|
4/5
|
81%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
Unfolds with the sickening tension of a great police procedural, all while poking at America's social and political hypocrisies."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 27, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
Insightful, squirmingly funny and boasting an absolutely unmissable performance from first time Allen collaborator Cate Blanchett."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
White House Down (2013) |
"
Where Emmerich consistently distinguishes himself from obvious contemporaries like Transformers maestro Michael Bay is that, in his films, patriotism never equals prejudice."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 25, 2013
|
|
|
91%
|
The Turning |
"
An admirably ambitious endeavour, which shines with talent on both sides of the camera, but may prove testing due to its sprawling length."
—
FILMINK (Australia)
Posted Sep 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
49%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
It's the universally impressive performances that ultimately make Thank For Sharing worth the ticket price."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Mud is the kind of small scale, character driven drama one rarely sees out of the States any more, and cements Nichols as one of his country's most significant independent auteurs."
—
Moviedex
Posted Jun 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
Souped-up action filmmaking at its most unabashedly entertaining."
—
Moviedex
Posted Jun 15, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
A straightforward, blessedly unencumbered popcorn flick brimming with excitement and slickly rendered spectacle."
—
Moviedex
Posted May 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
An admirable failure; an overlong, awkwardly paced mishmash of cool but familiar ideas and all-too predictable plot-twists."
—
Moviedex
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Sleepwalk With Me (2012) |
"
As entertaining as the movie can be, it's the smaller, more poignant material in between the big laughs that makes the final product so charming."
—
Moviedex
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Marries the steroidal firepower of the US armed forces with the narrative sense and technical elegance of a twelve year old playing with his action figures."
—
Moviedex
Posted Apr 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Sees both franchise and character transformed into tragically unimaginative, cacophonously violent and embarrassingly unfunny shadows of their once great former selves."
—
Moviedex
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
A perfectly solid family adventure, one that's made all the more fun for cinebuffs by those signature Raimi touches."
—
Moviedex
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Bigelow's latest proves a rewarding piece of filmmaking, one that, in its best moments at least, is as gripping and as troubling as anything the director's ever made."
—
Moviedex
Posted Feb 19, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
A volatile mix of familial drama and madcap comedy, infectious optimism and razor-wire wit, it's one of the most purely enjoyable films released in the past twelve months."
—
Moviedex
Posted Feb 3, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Guilty of almost every indulgence [Tarantino] has ever been accused of...but it's hard to hold it against him, when the results are this bloody good"
—
Moviedex
Posted Jan 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
Kids who can handle the bumps should find much to love in this beautifully animated ramshackle parcel, one that's packed full of detail, humour and positive messages."
—
Moviedex
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
A dazzling digital dreamscape that sets staggering new heights for what can be accomplished with 3D technology."
—
Moviedex
Posted Jan 12, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Too glossy to be film noir or even pulp fiction. But plenty of action and a few stand-out performances guarantee it's a fun ride while it lasts."
—
Moviedex
Posted Jan 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Overstuffed, dreary and dripping with sickening sentimentality, what starts promisingly soon becomes a two-and-a-half hour struggle to stay awake."
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 31, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
Liberal Arts (2012) |
"
A warm, funny and, one imagines, rather personal film, one that's all about falling in and out of love, not just with people and places but the ideas they can sometimes embody."
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 25, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
A deadly combination of bloated, stagnant, self-indulgent and self-pitying - all of which might be forgivable, if it weren't also so embarrassingly unfunny. "
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Begins with one of the best directed sequences of the year, before spinning out a tangled web of hardboiled intrigue, bone-shattering action and ambiguous political philosophy."
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
While the concept is novel - and the animation often dazzling - the story and characterisations soon prove trite, condescending and dull."
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
For a man who makes his living as a performer and a wordsmith, the writing and acting of this rapper turned filmmaker both leave a lot to be desired."
—
Moviedex
Posted Dec 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
A funny, heartfelt if admittedly formulaic feature that boasts first rate performances and a genuine affection for its characters."
—
Moviedex
Posted Nov 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Suffers from unconvincing plotting, and a third act so bad it brings the roof of the whole endeavour caving in"
—
Moviedex
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
The message is so unrelenting that it soon drowns out all the films' strengths in an ocean of fashionable nihilism and socially conscious outrage."
—
Moviedex
Posted Nov 14, 2012
|
|
|
85%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
Marking Paul Thomas Anderson's most cryptic work to date, this brilliantly shot, superbly acted and powerfully challenging film warrants multiple viewings. "
—
FILMINK (Australia)
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
Driven by John Hawkes' inspired turn, this is a candid, funny and touching charmer. "
—
FILMINK (Australia)
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Even when many of his characters big binges and corresponding redemptive moments stretch credulity, Washington makes you believe them."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 28, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) |
"
Will have you laughing through tears while pondering the meaning of life, the universe and everything."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 21, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Dredd (2012) |
"
The Raid meets Zack Snyder meets Robocop"
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 17, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Anchors high-concept thrills and captivating ideas in a world of challenging morality and intricate personal consequences."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
The Bay (2012) |
"
Contagion by way of Paranormal Activity"
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
93%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
Blessedly more interested with being funny and relatable than it is with trying to make pretentious statement about generational or societal detachment."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 10, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
43%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
Lewd, ludicrous and utterly convinced of its own gritty artistic merit, The Paperboy's closest cinematic cousin may very well be Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 8, 2012
|
|
.5/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
Emotional exploitation of the most vile and insensitive kind, The Impossible is an insult to the victims of the tragedy it depicts."
—
Moviedex
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Yet another awful, flag-waving, post-War on Terror guilt reassignment picture."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 29, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Burton brings genuine enthusiasm to Frankenweenie that helps it transcend its stylistic familiarity"
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
66%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
It is stained glass cinema: shards of disparate splendour made breathtakingly whole."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 25, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
44%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
If To the Wonder is the kind of film we get when Malick is prolific, I'd rather he took another ten or twenty years off."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) |
"
Whedon and Shakespeare are truly a match made in heaven."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
83%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Uproariously funny, gleefully violent, delightfully meta and spectacularly original."
—
Moviedex
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Opts for optimism over authenticity, watering down the period's complex and depressing racial politics into relatively straightforward hurdles for its heroines to overcome."
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
War of the Arrows (Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon) (2011) |
"
Combines the visual splendour and historical drama of Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins with the unrelenting second-half intensity of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto."
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
Think Natural Born Killers set in Cornwall. Only much, much funnier."
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
A dull, predictable, embarrassingly self-satisfied low-rent thriller that just about confirms Marling as the most unlikable person working in the American independent film scene."
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 22, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
Lovingly obsessive"
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 20, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The House I Live In (2012) |
"
A fantastically constructed, unrelentingly compelling look at one of the biggest ongoing injustices in American society today."
—
Moviedex
Posted Aug 15, 2012
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