The only real surprise is that the story follows such a predictable pattern. Some might call this tragedy; I call it lazy.

~ Martin Gray -

The only real surprise is that the story follows such a predictable pattern. Some might call this tragedy; I call it lazy.

~ Martin Gray -

Don't think for one second you won't spot where this is going after five minutes.

~ Martin Gray -

Don't think for one second you won't spot where this is going after five minutes.

~ Martin Gray -

'Pedestrian' is too racy a word to describe it.

~ Martin Gray -

'Pedestrian' is too racy a word to describe it.

~ Martin Gray -

If there's a message to be had it's that outwardly respectable men can be violent tossers, but that's hardly a revelation.

~ Martin Gray -

If there's a message to be had it's that outwardly respectable men can be violent tossers, but that's hardly a revelation.

~ Martin Gray -

Slight but sweet.

~ Martin Gray -

Slight but sweet.

~ Martin Gray -

Predictability thy name is Species.

~ Martin Gray -

Predictability thy name is Species.

~ Martin Gray -

This is satisfying stuff, with a tense script that delivers the requisite amount of jumpy bits while hanging on to just enough reality to make the truly outlandish moments stand out.

~ Martin Gray -

This is satisfying stuff, with a tense script that delivers the requisite amount of jumpy bits while hanging on to just enough reality to make the truly outlandish moments stand out.

~ Martin Gray -

We never know what's at stake for the characters, none of whom works as a sympathetic point of view protaganist.

~ Martin Gray -

It's nice to see that someone has been paying attention in Film Studies.

~ Martin Gray -

It's nice to see that someone has been paying attention in Film Studies.

~ Martin Gray -

A gem for lovers of great show tunes.

~ Martin Gray -

A gem for lovers of great show tunes.

~ Martin Gray -

One of Rent's better-known songs, Seasons of Love, tells us that a year is 525,600 minutes, but believe me, this film seemed an awful lot longer than that.

~ Martin Gray -

One of Rent's better-known songs, Seasons of Love, tells us that a year is 525,600 minutes, but believe me, this film seemed an awful lot longer than that.

~ Martin Gray -

A wonderful movie with a nice clear story, good good guys, bad bad guys, rather special effects . . . really, every department is on top form here.

~ Martin Gray -

A wonderful movie with a nice clear story, good good guys, bad bad guys, rather special effects . . . really, every department is on top form here.

~ Martin Gray -

There's an intriguing storyline, plenty of action and characterisation to spare, well-conveyed by a cast mostly unknown to me.

~ Martin Gray -

There's an intriguing storyline, plenty of action and characterisation to spare, well-conveyed by a cast mostly unknown to me.

~ Martin Gray -

This is no classic, it's formulaic stuff, but the quality performers prevent things getting to saccharine and preachy.

~ Martin Gray -

This is no classic, it's formulaic stuff, but the quality performers prevent things getting to saccharine and preachy.

~ Martin Gray -

There are a couple of pretty funny moments but for the most part director Shawn Levy's comedy struggles to raise a wry smile.

~ Martin Gray -

There are a couple of pretty funny moments but for the most part director Shawn Levy's comedy struggles to raise a wry smile.

~ Martin Gray -

If you didn't know this was Hitchcock you'd be hard-pressed to guess, with little of his classic cinematic vocabulary in evidence.

~ Martin Gray -

If you didn't know this was Hitchcock you'd be hard-pressed to guess, with little of his classic cinematic vocabulary in evidence.

~ Martin Gray -

There are two main problems with this film - firstly, you can see the emotional resolution coming a mile off, secondly, you're not actually sure what's happened by the end of play.

~ Martin Gray -

There are two main problems with this film - firstly, you can see the emotional resolution coming a mile off, secondly, you're not actually sure what's happened by the end of play.

~ Martin Gray -

That's not beer in the Marky Mark fridge, it's testosterone. And he's going to share it with you.

~ Martin Gray -

That's not beer in the Marky Mark fridge, it's testosterone. And he's going to share it with you.

~ Martin Gray -

This is, for Fincher, dull stuff indeed.

~ Martin Gray -

This is, for Fincher, dull stuff indeed.

~ Martin Gray -

While interesting from a historical point of view... it's not a great watch.

~ Martin Gray -

While interesting from a historical point of view... it's not a great watch.

~ Martin Gray -

It's not high art, but it's highly entertaining.

~ Martin Gray -

It's not high art, but it's highly entertaining.

~ Martin Gray -

This has everything you could want from a film set in the air. Except originality.

~ Martin Gray -

This has everything you could want from a film set in the air. Except originality.

~ Martin Gray -

Gaying by numbers.

~ Martin Gray -

Gaying by numbers.

~ Martin Gray -

A little gem... one of the best comedies around.

~ Martin Gray -

A little gem... one of the best comedies around.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're in the mood for a nicely crafted, well-acted, thoroughly entertaining time-filler featuring familiar faces who are well within their comfort zone, you could do far worse.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're in the mood for a nicely crafted, well-acted, thoroughly entertaining time-filler featuring familiar faces who are well within their comfort zone, you could do far worse.

