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MARK KERMODE
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• BBC Radio Five Live
• Guardian [UK]
• Observer [UK]
• Sight and Sound

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Total Reviews: 49


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"Gibson has created an exploitation movie par excellence." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Mar 5, 2008
 
The Passion of the Christ (2004)50%
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"[A] classic female gothic romance, beautifully adapted from Daphne du Maurier's novel, and hauntingly accompanied by Franz Waxman's score." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Feb 19, 2008
 
Rebecca (1940)100%
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"As a slice of disposably self-referential entertainment, it more than earns its keep, and also acts as an effective witness-protection programme for two stars who were formerly more in need of a bullet than a kiss." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Dec 1, 2007
 
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)83%
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"The result is a turkey." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Nov 27, 2007
 
Elf (2003)83%
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Click here to read article -- Observer [UK]
Posted Aug 4, 2007
 
The Passenger (1975)91%
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"There's something quaintly charming about the filmmakers' unabashed affection for their inspirational source material, although the sense of over-familiarity means that none of it is in the least bit scary." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jul 14, 2007
 
Dead Silence (2007)18%
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Click here to read article -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jul 14, 2007
 
Edmond (2006)46%
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"Dumont effectively conjures between the dreary routine of everyday life and the normalised horrors of this nameless conflict." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jul 14, 2007
 
Flanders (2006)71%
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"On this evidence, thrice is definitely enough." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jul 7, 2007
 
Shrek the Third (2007)42%
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"Oh, do grow up." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jul 7, 2007
 
Hostel: Part II (2007)44%
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"William Malone's fear dot com desperately wants to be a cutting-edge chiller with its 'up-to-the-minute' internet theme, but turns out to be a depressing up-chuck of every great horror movie of the last 20 years." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 7, 2007
 
Fear Dot Com (2002)4%
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"It's not funny; there were three laughs I counted over the entire course of the movie." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Feb 23, 2007
 
School for Scoundrels (2006)25%
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"It's well built but the Matt Damon character remains blank and too young to be convincing. It's solid, but like Damon himself it's a bit dull." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Feb 23, 2007
 
The Good Shepherd (2006)56%
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"A dopey numerical thriller that wants to be Se7en times three." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Feb 23, 2007
 
The Number 23 (2007)8%
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"Does have a genuine emotional core and makes Flags of our Fathers look like a better film. But whether or not it's a great film; the jury is still out." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Feb 23, 2007
 
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)91%
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A perfectly-fine stripped-down little horror movie and if you're not a hardcore horror fan you'll probably find some of it surprising. -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Jan 29, 2007
 
Them (2007)63%
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"Roger Michel knows how to do People-in-Rooms better than most directors do, but the joys of it really are the performances and it's worth seeing for O'Toole and Phillips together." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Jan 29, 2007
 
Venus (2006)89%
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"Quite apart from the fact that it's spectacularly uninventive and uncontroversial, it's just such a luvvie-fest." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Jan 29, 2007
 
Bobby (2006)45%
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"Bonkers, adventurous, silly, ambitious, charming, foolish; it's all those things and it'll be gone in a week. But it's not mainstream Bore-o fare, and for that it should be celebrated." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Jan 29, 2007
 
The Fountain (2006)51%
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"Issue-tainment. Puts the issue of conflict diamonds in the public eye. Whether or not that makes it a great drama is a slightly different question." -- BBC Radio Five Live
Posted Jan 29, 2007
 
Blood Diamond (2006)63%
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Click here to read article -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
Imagine Me & You (2006)31%
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Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
Tenth District Court (2004)100%
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Click here to read article -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
An Unfinished Life (2005)53%
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"While le Carre's narrative returns an unequivocal guilty verdict on the drug companies, the jury on Meirelles's storytelling abilities remains hung." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
The Constant Gardener (2005)84%
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"A cookie-cutter money-spinner, finely tooled for maximum profit, but utterly lacking timeless charm." -- Observer [UK]
Posted Jan 20, 2007
 
Over the Hedge (2006)73%
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Click here to read article -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 30, 2006
 
Dumplings (2004)n/a
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"Lumpen direction, lousy writing and pouting performances aside, the worst thing about Dead Man's Chest is its interminable length." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jul 15, 2006
 
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)54%
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"The film is rich, cultured and slightly tiresome." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jul 8, 2006
 
Heading South (2006)68%
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Click here to read article -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 24, 2006
 
Wolf (1994)62%
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"The last time Bullock and Reeves were together on screen the result was Speed. This should have been entitled Stop." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 24, 2006
 
The Lake House (2006)36%
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"It's smart, funny, and surprisingly visually discreet. Some scenes may leave you doubled-up, but the overall effect is, as the saying goes, better than a kick in the balls." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 24, 2006
 
Hard Candy (2005)67%
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Posted Jun 24, 2006
 
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)100%
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"There's enough bite in the dialogue and performances to provoke a hacking cough of approval, and the laugh-out-loud moments are many, not least in scenes featuring Rob Lowe's unctuous Hollywood agent." -- Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 24, 2006
 
Thank You For Smoking (2006)86%
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"Harlin's hamfisted horror-show offers an hour and a half of tooth-grinding boredom followed by 20 minutes of all-singing, all-dancing, knees-up stupidity." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 7, 2004
 
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)10%
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"Aja's rip-roaring romp certainly gives horror fans more than their money's worth." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Oct 6, 2004
 
High Tension (2005)40%
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"It's a head-bashing experience, by turns exhausting, exhilarating, and infuriating." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Apr 6, 2004
 
The Passion of the Christ (2004)50%
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Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
Rules of Engagement (2000)37%
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"It's a handsomely ugly affair, well dressed enough to make a few friends, but tough enough to make just as many enemies." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
Gangster No. 1 (2002)73%
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Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
A Room for Romeo Brass (2000)68%
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Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
Wild Side (1995)n/a
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"Idiotic beyond the point of redemption, this sinfully stupid farrago manages to insult audiences and critics, Christians and Satanists alike, reducing 2000 years of fertile mythology to the level of an incoherent pop video." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
End of Days (1999)12%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Dec 2, 2002
 
The Last Broadcast (1998)57%
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Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Mar 3, 2002
 
Pecker (1998)54%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Mar 3, 2002
 
The Ninth Configuration (1979)67%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Mar 3, 2002
 
8MM (1998)27%
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"Ends up straddling an uneasy divide between genuinely edgy artistry and bluntly indulgent bluster, leaving us uncertain whether it's the television show portrayed or the film itself that's the real turn-off." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Jun 7, 2001
 
Series 7: The Contenders (2001)71%
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Click here to read article -- Sight and Sound
Posted Apr 17, 2001
 
Any Given Sunday (1999)48%
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"If Brother does indeed succeed in shaking hands across the ocean, it will have been a compromise worth making." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Apr 13, 2001
 
Brother (2001)46%
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"A masterpiece, a brilliant dissection of recent US politics and the media by a scalpel-sharp screen sensibility." -- Sight and Sound
Posted Apr 13, 2001
 
The Insider (1999)96%

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