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Paul M. Bradshaw

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:: Little White Lies

Total Reviews:: 42

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
4/5	100%	It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)	" An existential flipbook and a heartbreaking black joke: stickmen have never looked so alive." — Total Film Posted May 2, 2013
2/5	29%	Erased (2013)	" Eckhart makes a decent Damon stand-in, but there's nothing here than hasn't been done (better) before." — Total Film Posted Apr 5, 2013
3/5	8%	Fire With Fire (2012)	" David Barrett's daft, generic revenger barrels along nicely (often nastily) enough, but it must have missed going straight to DVD by a whisker." — Total Film Posted Mar 7, 2013
3/5	52%	Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)	" If you're after a ripping, roaring, thigh-slapping giant of a fairytale, Bryan Singer's blockbuster panto will be right up your beanstalk." — Total Film Posted Mar 7, 2013
1/5	13%	Do Elephants Pray? ()	" Paul Hills' wishy-washy Brit debut feels like it was adapted from something you might find inside a fortune cookie." — Total Film Posted Jan 25, 2013
2/5	44%	Code Name: Geronimo ()	" A smug national revenger ..." — Total Film Posted Dec 6, 2012
2/5	6%	So Undercover (2013)	" You know something really bad has happened when the FBI are forced to call in Miley Cyrus." — Total Film Posted Dec 6, 2012
1/5	——	When Santa Fell to Earth (Als Der Weihnachtsmann Vom Himmel Fiel) ()	" The filmic equivalent of a lump of coal." — Total Film Posted Nov 30, 2012
4/5	86%	Ninja Scroll (1996)	" One of the most influential animes ever made ..." — Total Film Posted Nov 19, 2012
4/5	82%	Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (2012)	" Jesse Vile's moving documentary can't go wrong with such an inspiring, funny and genuinely nice guy taking the spotlight he deserves." — Total Film Posted Nov 6, 2012
1/5	0%	Crawlspace (1986)	" A no-budget, no thrills sci-fi horror that probably should have stayed buried." — Total Film Posted Nov 1, 2012
2/5	27%	Casino Royale (1967)	" A magnificent mess, it's either the greatest argument against LSD or the worst." — Total Film Posted Oct 23, 2012
3/5	56%	The Penguin King 3D ()	" It's not as epic as March Of The Penguins, or as stunning as the BBC's usual slo-mo nature porn - but with nary an animated tap dance in sight, it's still king of the 3D penguins." — Total Film Posted Sep 28, 2012
3/5	43%	Hotel Transylvania (2012)	" It bursts with ideas and the characters are warmly drawn; it's just a shame the jokes come so thin and fast." — Total Film Posted Sep 28, 2012
3/5	73%	Cockneys vs Zombies (2013)	" It might sound like a lazy idea for an iPhone game but a few fresh jokes and lashings of creative gore help it stand out from the shuffling crowd." — Total Film Posted Aug 23, 2012
3/5	67%	Offender ()	" Ron Scalpello's brutal debut about a young offenders' institution hammers its messages home with a sock full of snooker balls." — Total Film Posted Jul 31, 2012
3/5	55%	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)	" The sugary third act might be as sappy as the first is dark, but there are comforts in this apoca-romcom - not least Carell's sad-eyed, soulful turn." — Total Film Posted Jul 3, 2012
3/5	37%	Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)	" Weighed down with daft new characters and an overstretched story, the prehistoric saga is looking a bit old. On the other hand, it still has Scrat -which is all any movie really needs..." — Total Film Posted Jul 2, 2012
3/5	85%	Electrick Children (2013)	" Careful, kids - rock'n'roll can get you pregnant. Or that's what one Mormon teen believes in this cute lo-fi indie from first-timer Rebecca Thomas." — Total Film Posted Jul 2, 2012
3/5	29%	Comes A Bright Day (2012)	" Aboud summons an impressive array of talent for his debut feature, pitched as an odd mix of indie-Brit parlour farce and Dog Day Afternoon." — Total Film Posted Jul 2, 2012
