Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 36%
| 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) | "
I have two pet hates when it comes to sequels; most aren't necessary, and most stars don't return from the original. Welcome to 2 Fast 2 Furious." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| 25th Hour (2002) | "
A moving tribute to resilience in the face of ruination." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| 28 Days Later (2003) | "
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As far as zombie movies go, its $14-million budget must make it the most sophisticated flesh-muncher movie ever put to screen.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 15, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 25%
| A Guy Thing (2003) | "
Julia Stiles provides the one shining light in an otherwise dull, unfunny, cringe-inducing comedy caper." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 1, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| A Mighty Wind (2003) | "
After his previous windows on the absurd ... A Mighty Wind proves that Guest has turned parody into an art form." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
— | Fresh 85%
| About Schmidt (2002) | "
There's no sign of a grinning madman or a troubled genius in Nicholson's latest screen incarnation Warren Schmidt, a mild-mannered insurance salesman so plain and boring he would put you to sleep if he wasn't played with such wry, recessive aplomb by big" — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 10, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 50%
| Alexandra's Project (2005) | "
An edgy little Aussie thriller that will have husbands shaking in their shoes, Alexandra's Project is a film like no other." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted May 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 55%
| American Wedding (2003) | "
It's not often sequels are better than the original but after a disappointing second instalment, writer Adam Herz has saved the best until last." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Aug 17, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 78%
| Antwone Fisher (2002) | "
Washington is customarily solid as the naval shrink, but directs without imagination or flair, sticking to Hollywood conventions and skimming over the harsher aspects of Fisher's life." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 23, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 72%
| Auto Focus (2002) | "
..interesting for the way it reveals what the advent of the videotape in the '70s has done to all of us. Like the Internet in the '90s, it has helped make what's private public – for better or worse." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 23%
| Bad Boys II (2003) | "
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The most visually and aurally offensive film since Mariah Carey's Glitter
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 22, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Beautiful Kate (2009) | "
Beautiful Kate is a sexually charged kitchen-sink drama that comes with powerful performances, beautiful cinematography and a soundtrack to match its heavy but hopeful mood." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Aug 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Bruno is well worth seeing for a good laugh, even if it is a hit-and-miss affair. After all, I doubt any negative reactions will stop Baron Cohen pulling the greatest prank of all -- pocketing millions from willing suckers like us." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Chicago (2002) | "
Gere steals the show." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jan 28, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 65%
| Coco Before Chanel (2009) | "
An incomplete yet enjoyably decadent portrait of a woman who came to define style and grace." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | "
Clooney has made a stylish debut, wisely making his movie resemble the wacky game shows Barris dreamt up." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| Confidence (2003) | "
Confident performances from confident performers, indeed, all chewing the kind of post-Tarantino dialogue that's dotted the genre's recent landscape." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
— | Rotten 56%
| Cypher (2002) | "
Natali has crafted a clever, futuristic mind-bender that's both beautiful to look at...and cerebrally challenging with its questions about reality and identity. Not bad for a film made for the cost of The Matrix's opening credits." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Aug 17, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| Darkness Falls (2003) | "
You will find more frights in Finding Nemo. And you might just have more fun playing with your lollie wrappers, performing shadow puppets on the screen – or even picking your nose – than enduring this dimly lit horror movie." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 1, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 79%
| Dog Soldiers (2002) | "
Pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away. It's fun, but it's a real howler." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 23, 2003 |
N/A | Fresh 79%
| Dog Soldiers (2002) | "
Pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away. It's fun, but it's a real howler." — Sunday Times (Australia)
PREVIEW Posted Mar 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 59%
| Down With Love (2003) | "
Beneath the wingtips, pointy shoes and '50s sexual politics...Down with Love is light, airy and fun – almost to the level of cheap laughs. It's all surface spit and polish." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Aug 17, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 29%
| Dreamcatcher (2003) | "
It starts out as an intriguing story of telepathic friends and ends up a monster mash of Ed Wood awfulness." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 31, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Finding Nemo (2003) | "
Is this kid's stuff? That's a complicated question but the answer is a thing of beauty that will have children enchanted hook, line and sinker." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 1, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 43%
| Fragments (2009) | "
With some poor casting and more actions than insights, Winged Creatures is indeed a bird that fails to fly, but not quite a turkey." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 76%
| Gangs of New York (2002) | "
If Scorsese ever puts out a director's cut, that will be the film to watch.
