Screenwize
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Cris Kennedy, Simon Weaving
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
5/5
Uncut Gems (2019)
It's intense filmmaking that starts slow and messy and accelerates to a mesmerising climax.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
2
4/5
Contagion (2011)
A high-class ensemble piece, with director Steven Soderbergh reimagining the disaster genre of the 1970s.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
3
5/5
Chinatown (1974)
4
4/5
The Half of It (2020)
A warm hearted, funny and really well-crafted movie about two girls, one boy, love letters and the art of romantic texting.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
5
4/5
Dark Waters (2019)
A gripping portrayal of a determined lawyer's battle against corporate greed from inside the belly of the beast.
Posted Mar 6, 2020
6
2/5
An excessive, frazzled tale of hyper-violence that plays out like Tom & Jerry in the colourful and hazardous world of Gotham City
Posted Mar 5, 2020
7
3/5
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
8
2/5
A turgid whodunit with some great costumes and a strong cast doing their best with uninspiring material.
Posted Mar 5, 2020
9
4/5
A Hidden Life (2019)
It's a beautiful work, as much about the power of everyday minutiae as it is about the torments of standing up for your beliefs.
Posted Feb 4, 2020
10
4/5
Bombshell (2019)
The fascinating, high-energy and somewhat true tale of how three women brought high-flying Roger Ailes down to earth. Charlize Theron is a stand-out.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
11
3.5/5
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Pack up your political correctness, hold onto your jaw and enjoy the ride.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
12
2.5/5
My Spy (2020)
An enjoyable spy spoof, with the film's opening set up and ambitious finale never as convincing or satisfying as the playful fish-out-of-water shenanigans of the middle act.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
13
4/5
Director Marielle Heller continues Rogers' vision in this very very McFeeley movie
Posted Jan 24, 2020
14
2/5
The Good Liar (2019)
What starts as a playful cat and mouse game of deception, rapidly loses its way, morphing into an unbelievable, convoluted and dark tale of revenge.
Posted Dec 12, 2019
15
3/5
Official Secrets (2019)
What could have been either a raw and intimate look at the personal cost of standing up for your principles or a thrilling political drama turns into a dry retelling of events.
Posted Nov 23, 2019
16
4/5
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
A supremely well-balanced combination of corporate rivalry, on-track competitiveness and human drama.
Posted Nov 20, 2019
17
2/5
Last Christmas (2019)
Easily forgettable and highly contrived, the music of George Michael is never used strongly enough to make the film soar.
Posted Nov 10, 2019
18
2.5/5
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
19
3/5
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
It's mindless fun, overly nostalgic in places and held together with the breathless, non-stop action sequences that made T2 a huge hit.
Posted Nov 4, 2019
20
2/5
Gemini Man (2019)
21
2.5/5
Gemma Bovery (2015)
A strangely dull and dated affair, sugar coated by the beauty of the landscape and the beauty of Gemma Arterton.
Posted May 26, 2015
22
3.5/5
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
A spectacular demolition derby of action that totally overwhelms every other aspect of the film: characters, narrative, emotion and charm flattened in the dust.
Posted May 22, 2015
23
3/5
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
24
4.5/5
Testament Of Youth (2015)
A cinematic and moving coming-of-age love story, sticky with the personal fallout that comes with news from the trenches.
Posted Apr 22, 2015
25
3.5/5
Black Sea (2015)
Twelve men in a leaky boat with greed for company and the Russian Navy above them. A shame that none of them are very likeable.
Posted Apr 7, 2015
26
3.5/5
Mommy (2015)
27
3/5
The DUFF (2015)
A predictable prom-com, but the journey is fun.
Posted Mar 31, 2015
28
4.5/5
Foxcatcher (2014)
29
3.5/5
A nostalgic, moving and tender story of love, change and loss, made beautiful by the mesmerising performance of Jessica Chastain.
Posted Mar 24, 2015
30
4.5/5
Inherent Vice (2015)
This preposterously funny hippie-noir is a warm, back-to-the-'70's journey of paranoia and intrigue, dentists and dope - a kind of fin de siecle of the Californian '60s.
Posted Mar 24, 2015
31
3.5/5
Big Eyes (2014)
Athough this is not an entirely successful change of pace for director Tim Burton, there's enough in the story to make his version of events very watchable.
Posted Mar 24, 2015
32
3.5/5
'71 (2015)
33
4/5
Cinderella (2015)
This is an enchantment - with the occasional touch of nostalgia - just the way it should be.
Posted Mar 24, 2015
34
4/5
Paper Planes (2015)
A wholesome, feel good tale of a primary school under-dog who dreams of getting to the world paper plane championships in Japan.
Posted Jan 19, 2015
35
3/5
American Sniper (2015)
Not one of Clint Eastwood's best film, this is a biopic of Chris Kyle, a Texan rodeo-rider who became a Navy SEAL sniper, credited with 160 kills while on duty in Iraq.
Posted Jan 19, 2015
36
2/5
37
5/5
Birdman (2014)
A journey of crisis and transformation as an ageing actor (Michael Keaton) battles colleagues, family and friends, but mostly his own powerful inner demons.
Posted Jan 13, 2015
38
3.5/5
The Judge (2014)
Highly watchable with a great cast, this tale of an estranged father and son coming together through a courtroom drama is undermined by moments of nostalgia.
Posted Oct 8, 2014
39
4/5
The Little Death (2015)
A loveable, clever and feel-good film despite the fragmented structure.
Posted Sep 25, 2014
40
2/5
Freedom (2015)
41
2/5
The Expendables 3 (2014)
The saggy-faced Stallone takes this old-school smaction franchise to new depths of inanity!!
Posted Aug 14, 2014
42
3.5/5
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Think a wild ride through an amusement park with five crazy friends. Or Star Wars meets Flying High.
Posted Aug 6, 2014
43
2.5/5
This predictable and one-dimensional Danish crime thriller sees an anti-social detective ignoring the rules and trying to rescue a damsel in distress.
Posted Jul 29, 2014
44
4/5
The Selfish Giant (2013)
A powerful, often gruelling but supremely tender fable about two boys scrounging for scrap in Britain's industrial wasteland.
Posted Jul 28, 2014
45
2.5/5
Devil's Knot (2014)
46
3.5/5
Still Life (2015)
Contemplative and graceful, it's a showcase for highly watchable English character actor Eddie Marsan.
Posted Jul 23, 2014
47
2.5/5
Reaching for the Moon (2013)
The rather pale and uninspiring story of obscure poet Elizabeth Bishop's love affair in Brazil in the 1950s and '60s.
Posted Jul 16, 2014
48
4/5
Good Vibrations (2012)
Chock full of vigour, great punk tunes and larrikin wit, this feel-good film tells the story of Terri Hooley, a man who brings music to a battered 1970s Belfast.
Posted Jun 12, 2014
49
3/5
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
A wee bit twee and syrupy, this jaunty Scottish musical works hard to take you from misery to happiness all to the upbeat sound of The Proclaimers.
Posted May 21, 2014
50
3/5
Chef (2014)