Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 10%
| Dead Man Running (2009) | "
This budget-conscious, simplistically plotted and often cringingly performed crime caper is not quite as inauspicious a producing debut as one might have expected." — Time Out Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 62%
| Vanishing of The Bees () | "
There’s little form to the structure, the editing is amateurish and the narration is puerile. It’s a worthwhile subject – but the film is too poor to justify a release." — Time Out Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| I P Man (2009) | "
Yip’s film benefits from crisp cinematography and an engaging ‘Seven Samurai’-style storyline, but it’s Sammo Hung’s superbly choreographed kick-ass fight scenes that dazzle." — Time Out Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Toy Story (1995) | "
So ingenious in concept, design and execution that you could watch it on a postage stamp-sized screen and still be engulfed by its charm." — Time Out Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Jetsam (2008) | "
Apparently made for £3,000, Welsford’s well-mounted debut delivers ambiguity in spades – perhaps too many spades." — Time Out Posted Aug 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Bandslam (2009) | "
‘Bandslam’ is far from exceptional, but is saved by decent character development, a cluster of engaging performances and several amusing deadpan moments." — Time Out Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 73%
| Meerkats (2008) | "
Despite the involvement of a producer from the BBC’s Natural History Unit and the late Paul Newman on voiceover duty, ‘The Meerkats’ is just another run-of-the-mill wildlife foray." — Time Out Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 24%
| G-Force (2009) | "
Though the film as a whole delivers ample thrills, it does lag occasionally and is encumbered by bland voiceovers and a lack of laughs" — Time Out Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | "
As with the two earlier films, it’s all a mite disorderly in tempo but often highly amusing and great fun in the main." — Time Out Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| The End of the Line (2009) | "
The poignant facts and figures are offered by a host of likeable marine scientists, local fishermen and activists." — Time Out Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 23%
| Jonas Brothers - The Concert Experience (2009) | "
The songs wash over in waves of such turgid mediocrity that by the end you’re praying for it to stop. Thankfully, after 76 minutes, it does – and all is well again." — Time Out Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 73%
| Objectified (2009) | "
That’s what’s great about his approach: he focuses on the most mundane of subjects and makes us think about them." — Time Out Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
This is a funnier and more coherent slice of kids’ entertainment." — Time Out Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
The Toy Story-esque plot could be written on the femur of dormouse and some scenes still lean towards inanity. But, in the main, this is a funnier and more coherent slice of kids' entertainment." — Time Out Sydney Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 65%
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) | "
This writer can't remember witnessing a harder-hitting kids' movie denouement than the one that closes this microcosm of middle-class German family life in WWII." — Time Out Sydney Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 96%
| From Russia with Love (1963) | "
The film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors. So shoot me." — Time Out Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 63%
| Crank High Voltage (2009) | "
The whole film is a series of frenetically-edited action sequences and bizarre set-pieces roughly stitched together to form some kind of whole. It’s been made with tongue firmly in cheek and is often funny for it." — Time Out Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Turn off your mind, though, and there’s some fun to be had from some of the better whizz-bang sequences." — Time Out Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
Monsters vs Aliens is skilfully animated and spasmodically funny, but you get the impression the film’s seven (!) writers ran out of ideas two-thirds of the way through." — Time Out Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 7%
| Mortal Kombat - Annihilation (1997) | "
It's a toss up which aspect of this drivel is worst." — Time Out Posted Feb 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 95%
| Under the Sea 3D (2009) | "
It’s that kind of detail that makes a the film such an immersive experience. An educational one, too." — Time Out Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 13%
| The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | "
Martin fumbles it from the off. And that, in a nutshell, is reason enough to avoid this as one might any other calamity." — Time Out Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 53%
| Stone of Destiny (2008) | "
Written and directed by an American, the film nevertheless feels closer to the ‘British’ spirit of the old Ealing comedies, something emphasised by its old-fashioned ambience and its charming evocation of the period." — Time Out Posted Dec 19, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Rotten 38%
| Transporter 3 (2008) | "
The flashy editing gets on one’s wick and no one’s going to win an Oscar – but, really, who’s complaining? This is straight-up fisticuff fun." — Time Out Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 64%
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | "
This is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is better than the original – but only by a whisker." — Time Out Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 69%
| The Girl in the Park (2007) | "
Essentially about loss, guilt and regret, Auburn’s film also examines Julia’s increasingly unhealthy obsession with her surrogate daughter, which gives it an air of uneasy tension that never amounts to much." — Time Out Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 35%
