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Mark Adams

Agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

Publications:: Daily Mirror [UK] , Hollywood Reporter , Screen International , Sun Online , Sunday Mirror [UK]

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	88%	Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)	" A blaze of thrilling sci-fi adventure, stunning special effects and - most importantly - further subtle development of a series of characters who are familiar and yet fresh at the same time." — Screen International Posted May 2, 2013
—	18%	Aroused (2013)	— Screen International Posted May 2, 2013
—	——	Big Bad Wolves ()	— Screen International Posted May 2, 2013
	67%	The Iceman (2013)	" A grim, gripping, brooding and impressively performed film with a wonderful sense of time and location." — Screen International Posted Apr 29, 2013
	78%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" Iron Man 3 blasts it way onto the big screen with just the right blend of explosions, banter, bullets and superhero shenanigans to prove that there is still plenty of life left in this metallic hero." — Screen International Posted Apr 24, 2013
	58%	At Any Price (2013)	" In the end At Any Price lacks the emotional pay-off the story deserves." — Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2013
	52%	The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)	" Absorbing and intriguing, but in the end the film never finds the right pacing or structure to satisfy the dramatic arcs." — Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2013
	73%	Iron Man 2 (2010)	" Robert Downey Jr., plays Stark with a twinkle in his eye and a sense of fun, but can't quite stamp the same authority onto the film as he did in the first version." — Screen International Posted Apr 15, 2013
	38%	Family Weekend (2013)	" An enjoyably leftfield oddball comedy." — Screen International Posted Apr 2, 2013
4/5	68%	Trance (2013)	" Trance is a beguilingly strange and exciting film that starts out as a traditional heist movie and heads off into dark and violent territory as it challenges you to keep up with its freewheeling plot." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Mar 29, 2013
	94%	Room 237 (2013)	" A delightfully odd film, but also an enjoyable one for film fans." — Screen International Posted Mar 25, 2013
	68%	Trance (2013)	" [Trace] works to a certain extent, with Danny Boyle drawing out game and smart performances from his three leads, James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and (especially) Rosario Dawson." — Screen International Posted Mar 22, 2013
4/5	52%	Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)	" An action-packed and swashbuckling cool fantasy adventure ..." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/5	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" This freewheeling fantasy family adventure might lack the sheer magic of the original, but it will entrance young audiences with its tale of witches, a womanising wizard and the weird and wonderful inhabitants of Oz." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Mar 7, 2013
	98%	The Artist (2011)	" Possibly one of the most joyously enjoyable films to screen in the Cannes competition -- especially for lovers of classic Hollywood cinema -- The Artist is a real pleasure." — Screen International Posted Feb 15, 2013
	——	Interior. Leather Bar. ()	" While it never fully makes an attempt to reveal the truth behind the lost 40 minutes from Cruising (which allegedly featured overly explicit scenes, cut to secure the right rating for release) it smartly dwells on Hollywood homophobia and clichés." — Screen International Posted Feb 4, 2013
	100%	Metro Manila ()	" Where Sean Ellis's film really succeeds is in the atmospheric backdrop of Manila and the sheer intensity of the city's Quezon city slum community." — Screen International Posted Feb 4, 2013
4/5	79%	Flight (2012)	" It veers between wonderfully tense and grippingly intelligent and is brimming with a series of terrific performances." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Jan 31, 2013
	——	The Future (Il Futuro) ()	" An intriguing look at psychologically damaged people struggling to find moments of love and affection in a world conspiring against them." — Screen International Posted Jan 31, 2013
	67%	The Moo Man ()	" It is hard not to be impressed - and often moved - with his open and honest compassion." — Screen International Posted Jan 31, 2013
	——	Frankenstein's Army (2013)	" Where Frankenstein's Army really shines is with the stunning designs and monster make-up, with the film delivering old-style lumbering monsters without resorting to CGI." — Screen International Posted Jan 28, 2013
