|
1/5
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
Its long, dry patches of colourless storytelling suggest it makes more sense as a book, one to read before you fall asleep to dream of better movies."
—
Total Film
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
36%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
A jagged, unbalanced (in every sense) revenge flick that nonetheless offers up twists and brooding noir-ness."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Chimpanzee (2012) |
"
Chimpanzee intermittently veers into Disney-esque cheese - seriously, a 'bad' monkey named Scar? - but is otherwise a delight."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 22, 2013
|
|
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
An orgy of bloody explosions that'd be tough to endure if it weren't so inadvertently self-parodic."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
35%
|
Dark Skies (2013) |
"
In this doomy surburban horror the real terrors don't come from space."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
A thoughtful, slow-boiling, politically charged thriller. It takes an hour for Dwayne to become The Rock, but it's worth the wait."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
13%
|
Stolen (2012) |
"
Loud, predictable fun from Simon 'Con Air' West."
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Total Film
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
A wasted opportunity: put the two leads in a movie that didn't lazily rely on its high concept to do the work, and you'd really have something to laugh about."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Fairytale horror that is low on scares and velocity but buoyed by the syrup-thick atmosphere and the creepy stares of the young actresses."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
Won't Back Down (2012) |
"
The leads are fine, but the movie's about as fun as summer school."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
Gleeks and Glee-haters alike should rally around this raucous musical comedy."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
Grisly and goofy, this ode to the Shaw Brothers' '70s-era kung fu epics serves up 96 minutes of murder and mutilation and not a lot else."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
105 painful minutes of a fat guy getting punched in the face and falling down."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
People Like Us (2012) |
"
Fans of Pine's eyebrows will enjoy all the bushy furrowing, but otherwise, there are more important things to cry about."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
58%
|
Sparkle (2012) |
"
Sparkle isn't Dreamgirls - but fans of schmaltzy showbiz fairytales should enjoy it."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) |
"
Very weird fun."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
Savages is punishing in places, but there are enough colourful characters and careening twists to make it worth the effort."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
Although only slightly more outrageous than reality, The Campaign is a funny, pacy peek behind the political curtain."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
They're estranged. Tired antics ensue."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) |
"
Diaries is dark and gruesome, but with little in the way of genuine shock or surprise, you should expect the expected."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Lockout (Unrated) (2012) |
"
Luc Besson's clunky, space-bound actioner apes '80s B-flick excess but skimps on all the good parts."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
11-11-11 (2011) |
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Grave Encounters (2011) |
"
Despite its meagre budget, Grave Encounters boasts surprisingly solid acting, vertigo-baiting hand-held camera antics and enough [REC]- style shock-horror to keep your pulse throbbing throughout."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
The Devil Inside (2012) |
"
A low-budget, low-watt belly botherer saved from history's dustbin by a few gruesome moments and a gob-smack of an ending that (almost) makes it worth the slog."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
2%
|
One for the Money (2012) |
"
Heigl's fine and there's some zingy dialogue, but the violence jars with the comedy and, despite being written and directed by women, it still comes off as needlessly sexist."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 13, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
12%
|
The Darkest Hour (2011) |
"
If you can get past the hokey premise, then you could be in for a good time with this lumbering 3D disaster-porn noisemaker."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 10, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
16%
|
Shark Night 3D (2011) |
"
[Leaves] you with nothing more than a few poke-y moments and wistful memories of Piranha 3D."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 27, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
19%
|
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (2011) |
"
Graham is lovely and Beatty a natural, but if you're not seven years old, it's one long headache."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 12, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) |
"
Carrey fans will be let down by the rubber-faced one playing straight man to a pack of penguins. While kids may find the plot p-p-past its sell-by date."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 27, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
55%
|
Jumping the Broom (2011) |
"
This extremely formulaic time-waster offers little beyond its lame Hallmark greeting-card platitudes."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
29%
|
Take Me Home Tonight (2011) |
"
A potential cult hit in the making, call this Dazed And Confused for the Members Only set."
—
Total Film
Posted May 10, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
20%
|
Beastly (2011) |
"
A tween-baiting update that sullies the elegant fairytale with privileged brats in penthouses. Beastly is a crass, spirit-sapping bore."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
11%
|
Red Riding Hood (2011) |
"
Red Riding Hood is actually a fun, goofy ride, albeit one lathered in chintz and froth."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 11, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
64%
|
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2012) |
"
If teens battling soldiers sounds like your cup of tea, drink deep. If not, stick with Red Dawn."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 30, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
4%
|
The Roommate (2011) |
"
Cat lovers may be unnerved, but fright fans will just yawn their way to the exit."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 30, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
43%
|
Faster (2010) |
"
Although they're all indebted to some other film, there are some nice touches here."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
The Resident (2012) |
"
Generic, yes, but gleeful with it."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
Yogi Bear (2010) |
"
Any potential retro-charm is quickly rubbed out by creepy CGI, a tired reality-TV conceit and failure to grasp that Yogi's appeal lies in his delivery and quick wit, not eye-stabbing 3D gimmicks or life-like depictions of picnic-basket heists."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
Megamind (2010) |
"
A retro-stylised fantasy-satire that balances knowingness with affection, winning kids and olds over in the process. Wry, spry and very funny."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 2, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
You Again (2010) |
"
Directed with bland efficiency by the typically family-friendly Andy Fickman (Race To Witch Mountain, The Game Plan), You Again never seems to find the tone it's aiming for."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 10, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
4%
|
Vampires Suck (2010) |
"
It's marginally sharper than the likes of Meet The Spartans -- yes, that good -- but essentially as tatty as a porn parody, without all the best bits."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 14, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
12%
|
Jonah Hex (2010) |
"
To quote Clint Eastwood's Monco in For A Few Dollars More, you people need a new sheriff."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 9, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
18%
|
The Tooth Fairy (2010) |
"
There isn't a kid alive who could possibly buy into the soulless treacle that serves as sentiment here. Forgettable mush."
—
Total Film
Posted May 27, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
19%
|
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"
Classic underdog vs smug establishment stuff, you might think. But it's all played out in puke-slathered anti-comedy sketches better suited to no-budget YouTube videos than a multimillion-dollar film."
—
Total Film
Posted May 6, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
12%
|
The Spy Next Door (2010) |
"
Filled with slapstick guffaws, dodgy accents and copious pratfalls, Brian Levant's light-hearted action comedy succeeds because it stays true to what it actually is: a kids' movie."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 16, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
5%
|
Old Dogs (2009) |
"
It's a two-ton nuclear warhead of aggressive lameness, a hard, pounding rain of flop sweat and triteness and depression."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 16, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
Armored (2009) |
"
Armored's first half is an overwrought, eye-rolling bro-venture, but once the actual robbery takes place, the film ratchets up into a solid testosterone-soaked thriller."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
5%
|
Miss March (2009) |
"
Pure eye-poking, boob-baring raunch that will tickle your inner idiot and wind up everyone else something rotten."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
18%
|
Dance Flick (2009) |
"
Toothless and obvious, even its 'best' gag - a farting-ballerina set piece - was done more effectively, for free, on YouTube a year ago."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
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