Splat |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"'Meat and potatoes action cinema.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Splat 2/10 |
Saw V (2008) |
"The first three Saws were at least plausible within the grotesque terms of the premise. The fourth was ridiculous and this, the fifth, is laughable." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 4/10 |
Scar (2008) |
"Blood cascades out of the screen (Titanic - in red) when blades are not in your face. Desensitisation soon sets in: too like Halloween H20." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 8/10 |
Scary Movie (2000) |
"Scary 1 is a funny slasher while Scary 2 switches to the supernatural. Scary 3 is faintly X-Files-ish and Scary 4 is distinctly sci-fi. They're so clever." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 8/10 |
Scream (1981) |
"Like the Scary franchise, these three Screams work both as parody and horror. In Scream 1, a fan of horror movies turns serial killer." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"'The sort of film that really ought to star Robert Redford.'
" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato 6/10 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd, the tale will poach your heart this cold winter." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 2/10 |
Seed (2008) |
"One for extreme gore connoisseurs, a Uwe Boll special. It's so appalling that it's worthy of an eve's viewing." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 4/10 |
Seven Pounds (2008) |
"Will Smith is fast turning into the movie actor's Reader's Digest - an uplifting guide to healthy living and doing worthy things." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 6/10 |
Sex Drive (2008) |
"Suffice to say that any movie that can pack in an orgy (or the idea of one) in puritan Amish country has some merit." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato |
Shaun of the Dead (2004) |
"'a raging success at pretty much everything it does.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"'Like a spoonful of sugar, this subversive fable goes down delightfully.'
" |
Annette Dasey |
Splat 2/5 |
The Singing Detective (2003) |
"Robert Downey Jr gives an impressively depraved performance but can't make this confused movie hum." |
Annette Dasey |
Tomato 5/5 |
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"Despite the poverty, the reek of saffron and excrement evoked by vivid shanty town scenes, Doyle has captured the life force of his characters." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 6/10 |
Somers Town (2009) |
"By Mike Martin - When the DVD box set of Shane Meadows is released this will slot in, but won't be the strongest film in the selection by a long way." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 2/5 |
Space Chimps (2008) |
"Up against WALL-E and Kung Fu Panda this CGI 'toon looks flat and unoriginal. Who's trying to ape Pixar?" |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato |
Spellbound (2003) |
"'Extremely funny.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato |
Spider (2003) |
"'Cronenberg was a lot more fun when he was splashing buckets of blood around the place and covering his actors in slugs.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato |
Spider-Man (2002) |
"'Tobey Maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Splat 2/10 |
The Spirit (2008) |
"A movie trailer can give unintended clues as to what to expect - The Spirit's (see it on YouTube if you missed it) is one long piece of chaos. And so is the pic." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat |
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) |
"'Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato 4/5 |
Standard Operating Procedure (2008) |
"As shocking are the prisoner treatments permitted as "standard operating procedure". A disturbing, dispassionate investigation." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 8/10 |
Star Trek (2009) |
"By Kevin Irwin - Star Trek, the final frontier in nostalgia, a crass ploy for box office kerching or a celebration of sci-fi's most iconic forefather? Well, a touch of all three as it turns out." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat |
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) |
"'How many more voyages can this limping but dearly-loved franchise survive?'" |
Paul Arendt |
Splat 4/10 |
Star Wars - Clone Wars: Vol. 1 (2003) |
"Lucasfilm has opted for a "painted", manga-type CGI animation that may be stylised but also looks old-fashioned. Hair, for example, is blocky and edged." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 4/10 |
Step Brothers (2008) |
"It's turning out to be a vintage year for dud comedies - The Love Guru, Get Smart, Zohan. Now we have Step Brothers tripping up on the catwalks of comedy." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat 4/10 |
Stone of Destiny (2008) |
"Scottish nationalists are not likely to be wowed by this tiresome retelling of the "theft" of the Stone of Destiny (or Scone) from Westminster Abbey in 1950." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 7/10 |
The Strangers (2008) |
"Bertino does not try to understand his strangers. His primary interest is what happens - the details of crime - as if the film were a dramatised tabloid." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato |
Stuart Little 2 (2002) |
"'A second dollop of light action and heavy family values.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato 3/5 |
Stuck on You (2003) |
"The Farrelly Brothers go soft in their old age with this shockingly inoffensive comedy about a pair of conjoined twins.
" |
Annette Dasey |
Splat 1.5/5 |
The Sum of All Fears (2002) |
"Clancy's world is strictly for the techno-nerds and frankly they're welcome to it." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Sunshine Cleaning (2009) |
"Sunshine Cleaning is not perverse for the sake of it: its eccentricities arise from characters whose lives fall outside the life guide manuals." |
Victor Olliver |
Tomato 5/10 |
Surveillance (2009) |
"This is a sadistic film, so be warned." |
Victor Olliver |
Splat |
Swimfan (2002) |
"'Even more reactionary and misogynist than Fatal Attraction.'" |
Paul Arendt |
Tomato 4/5 |
Swimming Pool (2003) |
"Rampling and Sagnier are superb. The former is in top form with her portrayal of Sarah's metamorphosis, while her co-star is sensually cool as the elusive young woman." |
Annette Dasey |
Tomato 6/10 |
Swing Vote (2008) |
"Absurdity's a crucial trait of Costner films (The Postman? Message In A Bottle?), so hold the exasperated sigh." |
Victor Olliver |
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