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4/5
Kick-Ass (2010) Charles Gant
Posted Apr 14, 2010
2/5
From Paris With Love (2010) Neil Smith Undemanding and unoriginal, this is all swagger and no substance.
Posted Feb 26, 2010
3/5
Everybody's Fine (2009) Rosamund Witcher Despite the title, nobody in this film is fine. But, if youâ(TM)re in the mood for a well-acted drama that will strum obstinately at those heartstrings, youâ(TM)ve got it.
Posted Feb 26, 2010
3/5
Leap Year (2010) Charles Gant Call us old-fashioned, but we expect some actual funny moments in our romantic comedies; you canâ(TM)t get by on charming lead actors and pretty scenery alone. Especially when the storyline is so massively predictable.
Posted Feb 26, 2010
3/5
The Last Station (2009) Charles Gant Helen Mirren has earned nominations galore for her OTT performance as Mrs Tolstoy, but she doesn't get heat's vote.
Posted Feb 19, 2010
3/5
The Lovely Bones (2009) Charles Gant Jackson's candy-coloured fantasias - reminiscent of 1970s concept-album artwork - are no substitute for actual drama. There's nothing at stake.
Posted Feb 19, 2010
3/5
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) Charles Gant Not bad, but JK Rowling can rest easy.
Posted Feb 16, 2010
3/5
Valentine's Day (2010) Charles Gant Valentine's Day is an enjoyably empty, tempting snack of a movie, thoughtfully served in candy-coated bite-size chunks.
Posted Feb 16, 2010
4/5
Youth in Revolt (2009) Rosamund Witcher A fresh, funny take on the classic coming-of-age tale, and a chance for Cera to show us what he's made of.
Posted Feb 05, 2010
3/5
Invictus (2009) Charles Gant As you'd expect from Eastwood and this cast, it's got quality written all over it.
Posted Feb 05, 2010
1/5
All About Steve (2009) Rosamund Witcher It's baffling that some of our favourite actors would sign up for this slightly creepy, desperately unfunny twaddle. Don't encourage them by watching it.
Posted Jan 22, 2010
4/5
Up in the Air (2009) Charles Gant It's very enjoyable, if ultimately a little insubstantial for Best Picture glory.
Posted Jan 22, 2010
4/5
The Boys Are Back (2009) Paige Toon Heartwrenchingly sad, yet ultimately uplifting, Shine director Hicks more than matches the film that made him famous with this deeply moving tale.
Posted Jan 22, 2010
5/5
A Prophet (2009) Charles Gant A riveting rise-of-the-underdog drama anchored by newcomer Tahar Rahim's sensational lead performance.
Posted Jan 22, 2010
4/5
Brothers (2009) Charles Gant Don't be put off by the "Afghan war" tag - Brothers isn't half as harrowing as some of the other awards-bait offerings coming our way. This touching family drama deserves to find an audience.
Posted Jan 22, 2010
3/5
Spread (2009) Rosamund Witcher The promising beginning deteriorates into a baffling shambles, with each character changing their entire personality at least once.
Posted Jan 05, 2010
3/5
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) Charles Gant Considering how rarely Grant works, you'd expect genuine excellence in the scripts he picks. We'd expected more than this merely serviceable, not very believable Hollywood romcom.
Posted Jan 05, 2010
2/5
The Stepfather (2009) Rosamund Witcher Lazy, predictable and seriously lacking in shocks.
Posted Dec 11, 2009
3/5
Carriers (2009) Laila Hassani The anti-Zombieland - a darker, more intense look at humanity.
Posted Dec 11, 2009
3/5
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Charles Gant Jonze's inspired evocation of childhood may strike a chord with adults; for younger audience members still living it, the appeal is far from certain.
Posted Dec 11, 2009
4/5
Me and Orson Welles (2008) Charles Gant Zac confidently takes another few steps away from the Wildcats of East High in an amiable showcase for his talents.
Posted Dec 08, 2009
4/5
Nativity! (2009) Charles Gant Sweet, funny, bags of charm: Outnumbered meets Britain's Got Talent, with added Christmas.
Posted Nov 27, 2009
2/5
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Laila Hassani Wildly implausible tosh.
Posted Nov 27, 2009
4/5
Paranormal Activity (2007) Charles Gant Peli makes our identification with the 20something couple so complete, we're utterly caught up in the escalating terror.
Posted Nov 27, 2009
5/5
A Serious Man (2009) Boyd Hilton A bold, unique, exquisite gem.
Posted Nov 20, 2009
3/5
The Informant! (2009) Neil Smith You go in expecting a jaunty caper. What you get, disconcertingly, is a bleak, rather sad study of an unraveling mind.
