Great Movies from TotalFilm.com 
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Sifting through the reviews on TotalFilm.com to send you only the "very good" or "outstanding" new movies you shouldn't miss
The Cottage - DVD Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:21 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
Gooey, grue-y and frequently hilarious, The Cottage is a nifty suture of backwoods horror and graveyard comedy.
Hancock- Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:19 AM 0 comments
Attitude, brains and barbed humour: Hancock’s way better than production wobbles and years of development hell would have you expect. Cracking first half, solid second and some great ass gags. Good job.
Hancock- Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:19 AM 0 comments
Attitude, brains and barbed humour: Hancock’s way better than production wobbles and years of development hell would have you expect. Cracking first half, solid second and some great ass gags. Good job.
The Mist - Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:19 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
It’s no more Mr Nice Frank, as Darabont ditches feelgood humanism for a full-blooded creature feature that’s drenched in cynicism. The subtext clunks but there are enough vicious, viscous scares to satisfy.
Memories Of Underdevelopment - Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:18 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
A 40th anniversary re-release for one of the classics of so-called Third World revolutionary cinema.
Mamma Mia! - Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:16 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
A solid-gold songbook and the cast’s infectious gusto make for a terrifically entertaining experience, at a fraction of the cost of a West End ticket. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but take a chance and you’ll be thankful for the music.
The Bucket List -DVD Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:15 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman confront terminal illness with atypical joie-de-vivre in Rob Reiner’s uneven travelogue tragi-caper.
The Bucket List -DVD Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:15 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman confront terminal illness with atypical joie-de-vivre in Rob Reiner’s uneven travelogue tragi-caper.
The Forbidden Kingdom - Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:13 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
The historic pairing of Jackie and Jet may get fight fans worked up but this is ultimately just a Saturday morning flick for the under-13s.
The Forbidden Kingdom - Film Review
@ Jul 12, 2008 02:13 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 3 stars [good]
The historic pairing of Jackie and Jet may get fight fans worked up but this is ultimately just a Saturday morning flick for the under-13s.
Lust, Caution - DVD Review
@ Apr 24, 2008 01:44 PM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 5 stars [outstanding]
Appearance, deception and betrayal – these are the themes that run through Ang Lee’s startlingly versatile output...
A Mighty Heart - DVD Review
@ Feb 12, 2008 11:09 PM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 4 stars [very good]
With Pitt producing, Jolie starring and a tear-yanking real-life tale, cynics might have expected a dressed-up, awards-craving TV movie. Instead, this manages to be both a thoughtful exploration of a different culture, a provocative look at government and journalism and a tender story of true love.
Family Guy: Blue Harvest - DVD Review
@ Feb 12, 2008 11:08 PM 1 comment
TotalFim rating: 4 stars [very good]
The Family Guy makers squeeze the original Star Wars into bite-size, satirical form. Highlights include Stewie as Darth Vader and two Death Star superlaser operators bitching about the lack of Health & Safety.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - Film Review
@ Jan 23, 2008 03:53 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 4 stars [very good]
Another comedy winner; if you have to ask why, it’s because it involves the Knocked Up guy. Hilarious – even the Beatles bit, this looks set to be a hit.
Cloverfield - Film Review
@ Jan 23, 2008 03:41 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 4 stars [very good]
...From the moment the monster crashes the Manhattan work-leaving party ("I've seen it! It's alive!") Cloverfield absolutely does not stop. No asides, no let-ups, no languid mid-section swollen with bloodstained backstory. Just... a scorched and shattered city under attack from something unknowable, unkillable and unstoppable...
No Country For Old Men - Film Review
@ Jan 23, 2008 03:38 AM 0 comments
TotalFim rating: 5 stars [outstanding]
Tom and Jerry, cheese and crackers, Torvill and Dean… Some things are meant to go together. Add to that list the Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy, the ravaged, despairing, intensely violent landscapes so pitilessly evoked in the latter’s novels dovetailing with the bleak worldview exhibited in the scintillating crime thrillers of the former...
