Last updated: 15 May 2014
Film Reviews and TV Miniseries Reviews
A missing rating means I wrote the review before I started using a ratings system. All are marks out of 5.
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A
- A Knight’s Tale (2001) 4
- A Room with a View (1985) 3.5
- A Young Doctor’s Notebook (2012) 5
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) 3.5
- The Accidental Husband (2008) 5
- The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) 5
- An Ideal Husband (1999) 3
- Alice (2009) 4
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) 3.9
- Along Came Polly (2004) 3.5
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 4
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- American Beauty (1999) 4.8
- Angels & Demons (2009) 3.5
- Animal Farm (1999) 2
- Anna and the King (1999) 4
- Anna Karenina (1997) 3
- Annie (1982)
- Another Country (1984) 3
- Another Woman’s Husband (2000) 3
- Atonement (2007) 4
- Attack the Block (2011) 3.5
- Australia (2008) 5
- Avengers Assemble (2012) 5 ★
B
- Back to the Secret Garden (2001) 1.8
- Battle Royale (2000) 4
- Becoming Jane (2007) 4
- Bedazzled (2000) 3
- Bee Movie (2007) 3
- Beetlejuice (1988) 3
- Beowulf (2007) 3
- Between the Sheets (2003) 3.5
- Beyond Sherwood Forest (2009) 1
- The Big Lebowski (1998) 4 ★
- The Birdcage (1996) 4
- The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2011) 4.5
- Bloody Sunday (2002) 4.5
- The Boat That Rocked (2009) 3.7
- The Bodyguard (1992) 2
- Boogie Nights (1997) 4.5
- Born Romantic (2000)
- The Borrowers (1997) 2
- The Borrowers (2011) 3.7
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) 5
- Boys Don’t Cry (1999) 3
- Brassed Off (1996) 4.5
- Braveheart (1995) 3.6
- Brazil (1985) 1.5
- The Breakfast Club (1985) 4.5
- Bride & Prejudice (2004)
- Bright Star (2009) 3.5
- Buffy the vampire Slayer (1992) 2
- Bugsy Malone (1976) 3.7
C
- The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 3.7
- Calendar Girls (2003) 4
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 3.5
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 4.7
- Cars (2006) 4
- The Cat and the Canary (1978) 2.8
- Charlie (2004) 3.6
- Cherry Falls (2000)
- Choke (2008) 3
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)
- Clueless (1995) 2.9
- Cold and Dark (2005) 2
- Conan the Barbarian (2011) 3
- Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) 2
- Confetti (2006) 4
- Countdown to Chaos (1999) 3
- The Craft (1996) 2
- Creation (2009) 4
- The Crimson Petal and the White (2010) 4
- The Crying Game (1992) 3
- Cutthroat Island (1995) 3
D
- Dark Harbor (1998)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 4.4
- Dark Shadows (2012) 3.7
- David Copperfield (1999) 3
- Day of Wrath (1943) 3.7
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) 3.4
- Daybreakers (2009) 4
- Dean Spanley (2008) 4.7
- Defiance (2008) 4.5
- Definitely, Maybe (2008) 4
- Derailed (2005) 1
- Despicable Me (2010) 4
- Det sjunde inseglet (1957) 2 ★
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 3.7
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
- The Disappeared (2008) 4
- District 9 (2009) 5 ★
- Doctor Dolittle (1998) 3
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) 2
- Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006) 2.9
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 4 ★
- Dog Soldiers (2002) 3
- Dorian Gray (2009) 3
- Doubt (2008) 4.5
- Downfall (2004) 5 ★
- Dragnet (1987) 2
- Dragonball Evolution (2009) 1
- Dredd 3D (2012) 2.8
- The Duchess (2008) 4
- Duplicity (2009) 2
- Død snø / Dead Snow (2009)
E
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) 4.5
- Elizabethtown (2005) 4
- Enchanted (2007) 5
- Enduring Love (2004) 3
- The English Patient (1996) 3.8
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) 3
- Enid (2009) 4.8
- Epic Movie (2007) 1
- Eragon (2006) 2
- Evolution’s Child (1999) 3.3
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) 2.5
- The Exorcist (1973) 3 ★
- The Expendables (2010) 1.7
- The Expendables 2 (2012) 2
F
- Face Value: The Marla Hanson Story (1991) 3.5
- Faintheart (2008) 3.4
- Fanny Hill (2007) 3
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 2.5
- Fight Club (1999) 4.7 ★
- Finding Neverland (2004) 5
- Fools Rush In (1997) 3
- For My Daughter’s Honor (1996) 4
- The Fountain (2006) 3
- Four Lions (2010) 4
- Frágiles – Fragile (2005) 4
- Frankenstein (1994) 4
- Franklyn (2008) 3
- French Kiss (1995) 3
- Frighteners (1996) 4
- From Time to Time (2009) 4
- Frozen (2005) 2
- Full Frontal (2002) 1.7
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) 3.8 ★
- The Full Monty (1997) 4
G
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) 1.5
