Movie Reviews Index

All films on Film Intel are marked on the five star review system as defined below. Keep scrolling down for a full list of Film Intel reviews.

Reviews are presented here in alphabetical order. For an archive sortable by date and type of article, please see here.

Ratings System




One Star - Awful, perhaps even unwatchable at times. Significant and fundamental problems. Only appreciators of bad films should watch this. Go and play with a lion instead: more fun, less dangerous.




Two Stars - Really pretty bad. Some positive points make it worth watching if you're a genre fan but there's little here to recommend.




Three Stars - A good film but never approaching anywhere near greatness. Generally an easy watch with some noticeable problems.




Four Stars - Extremely good. Features many things that work well and is only held back by a few that don't.




Five Stars
- A classic, an absolute must watch. Very few films get the Film Intel five star award.



Film Index

0-9


101 Dalmatians (1996)
12 Angry Men
13 Assassins
1913 Massacre
2001: A Space Odyssey
2012
21 Jump Street (2012)
24: Day One
30 Days Of Night
30 Days Of Night: Dark Days
44 Inch Chest
50/50
(500) Days Of Summer

A

A Few Days In September
A Fistful Of Dollars
A Good Day To Die Hard
A Midnight Clear
A Night Too Young
A Perfect Getaway
A Prophet
A Royal Affair
A Scanner Darkly
A Shot In The Dark
A Single Man
The A-Team
Aaltra
Abel
About Schimdt
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Aeon Flux
Africa United
Age Of The Dragons
Agora
Air Force One
Albatross
Albert Nobbs
Alex Cross
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
Aliens
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Ambassador
The American
The American President
Amour
An American Werewolf In London
An Education
Anaconda
Animal Kingdom
Anonymous
Another Earth
Another Year
Anything For Her (Pour Elle)
Appaloosa
Arbitrage
Argo
Armadillo
Armored
The Army Of Crime
The Artist
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Attack The Block
August Rush
Australia
Avatar
Avengers Assemble
The Awakening
Away We Go

B

Babylon
Bad Boys
Bad Lieutenant (2009)
Bad Teacher
Bakumatsu Taiyô-den
Bananas
The Bank Job
Barbara
Batman
Batman & Robin
Batman Begins
Batman: Gotham Knight
Batman: Under The Red Hood
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
Battle: Los Angeles
Be Kind Rewind
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
The Beaver
Benda Bilili!
Bel Ami
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
Beowulf
Berberian Sound Studio
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Big Lebowski
The Big Picture
The Big Year
The Birth Of A Nation
Black Christmas (1974)
Black Dynamite
The Black Panther
Black Swan
The Blind Side
Blitz
Blood
The Blue Angel
Blue Valentine
The Boat That Rocked
Bobby
Bolt
Bonded By Blood
The Book Of Eli
The Bounty Hunter
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Box
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Brave
The Brave One
Bridesmaids
Broadcast News
Broken
Broken City
Bronson
The Brood
Brooklyn's Finest
Brothers (2009)
The Brothers Grimm
Buck
Budrus
Bullitt
Bunny And The Bull
Buried
Burke And Hare
Burn After Reading

C


The Cabin In The Woods
Captain America: The First Avenger
Capturing The Friedmans
Cargo 200
Carriers
Casablanca
Casino Jack
Casque d'Or
The Castle (1997)
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Cemetery Junction
Centurion
Cesar Et Rosalie
Changeling
Charles Bradley: Soul Of America
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie Wilson's War
Chasing Ice
Che: Part One
Che: Part Two
Chico & Rita
Children Of Men
Chinatown
Clash Of The Titans (2010)
Cleopatra (1934)
Click
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Cloverfield
Coco Before Chanel
Code 46
Cold Weather
Collaborator
Collapse
Colombiana
The Color Wheel
Compulsion
The Concert
Confessions Of A Shopaholic
Contagion
The Cold Light Of Day
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
Contraband
Control
Conviction
Cool Hand Luke
Coraline
Coriolanus
Cosmopolis
Countdown To Zero
The Counterfeiters
Cowboys & Aliens
The Crazies (2010)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Creation
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Cursed Be The Phosphate

