) |
"
It is put together so well you can believe that this human misfit with a terrible taste in tailoring, an insatiable thirst for liquor, an appalling way with women, yet with a guitar in his hand seemingly guided by angels, was a real person."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
99%
|
A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
"
Richard Lester's innovative film, the Beatles' debut feature, is a timewarp memento of that brief 1963-4 phase in their history known as Beatlemania."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Sexy Beast (2000) |
"
Glazer's direction is lively and packed with surprises."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Last Resort (2001) |
"
A remarkably thoughtful and disturbing work."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
29%
|
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"
In its own right the film works superbly."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
46%
|
Maybe Baby (2000) |
"
Elton's abrasive romantic comedy is a bumpy, exhilarating ride."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Chopper (2001) |
"
Eric Bana ... plays him as an engaging villain with a deft talent for grotesque behaviour and caustic one-liners."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Cast Away (2000) |
"
For much of the time, Hanks is on screen by himself, his only dialogue addressed to an inanimate ball. A lesser performer would have made it an unendurable ordeal."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Unbreakable (2000) |
"
Shyamalan has shown himself to be an outstanding master of atmosphere and a riveting storyteller."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 16, 2001
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Sullivan's Travels (1941) |
"
It's a great comedy, with a message that works in context, the flophouses of life's downside contrasting with Hollywood's absurd hedonism."
—
BBC
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
The Apartment (1960) |
"
Wilder and IAL Diamond's brilliantly witty screenplay has a serious undertow as it savages corporate ethics and conjugal infidelity."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 13, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Sunset Boulevard (1950) |
"
The best film to capture the transitory nature of film fame."
—
BBC
Posted Jun 13, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Singin' in the Rain (1952) |
"
There is a wonderful cynicism throughout Singin' in the Rain, with everybody either kidding themselves or pretending to be something they are not."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Kiss Me Kate (1953) |
"
A treat, on no account to be missed."
—
BBC
Posted Apr 17, 2001
|
73%
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