Splat 2/5 |
Scar |
"If you make the mistake of going to see it, I recommend taking a spoon so you can scoop your will to live off the floor at the end. Derivative, dull and with a daft ending, even the 3D’s not much cop." |
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Splat 2/5 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"Unlike the original, this version is never sure whether it wants to go to the dark side or not." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"As the movie progresses, we’re presented with one of the best portrayals of the innate awkwardness of first love I can ever remember seeing." |
David Edwards |
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Scorched (2003) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"Idyllic tale despite the back story of racial tension and family abuse. Fanning holds her own in a great cast with Okonedo and Paul Bettany as an unbalanced father in fine form." |
Mark Adams |
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The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
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David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
The Secret of Moonacre (2008) |
"It’s a slow-moving affair with wooden acting, duff special effects and some woefully unfunny comic moments from Tim Curry as an undersized chef. All in all, the thing’s severely lacking in magic." |
David Edwards |
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Secuestro Express (2005) |
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David Edwards |
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Seed of Chucky (2004) |
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David Edwards |
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Seeing Double (2003) |
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Jonathan Ross |
Splat 2/5 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"Semi-Pro is beyond resuscitation thanks to about three decent gags throughout. On the rollercoaster track that is now Ferrell’s career, this is close to a new low. And after turkeys like Bewitched, that’s saying quite something." |
David Edwards |
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The Sentinel (2006) |
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David Edwards |
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Separate Lies (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
The September Issue (2009) |
"Despite being entertaining, The September Issue fails to find out what makes Wintour tick, with the woman behind those ever-present shades remaining infuriatingly elusive." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Seraphim Falls (2007) |
"It may be too ponderous for some, and an appearance by Anjelica Huston as a snake-oil peddler near the end is a touch too surreal, but if you’re a fan of Westerns the way they used to make them, you’ll be mesmerised." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Séraphine (2008) |
"Whimsical but wonderful - and very worthy of those awards." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Serenity (2005) |
"Serenity blasts George Lucas’s recent prequels into the ether thanks to some rip-roaring action scenes and a knack of not taking itself too seriously." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"A Serious Man may be the Coens' most personal film, but the humour's too oblique to truly trouble the funnybone." |
David Edwards |
Tomato |
Seven Pounds (2008) |
"It is a complex movie, but also an absorbing and moving one - and in truth Will Smith does bring an extra dose of class that helps it succeed." |
Mark Adams |
Tomato 4/5 |
Severance (2007) |
"This is the first shocker in ages where you actually care about what happens to the victims." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sex Drive (2008) |
"It’s as crude, tasteless and offensive as all the above suggests, although it comes with a smattering of medium-sized laughs, making it a trip just about worth taking if you’re a hormone-pumped adolescent." |
David Edwards |
Splat 1/5 |
Shadows in the Sun |
"A movie that has the same effect as a handful of Mogadon. It's so utterly dull they ought to give out prizes to anyone who keeps their eyes open to the end. Personally, I resorted to two carefully-placed matchsticks." |
David Edwards |
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Shallow Ground (2005) |
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David Edwards |
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Shanghai Knights (2003) |
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Jonathan Ross |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shifty (2008) |
"It doesn't hit home quite like it should, but director Eran Creevy deserves credit for delivering something better than the usual Brit gruel." |
David Edwards |
Tomato |
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
"A smattering of great one-liners and a sense of its own ridiculousness make this the movie of the week by a mile." |
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Shopgirl (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Shorts (2009) |
"Not only cheap looking and hard to follow, Shorts' big fault is that it's not funny - a major problem given it's meant to be a comedy." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shrek the Third (2007) |
"Under-10s will probably enjoy it while adults will feel they’ve seen it all before. Which isn’t quite the fairytale ending we’d all hoped for." |
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Splat 2/6 |
Shrooms (2006) |
"Not just unoriginal, dull and as scary as the adventures of Noddy, Shrooms makes you want to plant a tombstone in the earth and mourn the death of horror." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Shutter |
"Familiar though it may be, the film is well made and contains more than its fair share of supremely creepy moments, plus there’s a clever twist near the end that you really won’t see coming." |
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Tomato |
Sicko (2007) |
"A thought-provoking and often blackly-amusing movie that trumps even Fahrenheit 9/11 in terms of sheer entertainment." |
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Silver City (2004) |
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David Edwards |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) |
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David Edwards |
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The Skeleton Key (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Skin (2009) |
"The linear A-to-B storyline gives the film a TV movie feel, with an overdose of melodrama not helping matters." |
David Edwards |
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Sky Blue (2005) |
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David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Slepe Lásky (2008) |
"While mostly a straight-up doc, the film's enlivened by the occasional surreal flourish." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Sleuth (2007) |
"Directed by Kenneth Branagh and scripted by no less than Harold Pinter, the wicked charm of Sleuth Mk1 has been stripped away to leave a nasty, dispiriting and strangely cold psychological thriller." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"I have the uneasy feeling I may be the only critic on planet Earth who isn’t going to be sprinkling stars over Slumdog like confetti, but I bet you £1m we’ll see better this year." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Small Engine Repair (2006) |
"Sure, it’s not going to break any box-office records, but this is a poignant, thoughtful film that deserves a wider audience than the handful likely to see it." |
David Edwards |
Splat 1/5 |
Smokin' Aces (2007) |
"Using the kind of snazzy flashbacks, blood fetishism and moronic villains that were so in vogue oh, let’s see, about 10 years ago, the action revolves around an assortment of rival hoodlums all gunning for police informant Buddy 'Aces' Israel." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Snow Cake (2007) |
"The Canada-set Snow Cake is clearly meant to be Weaver’s movie, and people with first-hand knowledge of autism say it’s the most convincing depiction they’ve ever seen." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
The Soloist (2009) |
"This veers a little too haphazardly between being a message movie and one of those films about an unlikely friendship. In the end, it fails to work as either." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 5/5 |
Somers Town (2009) |
"Sweet, poignant and with an undercurrent of wickedly funny humour, it’s not just a total joy but one of those rare films that can be savoured again and again." |
David Edwards |
Splat 2/5 |
Something New (2006) |
"Something hackneyed, trite and boring, you mean." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 3/5 |
Soul Power (2009) |
"While Soul Power is bound to be compared to the Oscar-winning Ali/Foreman documentary When We Were Kings, it never scales the same heights." |
David Edwards |
Tomato 4/5 |
Sounds Like Teen Spirit |
"Filled with backstage tears and onstage triumph, the film neatly captures the sheer awkwardness of being a youngster. Go see." |
David Edwards |
Splat |
Space Chimps (2008) |
"So, as our badly animated apes are sent to an alien planet for dull-as-ditchwater adventures with a population of little green men, the film doesn’t just stoop in pursuit of a buck, it shimmies beneath the bar to record a new low." |
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Tomato |
Sparkle (2007) |
"Shades of The Graduate colour this small but charming Brit-flick with the Mrs Robinson role taken by Stockard Channing." |
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