D


Dark City
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Dark Shadows
Dark Skies
Das Testament Des Dr. Mabuse
Date Night
Day Of The Flowers
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
Daybreakers
Death Race 2000
The Debt
The Deep Blue Sea
Defendor
The Descendants
Despicable Me
Detachment
Detective Dee: Mystery Of The Phantom Flame
Dexter: Season 1
Dexter: Season 2
Dexter: Season 3
Dial M For Murder
Did You Hear About The Morgans?
Die Nibelungen
The Disappearance Of Alice Creed
District 9
Disturbia
Django Unchained
Domino
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2010)
Dorian Gray
Dougal And The Blue Cat
Dredd
Drive (2011)
The Driver
Due Date

E


The Eagle
Eastern Promises
Easy A
Echelon Conspiracy
Edge Of Darkness
Eight Men Out
Electrick Children
Elena
Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Elite Squad
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Enchanted
Encounters At The End Of The World
End Of Watch
Enemy Of The State
Ernest & Celestine
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
The Escapist
Everything Must Go
Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007
Evolution
Exam
Exit Through The Gift Shop
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
Extract
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec

F


Fair Game
Fallen
Falling Down
False Trail
Faust (2011)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Faster
Fast Five
Fear And Desire
Female Agents (Les Femmes De L'ombre)
Fifty Dead Men Walking
The Fighter
Flight
Flight Of The Navigator
Floating Weeds
Following
For A Few Dollars More
Four Brothers
Four Christmases
Four Lions
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Fright Night (1985)
Fright Night (2011)
From Hell
From Paris With Love
Frozen River
The Fugitive

G

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
Gangster Squad
The Game
Game Of Thrones: Season One
Game Of Thrones: Season Two
Game Of Thrones: Season Three
Gasland
Gate Of Hell
Get Low
Get Smart
The Ghost
Ghostbusters
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past
Ginger And Rosa
The Girl
Girl Shaped Love Drug
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Gnomeo & Juliet
Goldeneye
Gomorrah
Gone Baby Gone

Good
Goon
Grabbers
Gran Torino
Grave Of The Fireflies
The Great White Silence
The Green Hornet
Green Lantern
Green Zone
The Grey
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Guard
Guilty Of Romance

H

The Hangover
The Hangover Part II
Hanna
Happy People: A Year In The Taiga
Harry Brown

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part Two
Haywire
Headhunters
Heartbreaker
Heartless
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
The Help
Henry's Crime
Hereafter
Hierro
High Fidelity
Hitchcock
Hitman
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hole (2010)
Hollywood Homicide
Holy Motors
Home Alone 2
Hope Springs
Horrible Bosses
Hot Fuzz
The Hot Potato
Hot Tub Time Machine
The House I Live In
House On Haunted Hill
How Do You Know
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
How To Train Your Dragon
Hudson Hawk
Hugo
The Hunt
The Hunter
The Human Centipede
The Human Centipede 2
Humanity And Paper Balloons
Hunger
The Hunger Games
The Hunter
The Hurt Locker

I

I Am Number Four
I Have Always Been A Dreamer
I Love You Phillip Morris
I've Loved You So Long
The Ides Of March
Ill Manors
The Illusionist (2010)
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
The Impossible
The Imposter
In Another Country
In Bruges
In My Father's Den
In The Electric Mist
In The Hands Of The Gods
In The Loop
In The Valley Of Elah

Incendies
Inception
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
The Infidel
The Informant!
Ingenious
Inglourious Basterds
Inkheart
The Innkeepers
Inside Job
The Interrupters
Into The Abyss
Into The Wild
Intolerable Cruelty
Intruders
Invictus
Ironclad
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 3
The Island President
It's A Wonderful Life

J

J. Edgar
Jack Reacher
Jar City
Jaws
Jayne Eyre (2011)
JCVD
Jennifer's Body
Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
John Dies At The End
Jonah Hex
The Joneses
Joyeux Noel
Julia's Eyes
Jumper
Juno