Posted Nov 20, 2009
4/5
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Charles Gant New Moon flirts with various treatment methods - rehab, alternative medication - before giving us the fix we crave. Fans will not be disappointed.
Posted Nov 20, 2009
4/5
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Neil Smith Easily the funniest movie ever to feature a goat-slaying psychic.
Posted Nov 06, 2009
4/5
Jennifer's Body (2009) Rosamund Witcher Funny, sexy, cool and destined to become a cult classic.
Posted Nov 06, 2009
3/5
Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) Charles Gant A Christmas Carol is certainly set to win the nation's attention. With all this hype, we'd hoped for something a bit more special.
Posted Nov 06, 2009
3/5
9 (2009) Chris Longridge An interesting experiment that doesn't quite survive the conversion from short to long format.
Posted Oct 30, 2009
4/5
An Education (2009) Charles Gant Much more than a simple cautionary tale, An Education captures the giddy hopes and fears of adolescence, and the dawn of the most transforming decade in recent memory.
Posted Oct 30, 2009
3/5
The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (2009) Charles Gant Jokes only get you so far, and The Goods gets increasingly bogged down in its uninspired plotlines. Ferrell's cameo is a particular lowpoint.
Posted Oct 23, 2009
3/5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) Rosamund Witcher Entertaining enough but, despite a sequel-set-up ending, this franchise will have to sharpen its fangs if it really wants to take on Twilight.
Posted Oct 23, 2009
4/5
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Charles Gant Anderson's recent films The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited suffered in terms of story. The switch to animation, and the benefit of a plotline borrowed from a master storyteller, have recharged his creative batteries.
Posted Oct 23, 2009
3/5
Triangle (2009) Chris Longridge A decent supernatural thriller undone by an unfortunate structural flaw.
Posted Oct 16, 2009
2/5
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) Ben Walters Gilliam struggles to create a coherent frame for his visual ambition.
Posted Oct 16, 2009
3/5
Couples Retreat (2009) Charles Gant Universal's latest is merely adequate, and will likely be best enjoyed by the happily indulgent and mildly inebriated.
Posted Oct 16, 2009
4/5
Adventureland (2009) Boyd Hilton An Indie romcom which doesn't pile on the contrived quirkiness and instead concentrates on being believable, smart and sweet.
Posted Sep 11, 2009
2/5
Dorian Gray (2009) Rosamund Witcher Just like Dorian, it's all style and no substance. And valiant turns from Firth and co can't save this from being a melodramatic, overwrought mess.
Posted Sep 11, 2009
4/5
Julie & Julia (2009) Charles Gant Hollywood, famously, makes few movies aimed at older females because young men are much easier to satisfy. Julie & Julia is that rare film targeted at your mum, but we think you'll enjoy it too.
Posted Sep 11, 2009
4/5
(500) Days of Summer (2009) Boyd Hilton A clever, refreshing, non-formulaic antidote to your average, bog-standard Hollywood romcom.
Posted Sep 04, 2009
4/5
District 9 (2009) Charles Gant Who knew that a movie that begins like an Apartheid spin on Brazilian ghetto drama City Of God, then mutates into The Fly, would wind up pushing some emotional buttons in a way reminiscent of ET?
Posted Sep 04, 2009
3/5
Broken Embraces (2009) Neil Smith Entertaining enough with visuals to die for, but definitely not as emotionally rewarding as some of this director's other recent pictures.
Posted Aug 29, 2009
5/5
The Hurt Locker (2008) Boyd Hilton A stunningly realistic, thrillingly intense depiction of extraordinary men carrying out one of the toughest jobs imaginable, graced with a knockout performance by relative unknown Renner.
Posted Aug 29, 2009
4/5
Funny People (2009) Charles Gant There's loads to enjoy in this defiantly maturing comedy drama from one of the few directors powerful enough to get such a film made.
Posted Aug 29, 2009
1/5
Dance Flick (2009) Ryan Gilbey A musical spoof with two left feet and no rhythm.
Posted Aug 24, 2009
2/5
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) Rosamund Witcher We've seen it a million times before, and better. The situations are forced, the script is weak, the pace drags and, frankly, it just isn't funny enough.
Posted Aug 24, 2009
4/5
Inglourious Basterds (2009) Charles Gant Tarantino likes action, but more than anything he likes seeing actors delivering the dialogue he wrote for them. In the case of the surprising, original Inglourious Basterds, we are happy to indulge him.
Posted Aug 24, 2009
4/5
Orphan (2009) Charles Gant Preposterous in all the right ways, Orphan is this week's true guilty pleasure.
Posted Aug 07, 2009
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