|
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
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Knuckle (2011) |
"
Palmer shows real integrity and gets incredible access, but there's only so long you can watch people beating the hell out of each other before wanting to throw in the towel yourself."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 1, 2011
|
79%
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