Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
BBC.com
Total Film
Film4
thelondonpaper
Radio Times
Publications:
BBC.com,
Total Film,
Film4,
thelondonpaper,
Radio Times
Movie Reviews Only
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| 3/5 | 94% | Rogue (2008) |
It's good fun, if a little lacking in bite. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 22, 2020
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| 2/5 | 10% | The Air I Breathe (2008) |
Music-video director-turned-film-maker Jieho Lee imbues his feature debut with plenty of visual verve, yet can't make his stories individually distinctive. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 30, 2020
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| 3/5 | 34% | TMNT (2007) |
It's not quite as grown-up as it wants to be, but it's still a polished revival of a franchise that many thought long dead. - Radio Times
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| Posted Mar 18, 2020
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| 2/5 | 45% | Camp Rock (2008) |
It's all breezily forgettable, though Lovato's smiley heroine is at least endearing. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 11, 2019
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| 4/5 | 93% | Spider-Man 2 (2004) |
Raimi's film delivers a carefully balanced mix of warm-hearted sentiment and exhilarating spectacle. Darkening the tone, but never straying very close to the edge, this is feel-good fantasy. - The List
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| Posted Apr 18, 2019
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| 4/5 | 92% | Children of Men (2006) |
The stark triumph of Children of Men lies in how its visceral vérité style brings the realities of a War on Terror fought in distant lands crashing back onto British soil. - Radio Times
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| Posted Apr 1, 2015
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| 78% | Bad Santa (2003) |
This is really a one joke movie -- but that single gag is delivered with such caustic rancour by director Zwigoff that it achieves sublime heights of comedy. - Film4
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| Posted Dec 14, 2014
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| 5/5 | 91% | Cat People (1942) |
It's psychological horror at its finest: timelessly terrifying and absolutely purr-fect. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 14, 2014
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| 5/5 | 100% | Bab el hadid (Cairo Station) (The Iron Gate) (1958) |
With its tense score, contrasting performances of Chahine (twitchy and tightly coiled) and Rostom (sexy but cruel) and audacious moments of formal brilliance Cairo Station is a cinematic triumph. - BBC.com
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| Posted Aug 11, 2014
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| 2/5 | 7% | License to Wed (2007) |
The dull romance between Sadie and Ben is revealed as little more than a prop for the comedian's patented schtick. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 18, 2014
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| 1/5 | 1% | Disaster Movie (2008) |
Depressingly, these magpie parodies are so cheap to produce they can't fail to make money -- which probably means this interminable franchise is far from over. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 16, 2014
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| 4/5 | 65% | Watchmen (2009) |
Those unfamiliar with the work may be completely bewildered, but stick with it -- this is a bold and uncompromising take on one of the genre's sacred cows that stands up to repeat viewings. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jun 10, 2014
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| 1/5 | 74% | Klovn: The Movie (Klown) (2012) |
Denmark's charmless answer to The Hangover crosses the line between gross-out and just plain gross. - Total Film
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| Posted Dec 2, 2013
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| 4/5 | 98% | How to Survive a Plague (2012) |
An important, moving doc about how LGBT activism taught a community to shun silence. - Total Film
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| Posted Nov 1, 2013
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | Very Extremely Dangerous (2012) |
Tragic yet hilarious, it's like watching Hunter S. Thompson's bucket list. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 28, 2013
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| 4/5 | 98% | Let the Right One In (2008) |
Alfredson's light touch adds soulful delicacy and a certain ambiguity to the proceedings, making this a horror movie more likely to prompt tears than screams. - Radio Times
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| Posted Oct 7, 2013
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| 4/5 | 87% | The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
This re-establishes The Simpsons as the jewel in the crown of American animation. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 4, 2013
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| 4/5 | 92% | Drag Me to Hell (2009) |
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi returns to his Evil Dead roots in this yucky, energetic and consistently entertaining fright movie. - Radio Times
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| Posted Aug 4, 2013
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| 91% | Persona (1966) |
Ingmar Bergman's haunting masterpiece explores the gulf of communication that exists between a nurse and her silent patient. - Film4
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| Posted Jul 23, 2013
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| 5/5 | 100% | Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka) (1988) |
Isao Takahata's powerful anti-war movie is all the more harrowing for the care we invest in its beautifully drawn children. - Total Film
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| Posted May 14, 2013
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| 100% | Woman in the Dunes (Suna no Onna) (1964) |
An important contribution to the avant-garde, this existential thriller offers an allegorical take on the cruel and twisted universe in which we live. - Film4
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| Posted Mar 4, 2013
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| 1/5 | No Score Yet | Dark Tide (2012) |
Making Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus look like Jaws, it is totally lost at sea. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 17, 2012
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| 4/5 | 90% | Phantom of the Opera (1925) |
It succeeds in spite of itself and it's all thanks to Chaney. The man of a thousand faces imbues this character with bravado and menace. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 8, 2012
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| 4/5 | 86% | Rolling Thunder (1977) |
This exploitation flick is a red-blooded, all-American revenge movie, but offers sensitive insight into the pain of post-war adjustment. - Total Film
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| Posted Aug 1, 2012
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| 2/5 | 22% | Truth or Die (2012) |