	93%	Zero Dark Thirty (2013)	" Against all the odds, Kathryn Bigelow's powerful story of the hunt is a taut and searing action thriller that keeps you gripped." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Jan 24, 2013
—	0%	Crawlspace (1986)	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
	71%	My Amityville Horror (2013)	" Eric Walter's fascinating documentary offers a new perspective on the much-told story." — Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	64%	Miss Minoes (2011)	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
	80%	Eden (2013)	" As a vehicle for the talented Leandra Leal - who plays a pregnant young woman who is seduced and manipulated by an evangelical preacher - it is an impressive affair." — Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	65%	Private Peaceful ()	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
	93%	The Sapphires (2013)	" An energetic, amusing and resolutely feel-good-film-with-a-message, 1960s music movie The Sapphires ticks all of the right boxes to click with audiences as well as being a smart advert for Aussie girl power." — Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
	——	Halley ()	" Hofman treats Beto and his strange and disturbing condition with gentle respect. What he is going through is horrific, but the film never exploits his increasingly unpleasant physical condition." — Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Revenge: A Love Story (Fuk sau che chi sei) (2010)	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Kelly + Victor ()	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	——	Igor & the Cranes' Journey ()	— Screen International Posted Jan 22, 2013
4/5	81%	The Impossible (2012)	" Quite brilliant special effects and emotionally spot-on performances make what sounds like a downbeat film on paper, stirring, uplifting and deeply moving." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Jan 3, 2013
3/5	61%	Jack Reacher (2012)	" It delivers some refreshingly dark down-to-earth crime action." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Dec 27, 2012
	47%	Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (2012)	" A visually stunning dance and performance treat." — Screen International Posted Dec 19, 2012
	52%	Broken (2013)	" A bold and nicely sustained debut." — Screen International Posted Dec 18, 2012
5/5	85%	Sightseers (2013)	" A deliriously dark and gloriously bloody crime comedy, Sightseers is a wonderfully eccentric film that delivers twisted humour at some British landmarks." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 29, 2012
	56%	For a Good Time, Call... (2012)	" Ari Graynor and Lauren Anne Miller are great as the sassy pair and despite a veneer of sex, in truth the film is more about friendship." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 1, 2012
	82%	Rust and Bone (2012)	" Elegantly performed and beautifully shot." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Nov 1, 2012
	76%	The Bay (2012)	" Levinson succeeds with his mission to both entertain and inform." — Screen International Posted Oct 31, 2012
	53%	Simon and the Oaks (2012)	" Impressively staged, well performed and rich in melodrama." — Screen International Posted Oct 10, 2012
	76%	Killing Them Softly (2012)	" Brad Pitt is terrific in this super-stylish crime drama that relishes its brutal mob storyline, inner-city locations and oddball characters." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 20, 2012
	47%	The Sweeney (2013)	" Brimming with leather jackets, submachine guns, fast cars and a suitably grim and brutal determination to catch London's bad guys." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Sep 13, 2012
	82%	Seven Psychopaths (2012)	" Seven Psychopaths is a deliriously twisted tale that provides the perfect platform for Walken's deadpan delivery and Rockwell's gleeful loopiness." — Screen International Posted Sep 10, 2012
	93%	Looper (2012)	" A spectacularly cool time-twisting sci-fi thriller." — Screen International Posted Sep 6, 2012
	86%	The Master (2012)	" It is a strikingly well made film that pulls no creative punches." — Screen International Posted Sep 5, 2012
	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" The effects, action and set are all terrific, with Colin Farrell on great form as the determined spy up against his lethal wife." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Aug 30, 2012
—	12%	The Spy Next Door (2010)	— Screen International Posted Jul 13, 2012
4/5	77%	Killer Joe (2012)	" A deliriously sleazy black comedy thriller that is resolutely adult in tone and content but overflows with wonderful performances, fast-paced thrills and memorable dialogue." — Daily Mirror [UK] Posted Jun 28, 2012

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