Jurassic Park
Just Like Heaven

K

The Karate Kid
Kick-Ass
The Kids Are All Right
The Kid With A Bike
Kill List
Killer Elite
Killer Joe
Killers
Killing Them Softly
King Of Devil's Island
The King Of Kong
The King's Speech
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Knight And Day
Knocked Up

Knowing
Kôchiyama Sôshun
Kung-Fu Panda
Kung-Fu Panda 2
Kuroneko

L

La Città Delle Donne
La Haine
La Poison
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Las Acacias
The Last Boy Scout
Last Chance Harvey
The Last Dogs Of Winter
The Last Of The Mohicans
The Last Stand
Late August, Early September
Law Abiding Citizen
Lawless
Leatherheads
Leaving
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole
Legion
Les Cousins
Let Me In
Les Enfants Du Paradis
Les Misérables
Let The Right One In
Lethal Weapon 4
Lincoln (Ben)
The Lincoln Lawyer
Life In A Day
Life Of Brian
Limitless
Lions For Lambs
Live And Let Die
Lockout
Lola
London Boulevard
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Looper
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings - Extended Blu-ray Edition
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - Extended Blu-ray Edition
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King - Extended Blu-ray Edition
The Losers

Love And Other Drugs
Love Happens 
Love Is All You Need
The Loved Ones
The Lovely Bones

M


The Machinist
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Made In Dagenham
Magic Mike
Magpie
Malcolm X
Mama
Man Of Steel (Ben)
Man On A Ledge
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Man With The Golden Gun
Margaret
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
The Master
Master Plan
The Matrix
Me And Orson Welles
Me And You
The Mechanic (2011)
Meek's Cutoff
Mega Piranha
Megamind
Melancholia
Memories Of Murder
Men In Black
Men In Black 3
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Mesrine Part 1 & Part 2
Michael Clayton
Middle Men
Midnight Run
Mimic: The Director's Cut
Mirrors
Miss Bala
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission To Lars
Mitsuko Delivers
Moneyball
Monsters
Monsters, Inc. (by Ben)
Monsters University (by Ben)
Monsters Vs Aliens
Moon
Moonraker
Moonrise Kingdom
Morning Glory
Mother
Mr. Nice
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Much Ado About Nothing
The Murderer Lives At 21
Mumbai's King
Munich
The Muppets
My Week With Marilyn
My Sister's Keeper
My Soul To Take

N

The Naked Gun
The Naked Island
Near Dark
NEDs
The Net
Never Let Me Go
The Next Three Days
Ninja Assassin
No Country For Old Men
Nor'easter
North By Northwest
Not The Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy)
The Notebook
Now You See Me (Ben)
Nowhere Boy
The Numbers Station

O


Oblivion
Octopussy
Oedipus Rex
Of Gods And Men
Office Space
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Ong-Bak
Onibaba
The Other Guys
Outlander
Out Of Sight
Out Of The Blue
Oz The Great And Powerful

P


P2
P.S. I Love You
The Pacific
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Pandorum
ParaNorman
Park Row
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
Pathfinder
Perfect Sense
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Perrier's Bounty
Persepolis
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Pincus
The Pink Panther (1963)
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Planet 51
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Please Give
Point Blank
Police, Adjective
Post Tenebras Lux
Pontypool
Predator 2
Predators
Premium Rush
Pride And Glory
Priest
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
The Princess And The Frog
The Prisoner (2009)
The Prize (El Premio)
Prometheus
Proof Of Life
The Proposal
Psychosis
Public Enemies
Push

Q


Quantum Of Solace

R


Rabbit Hole
The Raid
Rampart
Rango
Rapt
Rare Exports
Rashomon
The Raven
The Reader
Reagan (2011)
Real Steel
The Rebound
[Rec]
[Rec] 2
[Rec] Génesis
RED
Red Lights
Redbelt
Red Hill
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Red State
Remember Me
Rendition

