|
2/5
|
31%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
...depending on your levels of credulity - and blood alcohol - it might just pass muster as a late-night six-pack flick."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Margin Call (2011) |
"
This is Chandor's triumph, and marks him out as someone to keep an eye on in the future."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (2011) |
"
[It] may sound like a pocket-fiddler's dream, but proves rather sweeter than its synopsis."
—
Total Film
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
One of the strangest mainstream releases of recent times, Dark Shadows' demented gothic melodrama/fish-out-of-water comedy/creature feature feels like you've slipped into a Burton fever-dream."
—
Total Film
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
...Knightley's histrionic performance verges on the embarrassing."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
The Monk () |
"
It's a while before Cassel fully embraces his dark side, yet his customary charisma is what seals The Monk's redemption."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Misguided in the extreme. A scene in which Kitsch and co aim blindly for the broadest of targets - and miss by miles - proves painfully apt."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 11, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
25%
|
The Divide (2012) |
"
Gens' impressively grim film has points to make about post-9/11 militarism, but you get the sense that humanity disgusts him so much he'd rather leave his characters to the roaches."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Atmen (Breathing) (2011) |
"
Thoughtfully shot by first-time director Karl Markovics, the only warmth comes from the stiffening cadavers."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Headhunters (2012) |
"
A nice blend of Scandinavian sophistication and Hollywood slickness, Headhunters is an entertaining Nordic noir achievement..."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 26, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
"
This is a troubling portrait of how fear and abuse leave their tentacles in everything they touch - and a haunting one at that."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Act of Valor (2012) |
"
If the politics are simplistic - think Team America - the performances (by real, anonymous SEALs) are even more so."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Killer Elite (2011) |
"
Far more than just another Transporter clone, and far less than the sum of its parts, the result is an oddity you couldn't make up."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
It's an effective, if unfathomable, entry in the Fincher canon."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Jan 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
With its austere atmosphere, glacial pace and longwinded plot, it's not a film for everyone."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Jan 30, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
Moverman's plummeting psychological profile shows great taste but poor judgement - the wonderful cast and convincing plot sacrificed in service of the exceptional Harrelson."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 30, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
This unashamedly old-fashioned ghost story benefits from Radcliffe's committed performance and Watkins' willingness to do anything for a scare."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
72%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
A four-way of furious awkwardness played with consummate skill."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 23, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
Dumber than its title and less exciting than its poster, this spectacularly silly thriller starts with a sky-high concept and soon plummets towards preposterousness."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 23, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
It's not an adventure, but a loving tribute to all the broken things, and those who would fix them."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
Though the subject matter is nothing new, every aspect of the film thrums with quality."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Dec 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Snowtown Murders (2012) |
"
Grimly credible, and with more than a few flashes of brilliance, this is a highly impressive, upsetting debut. Just be warned - its chief currency is cold, numbing horror."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Junkhearts () |
"
It's an impressive two-hander about sensitive souls facing stark realities - the lovers who life forces to become fighters."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Tower Heist (2011) |
"
An entertaining but uptight comedy that strains to match the throwaway fizz of the Ocean's movies."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 2, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
A grown-up sci-fi idea suffering from a severe case of arrested (script) development, In Time plays like Equilibrium without the fights, or Total Recall without the fun."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) |
"
Despite its self-awareness, and the central performance, this is still a grubby hack job about a grubby whack-job whacking off grubbily."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Miss Bala (2012) |
"
Sigman's turn is committed and the set-pieces harrowing, but sympathy soon gives way to shellshock."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 31, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Sket () |
"
A film that, for all its grit and attitude, lacks sufficient cred."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 31, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
The film is the best-shot - if the least scary - of the series."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) |
"
Glossy, diverting and shout-it-from-the-rooftops obvious- exactly like an ad, then."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
52%
|
Perfect Sense (2012) |
"
A moving look at what it means to be human in the most extreme circumstances, this is kitchen-sink sci-fi with an aching soul."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 4, 2011
|
|
|
87%
|
Cane Toads: The Conquest () |
"
Mark Lewis' fascinating-if-niche documentary intersperses great 3D shots of these glistening, gobbling Jabbas with testimonies from boffins and crackpots."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 28, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Red White & Blue (2010) |
"
Not a horror film, but an undeniably horrifying one, it depicts believable characters in credibly desperate situations, with none of the usual genre comforts on hand to halt the path to damnation."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 23, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
71%
|
Hanna (2011) |
"
...most of the time Wright simply throws everything he can think of at the screen like the promo director he used to be. Great soundtrack, though."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
The film's more interested in spending quality time with this unlikely pair than solving crimes. Thanks to McDonagh's sparkling script and some charming central performances, you will be too."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
It's confounding, borderline pretentious, stuff, but there's no denying the emotional weight it lends - imagine flicking through a Bible and someone's baby book at once."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
Beginning and ending with a bang, but with too much whimpering in between, Melancholia is low-key Lars. But committed turns and poetic visuals will ease you through to The End."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
The Dead (2011) |
"
With its desiccated plains and rotting crops, the Africa depicted in the Ford Brothers' zombie flick proves an evocative setting."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
A Lonely Place to Die (2012) |
"
Bounding o'er hill and dale, this energetic chase thriller barely pauses for plausibility, pitting climbers against kidnappers in the Scottish Highlands."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 31, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (2011) |
"
This softcore grot epic has to be seen to be believed - or maybe not, if your sexual politics are more sophisticated than Sid James'."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 30, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Trollhunter (2011) |
"
A true one-off, with all the frustrated expectations that entails."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 30, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
The Art of Getting By (2011) |
"
Though woozily shot and well acted, embracing Gavin Wiesen's low-key coming-of-ager depends on whether you find its hero a self-important prick."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
Quale's witty kills are such a blast you may wish they hadn't wrapped the series up so neatly."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Incendies (2011) |
"
Every time the film begins to feel more like a history lesson than a drama, it explodes into action."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
69%
|
Horrible Bosses (2011) |
"
Adult without being crass, goofy without being stupid, Bosses is one of the funniest films of the year."
—
Flicks.co.nz
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
Patrolling the dark/light divide so confidently even the IRA nab legitimate laughs, The Guard is a cracker of a film and Sergeant Gerry Boyle a comedy creation for the ages."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 10, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
Wears off like a warm childhood memory."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) |
"
Part political thriller, part pummelling polemic."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
62%
|
Villain (Akunin) (2010) |
"
Like early Haneke without the intellectual rigour but enlivened with beautiful moments of realisation, it's a film that becomes harder to take the more it sides with its "sensitive" star."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
79%
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