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Radheyan Simonpillai

Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

Publications:: AskMen.com , Fresh and Frowsy , NOW Toronto
Critics' Group:: Toronto Film Critics Association

Total Reviews:: 207

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/5	——	Blackbird (2013)	" Though I appreciate Buxton's rookie attempt to present an alternative look at teen rage, I can't help seeing that this overreaching film goes nowhere with only clichés to guide it." — NOW Toronto Posted May 9, 2013
3/5	80%	I Declare War ()	" This is deadpan humour that stretches out one good joke, where not so innocent kids pass the time between strategic kills discussing schoolyard politics - or maybe grabbing a juice." — NOW Toronto Posted May 9, 2013
3/5	54%	At Any Price (2013)	" Dennis Quaid gives the kind of performance that deserves awards, but it's in a movie that won't likely get that kind of attention." — NOW Toronto Posted May 9, 2013
80/100	77%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" Iron Man 3 follows a psychologically tormented hero who has light-hearted fun while engaging in cartoonish mayhem and uncovering corruption that reflects on contemporary politics. If that sentence sounded like a mouthful, just imagine the movie." — NOW Toronto Posted May 3, 2013
1/5	8%	The Big Wedding (2013)	" When Robert DeNiro says things like "poon job," it hurts our ears and probably leaves a bad taste in his mouth." — NOW Toronto Posted Apr 26, 2013
69/100	46%	Pain & Gain (2013)	" For Michael Bay fans, Pain & Gain may be his masterpiece, where the director's collision of testosterone-fueled action and blunt wits is perfectly in keeping with the subject." — AskMen.com Posted Apr 26, 2013
4/5	100%	Flight of the Butterflies (2012)	" The filmmakers turn classroom material into a dense procedural. Meanwhile, they capture phenomenal footage of the monarch in its various stages, from egg to chrysalis to the butterfly that hates winter as much as I do." — NOW Toronto Posted Apr 18, 2013
4/5	——	Molly Maxwell ()	" The charming Lola Tash alternates with ease between adorable kid, awkward teen and dangerous seductress. Whatever flaws the film may have can be overlooked because Tash sells them so well." — NOW Toronto Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/5	92%	Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (2013)	" The 3D conversion ruins everything, like the comet that killed the dinosaurs, making Jurassic Park the rare amusement I'd prefer to revisit at home." — NOW Toronto Posted Apr 5, 2013
3/5	16%	Temptation (2013)	" Perry accurately points out how, when a marriage gets dull, you don't actually need a rich, intense playboy (Robbie Jones) who reveals himself to be Lucifer incarnate to speed up the "till death do us part" process." — NOW Toronto Posted Apr 1, 2013
3/5	86%	About Sunny ()	" Ambrose delivers a powerful, heartfelt performance." — NOW Toronto Posted Mar 29, 2013
4/5	69%	The Croods (2013)	" The best-looking animated film since Rango. The Croods has something for everybody." — NOW Toronto Posted Mar 21, 2013
4/5	30%	Reincarnated (2013)	" With a legacy forever haunted by Death Row, Snoop is looking to reggae for something positive to leave behind. That's a worthwhile journey, even if it looks like it's sponsored by Adidas." — NOW Toronto Posted Mar 15, 2013
3/5	36%	Dead Man Down (2013)	" A muscular action movie that almost buckles under the weight of its inconsequential tangents and convoluted plot." — NOW Toronto Posted Mar 7, 2013
3/5	26%	21 And Over (2013)	" Aspiring to be as crude and sophomoronic as the American Pie movies and their ilk, 21 And Over has frequent glimmers of wit and hilarity, along with a solid grasp of today's young adults." — NOW Toronto Posted Mar 1, 2013
2/5	13%	Safe Haven (2013)	" The theatre will be so fertile with romance that it could pollinate a bouquet of roses." — NOW Toronto Posted Feb 14, 2013
2/5	20%	Identity Thief (2013)	" If Identity Thief suffers from comedic recession, Melissa McCarthy is too small a stimulus package." — NOW Toronto Posted Feb 9, 2013
1/5	4%	Movie 43 (2013)	" From the outtakes in the credits, it's obvious the stars are enjoying themselves. Too bad those laughs aren't contagious." — NOW Toronto Posted Jan 25, 2013
3/5	97%	Beware Of Mr. Baker (2012)	" Although it hits many of the same notes as other recent musical docs, Beware of Mr. Baker nevertheless does a satisfactory job of capturing a restless personality." — NOW Toronto Posted Jan 24, 2013
3/5	52%	Where Do We Go Now? (2012)	— NOW Toronto Posted Jan 22, 2013
40/100	32%	Gangster Squad (2013)	" The redundant violence, no matter how loud and brutal it can be, lacks both tension and imagination. We get plenty of bangs without any of the requisite foreplay." — AskMen.com Posted Jan 11, 2013
1/5	18%	Parental Guidance (2012)	" Parental Guidance feels like it's been thoughtlessly written in a boardroom strictly as a vehicle for Crystal to perform the same past-due routines he does at the Oscars, musical numbers and all." — NOW Toronto Posted Dec 25, 2012
3/5	77%	Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)	" The film may be shameless self-promotion and navel-gazing (it's sponsored by Vans), but the interviews are so candid and introspective that it's worthwhile." — NOW Toronto Posted Dec 20, 2012
4/5	84%	Bestiaire (2012)	" Bestiaire isn't for everyone. It demands a patient audience willing to fill in the gaps between Côté's striking compositions and telling montage." — NOW Toronto Posted Dec 20, 2012
