Jupiter Ascending
“Channing Tatum ‘skating’ through mid-air…is funny every time it happens, which is a lot.”
Third Person
“Plot points grow in banality… Haggis runs through the cliché handbook to carry the film forward.”
Oz the Great and Powerful
“Screenplay lumbers under the weight of too much exposition and corporate interference.”
Ted
“Seems to understand a feature film needs more substance than a 30-minute TV show can provide.”
Friends with Benefits
“A romantic comedy with this many unoriginal ideas can easily write itself.”
Black Swan
“A hypnotic, psycho-sexual thriller that plays like high-art horror.”
The Book of Eli
“Relies on a thoughtless narrative and plot twist, which does nothing to tie up loose ends.”
Extract
“The majority of the characters are one-trick ponies.”
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
“There is enough refreshing material and awkward deadpan to call it enjoyable.”