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Nosferatu

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:28:05 +0100

Score: 100/100

Score on a par with: The Seventh Seal 100/100; The Battle of Algiers 100/100; The Science of Sleep 100/100; Deep Water 100/100; Good Night, And Good Luck 96/100; The Constant Gardener 98/100; Corpse Bride 95/100; Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 96/100; I Heart Huckabee 100/100; The Incredibles 98/100; Lost in Translation 100/100; The Breakfast Club 96/100; The Quiet American 98/100; The Royal Tenenbaums 98/100

Run, Fat Boy, Run

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:24:06 +0100

Score: 47/100

Score on a par with: 3:10 to Yuma 48/100; Death Proof 50/100; Transformers 51/100; Shooter 53/100; Sunshine 51/100; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 47/100; The History Boys 53/100; Miami Vice 48/100; Superman Returns 53/100; The Dukes of Hazzard 51/100; Cursed 52/100; Matchstick Men 50/100; Jeepers Creepers II 50/100; Bruce Almighty 53/100; The Two Towers 49/100; The Time Machine; K-Pax 53/100; The Count of Monte Cristo 49/100; Planet of the Apes 50/100; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 52/100; Along Came a Spider 53/100

Atonement

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:20:45 +0100

Score: 92/100

Score on a par with: The Last King of Scotland 92/100; The Cave of the Yellow Dog 87/100; Confetti 87/100; The Squid and the Whale 94/100; Good Night, And Good Luck 96/100; Corpse Bride 95/100; Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 96/100; Silver City 88/100; The Descent 93/100; The Breakfast Club 96/100; Pirates of the Caribbean 92/100; Pulp Fiction 91/100; Punch Drunk Love 86/100; Gosford Park 90/100; Bandits 87/100; The Others 88/100; Moulin Rouge 94/100; Unbreakable 89/100

3:10 to Yuma

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:18:26 +0100

Score: 48/100

Score on a par with: Run, Fat Boy, Run 47/100; Death Proof 50/100; Transformers 51/100; Shooter 53/100; Sunshine 51/100; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 47/100; The History Boys 53/100; Miami Vice 48/100; Superman Returns 53/100; The Dukes of Hazzard 51/100; Cursed 52/100; Matchstick Men 50/100; Jeepers Creepers II 50/100; Bruce Almighty 53/100; The Two Towers 49/100; The Time Machine; K-Pax 53/100; The Count of Monte Cristo 49/100; Planet of the Apes 50/100; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 52/100; Along Came a Spider 53/100

Zodiac

Tue, 22 May 2007 11:08:13 +0100

Score: 50/100

Score on a par with: Sunshine 51/100; The History Boys 53/100; Cooperman Returns 53/100; The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe 55/100; Red Eye 56/100; The Dukes of Hazzard 51/100; Charlie & The Chocolate Factory 51/100; Cursed 52/100; Assault on Precinct 13 55/100; Matchstick Men 50/100; Jeepers Creepers II 50/100; Bruce Almighty 53/100; The Recruit 56/100; The Time Machine 53/100; K-Pax 53/100; A Beautiful Mind 56/100; Zoolander 55/100; Planet of the Apes 50/100; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 52/100; Along Came a Spider 53/100; Meet The Parents 55/100

The Battle of Algiers

Tue, 22 May 2007 11:07:12 +0100

Score: 98/100

Score on a par with: The Science of Sleep 100/100; Deep Water 100/100; Good Night, And Good Luck 96/100; The Constant Gardener 98/100; Corpse Bride 95/100; Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 96/100; I Heart Huckabee 100/100; The Incredibles 98/100; Lost in Translation 100/100; The Breakfast Club 96/100; The Quiet American 98/100; The Royal Tenenbaums 98/100; Chocolat 96/100

Spiderman III

Fri, 11 May 2007 20:44:34 +0100

Score: 37/100

Score on a par with: Hannibal Rising 37/100; Happy Feet 35/100; Underworld: Evolution 38/100; Madagascar 35/100; Sin City 35/100; After the Sunset 36/100; Dodgeball 39/100; The Day After Tomorrow 35/100; Taking Lives 35/100; Elephant 39/100; Finding Nemo 38/100; Star Trek – Nemesis 39/100; Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 38/100; Enemy at the Gate 37/100