- Galaxy Quest (1999) 3
- Garden State (2004) 3.5
- Genova (2008) 3.9
- Geronimo (1993) 4
- Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) 2.5
- The Girl Next Door (2004) 2
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) 3.4
- Gladiator (2000) 4 ★
- The Glass Virgin (1995) 3.9
- The Golden Compass (2007) 5
- The Golden Hour (2005) 2.5
- Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) 2.5
- The Goonies (1985) 2.9
- Gosford Park (2001) 4
- Great Expectations (1998) 3.6
- Great Expectations (2011) 3
- The Great Gatsby (2000) 2.5
- Green Lantern (2011) 2.75
- Gremlins (1984) 4
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 3
H
- Hairspray (1988) 4
- Hairspray (2007) 1.5
- Hallam Foe (2007) 2.9
- Hamlet 2 (2008) 4
- Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003) 3.5
- The Happening (2008) 1.5
- Harry Brown (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 4.5
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 5 ★
- The Haunting (1963) 4
- The Haunting (1999) 2
- He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) 3.5
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) 4.6
- Hide and Seek (2005) 4
- The Hitcher (2007) 1.8
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) 2.5
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) 4
- The Hobbit 1: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 4 ★
- The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) 3.6 ★
- The Holiday (2006) 3.7
- Hot Fuzz (2007) 4.2
- Hot Shots! (1991) 3.7
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) 3
- Huge (2010) 3.5
- Hulk (2003) 1.8
- Hunger (2008) 5
- The Hunger Games 1: The Hunger Games (2012) 3.5
- The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire (2013) 4
I
- I Love You to Death (1990) 3.7
- If Only (2004) 3.2
- The Illusionist (2006) 3.4
- Immortal Beloved (1994) 3
- The Impressionists (2006) 4
- In Bed with Santa (1999) 3
- In Bruges (2008) 4.8
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2007)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994) 3
- Inception (2010) 4 ★
- The Incredibles (2004) 3.5 ★
- Indecent Seduction (1996) 4
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) 5 ★
- Inspector Gadget (1999) 1.5
- The Invention of Lying (2009) 4
- Invincible (2001) 3
- Iron Man 3 (2013) 4.5
- Iron Road (2008) 4
- Iron Sky (2012) 4.5
- The Italian Job (1969) 2.6
J
- Jane Eyre (1934) 1
- Jane Eyre (1943)
- Jane Eyre (1949) 1
- Jane Eyre (1970)
- Jane Eyre (1973)
- Jane Eyre (1983) 4.5
- Jane Eyre (1996)
- Jane Eyre (1997)
- Jane Eyre (2006) ?
- Jane Eyre (2011) 4
- Jane Eyre (2011) 4 – by Nan
- Jersey Girl (2004) 4
- John Carter (2012) 2.7
- Juno (2007) 5
- Jurassic Park (1993) 4
K
- Kate & Leopold (2001) 4
- The Keep (1983) 1
- Keeping Mum (2005) 4.5
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- Kick-Ass 2 (2013) 4
- The King’s Speech (2010) 5
- Kinsey (2004) 4
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) 4
- Knowing (2009) 3
L
- La Vie en Rose / La Môme (2007) 4.8
- Lady and the Tramp (1955) 4
- Lady Chatterley (2006) 4
- Lady in the Water (2006) 3.8
- The Lake House (2006) 3
- The Langoliers (1995) 2.5
- The Last Airbender (2010)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) 3
- Leap Year (2010) 3
- Legends of the Fall (1994) 4
- Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1997) 3
- Les Miserables (1978) 3.5
- Les Misérables (1998) 3
- Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) 2.65
- Liar Liar (1997)
- The Libertine (2004) 2.5
- Limitless (2011) 4
- Logan’s Run (1976) 1.9
- Love Potion #9 (1992) 1.8
- Love’s Abiding Joy (2006) 2-3
- Love’s Long Journey (2005) 3
- Love’s Unending Legacy (2007) 2
- Love’s Unfolding Dream (2007) 2
- The Lovely Bones (2009) 4
- Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (2008) 4 ★
M
- The Madness of King George (1994) 4
- Maid in Manhattan (2002) 3.5
- Mamma Mia! (2008) 1
- The Man (2005) 3
- Man of Steel (2013) 3.6
- Marley & Me (2008) 4
- Mary Poppins (1964) 4
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) 3.8
- Matilda (1996) 3
- Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000) 2
- Men in Black III (2012) 4
- Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009) 4
- Miss Congeniality (2000) 3
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) 2.8
- Miss Marie Lloyd (2007)
- Miss Potter (2006) 3.7
- Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol (2011) 3.5
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) 4.5
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) 3.5
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 4
- Music and Lyrics (2007) 3
- My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) 3