| Igor (2008) | "
But there’s not much form to the plot which develops in fits and starts. Nevertheless, those kids that weren’t confused appeared to enjoy it, so there you go." — Time Out Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 10%
| Free Jimmy (2006) | "
This adult-orientated, computer-generated animation isn’t an especially successful outing but still serves as an impressive antidote to the Disney-Pixar norm." — Time Out Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 17%
| Fly Me To The Moon (2008) | "
And while it may not teach sprogs anything about insects – these ones have human eyes and four limbs – director Ben Stassen has made a fair fist of portraying the Apollo mission with some accuracy." — Time Out Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 55%
| The Foot Fist Way (2008) | "
While most of the deadpan remarks hit the spot, the erratic sketch-like editing and overall slapdash structure give it an air of incompleteness. Fun in parts, slipshod in others." — Time Out Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 65%
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) | "
Ultimately, though, it’s the kids’ movie; both Butterfield and Scanlon deliver strong, poignant performances. Just prepare to leave the screening feeling somewhat depressed." — Time Out Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 2%
| Disaster Movie (2008) | "
The result is a series of extraneous, deplorably unfunny scenes and sketches stitched together in completely haphazard fashion." — Time Out Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 13%
| College Road Trip (2008) | "
Even with a brief running time, ‘College Road Trip’ is an ordeal that even its target audience will find dispiritingly lame." — Time Out Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 50%
| The Fox and the Child (2008) | "
Jacquet’s golden-hued cautionary tale is beautiful to look at. It’s also accurate in the way the time frame of friendship unfolds, and is spot on in illustrating our tendency to anthropomorphise cute animals." — Time Out Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
Fresh 4/6
| Rotten 49%
| CJ7 (2008) | "
Chow’s film is a charming, funny illustration of family life that explores the notion of being given a second chance. A kids’ comedy with a heart." — Time Out Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 10%
| Fool's Gold (2008) | "
I succumbed to the very occasional charms of this fair, good-natured romcom adventure and left the screening in quite a good mood." — Time Out Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 79%
| The Bank Job (2008) | "
Tautly mounted, it all looks authentically old fashioned, and there are a few nuggets of amusing dialogue amid the occasional violence, sexual debauchery, political corruption and overall hedonistic atmosphere." — Time Out Posted Feb 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 79%
| Sharkwater (2007) | "
Faintly egotistical biologist-turned-filmmaker Rob Stewart spent four years making this investigative doc and the result, despite his tendency towards over-earnest, stoner-esque commentary, is enlightening, shocking and more than a little worrying." — Time Out Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 92%
| U2 3D (2008) | "
Bono should refrain from ramming his preachy political meanderings down our throats and let the music do the talking. Even if some of that music becomes a little stultifying." — Time Out Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 79%
| Black Water (2007) | "
Tapping into the primeval fear generated by these perfectly evolved killing machines, the filmmakers ratchet up the tension, while sustaining our interest in the fate of the trio." — Time Out Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 50%
| Man in the Chair (2007) | "
A fair-to-middling contemporary fantasy drama that, despite its surfeit of flashy effects, is mildly charming in the way it addresses the injustice of old folk having to live out their final years in decrepit homes." — Time Out Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 37%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
Let’s not be too Scrooge-like; there are pockets of charm, and some of the effects are quite good." — Time Out Posted Dec 13, 2007 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 92%
| Enchanted (2007) | "
It’s only when the story hits the streets of NYC and Adams starts hamming it up (much like Julie Hagerty did in ‘Airplane’) that we start seeing the fruits of a grand Mickey-take." — Time Out Posted Dec 13, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 38%
| The Killing of John Lennon (2008) | "
Chapman was on a simple, skewed quest for infamy. And he got it. One gathers he’d be chuffed to see this film. And that’s the biggest issue of all." — Time Out Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 15%
| Hitman (2007) | "
There’s a cool opening credits sequence, but beyond that ‘Hitman’ doesn’t make much sense, is encumbered by clunky dialogue, some amateurish performances and clichéd set-pieces we’ve seen umpteen times before." — Time Out Posted Nov 29, 2007 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 100%
| Earth (2007) | "
Whether it’s a crisp aerial shot of a wolf taking down a caribou, night footage of lions tackling an elephant, there isn’t a moment that doesn’t fill one with awe." — Time Out Posted Nov 14, 2007 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 67%
| Shoot 'Em Up (2007) | "
This is seedy, morally defunct, low-IQ cinema for airheads: it’s toe-curlingly violent and mostly plain nasty, but quite fun in a debauched kind of way." — Time Out Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 54%
| Seraphim Falls (2007) | "
The overweight middle section is repetitive, contrived and, well, boring. But at least the views are spectacular and Brosnan, especially, is likeably quirky." — Time Out Posted Aug 24, 2007 |
— | Rotten 34%
| What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
— | Fresh 80%
| Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
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