Shooter (possibly The Shooter, can't actually remember)

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:09:07 +0100

Score: 51/100

Mr Bean's Holiday

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:00:30 +0100

Score: 78/100

Score on a par with: Crash 80/100; Millions 78/100; The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 76/100; The Wicker Man 79/100; Finding Neverland 77/100; Telephone Box 78/100; The Bourne Identity 80/100; Minority Report 79/100; Spiderman 76/100; Iris 77/100; A Knight’s Tale 78/100; The Gift 79/100

Sunshine

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:48:35 +0100

Score: 51/100

Score on a par with: The History Boys 53/100; Cooperman Returns 53/100; The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe 55/100; Red Eye 56/100; The Dukes of Hazzard 51/100; Charlie & The Chocolate Factory 51/100; Cursed 52/100; Assault on Precinct 13 55/100; Matchstick Men 50/100; Jeepers Creepers II 50/100; Bruce Almighty 53/100; The Recruit 56/100; The Time Machine 53/100; K-Pax 53/100; A Beautiful Mind 56/100; Zoolander 55/100; Planet of the Apes 50/100; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 52/100; Along Came a Spider 53/100; Meet The Parents 55/100

300

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:26:04 +0100

Score: 21/100

Score on a par with: The Wicker Man (2006) 20/100; Memoirs of a Geisha 25/100; King Kong (2005) 21/100; Nanny McPhee 21/100; Sahara 18/100; Constantine 21/100; The Phantom of the Opera 17/100; The Ladykillers (2004) 16/100; Cold Creek Manor 23/100; Scary Movie III 25/100; Paycheque 18/100; The Matrix Revolutions 17/100; Blackball 17/100; The Matrix Reinstalled 22/100; Daredevil 19/100; K-19 The Widowmaker 16/100; XXX 15/100; Austin Powers: Goldmember 25/100; Scary Movie II 16/100; The Hole 16/100; The Grinch 23/100

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:24:39 +0100

Score: 47/100

Score on a par with: The History Boys 53/100; Miami Vice 48/100; Superman Returns 53/100; The Dukes of Hazzard 51/100; Cursed 52/100; Matchstick Men 50/100; Jeepers Creepers II 50/100; Bruce Almighty 53/100; The Two Towers 49/100; The Time Machine; K-Pax 53/100; The Count of Monte Cristo 49/100; Planet of the Apes 50/100; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 52/100; Along Came a Spider 53/100

Ghost Rider

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:13:21 +0000

Score: 31/100

Score on a par with: Perfume 30/100; X-Men III 32/100; Poseidon, 33/100; Madagascar 35/100; War of the Worlds 32/100; Sin City 35/100; Star Wars: Episode III 30/100; After the Sunset 36/100; The Bourne Supremacy 33/100; The Day After Tomorrow 35/100; Taking Lives 35/100; Terminator III 30/100; Analyse That 31/100; Chicago 34/100; The Importance of Being Earnest 33/100; The Sum of All Fears 31/100; Say It Isn’t So 30/100; Vertical Limit 34/100

Flushed Away

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:53:57 +0000

It’s Aardman, but for Americans.

This latest offering from the Nick Park school of anime is notable for one particular thing, mr Park seems only to have supervised it. There is nothing very wrong with Flushed Away, the animation is ok, the plot is ok, the humour is ok, the length of the film is ok, the characters are ok. It is all very much OK.

Itch, Immune and Vessels - Brudenell Social Club, 24th Feb

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:47:58 +0000

Itch
This fantastically dynamic four piece have but one gimmick, a Helmet, with simply “trademark” written on it. I found this very fitting. Complex and intricate songs with shifting beat and rhythms hint at a professionalism behind the group and their music history. Itch seem to have the perfect name, they seem to just have the itch for good tunes, reminiscent of Modest Mouse, hints of alternative rock of the ninety, Pavement with the impulsive rests and pauses of Queens of the Stone Age and other Rocks greats. Not so much a band than four musician playing together in a coordinated unison. See Itch Now.