Tomato |
Baba Yaga (1973) |
"adapted from Guido Crepax's comic strip 'Valentina', [it's] an elegant phantasmagoria - perhaps not revolutionary in the true sense, but certainly unique, and far from the Eurosleaze schlockfest you might be expecting." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato |
Bad Biology (2008) |
"this badass polysexual freakshow is unlikely to be showing in a multiplex near you, but is the perfect midnight feature." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato |
Bad Boy Bubby (1993) |
"this dark satire-cum-parable (cling)wraps itself in a quirkily beautiful aesthetic that keeps us watching even when the material is at its most repellent or alarming." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"What a charming, laugh-out-loud little gem this is." |
Jack Dundee |
Tomato |
Bandslam (2009) |
"Todd Graff’s coming-of-age musical comedy may hardly be original, but the secret is all in the mix: sweet enough to please the kids, while acerbically downbeat enough to keep the attention of any accompanying adults." |
Anton Bitel |
Splat |
The Bank Job (2008) |
"Cinema by numbers." |
Jonathan Williams |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"Lots of heart. But it won't change your life." |
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Tomato 4/5 |
The Beaches of Agnes (2009) |
"It’s impossible not to open your heart to this film." |
Sophie Mayer |
Tomato 3/5 |
Better Things (2009) |
"The film has a powerful, impressionistic style. Scenes are shot in suffocating, distorting close-up or at an equally stifling distance, revealing the sublime, indifferent landscape." |
Sophie Ivan |
Tomato 4/5 |
Big River Man (2009) |
"For all the straight-faced self-mockery, it somehow remains a tribute to an exceptional man. Big River Man gets away with its archness only because it’s evident that somewhere beneath its layers of irony, there is a beating heart." |
James Bramble |
Tomato 3/5 |
BirdWatchers (2009) |
"Birdwatchers is an unusual and sympathetic exploration of a diminishing society driven to near extinction by capitalism and colonialism. And if it provokes action, then it’s a job well done." |
Lee Griffiths |
Tomato |
Black (2009) |
"An uncategorisable exploration of the contradictions to be found in Franco-African identity... where a whole history of crime, poverty and colonial exploitation are portrayed through mythology as a clash of the totems." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato 3/5 |
Black Sheep (2007) |
"The only people who are likely to feel hard done by are vegetarians, farmers and those whose stomachs are weaker than their sense of humour." |
Matt Glasby |
Splat 2/5 |
Black Water (2007) |
"A wasted opportunity." |
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Splat |
Blind Dating (2007) |
"Blind Dating also manages to be an incredibly muddled 95 minutes in which emotions are replaced by aggressive music cues to force the viewer to care for characters that are paper thin at best." |
Limara Salt |
Tomato |
Blue Eyelids (2008) |
"Ernesto Contreras’ slow and subtle study of abject loneliness is a curious affair." |
Matt Bochenski |
Tomato 3/5 |
Bolt (2008) |
"Bolt is a damn enjoyable and undeniably funny film." |
Matt Bochenski |
Tomato |
Born in 68 |
"There’s a sense that this lengthy family saga might also be best enjoyed as an episodic TV drama." |
Jonas Milk |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Boss of it All (2007) |
"Light, frothy and bitingly funny with a pleasingly dark underside." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Box (2009) |
"Sinister, tense and at times ridiculous, The Box is a warped genre piece – Kelly’s homage to 1970s science-fiction, with all the wobbly effects, timid housewives and pseudo-religious imagery that suggests." |
Nell Frizzell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Brick Lane (2008) |
"It's a hard heart that isn't immersed by this delicately told tale." |
Matt Bochenski |
Splat |
Bright Star (2009) |
"For all the exquisite cinematography and fine performances, Bright Star remains curiously unaffecting." |
Jonathan Crocker |
Splat |
Bright Star (2009) |
"Dramatically static from first to final frame, it charts the non-progress of the central relationship as a series of nineteenth-century feints and counter-feints." |
Kevin Maher |
Tomato |
Broken (2008) |
"an aptly fractured narrative, intertwining two radically different kinds of story type to disorienting effect - and British director Sean Ellis has a real eye for style." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Broken (2009) |
"With a nod and a wink to Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock he has created a slick, supernatural thriller set in a cold and disquietingly quiet contemporary London." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Broken Embraces (2009) |
"Like an elaborately woven cobweb, it’s a marvel but so full of holes that it’s all too easily swept from memory." |
Sophie Ivan |
Tomato |
Bronson (2009) |
"It is an artful blend of hardman viciousness and surreal camp, and while viewers will certainly feel the full force of the film's impact, they will also, like Bronson's bewildered wardens, never be quite sure what has hit them." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato |
Bronson (2009) |
"in a film closer to A Clockwork Orange or Blue Velvet than to Chopper, brutal ultraviolence and arthouse oddity make for an arresting mix, while it is impossible to take your eyes off Hardy's intense serio-comic turn." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato 4/5 |
Bruno (2009) |
"He’s fearless, dedicated to his art and there really isn’t anyone else out there who does this schtick half as well. A third helping of fake interviews might be pushing the gimmick too far, but Brüno is as hilarious as it is terrifying." |
Neon Kelly |
Splat |
Bubba's Chili Parlor (2008) |
"Despite its heroic can-do production story, the film is aimless in its pacing, poorly edited, badly written, and terrible looking -- and none of these in a good way." |
Anton Bitel |
Tomato |
Bunny & The Bull (2009) |
"An original, inventive, occasionally startling British comedy that showcases a breakout talent in Paul King." |
Matt Bochenski |
Splat |
Bunny Chow (2006) |
"The trio of male leads must rank among the most odious protagonists in modern movie history, and the film finds itself with almost nothing to say about them beyond tepid indulgence." |
Danny Bangs |
Tomato |
Burma VJ (2009) |
"An inspiring, and occasionally horrifying, documentary." |
Matt Bochenski |
Tomato |
Bustin' Down the Door (2008) |
"Although you’d expect moist eyes from bitter, fading stars desperately trying to scrawl their names in the history books, the film avoids this indignity with engaging characters, an informative narrative and tons of awe-inspiring archive footage." |
Ed Andrews |
Tomato |
Buy It Now (2005) |
"The Pussycat Dolls must burn on a flaming heap of celeb mags. It's societies only salvation, seriously." |
Andrea Kurland |
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