Owen Williams
Owen Williams's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Empire Magazine
Movies reviews only
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Bed Sitting Room (1969) |
Exactly as dark and surreal as you would imagine a post-apocalyptic black comedy by Spike Milligan would be. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 09, 2019
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Shin Godzilla (2016) |
Coming off like a peculiar mash-up of The Host and Dr Strangelove, Shin Godzilla is weirdly paced but does add a new twist to the old formula. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 13, 2017
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Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) |
Once again combining a sense of genuine dread with a mischievous vein of humour, Insidious Chapter 3 successfully closes the trilogy with its beginning. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jun 04, 2015
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Robot Overlords (2014) |
Unlike its titular villains, it's sleek and it never malfunctions. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Mar 26, 2015
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Northern Soul (2014) |
While the storyline is a little underpowered, it's so packed with vinyl gems (Edwin Starr, The Salvadores, Frankie Valli) that Northern Soul fans will be doing backdrops in the aisles. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Oct 16, 2014
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Life After Beth (2014) |
We must surely now be getting close to some sort of zombie saturation point, with even the zomromcom becoming a distinct subsubgenre. On Beth's evidence, however, there's life in the undead yet. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Oct 02, 2014
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In Order of Disappearance (2014) |
Funny and nasty in the best traditions of Headhunters and Jackpot, this is the Stellan Skarsgård vengeance thriller we've all been waiting for. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Sep 11, 2014
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Blackwood (2014) |
A hokey, clich-mining horror that boasts the odd haunted-house shock for the hardy viewer. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jul 31, 2014
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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) |
For those who aren't still blindly faithful to something they liked when they were nine, despite the colossal scale, there's little to see here. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jul 06, 2014
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Cheap Thrills (2013) |
A grimly funny social allegory that doesn't pull a single punch. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jun 02, 2014
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American Interior (2014) |
A slow-burn delight. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted May 09, 2014
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Patema Inverted (2013) |
The premise invokes frequent head scratching, but Patema Inverted is charming fun from any angle. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 27, 2014
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Pompeii (2014) |
Over-reaching and unintentionally amusing, this is straight-to-video quality inexplicably delivered at blockbuster scale. A thunderous volca-NO. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 27, 2014
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The Quiet Ones (2014) |
Messier than recent Hammer output, but effectively chilling when it's not making us feel the noize. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 07, 2014
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The Conjuring (2013) |
A strong cast and an atmosphere of real dread mean that despite a catalogue of immediately recognisable ghost devices, The Conjuring amounts to more than the sum of its scary parts. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Dec 16, 2013
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Hammer of the Gods (2013) |
A bloody-knuckled fightfest, back-dropped by the beautiful Welsh countryside, this defies its budget to bring a little epic to Viking Britain. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 25, 2013
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Kick-Ass 2 (2013) |
A more modest success than the first Kick-Ass, but still of-a-piece with its scurrilous predecessor. Nobody flies a jet-pack up a skyscraper this time, but Kick-Ass 2 still has its share of over-the-top action, and the sweary laughs are just about intact. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Aug 12, 2013
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From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) |
Not on a par with Ghibli's greatest work like Totoro or Spirited Away but not without charms of its own. A solid second effort from Miyazaki Junior. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jul 28, 2013
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009 Re: Cyborg (2012) |
A disappointingly dated and unpowered Manga update. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jun 02, 2013
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
Furious 6, like its predecessors, is a big screen no-brainer that's objectively terrible but undeniably pleasurable. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted May 12, 2013
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Wu Xia (2011) |
Full of blistering action sequences worthy of the Shaw Brothers legacy. A treat for martial arts fans. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 28, 2013
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The ABCs of Death (2012) |
An interesting idea, but with so many cooks involved, the broth isn't quite good enough. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 22, 2013
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Citadel (2012) |
Plenty of pungent ideas and a nice line in urban terror. The final product falls short of the best in Brit horror, though. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 25, 2013
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Reign of Assassins (2010) |
Come for the crunching fight sequences and balletic wire-fu, stay for some surprisingly affecting character moments. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 11, 2013
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The Fall of the Essex Boys (2012) |
The umpteenth iteration of this hackneyed story delivers absolutely nothing that hasn't been done better in made-for-telly thrillers. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Feb 04, 2013
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V/H/S (2012) |
Like last year's Chronicle, here's another reminder that in the right hands found footage still has plenty of capacity to surprise. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jan 14, 2013
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The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
Wu-Tang's RZA makes an assured directorial debut with this gloriously violent grindhouse martial arts fantasy. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Dec 03, 2012
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In Memory of My Father (2007) |
Despite the dark tone, the likeably unlikeable ensemble cast is uniformly excellent, and there are some real laughs to be had. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Jun 05, 2008
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The Devil Came on Horseback (2007) |
A decent attempt at outling the crises but crucially lacking much depth. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Apr 11, 2008
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Jesus Camp (2006) |
Funny, sad and horrifying. Anti-fundamentalist rather than anti-Christian, this deserves to preach to more than just the converted. - Empire Magazine
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| Posted Nov 03, 2007
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