Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes
Critics list

Tony Horkins

Tony Horkins's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Empire Magazine film critic.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) 51% 3/5 EDIT “Once you get past the suspicion that he's going to glance wearily into the camera at any moment, [Krasinski is] highly believable as the semi-reluctant combatant in a battle that looks impossible to win.” – Empire Magazine Jan 28, 2016 Full Review Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) 72% 3/5 EDIT “It may skip so quickly through historic events that it can feel rushed and flimsy, but excellent performances elevate it to serious Oscar contender.” – Total Film Nov 8, 2013 Full Review Ted (2012) 68% 4/5 EDIT “A fabulous first live-action effort, combining R-rated hilarity with skilled storytelling as it slips some real heart into the stuffing of a toy bear.” – Total Film Jul 23, 2012 Full Review The Five-Year Engagement (2012) 64% 3/5 EDIT “What The Five-Year Engagement lacks in belly laughs it makes up for in heart and soul, successfully exploring the genuine greys of a relationship instead of painting them black and white.” – Total Film Jun 13, 2012 Full Review The Conspirator (2010) 56% 3/5 EDIT “The slow pace and endless long shots of men walking purposefully test the patience of even the most willing viewer.” – Total Film Jun 15, 2011 Full Review The Company Men (2010) 67% 4/5 EDIT “Ben Affleck does a fine job of playing a man without one in a compulsive cautionary tale for would-be Trumps and Gekkos.” – Total Film Mar 3, 2011 Full Review Waiting for Superman (2010) 89% 4/5 EDIT “Guggenheim painted a similarly apocalyptic tale of the future in An Inconvenient Truth; once again, he shows a knack for presenting otherwise dry facts and figures in both a simple and dramatic way, combining them with heart- rending human stories.” – Total Film Dec 6, 2010 Full Review Unstoppable (2010) 87% 4/5 EDIT “An adrenaline-pumper with more heavy metal than a night at Ozzfest.” – Total Film Dec 1, 2010 Full Review Eat Pray Love (2010) 34% 3/5 EDIT “A beautiful, languid travelogue, although with some of the source novel's empowerment diluted.” – Empire Magazine Sep 22, 2010 Full Review The Other Guys (2010) 78% 4/5 EDIT “The story confuses, but the characters engage, the action excites and the laughs are daft, clever and copious.” – Total Film Sep 16, 2010 Full Review Shrek Forever After (2010) 58% 3/5 EDIT “This fourth ogre outing delivers plenty of 3D razzle dazzle and has fun messing about with its alternate-reality storyline, but it never troubles the modernclassic status achieved by the first Shrek. Still, a chunky step up from Shrek The Third.” – Total Film Jun 30, 2010 Full Review Repo Men (2010) 22% 2/5 EDIT “It takes itself far too seriously when it should be having more fun with its speculative (high) concepts.” – Total Film Apr 22, 2010 Full Review 9 (2009) 57% 3/5 EDIT “The apocalyptic 9 offers innovative images of a broken Earth inhabited by woven warriors battling machines. But it's more style than substance - this mechanical tale needs a human touch.” – Empire Magazine Oct 30, 2009 Full Review The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (2009) 26% 1/5 EDIT “Some of the talent - like The Hangover's Ed Helms - manage to escape with their dignity, just about intact, but the film's attempts to justify its adult rating become increasingly desperate.” – Total Film Oct 23, 2009 Full Review Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) 37% 3/5 EDIT “Reilly's terrific as the bloodsucker who's lost his zest for death, and there's further quality from supporting freaks.” – Total Film Oct 23, 2009 Full Review The Soloist (2009) 56% 2/5 EDIT “Thanks to heavy-handed treatment, this true story ultimately feels like a work of mannered fiction.” – Total Film Sep 25, 2009 Full Review Gamer (2009) 29% 3/5 EDIT “It won't win points for originality or depth, but the Crank boys are still on their game as far as sex, violence and sheer unapologetic excess go. High concept, high octane, highly likely to end up a post-pub staple.” – Total Film Sep 18, 2009 Full Review Land of the Lost (2009) 27% 2/5 EDIT “As a TV-to-movie remake, LOTL ranks with Lost In Space: fitfully entertaining, largely uninspired. Ferrell does his best, but ends up stranded in the middle of an ideas desert.” – Total Film Jul 31, 2009 Full Review Observe and Report (2009) 51% 2/5 EDIT “This mall cop may be more Bickle than Blart, but Observe And Report tries too hard to be edgy, while its gloomy observations fail to produce a cohesive whole. Shop elsewhere.” – Total Film Apr 24, 2009 Full Review Race to Witch Mountain (2009) 42% 2/5 EDIT “Race To Witch Mountain promises sci-fi but ultimately delivers lo-fi. Its themes are predictable and its look generic: this is one Race you may want to sit out.” – Total Film Apr 9, 2009 Full Review Get Smart (2008) 51% 3/5 EDIT “Despite a plot that should be simpler, Get Smart is as big on action as it is on laughs and works because it's less a tired spoof and more a quality comedic adventure movie in its own right.” – Empire Magazine Aug 22, 2008 Full Review The Love Guru (2008) 13% 2/5 EDIT “Beneath the disguise there lurks the spirit of Austin Powers, whose love of double entendres and fart gags remains present and politically incorrect. Which is exactly where and why The Love Guru falls down.” – Total Film Aug 1, 2008 Full Review Prom Night (2008) 9% 1/5 EDIT “Corny, monotonous and very far from scary” – Empire Magazine Jun 5, 2008 Full Review Superhero Movie (2008) 17% 2/5 EDIT “This super-powered spoof just doesn't fly.” – Empire Magazine Jun 5, 2008 Full Review Shutter (2008) 11% 2/5 EDIT “Workmanlike at best; derivative, predictable and slightly dull at worst.” – Empire Magazine Australasia May 15, 2008 Full Review
No Reviews Yet
Load More