Jennie Jacques smoulders as a liplicking bad girl but the sad truth is that this below-par horror doesn't dare do anything memorable. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 31, 2012
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| 4/5 | 75% | I Am Bruce Lee (2012) |
How does a small Chinese guy become the movies' greatest martial artist of all time? That question drives this reverential documentary about the man with the one-inch punch. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 19, 2012
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| 3/5 | 33% | Arirang (2011) |
It's a confessional portrait of the artist as a nutty middle-aged man and a rare insight into a controversial director who's as divisive as the 38th Parallel. - Total Film
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| Posted May 29, 2012
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| 3/5 | 95% | Himizu (2013) |
Love in this teen flick is less like a red, red rose than a bloody nose. - Total Film
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| Posted May 23, 2012
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| 4/5 | 95% | Position Among the Stars (2011) |
The invisiblecamera approach begs questions yet, for the most part, the effects are extraordinary. - Total Film
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| Posted Feb 6, 2012
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | The Burma Conspiracy (Largo Winch (Tome 2)) (2011) |
Despite its delusions, this is no Ghost Protocol. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 13, 2012
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| 2/5 | 25% | Break My Fall (2011) |
It doesn't amount to much, though the post-punk soundtrack adds bite. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 27, 2011
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| 5/5 | 96% | Whisky Galore! (1949) |
A whimsical tale of Celtic self-reliance vs English stuffiness, this wee comedy dram warms the heart as surely as a blended malt. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 27, 2011
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| 4/5 | 57% | Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa (Sawako Decides) (2010) |
Totally oddball, this Japanese comedy's jokes occasionally get lost in translation, yet it moves effortlessly from colonic irrigation to crowd-pleasing, clam-packing sing-alongs with quirky verve. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 12, 2011
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| 3/5 | 49% | Super (2011) |
It's abhorrent, hilarious and destined for cult status. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 7, 2011
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| 3/5 | 56% | The Devil's Rock (2012) |
This is far from original, but the claustrophobic setting and bloody prosthetic carnage should entertain undemanding horror fans. - Radio Times
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| Posted Jul 7, 2011
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| 5/5 | 100% | The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) |
Inflation may have dented the allure of its 1m bullion heist, but this 1951 Ealing comedy is still 24-carat gold. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 6, 2011
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| 3/5 | 56% | The Devil's Rock (2012) |
If Ken Russell remade The Bunker it might look like this. - Total Film
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| Posted Jul 5, 2011
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| 4/5 | 40% | Planeat (2011) |
Forceful stuff, though we can take or leave the kale sandwiches. - Total Film
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| Posted May 18, 2011
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| 4/5 | 93% | After the Apocalypse (2004) |
Butts' moving doc exposes the tragedy of the experiments - not least of all horrific birth defects - as he follows a deformed local woman intent on having a child despite the risks. - Total Film
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| Posted May 16, 2011
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Risen (2010) |
The re-creation of the 1960s backdrop on a tight budget sadly never allows the director to unleash the epic sweep this against-the-odds yarn really requires. - Radio Times
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| Posted May 12, 2011
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Risen (2010) |
KO -ed by a flabby screenplay and lacking the money to do justice to the '60s setting, director Neil Jones falls back on clever tricks - like using an HD Glove Cam - but fails to punch above his weight. - Total Film
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| Posted May 11, 2011
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time (2011) |
The migraine-inducing visuals and game-heavy dialogue -"I can use this trap card to summon Stardust Dragon, and now he's going to attack with cosmic flare" - will leave most non-fans clawing their eyes out. - Total Film
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| Posted May 11, 2011
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Zombie Undead (2010) |
Smothered in ketchup, the non-professional cast stumble around much like their living dead adversaries. - Total Film
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| Posted Apr 26, 2011
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| 3/5 | 94% | Man Jeuk (The Sparrow) (Cultured Bird) (2008) |
The slow-burn of a cigarette in a lip-glossed mouth, the languid sprawl of Hong Kong, and a jazzy, bluesy soundtrack give this Cantonese drama an arty insouciance. - Total Film
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| Posted Apr 15, 2011
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| 3/5 | 69% | Forget Me Not (2011) |
Modest stuff and occasionally gooey, but the performances disarm and the lensing makes the capital seem impossibly magical. - Total Film
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| Posted Mar 16, 2011
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| 2/5 | 47% | A Serbian Film (2011) |
Its parade of rape, necrophilia and paedophilia involving newborns feels like a blatant attempt to create lucrative tabloid controversy. - Radio Times
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| Posted Dec 9, 2010
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| 3/5 | 54% | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) |
The final film based on Stieg Larsson's bestselling thriller trilogy opens with a whimper but ends with a bang. - Radio Times
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| Posted Nov 29, 2010
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| 3/5 | 79% | Little Big Soldier (Da bing xiao jiang) (2011) |
It lacks the visual oomph of Hero, but sure knocks Chan's recent Spy Next Door on its sorry arse. - Total Film
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| Posted Sep 30, 2010
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| 1/5 | No Score Yet | Midgets vs. Mascots (2009) |
Some films are good, some are bad. Some are like watching the end of civilisation in slow motion. - Total Film
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| Posted Sep 30, 2010
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| 2/5 | 45% | The Horde (La Horde) (2009) |
Rarely as much fun as it should be. - Radio Times
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| Posted Sep 16, 2010
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