The Reptile
Resistance
Restrepo
The Return Of The Living Dead
Righteous Kill
Rio
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
The Rite
The Road
Road To Perdition
Robot & Frank
The Rock
RocknRolla
Robin Hood (2010)
RoGoPaG
Role Models
Ronin
Room 237
Rope
The Round Up
Route Irish
The Rum Diary
The Runaways

S


Safe
Safe House
Safe Men
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
Salt
Samsara (2012)
Santa's Slay
Scream 4
Searching For Sugar Man
Season Of The Witch
The Secret In Their Eyes
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Senna
Serenity
The Sessions
Seven Psychopaths
Seven Samurai
Shadow Dancer
Shame
Shanghai
Shaolin
Shaun Of The Dead (Ben)
The Shawshank Redemption
She's Out Of My League
Sherlock: Season One
Sherlock: Season Two
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
The Shining
Short Circuit
Shotgun Stories
Shutter Island
Side Effects (Ben)
The Siege
Sightseers
The Silence
Silent Hill: Revelation
The Silent House
Silver Linings Playbook
Simon Killer
Sin City
Sin Nombre
Sing Your Song
Skeletons
The Skin I Live In
Skyfall
Skyline
Snow White And The Huntsman
Snowtown
The Social Network
Solitary Man
Solomon Kane

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap
Sometimes They Come Back
Sound Of My Voice
Source Code
South Seas Adventure
Southland Tales
Speed Racer
Spies Like Us
Stag Night Of The Dead
Star Trek (2009)
Stealth
Stir Of Echoes
Stoker
Stolen Lives
Stone
Stones In Exile
Storage 24
Strangers On A Train
Stranger Than Fiction
Straw Dogs
Street Kings
Submarine
Sucker Punch
Sunshine Cleaning
Super 8
Superbad
Superman
Superman II
Superman III
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
Superman Returns
Surrogates
The Sweeney (2012)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Swing Vote

T


Tabu
Tabu (1931)
Take Shelter
Taken

Takers
The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009)
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Tangled
Ted
Tell No One
Terminator Salvation
Texas Killing Fields
Thank You For Smoking
That Summer
The Thing (2011)
This Ain't California
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Is It
This Must Be The Place
Thor
Three Days Of The Condor
Three Kings
The Time Traveller's Wife
Timecrimes
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (2011)
Tiny Furniture
To Kill A Beaver
Toomelah
Top Secret!
Total Recall (2012)
The Tourist
Tower Heist
The Town
Toy Story 3
Trance
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
The Transporter
The Tree Of Life
Treme: Season One
Treme: Season Two
Tremors
Triangle
TrollHunter
TRON: Legacy
Trouble In Paradise
Trouble With The Curve
True Grit
TT3D: Closer To The Edge
Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil
The Tunnel
Twilight
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part One
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two
Tyrannosaur
Tyson

U


The Ugly Truth
Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Unknown
Unstoppable
Up
Up In The Air

V


Valentine's Day
Vantage Point
Voice Of My Father
The Vow

W


W.
Waiting For Superman
Wake Wood
Wall Street
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Waltz With Bashir
Wanderlust
War Horse
War Of The Arrows
The War On Democracy
War Witch
Warm Bodies
Warrior
Warlock
Waste Land
Water For Elephants
The Way Back
We Have A Pope
We Need To Talk About Kevin
The Weather Man
West Of Memphis
Westworld
What Just Happened
When You're Strange
Where The Wild Things Are
The Whistleblower
White Material
The White Ribbon
Whiteout
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wild Bill
Wild Target
Win Win
Winnie The Pooh (2011)
Winter's Bone
The Wire: Season One
Withnail & I
wmd.
The Wolfman (2010)
The Woman In Black (2012)
Womb (Ben)
The Women
The World's End
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Wreck-It Ralph

X

The X-Files: Season 1
The X-Files: I Want To Believe
X-Men: First Class
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Y

The Yellow Sea
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Young Adult

Z

Zero Dark Thirty
Zodiac

Zombieland