Grant Rollings

Grant Rollings

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:
Sun Online
Total Reviews:
70

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
89% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " Open yourself up to the Star Trek universe and enjoy the thrill of the ride." — Sun Online
Posted May 2, 2013
4/5 52% Broken (2013) " As is so often the case with gritty British realism, it sacrifices the realism for extra piles of grit." — Sun Online
Posted Mar 7, 2013
2/5 8% Fire With Fire (2012) " [Duhamel] makes a perfect fireman because he's such a charisma vacuum he could suck the oxygen out of any blaze." — Sun Online
Posted Mar 7, 2013
2/5 38% The Guilt Trip (2012) " Barbra's speed-yapping makes her mollycoddling mum Joyce even more annoying than she is supposed to be." — Sun Online
Posted Mar 7, 2013
3/5 87% Arbitrage (2012) " Golden Globe-nominated Gere gives a cool and charming performance and is ably supported by Susan Sarandon and Tim Roth." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 28, 2013
2/5 30% Broken City (2013) " Without the foundation of a strong script, there is nothing that could be done to fix Broken City." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 28, 2013
3/5 92% Lore (2013) " Shortland does an impressive job of evoking the rotten heart of a country turning in on itself." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 22, 2013
2/5 73% Unfinished Song (Song for Marion) (2013) " It patronises the older generation by going, "Tee-hee, look at them trying to be young"." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 22, 2013
2/5 11% Sammy's Adventures 2 (Sammy's avonturen 2) () " Only someone with the memory of a goldfish won't feel they have seen Sammy's tale before." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 15, 2013
1/5 0% Run For Your Wife () " I appreciate Run For Your Wife is supposed to be dumb, but rarely has a film aimed so low and missed its target so woefully." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 15, 2013
2/5 47% A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) " Liar's doesn't give us much insight into the meaning of his life." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 7, 2013
4/5 80% Warm Bodies (2013) " Warm Bodies is a film for "young adults" of many ages." — Sun Online
Posted Feb 7, 2013
3/5 87% Bullhead (2012) " Actually pretty good - no bull." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/5 47% Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (2012) " Going to a real circus is much more fun." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/5 32% Won't Back Down (2012) " All efforts to add zest to a serious subject fail." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 24, 2013
1/5 18% May I Kill U? () " A dumb farce which is neither funny or scary." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 10, 2013
4/5 92% What Richard Did (2013) " Much of the success is down to unknown actor Jack Reynor's performance as Richard." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 10, 2013
2/5 76% Hors Satan (2013) " It is hard to be certain who the characters are, where they come from and how they know each other." — Sun Online
Posted Jan 4, 2013
2/5 18% Parental Guidance (2012) " Midler does her best as a put-upon grandma but, ultimately, Parental Guidance feels dated." — Sun Online
Posted Dec 27, 2012
3/5 91% Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) " The problem is that your safety is guaranteed - everyone is too likeable for there to be any sense of danger." — Sun Online
Posted Dec 27, 2012
3/5 43% Midnight's Children (2013) " There is not enough space here to detail the plot, which is basically about two boys whose paths are swapped on the evening of India's independence." — Sun Online
Posted Dec 27, 2012
2/5 32% The Oranges (2012) " How much you enjoy this comedy will depend upon how gross you consider the idea of a married 50-year-old father having an affair with his best friend's 24-year-old daughter." — Sun Online
Posted Dec 6, 2012
70% Les Misérables (2012) " Les Mis is also uplifting and the opposite of a miserable experience. In fact it should be called Le Magnifique. " — Sun Online
Posted Dec 6, 2012