4/5	92%	Ping Pong ()	" An unabashed crowd-pleaser, Hugh Hartford's table-top portrait avoids patronising its aged subjects, bouncing between sweetly satirical and sincerely moving." — Total Film Posted Jun 29, 2012
1/5	——	The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan ()	" Paul Tanter's hackneyed, embarrassing British crime thriller is mercifully short, but still 80 minutes too long." — Total Film Posted Jun 21, 2012
3/5	38%	Victim ()	" Anuva barrel of 'hood clichés it might be, but the sharp cast and snappy script (by Chin and co-star Michael Maris) make it fresher and funnier than it sounds." — Total Film Posted Jun 14, 2012
3/5	67%	The Pact (2012)	" It works hard, and the first half hour is textbook creepy, but the oldschool grab-bag of shocks struggles to jolt a dour script to life." — Total Film Posted May 30, 2012
3/5	39%	Red Tails (2012)	" A popcorn memorial that's as eye-saucering as it is shamelessly corny." — Total Film Posted May 29, 2012
3/5	63%	The Monk (2013)	" The kind of film that works its magic after you leave the cinema." — Little White Lies Posted Apr 26, 2012
3/5	79%	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012)	" The 3D is completely redundant and the action sporadic but unexpected gearshifts provide plenty of narrative meat." — Total Film Posted Apr 10, 2012
3/5	81%	Beauty (Skoonheid) (2013)	" Lotz tortured expression carries the film, silently falling apart in an artful series of lingering pans and excruciating static shots." — Total Film Posted Apr 9, 2012
	89%	In Darkness (2012)	" Stands apart from other attempts to film unfilmable events by painting a pitch-black portrait of its heroes as well as its villains." — Total Film Posted Mar 5, 2012
4/5	86%	Khodorkovsky (2011)	" Tuschi paints a complex portrait of corrupted power." — Little White Lies Posted Mar 2, 2012
2/5	8%	Payback Season ()	" Favouring its relentless dubstep soundtrack over its characters, the film feels like more like background filler." — Total Film Posted Feb 27, 2012
2/5	17%	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)	" Funny in all the wrong places and long at 95 minutes. Cage might be on fine psychotic form, but the flaming skull barely manages a sizzle this time around." — Total Film Posted Feb 17, 2012
1/5	13%	Deviation ()	" [Dyer] mugs and swaggers his way through an undoubtedly committed but unfortunately misguided performance." — Total Film Posted Feb 13, 2012
1/5	0%	Mercenaries (2012)	" It looks like footage from a team-building weekend where the whole office gets to star in their own action movie." — Total Film Posted Jan 26, 2012
4/5	76%	Bombay Beach (2011)	" Quirky, moving and unique, it's a haunting bedside view of the place the American Dream went to die." — Total Film Posted Jan 23, 2012
5/5	98%	The Artist (2011)	" A bona fide classic. You won't get the smile off your face all the way home." — Little White Lies Posted Dec 21, 2011
2/5	7%	New Year's Eve (2011)	" Another lavish helping of clichés, cameos and implausibly interweaving love stories. Fine if you're a fan of Valentine's Day, but Marshall's multi-star champagne cocktail is all bubbles and no booze." — Total Film Posted Dec 8, 2011
5/5	98%	Oslo, August 31st (2012)	" An astounding achievement, Joachim Trier's haunting film will stay with you for weeks." — Little White Lies Posted Nov 3, 2011
4/5	67%	Parked (2012)	" Packing two terrific turns and an offbeat spirit, this coming-of-middle-age comedy is an unexpected treat." — Total Film Posted Oct 28, 2011
3/5	17%	Four ()	" A stagey British indie that does a lot with a little." — Total Film Posted Oct 19, 2011
	100%	Way Of The Morris ()	" It's a meandering, idyllic and odd family history that feels like a sleepy Sunday walk in the country." — Total Film Posted Sep 6, 2011

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