|
4/5
|
95%
|
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
Alex Gibney adds to his forensic examinations of Enron and Abu Ghraib with another fine documentary."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
No (2013) |
"
Initially jarring, the video aesthetic blends beautifully with period footage to give a smart depiction of a nation in transition. A well-deserved Oscar nominee."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
A French comedy that pitches for wit over broad comedy, it's successful in salting what could be a over-sugary confection with healthy dose of wryness."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
Tough and tender, it's the best Iron Curtain drama since The Lives Of Others."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
The Queen of Versailles (2012) |
"
A bizarre and mesmerising journey to the heart of Cloud Cuckoo Land."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
21%
|
360 (2012) |
"
A great disappointment by the City Of God man's high standards."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 6, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
God Bless America (2012) |
"
Sharp on the fallibility of human foibles and sometimes stingingly funny, too."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 1, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (2011) |
"
A disjointed but refreshingly subversive character drama."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Into The Abyss (2011) |
"
A haunting portrayal of people who are neither completely innocent nor wholly evil, and the terrible price of killing, whether in the pursuit of a sports car or in the name of justice."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 20, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Bombay Beach (2011) |
"
The fact that Alma Har'el is still stuck in music video director mode makes for an interesting new breed of documentary."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 29, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
10%
|
Trespass (2011) |
"
Cloth-eared dialogue saps the tension, while the plot twists with the likelihood of a Brett Ratner rehearsal session. Leave your disbelief at the door."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
A fitting tribute to Hunter and the demise of the American Dream, but first and foremost a thrilling and funny snapshot of a country on its knees and a writer finding his feet."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 6, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Weekend (2011) |
"
Terrific low-key turns from the two leads inject their growing bond with genuine emotion, making this a love story that will get under the skin of romantics everywhere."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Post Mortem (2012) |
"
A sometimes shocking, often moving journey through a blood-stained corner of the past. Like Costa Gavras's Missing through the eyes of an everyday Chilean."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 5, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) |
"
A marked improvement on the first film, it's easy to see why this was such a smash in Brazil. Breathless, brutal and thrilling, it's a gut punch of an action movie."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 8, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Meet Monica Velour (2011) |
"
Beautifully acted, it's a tender love story with one or two belly laughs."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 14, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
49%
|
Super (2011) |
"
A brilliant twist on the everyman crime-fighter genre, as violent and human as it is funny."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 4, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Viva Riva! (2011) |
"
On the basis of this expertly engineered crime thriller Djo Munga is a director going places."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 20, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Point Blank (2011) |
"
Another sparkling thriller from the Anything For Her director. See it, then wait for the inevitable US remake."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (2010) |
"
Controversial and contended it may be in France, but whatever your stance this is another thrilling and thoughtful slice of history from the Days Of Glory director."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 3, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
I Saw the Devil (2011) |
"
This gleefully black horror-thriller is a very classy follow-up to The Good, the Bad, the Weird for Kim Jee-Woon."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 26, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Benda Bilili! (2011) |
"
Wielding inspiration and uplift in equal measure, this musical odyssey is one of the cinematic journeys of the year. Don't miss it."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
Neds (2011) |
"
A rush of violent, visceral drama, Mullan's directorial effort will stay with you. The disappointment? A final third that meanders to its conclusion."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 18, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
10%
|
Cuckoo () |
"
With its unengaging characters and a plot that jacknifes inexplicably, there's little to like here. A thriller without many thrills."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 13, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
53%
|
The Thorn in the Heart (2010) |
"
A touching insight into a family's inner workings."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Easier with Practice (2009) |
"
Excellent American indie that tugs hard on the heartstrings."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 29, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Leap Year (2011) |
"
A tough but humane and affecting watch."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 29, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
Fathers of Girls () |
"
Too meandering to stir the brain and too dour to engage the heart, the moving storyline too often falls flat in stodgy scenes."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
The Kid (2010) |
"
Strong performances by Rupert Friend and Augustus Prew as the grown-up and teenage Kevin give Moran's rite-of-passage tale genuine emotional ballast. A worthy follow-up to Telstar."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 15, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
A vivid reworking of Daniel Woodrell's novel that brings the book's conflicted heroine to searing life in a piece of unhurried filmmaking too rarely seen these days."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 15, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
58%
|
Trash Humpers (2010) |
"
A often grim vaudeville parade of Nashville's oddballs and ne'er-do-wells."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 16, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010) |
"
As harrowing as it is humorous, Giorgos Lanthimos' award-winning journey to a family's heart of darkness is unflinchingly detailed, thought-provoking fare."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 22, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
Shank (2010) |
"
If this is the future of film then we're all doomed."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"
Compelling, entertaining and illuminating documentary which makes you think twice, and then a few more times, about eating anything at all in U.S."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 12, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Oil City Confidential (2009) |
"
Authentic feel to this good-looking biopic of the ill-fated band."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Blur: No Distance Left to Run (2010) |
"
Unexpectedly revealing interviews and some stunning live footage make this one of the better band behind-the-scenes."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 22, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010) |
"
A sometimes whimsical and magical take on the life of one of Britain's most artistically charged rock stars. Serkis shines in his role as the troubled singer."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Cove (2009) |
"
A taut, thrilling documentary that plays out like a heist movie while never overshadowing its message or activist credentials."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (District 13: Ultimatum) (2009) |
"
The dialogue and storyline are both a little on the clunky side, but the action excels."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Fish Tank (2010) |
"
A vivid portrayal of life at society's margins with a compelling turn from newcomer Jarvis. Little wonder it scored at Cannes."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Soul Power (2009) |
"
An edifying glimpse at a moment in black history when the world really was looking on."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 10, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
One man's near-emotionless trip through an event that was the high watermark for US counterculture moves along without any real sense of purpose or pace."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 16, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Is Anybody There? (2009) |
"
Caine leads an impeccable cast in a story that is as touching as it is funny, turning the mundane minutiae of fading lives into a vibrant display."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted May 1, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) |
"
Refreshingly, director Carrivick's feature debut is both dark, compelling and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 24, 2009
|
|
—
|
43%
|
Hush (2009) |
"
Despite, or maybe because of, its mundane setting this bleak and disturbing thriller succeeds in ratcheting up the tension."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 13, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
Notorious (2009) |
"
A hip hop hagiography that plays like a straight-to-TV movie."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 12, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Who Killed Nancy? (2010) |
"
For an exposé very little is actually revealed, but as a neon-lit trawl through '70s New York, it's worth a look."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 5, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
45%
|
Yes Man (2008) |
"
It's charming enough with some nice comedy touches, but the initially intriguing premise is soon railroaded out of sight by its desire to conform to a tried-and-tested cinematic formula."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 5, 2009
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