Chris Hunneysett
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Film editor for the Daily Mirror (UK) and contributor to the Daily Express (UK) and Daily Star (UK).
@ChrisHunneysett
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
96%
5/5
“a muscle-flexing statement of intent from Cruise's Hollywood military-industrial complex” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
May 19, 2022
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
90%
5/5
“definitive big screen big budget adaptation” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Mar 1, 2022
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Nautilus (1999)
1/5
“haunted at every turn by the spirit of Hollywood auteur, Ed Wood” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Dec 29, 2021
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
93%
3/5
“makes a virtue of its ability to extract every lucrative drop of creative blood from the spider-stone” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Dec 15, 2021
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Dune (2021)
83%
5/5
“doesn't just demand to be seen on the biggest screen possible, it questions whether there exists a screen large enough to do justice to this Lawrence of Arabia meets Apocalypse Now space opera” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Oct 22, 2021
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No Time to Die (2021)
83%
5/5
“dramatically impressive, wryly funny, and profoundly emotional. Craig gives it all he's got left in the tank” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Sep 29, 2021
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Mysterious Island (1961)
82%
4/5
“{A} still very watchable film, one of the superior adaptations of Verne's book” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 30, 2021
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Mysterious Island (1951)
3/5
“their love of the game is just about enough to overcome myriad shortcomings and jolly the audience along with them” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 27, 2021
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The Mysterious Island (1929)
5/5
“Discarding fidelity for crazed creative ambition, it hits the creative sweet spot between the outrageous spectacle of Fritz Lang's classic, Metropolis, and the gung ho whizz bang of Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon adventure serial.” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 26, 2021
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Black Widow (2021)
79%
4/5
“you wait six years for one James Bond movie to arrive and now two are coming along at once” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Jul 11, 2021
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
100%
5/5
“this sets an extraordinarily high bar that many of the subsequent adaptations of Verne fail to reach” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Jun 5, 2021
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In the Heights (2021)
94%
5/5
“dances into auditoriums to raise your spirits as well as the roof” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
May 21, 2021
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High Society (1956)
85%
5/5
“sparkling fresh and brilliant entertainment” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Apr 8, 2021
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Wolfwalkers (2020)
99%
5/5
“joyously magical” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Oct 23, 2020
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Over the Moon (2020)
81%
4/5
“muscles in on Pixar territory as a vehicle for tender heartbreak, goofy laughs and eye-popping visuals” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Oct 20, 2020
Full Review
Saint Maud (2019)
92%
5/5
“best British horror in years” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Oct 7, 2020
Full Review
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
83%
4/5
“an uplifting power chord of love” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Sep 17, 2020
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Tenet (2020)
70%
5/5
“bold, epic and ingenious” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 22, 2020
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Perfect 10 (2019)
100%
4/5
“hugely accomplished and confident” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 6, 2020
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Summerland (2020)
78%
4/5
“an uplifting meditation on love, longing and loss” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 5, 2020
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Unhinged (2020)
49%
4/5
“Russell Crowe rampages back into cinemas in this brutal road rage thriller” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Aug 1, 2020
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Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)
100%
4/5
“fascinating and inspirational” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Jul 23, 2020
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Da 5 Bloods (2020)
92%
5/5
“I wish I'd been able to experience this on the big screen” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
Jun 10, 2020
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The Lovebirds (2020)
66%
3/5
“enjoyable, undemanding and disposable” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
May 22, 2020
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The Dalai Lama: Scientist (2019)
88%
4/5
“I began watching with scepticism and ended with feelings of awe” –
Daily Mirror (UK)
May 22, 2020
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