Reviews

Theoretically a good plot, a good idea. But poorly executed, lacking the suspense and charisma this could have provided. There are too many gaps and holes in the storyline. A shame as this could have been a decent thriller.

Starts reasonable honestly, a promising storyline about two female hustlers which, unfortunately, hooks you into 80 more minutes of drab poorly written and executed nonsense.

This is dark, well made, grim, gothic, and sometimes grissly in its visual representation of Victorian England.

This is superb. Don't watch it if you are expecting a bright adaptation. Watch it with fresh neutral eyes and you shall enjoy this.

This is a true masterpiece. The acting, the photography, the storyline is superb. This is a gripping series which should cannot be compared with The Walking Dead.

Good acting but let down by incoherent direction and poor screenplay. What starts as an intriguing story, soon denegrades into a plot that doesn't move anywhere. Whatever sympathies we have for some of the characters disappears into confusion. Few of the storylines reach a point where we still care. Prepare for disappointment.....

This is a very different -- but welcome -- addition to the collage of films, cartoons and shows that portray the great Christmas story. There is nothing wrong with this being different, don't watch it if you want a simple, faithful retelling which will never meet up to your expectations and the perfections established by the excellent films. This *needs* to be different, this needs to be an alternative telling of the timeless masterpiece. Watch this with the most open of minds, and you most probably will not be disappointed.

Good 'ol classic British comedy. Highly original, eloquently woven together to form a beautifully crafted light comedy. It was never going to be easy connecting so many renown actors/actresses, but this has been handled extraordinarily well.

The story of Katrina (Kate), working as an elf full time, meets a wonderful gentleman and realises that she's quite heartless. Superbly executed and wonderful characterisation. Katrina has a little Bridget Jones about her and this is t a typical low budget seasonal flick.

This is a world war 2 documentary like no other. It contains a brilliant musical overture, often haunting but superbly executed. The narration is good, but the biggest plays is the colour footage which brings the war alive like no other documentary.

Inevitably, comparisons will be drawn with the masterpiece "The World at War". These are unfair comparisons. This documentary had its own angle and story and special way of telling it.

A very moving story, painful to watch and very touching. However, this documentary is poorly constructed, terribly repititive and stretched out to a point the impact of often lost.

How does one end one of the most successful TV stories of all time? What possible ending could have satisfied us all? Whichever combination of possible endings we think about would have upset a large contingent of fans. In the end, this is the subtelest of endings,

It's difficult.

It's fair to say that this is a fitting climax not only to the avengers movies, but a large section of the Marvel universe. The film is action packed, generally keeps you at the edge of your seat, and remains faithful to the characters. It's long, but quite necessarily so.

Quite difficult to watch despite my sentimental attachments to this franchise. This film was one film too fat. Struggles with story, plot and acting. Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the plot was drummed up on the fly. However, if you are as attached to the Dracula/Frankenstein/Universal franchise as I am, you will watch this (and most pro a lot enjoy it!)

This is one of the better additions to the films of Christian faith. The film attempts to (correctly) recast the life of Mary Magdalene as a faithful companion to Jesus, a woman of great faith responsible for the growth of early Christianity. This is done well and the delivery is superb. However, one has to questin whether it was at all necessary to go into political correctness overdrive.

This was a good opportunity to divert the franchise away somewhat from the original films and create a niche space. However, it relies largely on the formula of the originals. The acting is dry and overacted, the dialogue is dry and often uninspiring and the characters are unengaging. Nevertheless, this is certainly worth a watch

Starts of promisingly, first two episodes are excellent (8stars), but then the producers realise that they need to milk this one for every ounce of potential scandal mongering juice. So from episode 3 there is a distinct editorial drag. Elements of the scandal are dragged out, stretched and elongated well beyond any useful value. Elements sitting at the periphery of the scandal are dragged kicking and screaming into unnecessarily lengthy focus.

What a shame :-(

An excellent adaption of a masterpiece is almost ruined at the BBC's attempt to take political correctness to dizzying heights. There were most probably very few if any black people in France at this time - let alone a black policeman (a sergeant at that).

If you can filter this (major) distraction out of the film, this is not a bar adaption at all. Mesmerising in its delivery and very entertaining.

Bad moms starts extremely well, you're pretty much hooked and the film presents itself as a reasonably original romp. However, at some point maybe half an hour in, it gravitates into becoming a pointless swear fested pretty plotless chick-flick. It appears that the writers ran out of ideas and allowed the director and actors to make it up as they went along...

There's a mixed bag of reviews for this film, terrible - self-indulgent and a "masterpiece". In fact it's both. Terribly confusing if you want a dialogue driven plot but frustrating if you can't fill in all the gaps.

In the end the cinematography is par excellence, the photography is brilliant, and generally the film keeps you ticking along wanting to know where it all ends

The reviews aren't wrong. This had a lot of promise, it could have been groundbreaking, but it ends up being a sequence of clichéd jokes about rich Chinese people. Don't get me wrong, it could be funny - just as Bend it like Beckham was a funny Indian flick which delivered Asian clichés but did it well. Crazy Rich Asians doesn't, it does it pretty badly.

However, there are some very tolerable and somewhat funny moments.

This is a superb film, acting is brilliant, screencasting superb. Photography is absorbing and the delivery is quite simply unbelievable!! What an amazing piece of work. If you haven't seen this, seek it out and lock yourself away for what will be an unforgettable two hours. This is the best of the numerous Oliver Twist films.