Tomato 3/4 |
G-Force (2009) |
" The rodents carry the picture off in their little furry paws and this one is sure to entertain youngsters -- no matter how you look at it." |
Linda Barnard |
Splat 1/4 |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"It is possible that never before in the annals of cinema has so much destruction been depicted on screen to so little purpose, unless you count brain or ear damage." |
Peter Howell |
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Gabrielle (2005) |
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Tomato |
Galaxy Quest (1999) |
"Galaxy Quest has both a story and a back story, which is rare for this kind of romp." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine (2003) |
"An engaging film." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/4 |
The Game Plan (2007) |
"Generic to the point where it might be called Sport-Themed Disney Girly Movie All Rights Reserved." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Gamer (2009) |
"Bodies and buildings blow up but this is carnage of the most lacklustre sort, with any momentum petering out long before it's "game over."" |
Jason Anderson |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"A work of battered brilliance." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2/5 |
Garage Days (2003) |
"A movie of shopworn riffs and borrowed noise, dressed up with considerable surface polish and glam production values." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Garbage Warrior (2008) |
"Garbage Warrior is, in the end, a fitting tribute to a free spirit and a valuable citizen." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 2/5 |
Garden State (2004) |
"It steals shamelessly from The Graduate without indicating a whit of appreciation for the earlier film." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"The movie is far from a cat-astrophe, but it's also nowhere near purr-fect." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) |
"Even for the chubbiest comic cat in captivity, Garfield's onscreen shtick is wearing a bit thin." |
Linda Barnard |
Splat 2/5 |
Gasoline (2001) |
"A film that feels like a Europeanized compendium of just about every indie alt-action movie cliche of the past decade." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gaz Bar Blues (2003) |
"There isn't much of a story to Gaz Bar Blues, but there's a wealth of understanding of the human condition." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2/4 |
Genesis - Where Are We Coming From? (2005) |
"An entrancing, technically ravishing blend of philosophy and science." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Gentlemen Broncos (2009) |
"The sci-fi themed Gentlemen Broncos doesn't just visit Planet Quirk, it crash lands upon it." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008) |
"Romero turns his no-frills production into an asset." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"Land of the Dead not only leaves you wishing Romero and his zombies might come back to feast once more, but that they'd take their time." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"You'd think that decree No. 1 for a movie about rules would be to know exactly what kind of picture you're making and selling. Georgia Rule fails that basic test, and a whole lot of other ones besides." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Gerry (2003) |
"If you can get lost along with it, Van Sant's Gerry is actually anything but empty: At times it's tonically liberating." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato |
Get Over It (2001) |
"A teen movie that for once delivers brains along with babes and buffoons." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Get Smart (2008) |
"The truth is that Get Smart is one of the year's sharper comedies, and if it contains any WMDs, that stands for 'wit of major delight.'" |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) |
"Ghost Dog... is like sitting a parked car in an interesting neighbourhood with a good stereo for nearly two hours." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"Occasional passages of shell-cracking egghead overload aside, there's no getting past Innocence's astounding visual power." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ghost Rider (2007) |
"...damned if this one shouldn't make your so-bad-it's-good list..." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/5 |
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"The whole thing plays out with the drowsy heaviness of synchronized swimmer wearing a wool wetsuit." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost Town (2008) |
"Through it all there always shone this subtle, gleeful naughty schoolboy charm, not quite a full-on wink at the audience, but a tacit acknowledgement that sometimes even total jerks can exhibit an endearing charm." |
Rob Salem |
Tomato |
Ghost World (2001) |
"A movie that appeals to the inner dork in all of us." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"You've got to love a movie that so eagerly assassinates its leading man's cuddly image, and which also manages to blow a wicked kiss to Fatal Attraction." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"The footage from the dives shows perfectly preserved details from the inside of the ship." |
Daphne Gordon |
Tomato |
The Gift (2001) |
"There's really just one reason to see the Southern freak show that is Sam Raimi's The Gift, and fortunately it's the best reason: to watch the star of the piece." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1/5 |
Gigli (2003) |
"It is an exquisitely bad movie: One to be savoured, marvelled over, shared with friends and generally appreciated in a state of awestruck wonder. Gourmet fromage." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 4/5 |
Ginger Snaps (2001) |
"A superbly realized take on the perils of being different in a world that demands conformity." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/5 |
Ginger Snaps 2 : Unleashed (2004) |
"A worthy sequel to a cut-above horror movie." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat |
The Girl (2001) |
"The kind of chic, academically minded art movie in which pose replaces performance, archetype pinch-hits for character, and that nothing much of interest happens is presumably deliberate." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Girl From Monaco (2009) |
"As a solid thriller, La fille de Monaco feels like it's missed the mark." |
Bruce Demara |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"While not by any reasonable standard a great movie ... The Girl Next Door is a totally tasty one, a surprise treat concocted from only the most familiar mass-market ingredients." |
Geoff Pevere |
Tomato 3/5 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"The picture is simply ravishing, but at times it falls prey to its own contemplations." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 4/5 |
Girlfight (2000) |
"While it wonderfully confounds our narrative expectations as a coming-of-age story and a romantic drama, it works on another level as a great sporting experience." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"The movie ends so abruptly (it runs a scant 77 minutes), it's a toss-up as to whether Soderbergh was trying to make an auteur statement or simply lost his mojo." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato |
Gladiator (2000) |
"A smart movie and sumptuously executed." |
Geoff Pevere |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Global Metal (USA) |
"Dunn's movie is an indulgent presentation of metal and its devotees -- it even implies the world will be a better place when adolescents everywhere have a chance to bang their heads." |
Philip Marchand |
Splat 2/4 |
Glory Road (2006) |
"Lacking the gritty reality of the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams, this Jerry Bruckheimer film, directed by newcomer James Gartner, converts a year in the life of a basketball team into a very conventional triumph of the underdogs." |
Susan Walker |
Tomato 4/5 |
Go Further (2004) |
"A message film that makes entertaining diversions out of environmental didacticism." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Go-Getter (2008) |
"The transition from the slopes of Sundance to the hard streets of everywhere else is the artistic equivalent of the bends." |
Peter Howell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Goal II: Living the Dream (2008) |
"Despite the predictable, cliché-riddled script, the soap-opera hokum that passes for drama, Goal II somehow works." |
Linda Barnard |
Tomato 3/4 |
God Grew Tired of Us (2007) |
"Too often with documentaries, we get only the tears. There is no second act or resolution. Christopher Quinn's God Grew Tired of Us gives us reason to hope about a human catastrophe." |
Peter Howell |
Splat 2/5 |
Gods and Generals (2003) |
"It was made strictly by and for Civil War buffs who insist that every pious speech and every skirmish is worthy of filming, even if the end result suffers from serious battle fatigue." |
Peter Howell |
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