The Movie Archive

All film reviews (46)

Reviews in order of review being written (alphabetical list by title in available in sitemap):

• Father Brown AKA The Detective (UK, 1954)
  Fun adaptation of a GK Chesterton story with Alec Guinness perfectly cast as the investigative cleric taking on the renowned cat burglar, Flambeau
  Rating: 7/10
• Earthquake (USA, 1974)
  Very much a disaster movie of two halves, but sadly the first half establishes characters about whom it is hard to care about in the second
  Rating: 5/10
• Cut Above, A AKA Gross Anatomy (USA, 1989)
  Plodding medical comedy which suffers from an unlikeable lead character and a lack of humour
  Rating: 3/10
• Doctor in the House (UK, 1954)
  The first (and best) of the long-running Doctor series sees a young Dirk Bogarde as a medical student under the tutelage of James Robertson Justice
  Rating: 9/10
• Murder Ahoy (UK, 1964)
  The fourth, final and least strong of the Margaret Rutherford Marple films is still enjoyable tosh
  Rating: 6/10
• Liquidator, The (UK, 1964)
  Rod Taylor hams it up as a would-be MI6 assassin in this enjoyable James Bond pastiche
  Rating: 7/10
• Mister Buddwing (USA, 1965)
  Atmospheric and intriguing film in which James Garner is an amnesiac stumbling around a hostile New York
  Rating: 6/10
• Nightmaster (AUS/CAN, 1987)
  Poor Australian ninja teen flick notable only for an early role for Nicole Kidman
  Rating: 2/10
• Italian Job, The (USA, 2003)
  Reimagining of the 1969 British classic, this heist-revenge-action film is standard fare enlivened by some inventive set pieces
  Rating: 6/10
• Hopscotch (USA, 1980)
  Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson outwit the world’s spy agencies in this sparkling caper
  Rating: 9/10
• Fire on the Amazon (USA/PERU, 1993)
  Dull Roger Corman exploitation film with Sandra Bullock as an eco-warrior investigating a murder in Bolivia
  Rating: 1/10
• London Suite AKA Neil Simon’s London Suite (USA, 1996)
  Unsuccessful attempt by Neil Simon to repeat the success of Plaza Suite and California Suite, this TVM is not worth your trouble
  Rating: 3/10
• Primal Species AKA Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (USA, 1996)
  A Roger Corman Jurassic-lite with rubber dinos and few thrills
  Rating: 2/10
• Truth about Charlie, The (USA, 2002)
  I can see why someone would want to remake Charade. I cannot understand why they would cast Mark Wahlberg in the Cary Grant role
  Rating: 4/10
• Animal Attraction AKA Someone Like You (USA, 2001)
  Contrived rom-com looks good but fails to satisfy, despite the best efforts of Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd
  Rating: 5/10
• Peacekeeper, The (USA, 1997)
  Nukes-in-peril DTV fare froth starring Dolph Lundgren and TV's Montel Williams
  Rating: 4/10
• Core, The (USA, 2003)
  Utter nonsense but entertaining sci-fi disaster movie in which Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart and a band of renegades have to save the world with made-up science
  Rating: 7/10
• Broken Hearts Club, The (USA, 2000)
  Meandering film about the lives and loves of a bunch of gay men and women living in early 2000s Los Angeles
  Rating: 5/10
• Paperback Hero (AUS, 1999)
  Australian rom-com which benefits from Hugh Jackman's pre-Hollywood charm and an engaging cast
  Rating: 7/10
• Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (CAN, 1986)
  Gentle, meandering film about love, life, coming home and starting over
  Rating: 6/10

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