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Matt Looker

Matt Looker

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications:
TheShiznit.co.uk
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
83
Location:
UK

Worst Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
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
1/5 41% Silent House (2012) " [Elizabeth Olsen's] impressive portrayal - and even an admittedly interesting overall conclusion - just isn't enough to rescue a film that is literally agonising to watch." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
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
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
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
2/5 66% Insidious (2011) " About as subtle as a fart at a séance" — 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
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
2/5 21% Taken 2 (2012) " When Liam Neeson uses his set of skills to hunt you down, it turns out that what he'll do is nothing compared to the butchering you'll receive in the editing suite afterwards" — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 21, 2012
2/5 17% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) " In terms of stupid, dumb, no-brainer comic-book films, they don't come much stupider, dumber and no-brainier than this. " — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
2/5 26% Wrath of the Titans (2012) " With every inch of screen filled with pixel paint and indistinguishable action, the whole thing just became mind-numbing to watch. " — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
2/5 36% Iron Sky (2012) " Shock horror: hilariously terrible-sounding movie ends up being nowhere near as fun as you might hope. This does not bode well for my time-travelling monkey idea." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 87% 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
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 78% 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
3/5 65% 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3/5 65% The Campaign (2012) " This film is about silly voices and crude sex gags and jokes about children touching an old alcoholic's man boobs. Thank god." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 24, 2012
3/5 51% Savages (2012) " ... a film that - while stylish and home to some great comic beats - ultimately feels mediocre and flat." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 20, 2012
3/5 85% The Hunger Games (2012) " While the 12A rating renders any serious violence a tad impotent, there is much more going on here than the fawning and frowning of its soppy vampire peer." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 74% Rampart (2012) " You get the impression that the film is as conflicted as its protagonist: trying to be both an arty character study and a dynamic drama at the same time but unable to excel at either." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 53% Safe House (2012) " It doesn't say much about Safe House that I can only recall a grand total of about 2 minutes, and those are mostly moments that enjoy good quality character time rather than any flash-bang excitement." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 27% Project X (2012) " There'll be many middle-aged, middle class haters declaring it morally bankrupt, but most will be able to file it under 'Guilty Pleasures' alongside Jackass, Bachelor Party and...er...forcing your pet to dance on its hind legs." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 38% Dark Shadows (2012) " Dark Shadows really is just a mixed bag of chuckles and drama that never really gets the balance quite right. " — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 41% Rock of Ages (2012) " Rock Of Ages is a stone-cold medley of cheese and cliché. It riffs on dated guitar bands and power-anthems and it builds its city on dry ice and key changes. And yet... it still kinda rocks." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 55% Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) " While the idea of impending doom might suggest darker themes and a downbeat plot, this is an altogether calmer-geddon, with a muted, nuanced lead performance from Steve Carell, a cool-kid soundtrack and heartwarming overtones." — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
3/5 73% Cockneys vs Zombies (2013) " It's a zom-com mixed with novice gangster antics and "Cor blimey, guv" dialogue, but with gleefully silly gags, over-the-top performances and a neverending stream of zombie killshots, there's just so much fun to be had. " — TheShiznit.co.uk
Posted Sep 13, 2012
4/5 78% 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 47% 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
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
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
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
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
4/5 67% 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
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
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
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
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