~ Martin Gray -

I know this sounds mean, but this is one of the worst films I've ever had to sit through.

~ Martin Gray -

I know this sounds mean, but this is one of the worst films I've ever had to sit through.

~ Martin Gray -

The feel of this film is sumptuous - convincingly recreated mid-century sets, an evocative soundtrack, gorgeous gowns for the women and smart suits for the guys.

~ Martin Gray -

The feel of this film is sumptuous - convincingly recreated mid-century sets, an evocative soundtrack, gorgeous gowns for the women and smart suits for the guys.

~ Martin Gray -

The real power in the town of Dante's Cove is cheese... and if you're in the mood for campy smut, it's a pretty decent cheese.

~ Martin Gray -

The real power in the town of Dante's Cove is cheese... and if you're in the mood for campy smut, it's a pretty decent cheese.

~ Martin Gray -

This is the time of year when I want buckets of forced sentiment with my overpriced cola, but this film felt cold despite the lack of snow

~ Martin Gray -

This is the time of year when I want buckets of forced sentiment with my overpriced cola, but this film felt cold despite the lack of snow

~ Martin Gray -

A warm, wise and witty examination of male/female relations so grounded in the real that makes Sex and the City look as insightful as a stool softener TV ad.

~ Martin Gray -

A warm, wise and witty examination of male/female relations so grounded in the real that makes Sex and the City look as insightful as a stool softener TV ad.

~ Martin Gray -

Elevated by sharp direction from Peter Cornwell in his feature debut.

~ Martin Gray -

Elevated by sharp direction from Peter Cornwell in his feature debut.

~ Martin Gray -

I don't believe this is the end. We've not had Finally, Finaller or Finalest Destination yet

~ Martin Gray -

I don't believe this is the end. We've not had Finally, Finaller or Finalest Destination yet

~ Martin Gray -

What makes this film so good is writer/director Todd Graff, who coaxes terrific performances from his young cast and really makes you care about them and their silly teenage travails.

~ Martin Gray -

What makes this film so good is writer/director Todd Graff, who coaxes terrific performances from his young cast and really makes you care about them and their silly teenage travails.

~ Martin Gray -

Director Jaume Collet-Serra proves a master of pace, beginning slowly and ratcheting up the tension, rendering any part of the cinema seat other than the edge irrelevant.

~ Martin Gray -

Director Jaume Collet-Serra proves a master of pace, beginning slowly and ratcheting up the tension, rendering any part of the cinema seat other than the edge irrelevant.

~ Martin Gray -

Meatballs doesn't bother throwing much at the audience, it uses 3D technology mainly to add depth rather than extend the action outwards.

~ Martin Gray -

Meatballs doesn't bother throwing much at the audience, it uses 3D technology mainly to add depth rather than extend the action outwards.

~ Martin Gray -

To say the characterisation in Fame is cursory would be like calling Titanic short.

~ Martin Gray -

To say the characterisation in Fame is cursory would be like calling Titanic short.

~ Martin Gray -

An absorbing time passer.

~ Martin Gray -

An absorbing time passer.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're an emotional teenage girl, take a tissue. If you're not, take a cushion, for this is a film that lasts about three days. And a sickbag.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're an emotional teenage girl, take a tissue. If you're not, take a cushion, for this is a film that lasts about three days. And a sickbag.

~ Martin Gray -

Martin Freeman is such a great actor that no matter how outlandish the film's events, it's grounded.

~ Martin Gray -

Martin Freeman is such a great actor that no matter how outlandish the film's events, it's grounded.

~ Martin Gray -

The Wolfman is no one's definition of High Art, but it's great craft.

~ Martin Gray -

The Wolfman is no one's definition of High Art, but it's great craft.

~ Martin Gray -

This is an entertaining time passer which should keep the kids happy.

~ Martin Gray -

This is an entertaining time passer which should keep the kids happy.

~ Martin Gray -

What we get insults the intelligence - no one would follow Britt Reid into a donut shop, never mind a life or death battle.

~ Martin Gray -

What we get insults the intelligence - no one would follow Britt Reid into a donut shop, never mind a life or death battle.

~ Martin Gray -

The slow-building tension of the stage play is still there, but the added narrative space sees room for for Grand Guignol shocks aplenty.

~ Martin Gray -

The slow-building tension of the stage play is still there, but the added narrative space sees room for for Grand Guignol shocks aplenty.

~ Martin Gray -

Truth be told, I wept buckets.

~ Martin Gray -

Truth be told, I wept buckets.

~ Martin Gray -

The ingredients are perfect for an over-the-top frightfest, as monsters of the inhuman and human variety fight for control of the hospital, and the residents' souls.

~ Martin Gray -

The ingredients are perfect for an over-the-top frightfest, as monsters of the inhuman and human variety fight for control of the hospital, and the residents' souls.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're a fan of the strips, there's nothing much new here, but that's part of the charm - seeing favourite sequences come to 'life'.

~ Martin Gray -

If you're a fan of the strips, there's nothing much new here, but that's part of the charm - seeing favourite sequences come to 'life'.

~ Martin Gray -