Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
The creative leadership of the Pixar team restores clarity, simplicity, and courage to storytelling, establishing a daunting gold standard for family films." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Moon could do with a heftier dose of weird, but the disciplined storytelling and direction bodes well for director Duncan Jones." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jul 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Brüno is thrillingly funny, establishing Sacha Baron Cohen as a comedian willing to go further than any other to show us what needs to be shown." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
A soul-altering, heart-changing, brain-transplanting masterpiece." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
It's Star Trek, Jim, but not as we have known it. A masterclass in how to rebrand and relaunch a franchise. Sign us up for more alien girls, punch-ups, phasers, photons and misbehaving black holes." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 8, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | "
The geek exodus from Star Trek will continue with this middling movie, a cheapo space battle that has all the cool allure of a disco-dancing Dad." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
A devastating insight into the desperate state of functionaries in a technocracy." — Channel 4 Film Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
The makers, marketers and producers of Watchmen have worked so hard to keep this community happy that they have lost sight of what makes a film truly exciting: our emotional engagement with the characters and their story." — Channel 4 Film Posted Mar 7, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
An unusual conceit brilliantly executed. A moving work of golden fantasy poised just above the dark waters of our own mortality." — Channel 4 Film Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 72%
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) | "
Could have been Ferris Bueller's Night Out but it's not even close." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
Valkyrie's technique is admirable but it misses the mark emotionally." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Collateral (2004) | "
Awesome vision and a compellingly villainous Tom Cruise save this cool contemporary noir from its lukewarm patches." — Channel 4 Film Posted Dec 21, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 21%
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | "
It's not good enough, at this point in the game, to serve up this collection of cliches and expect anyone to be fooled or entertained by it for a minute." — Channel 4 Film Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Of Time and the City (2009) | "
A masterpiece. Davies demonstrates how art achieves the universal from the particular." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
Intense, disturbing and powerful mix of vision and detail: a recreation of a terrible time combined with a vivid and distinctive artistic sensibility. Truly powerful filmmaking." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) | "
It has all the exquisite tension of dithering over whether to have the cake or the ice cream." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 77%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
Halfway between a good Coen brothers movie and a terrible Coen brothers movie." — Times [UK] Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) | "
Funny, disciplined, and acted with great skill and warmth." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 20%
| Righteous Kill (2008) | "
Scenes come and go in clouds of confusion, flashbacks and cutaways leaping in and out of the action like misbehaving children, but a moral stink persists." — Channel 4 Film Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| World Trade Center (2006) | "
A tentative mixture of tearjerker and disaster movie, cautious due to the requirement that it bear witness to the true-life heroism, staying within the tonal range that is sanctioned for American films depicting 9/11." — Channel 4 Film Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
Patchy but Ben Stiller heaves mainstream Hollywood comedy out of its Will Ferrell-inspired rut." — Channel 4 Film Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| Happy Feet (2006) | "
Puts heart and soul back into the good old computer animated, talking animals family film." — Channel 4 Film Posted Sep 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 87%
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | "
Del Toro's imagination is as fertile as ever but the plot keeps too much in reserve." — Channel 4 Film Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) | "
Makes The Phantom Menace seem like one long clearing of the throat before Lucas could begin to tell the real story." — Channel 4 Film Posted Aug 13, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
The action is devastating, high-wire and realistic." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jul 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| The Aristocrats (2005) | "
Each take on the gag reveals a different facet of comic technique." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jun 23, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) | "
Shows a more complicated understanding of childhood than you would expect..." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jun 17, 2008 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | "
The accessories are fantastic but we're not sure about that outfit." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 27, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) | "
How could you dislike a film that takes itself so lightly?" — Channel 4 Film Posted May 20, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 92%
| Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | "
Action-packed yet intelligent, this takes the very best of the TV show and gives it epic grandeur." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 19, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | "
Why is this such a good Star Trek movie? Well, Spock makes a mean captain, standing in for the imprisoned Kirk." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 23%
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | "
The worst Star Trek movie." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 19, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | "
As an exploration of the loneliness of a unique machine consciousness, great! As an exciting SF experience, maybe not." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 19, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Borat is the funniest film imaginable right now." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 18, 2008 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Batman (1989) | "
Supposedly a superhero movie for grown-ups, this is actually a pretentious farrago." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | "
Glorious escapism that will not make you feel dirty the morning after." — Channel 4 Film Posted Apr 29, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | "
A stunning adventure story realized with genuine artistic flair." — Channel 4 Film Posted Apr 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) | "
Pretty funny with brilliant bits but takes a while to warm up." — Channel 4 Film Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) | "
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups." — Channel 4 Film Posted Feb 27, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 65%
| Be Kind Rewind (2008) | "
Michel Gondry is a visionary of sorts, but he needs a talented writer to add emotional depth to his child-like creativity if he is going to reach the heights of Eternal Sunshine again." — Channel 4 Film Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 65%
| Brick Lane (2008) | "
Rich and subtle in its characterisation, Brick Lane is an enlightening tale about the breadth and depth of ordinary lives, how they intersect with history, and where they remain hidden away." — Channel 4 Film Posted Nov 15, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Eastern Promises (2007) | "
A violent taut thriller that explores an entirely different moral universe: Hackney." — Channel 4 Film Posted Oct 24, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Knocked Up (2007) | "
Knocked Up reinvents the romantic comedy for a new generation." — Channel 4 Film Posted Aug 24, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) | "
Anyone over the age of 12 who thinks this film has something to offer is wilfully deluding themselves. This is a superhero film for families with young children for whom Doctor Octopus and Venom are just too intense." — Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Spider-Man 3 (2007) | "
The visceral stuff - the fighting and chasing - is great. The comedy is funny. But the film unravels with no emotional charge and you'll be pretty restless during the climactic apologies." — Channel 4 Film Posted May 4, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Babel (2006) | "
You can't make the same film three times and not expect people to carp. Go and see it with politically-minded friends and thrash it out afterwards over coffee." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jan 17, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Spider-Man 2 (2004) | "
Confident, exciting, funny and crafted with real heart." — Channel 4 Film Posted Dec 15, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 65%
| The Last Samurai (2003) | "
The more you think about it, the worse it gets. What begins as stirring twaddle ends with such absurd self-regard from Tom Cruise that there is not a dry pair of underpants in the house." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 79%
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | "
We already know how this film turns out and no one at Lucasfilm has the wit to make the journey interesting." — Channel 4 Film Posted Jul 22, 2003 |
IGN RSS Feeds