It's often the most slender plots that make for the best scripts because they force writers to work harder, but there's no indication of anything resembling work having gone into this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It's often the most slender plots that make for the best scripts because they force writers to work harder, but there's no indication of anything resembling work having gone into this.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

The Town sets aside stylish thriller tropes in favour of realism, which makes the action scenes a lot more visceral and the characters rougher round the edges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Town sets aside stylish thriller tropes in favour of realism, which makes the action scenes a lot more visceral and the characters rougher round the edges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

All-in-all... it’s merely OK.

~ Tony Sullivan -

All-in-all... it’s merely OK.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The pace is well controlled and never too breathless to lose direction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The pace is well controlled and never too breathless to lose direction.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The problem with The Report is that despite this ongoing relevance, its powerful subject matter, the capable cast and an impressive script, it never builds up the impetus it ought to have.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The problem with The Report is that despite this ongoing relevance, its powerful subject matter, the capable cast and an impressive script, it never builds up the impetus it ought to have.

~ Jennie Kermode -

What starts as an almost domestic story involving a couple of low-rent hoods will gradually morph into a game of high stakes with unlikely players and a plotline that takes its cue from events in the real world full of corporate rather than card sharks.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

What starts as an almost domestic story involving a couple of low-rent hoods will gradually morph into a game of high stakes with unlikely players and a plotline that takes its cue from events in the real world full of corporate rather than card sharks.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The plotting, though not without cliche, retains a satisfyingly robust quality - dense enough to keep you intrigued without becoming overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The plotting, though not without cliche, retains a satisfyingly robust quality - dense enough to keep you intrigued without becoming overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The narrative depth also accrues gently, like sedimentary layers, as the film progresses, looking deceptively slight at first but gradually building into something more profound.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The narrative depth also accrues gently, like sedimentary layers, as the film progresses, looking deceptively slight at first but gradually building into something more profound.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

In a day and age where the majority of television is frustratingly geared towards impatient audiences, a show like Mad Men is a refreshing experience

~ Stephen Carty -

In a day and age where the majority of television is frustratingly geared towards impatient audiences, a show like Mad Men is a refreshing experience

~ Stephen Carty -

Minions is very funny.

~ Jane Fae -

Minions is very funny.

~ Jane Fae -

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

~ Jeff Robson -

The real standout performance is Franco’s.

~ Jeff Robson -

Save the planet, buy Citizen Quartz watches and eat at McDonalds!

~ Tony Sullivan -

Save the planet, buy Citizen Quartz watches and eat at McDonalds!

~ Tony Sullivan -

This isn't just light but unserious. One has the sense that those involved were having fun and watching it so did I.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This isn't just light but unserious. One has the sense that those involved were having fun and watching it so did I.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A thriller that, although it could have done with judicious editing at the beginning and end, nonetheless delivers laughs, shocks and, most importantly, that sense of satisfaction that only comes when puzzle pieces come together with a resounding click

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A thriller that, although it could have done with judicious editing at the beginning and end, nonetheless delivers laughs, shocks and, most importantly, that sense of satisfaction that only comes when puzzle pieces come together with a resounding click

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is not a serious film, rather a parody. Every attribute of style over content is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not a serious film, rather a parody. Every attribute of style over content is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Whenever she and Lumley leave the screen the energy level sags faster than 60-year-old eye bags without Botox.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Whenever she and Lumley leave the screen the energy level sags faster than 60-year-old eye bags without Botox.

~ Amber Wilkinson -