4/5 90% The Hunt (2013) " Mads Mikkelsen is fantastic as the bewildered and honourable Lucas, while the rest of the main cast are equally believable." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 30, 2012
4/5 85% Sightseers (2013) " If you like your bloody gore to be mixed with laughs, you are going to love Sightseers." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 30, 2012
3/5 65% Starbuck (2013) " If you are looking for a feel-good movie, Starbuck is the place to go." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 22, 2012
5/5 85% End of Watch (2012) " Writer and director David Ayer has created a pair of real, untainted heroes - which makes this a rare cinematic treat you have to watch. End of." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 22, 2012
4/5 93% Amour (2012) " From the first moment to the very last, you'll be convinced Georges and Anne are true soulmates. " — Sun Online
Posted Nov 16, 2012
2/5 82% Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (2012) " We get lots of widdly, widdly solos that thankfully went out of fashion in the Eighties." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 16, 2012
48% The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) " Far superior to the penultimate film, which should have been titled Breaking Yawn." — Sun Online
Posted Nov 14, 2012
3/5 47% Stitches (2013) " Anyone with a fear of clowns would suffer an irreversible breakdown if they watched this kids' entertainer as he goes on a murderous spree of vengeance." — Sun Online
Posted Oct 25, 2012
2/5 0% Dark Tide (2012) " A movie that was more Snores than Jaws." — Sun Online
Posted Oct 25, 2012
92% Skyfall (2012) " This is probably the coolest 007 movie yet." — Sun Online
Posted Oct 17, 2012
3/5 100% Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012) " It doesn't duck the controversial moments of 007's half a century in cinema and includes interviews with most of the relevant people." — Sun Online
Posted Oct 4, 2012
2/5 0% The Knot () " I would have happily jilted The Knot at the altar." — Sun Online
Posted Oct 4, 2012
2/5 11% St George's Day () " More like being nuzzled by a bulldog than mauled by one." — Sun Online
Posted Sep 6, 2012
4/5 95% The Queen of Versailles (2012) " She epitomises a Western culture struggling to wean itself off debt." — Sun Online
Posted Sep 6, 2012
3/5 73% Cockneys vs Zombies (2013) " How can you not be amused to see Richard Briers with a Zimmer frame trying to outwalk a zombie?" — Sun Online
Posted Sep 3, 2012
1/5 38% [REC] 3 Genesis (2012) " If you can't get enough of people having their heads sawn in half, this may entertain." — Sun Online
Posted Sep 3, 2012
87% The Dark Knight Rises (2012) " No one can be in any doubt that Bane is the most menacing comic book baddie ever. " — Sun Online
Posted Jul 18, 2012
3/5 57% Detachment (2012) " It is a touch more subtle than X, carrying off the tough trick of being both amusing and depressing." — Sun Online
Posted Jul 12, 2012
4/5 85% Chariots of Fire (1981) " In my opinion it stands on the podium of sporting movies just below Raging Bull." — Sun Online
Posted Jul 12, 2012
2/5 43% Storage 24 (2013) " Storage 24 is destined to be packed into a cardboard box and forgotten about by everyone." — Sun Online
Posted Jun 29, 2012
3/5 83% Your Sister's Sister (2012) " Blunt and Duplass show enough star quality to ensure they will have plenty of work for many years to come." — Sun Online
Posted Jun 29, 2012
74% Prometheus (2012) " Not only does Prometheus herald the rebirth of Alien, it breaths life back into intelligent sci-fi." — Sun Online
Posted May 30, 2012
3/5 74% Blackthorn (2011) " While Shepard is a classically, charming and grizzled Western anti-hero, his co-star Eduardo Noriega, above, makes for a stiff sidekick." — Sun Online
Posted Apr 12, 2012
2/5 79% Michael (2012) " I can't recommend anyone shares 90 minutes of their life with Michael." — Sun Online
Posted Mar 1, 2012
3/5 86% Carancho (2011) " What starts as a slow-burning series of minor dramas slips into a high-octane gear in the final act." — Sun Online
Posted Mar 1, 2012
75% The Adventures of Tintin (2011) " Only the combined forces of director Steven Spielberg and computer-generated 3D animation could create such a spectacle. " — Sun Online
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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