Splat |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"An unnecessary and unlovable sequel to the Eddie Murphy vehicle Daddy Day Care, though this time the producers have traded down to Cuba Gooding Jr. Not recommended." |
Robert Hanks |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Damned United (2009) |
"This is the Life of Brian, and nobody else's. As such, it's never dull, and in many little details it's a back-of-the-net pleasure." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Dance Flick (2009) |
"Fans of their Scary Movie and its sequels know what to expect, though perhaps even they will notice here a thinning in the comedy and a coarsening in its misogynist and homophobic riffs. Not an honest laugh in 90 minutes." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Dans Paris (2007) |
"The film is too wrapped up in some rather uninteresting bits of cleverness to bother making you believe in or care about the characters." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"You will exit the cinema with an enhanced respect for Nolan's intelligence, for Wally Pfister's pin-sharp cinematography, and, sadly, for an acting talent tragically curtailed." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Day Watch (2007) |
"Even during its action sequences it is slow, confusing and apparently interminable." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Dead Man Running (2009) |
"Is there any way of stemming the flow of post-Guy Ritchie cockney crime comedies? Would, say, sticking Danny Dyer's head on a pike somewhere in Bethnal Green be enough of a deterrent? Because I for one would be willing to pay that price." |
Robert Hanks |
Splat 2/5 |
Dead Silence (2007) |
" I admit that I didn't see the daft last-minute twist coming, and sort of admired it, but for the rest you'd need an extravagant love of hokum not to feel mildly bored." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Dean Spanley (2008) |
"The only drawback to its fey shaggy-dog story is the ponderous pace. But Northam and Neill are both on good form." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"You'll wince and fidget and groan, and finally wonder at the nerve of the film-makers who thought they could get away with this." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Death Defying Acts (2008) |
"It's a movie that seems to have been lavished with care and performed with gusto, yet its tale of fakery sounds its own knell: there's not a believable moment in it." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Death Proof (2007) |
"With its scratchy print, jerky editing and retro title sequence, Quentin Tarantino's fifth film bends over backwards to establish its Seventies sexploitation-flick credentials." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Death Race (2008) |
"Fast cars, machine guns, explosions, babes in hotpants – it's everything a 12-year-old boy could want in a movie." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"Sadly, the final reel exposes Wan's true colours (he directed the horror movie Saw), the vigilante machismo betraying this as an updated version of Death Wish." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
December Boys (2007) |
"Quite the most pretentious piffle I've seen all year." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
The Descent: Part 2 (2009) |
"Even acknowledging its flimsy credibility and recycled stalk-and-seize tropes, I still jumped out of my seat a couple of times, so the film-makers can probably give themselves a pat on the back: job done." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Destricted (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert Hanks |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) |
"As a demonstration of how to put a life on screen, it is exemplary in its thoroughness and willingness to allow a multiplicity of views." |
Robert Hanks |
Splat 2/5 |
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |
"At least I hope it's the last. Willis does OK for a middle-aged guy, but as another famous die-hard once said, a man's got to know his limitations." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato |
DIG! (2004) |
"This amped-up rockumentary doubles as an essay on self-destruction." |
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Splat 1/5 |
Disaster Movie (2008) |
"I wish to God they would find something else to do." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Disgrace (2009) |
"The visionary gravity of J M Coetzee's Booker-winning novel is perhaps untranslatable to the screen, but Steve Jacobs's film is a very creditable try." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) |
"Scores high on swooping visuals and meticulous draughtsmanship." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
District 13: Ultimatum (2009) |
"A Parisian conspiracy thriller of frankly preposterous dimensions." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
District 9 (2009) |
"District 9 is a South African sci-fi B-movie that punches well above its weight even as it falls back on inspiration from major-league precedents." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
DOA: Dead or Alive (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
Robert Hanks |
Splat 1/5 |
Doghouse (2009) |
"If Shaun of the Dead is the gold standard of British zombie comedy, and Lesbian Vampire Killers is a tin-plated knock-off, then Doghouse must be ... Ratners." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
Dogville (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/5 |
The Door in the Floor (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1/5 |
Dorian Gray (2010) |
"Parker's staging and direction are hopelessly inert; the orgy scenes are knocked off from Eyes Wide Shut, while the later movement into darkness looks (and sounds) like a cheap slasher movie." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Doubt (2008) |
"The moral grey area of the title perhaps worked better in the stage play; exposed on screen it's not "doubt" being expressed, it's the sound of Streep's headmistressy voice demanding, "That Oscar – on my desk, NOW."" |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 5/5 |
Downfall (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Drag Me To Hell (2009) |
"Cheap, nasty and rather magnificent." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Dragonball: Evolution (2009) |
"A rather tame live-action sci-fi flick." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Duchess (2008) |
"Can we not just enjoy what's on the screen without being spoon-fed a specious modern analogy? Dibb and his team – especial plaudits to Michael Carlin's production design and Michael O'Connor's costumes – have worked honourably to persuade us that we can." |
Anthony Quinn |
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