|
4/5
|
76%
|
Filth () |
"
As a movie experience it is both gruelling and transcendent, but its best scenes can prey on your mind for days."
—
Scotsman
Posted Sep 23, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
Justin and the Knights of Valour () |
"
An underwhelming saga, told with the verve of a medieval video game."
—
Scotsman
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
0%
|
Sir Billi () |
"
Why did Sean Connery sign up for this? Why is a children's film so keen on smut? Why does Billi spell his name as if educationally challenged? Why does his incontinent gay pet goat think he's a dog?"
—
Scotsman
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Rush (2013) |
"
An easily engaging film, Rush is well acted and adrenalised by characters you respect. Top gear, indeed."
—
Scotsman
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
62%
|
About Time (2013) |
"
Curtis seems deaf to his own preaching, because at two hours, About Time is far too long for its thin parable."
—
Scotsman
Posted Sep 2, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
120 minutes of this bloated vanity project is plenty painful, while demonstrating that the world has little to gain from Bay relaunching himself as Steven Soderbergh."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 25, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
The Way Way Back (2013) |
"
It is likeable, and has some moments of truthfulness underneath the clichés."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 25, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
Elysium is not a bad movie, but it doesn't seem to sense when we've had enough."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 19, 2013
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|
3/5
|
88%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
An intimate story of repeated betrayal, five terrific performances get this movie over some rocky terrain, including a pat resolution."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 19, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
Call Girl () |
"
A promising feature debut, based on a real scandal linking a powerful Scandinavian elite to a prostitution ring."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 12, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
Unsuitable for all ages."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Foxfire () |
"
Some of the newcomers are pretty good, but the drama is overlong and stilted."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Looking for Hortense (Cherchez Hortense) () |
"
A lecturer (Jean-Pierre Bacri) gets embroiled to a fight to stop the deportation of a Serbian woman. Kristin Scott-Thomas (right) reprises another of her chilly wife roles."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
38%
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
It has a matinee gusto which may satisfy young teens."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
The Moo Man () |
"
A film about one man's fight against the supermarket culture shouldn't be this touching, but Hook's devotion to his bovine brood is captivating."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
31%
|
The Lone Ranger (2013) |
"
As Eric Morecambe once said, "I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.""
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa () |
"
Steve Coogan's Partridge is an uncomfortable comic hero but Alpha Papa consistently offers solid laughs while making a point about his stupidity, selfishness and lack of awareness."
—
Scotsman
Posted Aug 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Lal gece (Night of Silence) () |
"
Two great performances hold together Reis Celik's slow-moving study of child brides ..."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
It's not just the furniture that creaks, but there are still some effective jolts."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
Despite a script peppered with bullet holes, the cast seem to be having pulpy fun, and if you can get past Red's exuberant attitude to violent death, so might you."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
There's some artful fiddling with plot expectations, but the film's evident self-regard makes this a rather undergraduate provocation."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
The screenplay, by Parks and Recreation writer Katie Dippold, is gunning to be a female Lethal Weapon or 48 Hours. Unhappily, this includes slovenly plots about tracking down drug lords to warehouse hideouts, and jackhammer banter."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
40%
|
Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
One of the silliest, most ponderous and needlessly abstruse films of the year ..."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
Baumbach and Gerwig have co-written a film about the point when spontaneous, giddy arrested adolescence ceases to be endearing and threatens to be annoying."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
57%
|
The Frozen Ground (2013) |
"
Based on a true story, it's very thorough in its depiction of Alaska's strip bars, but apparently not nearly as interested in character or psychology."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
44%
|
Breath Of The Gods () |
"
True believers may be riveted by this earnest salute to the sun, but for others this enthusiastic showcase of impressively bendy people stretches the patience at 105 minutes."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Springsteen And I (2013) |
"
Nice, if you like that sort of thing."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Gabriela Cowperthwaite has made a fascinating documentary about the consequences of keeping these large and intelligent animals as tourist attractions."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
It's laudable that Wolverine tries to show cultural curiosity outside all-American heroism. It's just unfortunate that whenever the action stops, Wolverine in Japan has the same kind of clunk as You Only Live Twice."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Deep (Djúpið) (2013) |
"
A gripping journey through stormy waters and survivalist guilt, with some surprising black humour."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 16, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
Del Toro's visual sensibilities have survived his transfer from the arthouse of Pan's Labyrinth, but his interest in plot quirk or character originality has not."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
27%
|
Trap For Cinderella () |
"
Even as a Sunday night TV drama, this feels overplayed ..."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Play (2011) |
"
It's audacious, unsettling and perceptive, even if ultimately it poses more questions than it answers."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
38%
|
Paris Manhattan (2013) |
"
This attempt to Re-Play It Again, Sam isn't nearly as amusing as Allen's early, funny films. Mind you, neither is Allen nowadays."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Deep () |
"
A gripping journey through stormy waters and survivalist guilt, with some surprising black humour."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
As summer entertainment it makes the grade. Yet as a Pixar movie, it could try harder."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
Noxious government activities may warrant exposure, but Gibney points out that the whistleblowers can be pretty flawed too."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Now You See Me (2013) |
"
This flashy, flat, dispiritingly personality-free drama is more likely to make audiences disappear."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Want to watch some rather dull characters oohing over clothes? This is your jam."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
|
95%
|
Stories We Tell (2013) |
"
Honestly, it's one of the best things you'll see this year."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
A chewy, capable, mainstream flick which accommodates both those suffering from zombie fatigue and those who can't get enough."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
41%
|
Spike Island () |
"
Underwhelming drama
about a fledgling band trying to get to the Stone Roses' momentous 1990 gig in order to pass on their demo to Ian Brown."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
I Am Breathing (2013) |
"
A moving documentary about motor neurone sufferer Neil Platt as he uses his last few months to gather mementoes to leave for his young son Oscar."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Red underpants and kryptonite are conspicuously absent, but this dour picture still feels overfamiliar and rote."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
98%
|
Before Midnight (2013) |
"
Contains more shrewd and candid insights than many Hollywood midlife crisis dramas."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
38%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
Yet another movie where a life is portrayed as unfulfilled unless the heroine has been down the Pampers aisle."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) |
"
Almost everyone seems at ease in this feather-light production which eschews the Bardolatry that accompanies more declamatory Shakespeare movie versions."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 10, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
16%
|
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) |
"
An exorcise in futility."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 3, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
25%
|
009 Re: Cyborg () |
"
Terrific-looking action sequences alternate with less terrific expository chat. Despite the natter, it's all mildly baffling."
—
Scotsman
Posted Jun 3, 2013
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