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Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 83

Location:: UK

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
3/5	89%	Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)	" It goes quickly, it goes loudly and it goes spectacularly. The only problem is that it never seems to live up to the franchise's original mission statement and go boldly" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted May 4, 2013
4/5	77%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" A summer blockbuster that, in this era of saturating trailers and set-piece spoiling TV spots, genuinely takes you by surprise." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Apr 24, 2013
4/5	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" This could easily have been the best demon possession film released in decades. Instead it is just a very effective, still-terrifying, evil retread." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Apr 19, 2013
4/5	48%	Olympus Has Fallen (2013)	" Once the film stops taking itself too seriously and gives in to over-the-top entertainment, it becomes a vastly superior movie - albeit one with some head-shakingly stupid moments. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Apr 16, 2013
1/5	28%	G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)	" The most fun I have ever had watching one of the worst films I have ever seen" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Mar 27, 2013
4/5	51%	Welcome to the Punch (2013)	" I wish all my local plods were brutal no-nonsense renegade cops." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Mar 11, 2013
4/5	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" It may not have much courage in its adherence to the 1939 classic, [but] the film still manages to find both a brain and heart somewhere along the way." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Mar 1, 2013
4/5	86%	Manborg (2013)	" Manborg works first and foremost by being genuinely, legitimately funny." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Feb 24, 2013
2/5	63%	Hitchcock (2012)	" All we mostly get to see is the sad, silent contemplation of an old, weary, prosthetically constructed man" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Feb 24, 2013
4/5	86%	Wreck-it Ralph (2012)	" A very clever, delightfully funny and visually stunning Disney film. And yet we end up watching it having already seen its potential to be something much more enticing." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Feb 24, 2013
3/5	38%	Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)	" Even Murray, who never fails to be the most watchable actor in any film, can't prevent Hyde Park On Hudson from being too insipid. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Feb 24, 2013
3/5	79%	Flight (2012)	" Every time Denzel eyes up a hotel bar, Zemeckis puts another coin in a jukebox that's stuck permanently on Now That's What I Call Addiction" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Jan 29, 2013
4/5	52%	This is 40 (2012)	" I only hope that, while my body gradually deteriorates and I slowly chip away at the planet-sized boulder that is my mortgage, I can still find time to be just like Paul Rudd." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Jan 28, 2013
2/5	59%	The Last Stand (2013)	" Arnie stomps his way through a role in which every punch looks clumsy and every line of dialogue sounds like it has been learnt phonetically. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Jan 28, 2013
4/5	32%	Gangster Squad (2013)	" It's basically the movie adaptation of the trashy comic-book adaptation of The Untouchables." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Jan 11, 2013
4/5	81%	Pitch Perfect (2012)	" It is both refreshingly funny and teen-panderingly cheesy. Ladies and gentlemen ... it seems we have here what all the young kids these days refer to as a 'mash-up'." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Dec 19, 2012
4/5	61%	Jack Reacher (2012)	" While the film does revel in eye-rolling cliché ... there is one important difference that makes up for all of it: it doesn't take itself too seriously." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Dec 11, 2012
3/5	66%	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)	" The Hobbit may be a different story to The Lord Of The Rings ... but there is really nothing all that unexpected about this journey." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Dec 11, 2012
5/5	88%	Life of Pi (2012)	" You might as well no longer bother with the book. Seriously, this is pretty much the gist of it. And reading takes ages anyway. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Dec 11, 2012
3/5	51%	Trouble with the Curve (2012)	" It's basically Moanyball." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Dec 11, 2012
3/5	64%	Hit So Hard (2012)	" While this film documents drummer Patty Schemel's struggle with drug addiction, you can't help but feel that her main role in rock 'n' roll history has been as a first-hand witness to events more important and interesting than her own story." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Nov 18, 2012
4/5	68%	Cloud Atlas (2012)	" Overall though, it is a hugely ambitious and impressive undertaking, the mere attempt of which should be applauded, let alone the lengths at which the Wachowskis et Tykwer actually achieve this vision." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Nov 15, 2012
3/5	93%	The Sapphires (2013)	" Those turned off by the cutesy poster boasting glamorous wannabes in sequin dresses may be pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable the film is as a whole - it turns out this is no teen fantasy for Gleeks." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Oct 25, 2012
