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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Three Amigos! (1986)
Full of promise, the film sadly falls flat with corny jokes and clumsy execution.
Posted Apr 25, 2014
2
Tracks (2014)
Wasikowska - as ever - dazzles as that rare thing in contemporary cinema: the independent female adventurer.
Posted Apr 25, 2014
3
Transcendence (2014)
An ambitious, old fashioned, ideas-driven science fiction film that is never as mind-expanding as its futuristic images and topical, dystopian ideas seem to promise.
Posted Apr 25, 2014
4
The Great Escape (1963)
Watching the starry cast is always entertaining, and while The Great Escape has little new to say about war, this is really not a criticism.
Posted Apr 23, 2014
5
Fargo (1996)
As great a film as the Coens have made. And that's saying something.
Posted Apr 21, 2014
6
The Love Punch (2014)
Despite four game stars, this is ill-conceived and poorly executed.
Posted Apr 18, 2014
7
We Are the Best! (2014)
Utterly charming, fresh and funny, We Are The Best perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and misunderstood.
Posted Apr 18, 2014
8
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Despite some risible moments (often involving computers), this is overall a fresh and funny addition to the Marvel canon.
Posted Apr 18, 2014
9
Kurt & Courtney (1998)
[Broomfield] relishes portraying [Love] as a hypocrite, who stands up for free speech while attempting to manipulate and intimidate the media at the same time.
Posted Apr 11, 2014
10
The Quiet Ones (2014)
Olivia Cooke and Jared Harris ... redeem this Hammer horror with first-class performances.
Posted Apr 11, 2014
11
Half of a Yellow Sun (2014)
A valiant, but ultimately disappointing attempt to adapt a sprawling modern literary classic.
Posted Apr 11, 2014
12
Amélie (2001)
Like the leading character, Amelie is still an absolute delight.
Posted Apr 9, 2014
13
Short Circuit (1986)
A movie for kids of all ages, with enough pace and effects to amuse the youngsters and humour plus message to engage adults.
Posted Apr 2, 2014
14
Robin and Marian (1976)
A Richard Lester film starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn has got to worth two hours of anybody's cinema-going time.
Posted Mar 31, 2014
15
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
16
The Unknown Known (2014)
17
18
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
This charmless and predictable teen comedy is packed with tired, second-hand ideas that render it wholly uninspiring.
Posted Mar 19, 2014
19
Wicker Park (2004)
Both bland and slightly daft.
Posted Mar 18, 2014
20
Not entirely successful, but colourful, charming and packed to the gunwales with talent.
Posted Mar 17, 2014
21
Veronica Mars (2014)
In giving the fans what they want, Thomas has found an excuse to bring Veronica back, but perhaps not the right reason.
Posted Mar 14, 2014
22
Need For Speed (2014)
As both a racing movie and a video game adaptation, this is a missed opportunity.
Posted Mar 14, 2014
23
The Zero Theorem (2014)
It's dystopia all over again, in an under-funded Terry Gilliam film stuffed with over-familiar ideas and trapped in a claustrophobic, ecclesiastical set.
Posted Mar 14, 2014
24
Wake in Fright (2012)
25
Sodom and Gomorrah (1963)
26
David and Bathsheba (1951)
27
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Anderson's debut film is a small-scale delight.
Posted Mar 4, 2014
28
Dark Days (2000)
Simultaneously uplifting and shaming.
Posted Mar 3, 2014
29
Non-Stop (2014)
Ludicrously entertaining. Wait, no, ludicrous and entertaining; a slice of sublime nonsense.
Posted Feb 28, 2014
30
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Wes Anderson's post-Fantastic Mr Fox whimsy hits its stride as storybook style meets thematic substance in this gorgeous, joyful, yet far from featherlight end-of-an-era yarn.
Posted Feb 20, 2014
31
Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)
32
Stranger by the Lake (2014)
Desire, danger and death - Guiraudie uses the water's edge as a playground for hedonistic predators and willing prey.
Posted Feb 17, 2014
33
The LEGO Movie (2014)
Fast and funny, sly and subversive, even as its plot promotes inventive deconstruction, The Lego Movie is built to last.
Posted Feb 12, 2014
34
RoboCop (1987)
Paul Verhoeven's glorious sci-fi satire combines searing social comedy with some of the most graphic ultra-violence ever to grace legitimate cinema.
Posted Feb 11, 2014
35
Sabrina (1954)
What you end up with is hardly vintage Wilder, but certainly one of those warm, comfortable movies it's nice to curl up with on a Sunday afternoon.
Posted Feb 10, 2014
36
A vivacious comedy about families and how to survive them.
Posted Feb 10, 2014
37
High Fidelity (2000)
38
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
39
RoboCop (2014)
As remakes go, this is no RoboCop-out. Sleek though it may be, it's not hard to imagine how much better a version for adults would have been.
Posted Feb 7, 2014
40
Out of the Furnace (2013)
41
Lone Survivor (2014)
Authentic military detail, generic storytelling and manly patriotism battle it out in a gut-wrenching war movie that celebrates heroism under fire.
Posted Jan 31, 2014
42
Teenage (2014)
43
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Creatively bereft and poorly cast, this Jack Ryan is sadly one spy who blends into the crowd a little too easily.
Posted Jan 23, 2014
44
Ransom (1996)
Considering Howard made his directorial name with such light-weight, sentimental fare as Splash and Cocoon, this is a remarkably mature film.
Posted Jan 22, 2014
45
Last Vegas (2013)
A funny, touching and surprisingly fleet-footed comedy about a quartet of 60-plus male friends who are determined to grow old (dis)gracefully.
Posted Jan 10, 2014
46
The Railway Man (2014)
Despite its stodgy storytelling, this respectful cinematic version of ex-POW Eric Lomax's true story succeeds because of Colin Firth's perfect, understated performance.
Posted Jan 10, 2014
47
Is armed struggle or peaceful patience the better response to injustice? In a performance for the ages, Idris Elba's Mandela embodies both sides of the argument.
Posted Jan 6, 2014
48
The Missing Picture (2014)
The best film about atrocity, memory, national trauma and primeval dirt since Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia For The Light
Posted Jan 6, 2014
49
Burgundy's back, and fans of the original won't be disappointed: the madness is turned up to eleven and the whole cast are on form.
Posted Dec 20, 2013
50
Homefront (2013)