5/5	94%	The Central Park Five (2012)	" Burns and company conduct a thorough, riveting investigation that does a far better job of assessing the tragedy than the justice system did two decades before. Of course, hindsight is an advantage we all take for granted." — NOW Toronto Posted Dec 20, 2012
5/5	82%	Rust and Bone (2012)	" Audiard's use of genre and clichés is part of a greater argument about moral redemption and deceptive appearances, where happy endings are only skin deep." — NOW Toronto Posted Dec 20, 2012
85/100	88%	Django Unchained (2012)	" Samuel L. Jackson's wicked house slave Stephen is the raison d'être for Django Unchained. The layered and loaded Uncle Tom figure speaks to Jackson's legacy of shuckin' and deconstructin' black stereotypes with Tarantino." — AskMen.com Posted Dec 20, 2012
60/100	93%	Amour (2012)	" If Haneke has any real interest in keeping art cinema alive, he should take some notes from the Queensbridge rapper Nas." — AskMen.com Posted Dec 18, 2012
93/100	93%	Zero Dark Thirty (2013)	" Zero Dark Thirty sneaks up on you, hits the mark and then dares to ask whether it was worth it." — AskMen.com Posted Dec 18, 2012
2/5	13%	Red Dawn (2012)	" A mediocre substitute to playing Call Of Duty." — NOW Toronto Posted Nov 22, 2012
2/5	74%	Rise of the Guardians (2012)	" Wraps so much kids' mythology into one holiday package that it can't avoid tangling the ribbons." — NOW Toronto Posted Nov 22, 2012
3/4	88%	Life of Pi (2012)	" The limp narrative about a Tamil boy and a (Tamil?) Tiger is buoyed by glorious 3D-enhanced visuals and anchored by its meditations on religion and neo-colonialism." — Fresh and Frowsy Posted Nov 20, 2012
76/100	92%	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)	" Like a production of When Harry Met Sally put on by the characters from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Silver Linings uses cliches like a straight-jacket, containing an otherwise nutty film and making it safe for audiences to approach." — AskMen.com Posted Nov 16, 2012
79/100	89%	Lincoln (2012)	" Lincoln could abolish Argo's Oscar hopes." — AskMen.com Posted Nov 8, 2012
59/100	79%	Flight (2012)	" Despite Washington's monumental performance, Flight doesn't get enough mileage out of its addiction drama." — AskMen.com Posted Nov 2, 2012
92/100	92%	Skyfall (2012)	" Few things get better with age. Among the things that do: a good Scotch and, in his latest incarnation, Bond... James Bond." — AskMen.com Posted Oct 29, 2012
57/100	68%	Cloud Atlas (2012)	" A three-hour grind playing connect the dots. All the while, you'll be waiting for the other shoe to drop, where everyone realizes that they are actually just beta testing various programs in the Matrix." — AskMen.com Posted Oct 26, 2012
82/100	96%	Argo (2012)	" Politically relevant but free of the usual cynicism and controversy that typically makes such movies a downer for general audiences, Ben Affleck's dramatic thriller is a perfectly worthwhile piece of Oscar-friendly entertainment." — AskMen.com Posted Oct 12, 2012
3/5	96%	War Witch (2013)	" Nguyen's decision to look away from carnage and avoid melodrama is admirable, making room for sensitive and imaginative filmmaking, but it softens the blow the subject would otherwise deliver." — NOW Toronto Posted Oct 11, 2012
1/5	39%	Here Comes the Boom (2012)	" About as funny as being tickled by Chuck Liddell, which would really just hurt. Unfortunately for this reviewer, there was no tapping out." — NOW Toronto Posted Oct 11, 2012
89/100	93%	Looper (2012)	" Boasts Rian Johnson's reverence for cinema past while taking genre movies into a promising future. Looper is that rare thriller that always stays ahead of its audience. You may feel like you need a time machine just to catch up to it." — AskMen.com Posted Sep 28, 2012
100/100	86%	The Master (2012)	" "Memories, photographs and 70MM film all contribute to a "timeless" classic. Best film of the year? Please. The Master is out to conquer so much more." — AskMen.com Posted Sep 13, 2012
	98%	The Godfather, Part II (1974)	" It delves deeper into the Corleone mythology, past the romanticism, to deliver an epic and intelligent tragedy." — AskMen.com Posted Aug 14, 2012
63/100	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" Buried in the plot are Dick-ian themes of class mobility, where new memories offer an alternative past and a whole other identity. But Wiseman's Total Recall doesn't bother much with philosophical issues, preferring just to blow things up real good." — AskMen.com Posted Aug 3, 2012
83/100	87%	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	" Nolan's final chapter is flawed, incoherent and self-serious, all of which are inherent traits to the entire series. Other traits shared with the series are the bouts of wit, sweeping performances, epic scope and rousing spectacle." — AskMen.com Posted Jul 19, 2012
74/100	73%	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)	" Surprises and entertains but can't shake the feeling that it's as engineered as those radioactive spiders." — AskMen.com Posted Jul 2, 2012
4/5	95%	5 Broken Cameras (2012)	— NOW Toronto Posted Jun 22, 2012
37/100	35%	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)	" Reimagining Abraham Lincoln as a forefather to Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a rather nifty idea. Unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, doesn't fully sink its teeth into its fun premise." — NOW Toronto Posted Jun 22, 2012
1/5	21%	That's My Boy (2012)	" The movie hits you with so many stupid, juvenile gags that you eventually descend to its level." — NOW Toronto Posted Jun 20, 2012

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