.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 17, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 43%
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) | "
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I hate to label this lightweight romp a "chick flick", but when the title actually issues a challenge to the fairer sex, well, the writing is on the wall." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Apr 27, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 61%
| Hulk (2003) | "
Bold ambitions make Hulk the most profound popcorn blockbuster ever made and one that plays more to smart young adults than geeky teens." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| I Capture the Castle (2003) | "
Cassandra's flowery narration may prove a tad irritating for those not in the mood for such soapy operatics but this glibly engaging melodrama...at least plays to mature audiences wanting an alternative to the latest Hollywood blockbusters filling up our" — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
A blokey comedy that ironically doubles as a good date movie, I Love You, Man is funny nonsense that just drops short of fulfilling its ripping premise." — Posted Jun 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
A blokey comedy that ironically doubles as a good date movie, I Love You, Man is funny nonsense that just drops short of fulfilling its ripping premise." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 62%
| Identity (2003) | "
Here is a movie that's so good – so juicy in the dark secrets it keeps – that all I really want to say is to see it right now knowing as little about it as possible." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Aug 3, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| Igby Goes Down (2002) | "
The nearest thing we've got to a big-screen Catcher in the Rye...with Kieran Culkin giving a very Holden Caufield-esque performance." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Jackass: The Movie (2002) | "
It has zero taste, zero intelligence, zero sophistication and zero redeeming social value. So it's a zero-star movie but as far as gutter-entertainment and gross-out humour goes, it's five-star laughs." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Japanese Story (2004) | "
Japanese Story is a good film -- a memorable, provocative and emotional one." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 22, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 33%
| Johnny English (2003) | "
It's the same bawdy British humour as the Ali G movie, and there's more inspiration in the gags from Jackass.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Apr 21, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Fresh 61%
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) | "
As harmlessly entertaining as it is, this journey is a few screams and gasps short of a real 3D thrill ride." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 49%
| Jurassic Park III (2001) | "
JP3 is not as intricate or as new as the original, nor as howlingly elaborate as the sequel, but in its own formulaic way, it’s a nice little thrill ride that achieves what it’s designed for." — Urban Cinefile Posted Aug 17, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 20%
| Just Married (2003) | "
Move over Britney Spears and all other aspiring Britney wannabees. There's a new Britney in town and her name is Brittany Murphy.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 24, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 23%
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) | "
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Proves again that Jolie makes a better magazine cover than actor and Lara Croft a better game than rousing archeological adventure.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 22, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 37%
| Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) | "
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Plays like one long blonde joke we've already heard." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 26, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 40%
| Maid in Manhattan (2002) | "
It's a condescending, totally unbelievable film made worse by poor dialogue, acting and directing, all strung together by a laughably cliched Cinderella story.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Matchstick Men (2003) | "
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Matchstick Men might be a lesser Catch Me If You Can or Ocean's Eleven, but it's got a jazzy, understated style all of its own. It's one ride on which you will enjoy being taken." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Oct 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 64%
| Moonlight Mile (2002) | "
There's no hint of giant bunnies or falling airline engines; just good solid family drama.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| My Year Without Sex (2009) | "
It’s [the] honest, natural performances and the way most average Aussies will relate to their sorry situation that makes My Year Without Sex all worth it." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted May 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 55%
| Ned Kelly (2004) | "
At last! A feature film about Australia's greatest outlaw and folk hero that, while not reaching five-star status, all Australians can be proud of." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Mar 31, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Old School (2003) | "
A cheery, unapologetically goofy comedy about mid-life regression, minus the gross-out gags. And for that, at least, we can all be thankful." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jun 8, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 51%
| Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) | "
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Meadows keeps things simple, adding a few flashes of music or cinematography to recall the B-western.
." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Sep 15, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| One Hour Photo (2002) | "
One Hour Photo is genuinely scary. Not because Sy takes his obsession to insane levels, but because we all know sane people like him." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Feb 4, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| Personal Velocity (2002) | "
Miller has made a provocative, intimate triptych of short stories." — Sunday Times (Australia) Posted Jul 29, 2003 |
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