Category: Verdict: 1.5

Though some parts are effective, major conceptual problems make the piece impossible to recommend.

Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 1.5

10 Things I Hate about You (1999)

Please find below ten things I hate about 10 Things I Hate about You. One: the hype. Quite why 10 Things I Hate about…

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After Earth (2013)

Much will be said of M. Night Shyamalan managing once again to deliver the worst movie of the summer, and, sure enough, as both…

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Battle of the Year (2013)

Ever since Step Up 3D took the world by storm in 2010, Hollywood producers have assaulted us with the likes of Go for It…

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Charlie’s Angels 1.01: Angel with a Broken Wing

The challenge with pilots is they’ve got such specific remits the writers can’t afford to get creative. Characters and contexts may vary, but the…

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Cinderella (2015)

It’s become so fashionable of late to pan the old Disney hits for their outdated gender dynamics. To me, that’s like calling Citizen Kane…

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Devil (2010)

M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan has all the markings of an M. Night Shyamalan production, including his name…

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Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

Before Hellraiser made the straight-to-video jump, Hellraiser: Bloodline was known as both the most and least ambitious entry in the series, literally reaching for…

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Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

Hellraiser: Hellseeker boasts the long awaited return of Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), the plucky protagonist from Hellraiser (1987) and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988). In…

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Parker (2013)

It occurs to me that Jason Statham only stars in two kinds of movies, largely in equal measure: moronic B-grade action flicks like The…

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Rocky IV (1985)

If Rocky III (1982) lacks a heart, Rocky IV is missing a brain. This movie is so stupid it’s got a robot in it,…

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