4/5	79%	Ruby Sparks (2012)	" Ruby Sparks is more insightful and powerful than any of us - including Calvin - could have ever imagined." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Oct 10, 2012
4/5	85%	End of Watch (2012)	" End Of Watch makes for an absorbing film; authentic, unpredictable and affecting. Exactly what you would expect from the writer of Training Day and Harsh Times... just with added hidden cameras." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Oct 5, 2012
	90%	Bridesmaids (2011)	" The chemistry between real-life best friends Wiig and Maya Rudolph is palpable, bringing a refreshing authenticity that is preferable to bromantic camaraderie." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
	34%	The Hangover Part II (2011)	" The same movie as its predecessor ... but done badly." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
4/5	90%	Tangled (2010)	" Despite modern-day characterisation and rousing action sequences, the ... pastel colouring hints at the time-honoured simplicity and innocence of Disney's best-loved classics" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
3/5	90%	The Fighter (2010)	" While Bale turns in a 5-star performance, his character's story bobs and weaves around Wahlberg's simpler, steady efforts." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
2/5	13%	Yogi Bear (2010)	" It's a terrible, dumb, unimaginative film that really isn't worth the price of a cinema ticket even with ... the excellent Road Runner short that comes before it." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
2/5	20%	The Rite (2011)	" [Hopkins] stumbles through his entire acting range - from lazy, stilted line delivery to balls-out mentalist improvisation. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
3/5	79%	Chalet Girl (2011)	" It's hard not to instantly forgive all the script's occasional faults and just be swept up in the feel-good nature of such a charming, easily-likable release." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
4/5	91%	Source Code (2011)	" More like a thinking man's Speed as opposed to a what-were-you-thinking man's Déjà Vu. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
4/5	77%	Thor (2011)	" Branagh and co have taken one of the least relatable superheroes and turned his story ... into a hugely enjoyable, funny and visually spectacular film" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
2/5	66%	Insidious (2011)	" About as subtle as a fart at a séance" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
3/5	85%	Cedar Rapids (2011)	" While this isn't destined to be remembered as a great standout comedy ... it is still guaranteed to provide a few giggles and knee-slaps." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
5/5	90%	Attack the Block (2011)	" While all signs point to 'culty' for this film, it actually has all the mainstream appeal of a brilliant comedy and a terrifying supernatural horror. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 27, 2012
2/5	33%	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)	" The action ... ranges from fun swashbuckling, to tedious parrying, to outright terribly edited, CGI funk that completely defies any kind of physical presence." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	88%	X-Men: First Class (2011)	" Magneto used to be a globe-trotting Bond-a-like and Xavier was a beer-chugging ladies man? Admit it, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart suddenly seem much more interesting." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	48%	Super (2011)	" [Not] an easily digestible movie but this is ... the point - in a world where everything isn't as cut and dry as 'good versus evil', rationality is increasingly rare." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	96%	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)	" The movie ... manages to be a worthy ending to what has become one of the greatest film franchises ever released. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
3/5	70%	Horrible Bosses (2011)	" This is a story for which plausibility took a running jump off a belief-suspension bridge. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	82%	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)	" Despite some pretty glaring plotholes, the combination of astonishing special effects and a tension-filled story makes for a gripping and worthy rebirth for the franchise." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	81%	The Skin I Live In (2011)	" A movie puzzle that confounds and then unnerves with an impact as shocking as any of the most infamous of cinema last-reel shockers" — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	83%	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)	" It's of massive benefit ... to have many of the best British actors carrying this dense, convoluted plot through its many twists and knots. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
2/5	58%	Red State (2011)	" The characters are one-dimensional, the plot is a shambles and the preaching gets so tedious you'll be praying yourself for divine intervention." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	69%	Tower Heist (2011)	" All corners of the oddball comedy genre are squarely covered in a way that somehow seems fresh despite the well tried-and-tested formula. " — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	60%	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)	" A welcome return for the World's Greatest Detective Other Than Batman, and a sequel that impressively conspires to be more challenging than its predecessor." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012
4/5	86%	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	" While this film is a brilliant, dispassionate rival to the also-brilliant Swedish original, the films that could really use the Fincher treatment are the two sequels." — TheShiznit.co.uk Posted Sep 25, 2012

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