|
3/5
|
76%
|
How I Live Now (2013) |
"
There's little sense of urgency because Daisy's mission is tough to invest in."
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Digital Spy
Posted Sep 30, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
While comedy is often the best way to challenge taboos, there needs to be real substance to the characters involved and instead, they come across like types."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 30, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
Ultimately, this is a comedy that shows a lot of early promise but fails to deliver."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
Wiig is always watchable and her comic timing is impeccable, but her bored expression only serves to amplify the monotony of the plot."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 25, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
The entire cast is short-changed in a film that prioritises cheap thrills over characters you can invest in, and the problem is compounded by a plot that is designed by the numbers."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 25, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
You may even feel guilty for laughing except that Blanchett knows where to draw the line and she treads it gracefully - despite all those martinis."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 24, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
3%
|
Diana (2013) |
"
It's Naomi Watts who takes the biggest gamble here, by playing "the most famous woman in the world" - and it's a losing bet."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
In a World... (2013) |
"
Bell, who showcases a rib-tickling array of silly accents, is someone we should be seeing and hearing from a lot more."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
About Time (2013) |
"
You probably wouldn't hit rewind to see it all played out again, although the film does have its moments."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Sep 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Way Way Back (2013) |
"
It's a sunny, funny and genuinely heart-warming watch."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Aug 26, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
On a superficial level, this is quite an entertaining look at the making of Deep Throat - the first film to take pornography into the mainstream."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Aug 20, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
This is a film held together by hair wax, leather and bondage straps rather than coherent storytelling."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Aug 20, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
We're The Millers aims to shock, but the real kicker is that actually, it's not that bad. In fact, it's quite funny (though you may quietly hate yourself for laughing)."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Aug 19, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
This is a movie with genuine heart."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
The plot follows a standard formula, but the simple gender twist and great casting keep things sizzling."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
Though it frequently lapses into cliché, the real-life roots make it extra spine-tingling."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
The story becomes chaotic and disjointed, but that's the point: Frances is tumbling towards her 30s with no sense of direction and this is where Gerwig excels, deftly pulling you along on a bumpy ride."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 23, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
Breathe In () |
"
There are halting verbal exchanges, half-smiles and Pearce gazing wistfully out of windows (mourning his youth), all of which creates a dreamy, seductive atmosphere."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 16, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Easy Money (2012) |
"
The truly revealing aspect of this story is the picture it paints of Stockholm, made up of many colours and creeds, where everyone is carrying baggage from home."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
89%
|
The World's End (2013) |
"
The chemistry between Pegg and Frost still fizzes, but at the same time, Pegg (who co-wrote the script) has created a character in Gary King who is one-note - always turned up to eleven."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 9, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
27%
|
Trap For Cinderella () |
"
Very clearly, this is a women's film devised by men and, for our leading ladies, that's the trap."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Now You See Me (2013) |
"
There is no-one quite so smug as a magician enjoying the bafflement of the crowd and this alleged thriller, about a rogue team of illusionists, is full of it."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
The Internship (2013) |
"
It's as if Google devised a programme to churn out an average Hollywood comedy and offered it to director Shawn Levy (and Vaughn, as co-writer) with a proviso that they make the company look good."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Before Midnight (2013) |
"
A couple persistently digging at each other might have been insufferable to watch except that Hawke and Delpy manage to be goofy, funny, witty and charming, even while they're fighting."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jun 17, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Summer in February () |
"
An excuse to wallow in slushy sentiment and Edwardian glamour - best suited to a rainy day at home in the English summer."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
11%
|
After Earth (2013) |
"
Will Smith is the very embodiment of movie star charisma and Jaden might be a chip off the old block, but here, they're obliged to be po-faced and just plain un-cool. This is Earth, but not as we know it."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jun 6, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
Everything about the film moves at a breakneck pace, including the zombies. It's a total rush."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Jun 2, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Byzantium (2013) |
"
Finally, a full-blooded and truly original vampire movie, offering an antidote to the Sweet Valley-style sudsiness of the Twilight franchise."
—
Digital Spy
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
One can only assume there was a big fat paycheck involved for the likes of Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton to negotiate a script with such lack of ambition, laughs and insight."
—
Digital Spy
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
19%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
Leave it, boys. It's been a blast, but you're over the limit."
—
Digital Spy
Posted May 23, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
So many shiny surfaces, spiralling staircases and fluttering curtains tempt you to reach and touch, but whatever you're trying to grasp remains tantalisingly, just out of reach."
—
Digital Spy
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
A stirring ode to innocence that evokes classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Stand By Me."
—
Digital Spy
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
One of the great surprises of the movie is Kingsley's turn as the Bin Laden-ish bad guy, hamming it up and giving Stark a reality check on who's to blame for all this."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Apr 23, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
You may be amused, but the laughter like the man, rings hollow."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Apr 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
Feels more Hollywoodland than 'Promised Land'."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Apr 15, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Papadopoulos & Sons () |
"
A late pitch at pathos isn't quite so convincing, but otherwise this is a fresh, funny and poignant snapshot of ethnic life in London."
—
Radio Times
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
It's a film dripping with Zilberman's passion for classical music and the way it touches the emotions, and because the actors feel it too, you can forgive any moments of discord."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Apr 2, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
Hedges usually strikes a better balance of darkness and light, but with this film, reveals feet of clay."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Apr 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
69%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
Often it's a thin line between genius and madness, and director Danny Boyle just tips the balance the wrong way with this psychological heist thriller."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Steve Carell evokes the flamboyant, old-school illusionist David Copperfield in a movie that flits in and out of focus, comedically speaking."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Mar 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
84%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
An intelligently crafted story, which is briskly paced and highly suspenseful - until a crude and puerile payoff in the third act."
—
Radio Times
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
38%
|
The Guilt Trip (2012) |
"
Think of it as a Sunday drive, easy and breezy, with good company to pass the time."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Raimi strikes just the right balance of dreamy nostalgia and sharp wit. You simply must go off to see the wizard."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
The initial air of mystery dissipates like a fart in a lift that everyone should be too embarrassed to acknowledge."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Unfinished Song (2013) |
"
Stamp and Redgrave look suitably comfy together, like an old pair of slippers and it's her adoring gaze that softens Arthur's hard edges."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Cloud Atlas is never boring. Tykwer and the Wachowskis make a virtue of everything that is unexplained, creating genuine awe and mystery."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 18, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
For those who favour a good old-fashioned ghost story, bristling with suspense, this film should be embraced with open arms."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 18, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
Apatow adopts a leisurely pace, but this is a story about middle-age after all and when characters are this much fun, you won't be watching the time go by."
—
Digital Spy
Posted Feb 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
It's not seamless, but Hoult carries the burden gracefully, even with a lopsided gait."
—
Radio Times
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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