- My Brilliant Career (1979) 4
- My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003) 3.5
- Mystic Pizza (1988) 2.7
- Mystic River (2003) 5 ★
N
- Nanny McPhee (2005) 4
- Nativity! (2009) 3.5
- Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012) 1.2
- The New World (2005) 4
- North & South (2004) 5
- North to Alaska (1960) 3
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001) 3.7
O
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001) 4
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 5 ★
- Only You (1994) 3
- Orphan (2009) 3.5
- Outlander (2008) 3
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 3.5
P
- P.S. I Love You (2007) 4
- Pacific Rim (2013) 2
- Paul (2011) 3.5
- Pearl Harbor (2001) 2.8
- Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (2010) 3.8
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) 3.4
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
- Perrier’s Bounty (2009) 4
- Persuasion (2007) 1.5
- The Philadelphia Experiment (2012) 1.6
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) 4
- Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (2011) 3
- The Pope Must Die (1991) 1.8
- Practical Magic (1998) 5
- Premonition (2007) 2
- The Prestige (2006) 4.8 ★
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) 5
- Prizzi’s Honor (1985) 2
- Prometheus (2012) 4
- The Proposal (2009) 3
- Pulp Fiction (1994) 2 ★
Q
- Quills (2000) 4.5
R
- Raising Arizona (1987) 2
- Raising Helen (2004)
- The Reader (2008) 4.8
- Rebecca (1940) 3.8 ★
- Rebel Heart (2001) 5
- RED (2010) 3.9
- Red Faction: Origins (2011) 2.5
- Red Riding Hood (2011) 3
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) 2.8
- Rumor Has It… (2005) 3
- Runaway Bride (1999)
S
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) 2
- Salem Witch Trials (2002) 3.4
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) 3
- Scent of a Woman (1992) 4.5
- Schindler’s List (1993) 5 ★
- Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) 4.4
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) 3.8
- The Secret Garden (1975) 3
- The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012) 3.8
- The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) 5
- Se7en (1995) 4.6 ★
- The Seventh Seal (1957) 2 ★
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 5 ★
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows (2011) 3.7
- The Shining (1980) 3.5 ★
- Short Cuts (1993) 2
- Shrek Forever After (2010) 3.6
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 4 ★
- The Skeleton Key (2005) 4
- Skin (2008)
- Skyfall (2012) 4 ★
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993) 3.75
- Smart People (2008) 4
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) 3.5
- Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) 3
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)
- Solomon Kane (2009) 3
- Something’s Gotta Give (2003) 4.2
- Sparkhouse (2002) 4
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) 3.8
- The Spirit (2008)
- St Trinian’s (2007) 4
- St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold (2009) 3
- Stand by Me (1986) 4.2 ★
- Star Trek (2009) 4.8 ★
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 5 ★
- Stealing Heaven (1988) 3
- The Stepford Wives (2004) 3
- Stephen King’s The Langoliers (1995) 2.5
- Stephen King’s The Shining (1997) 3.8
- Stir of Echoes (1999) 4
- Stormbreaker (2006) 3
- The Stranger (1946) 4.5
- Sucker Punch (2011) 1.4
- Sunshine (2007) 4
- Super (2010) 5
T
- Tangled (2010) 4
- Tea with Mussolini (1999) 3.7
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
- Terminator Salvation (2009) 3.5
- The Thing (2011) 3
- The Third Man (1949) 4 ★
- Thelma & Louise (1991) 4
- Thor (2011) 4
- Thor: The Dark World (2013) 4
- The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
- Tiger Bay (1959) 4
- Time Bandits (1981) 3.75
- Titanic (1997) 5
- Titanic (2012) 4
- Tomten är far till alla barnen (1999) 3
- Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 2
- Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (2011) 2.3
- Treasure Island (2012) 4
- Tristan + Isolde (2006) 3
- TRON (1982) 4
- TRON: Legacy (2010) 2
- Tropic Thunder (2008) 5
- The Truman Show (1998) 4.2 ★
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) 4
- Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) 4
- The Turn of the Screw (1999) 2
- The Twilight Saga 1: Twilight (2008) 2
- The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon (2009) 1.8
- The Twilight Saga 3: Eclipse (2010) 1
- The Twilight Saga 4: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) 1
- The Twilight Saga 5: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) 3
U
V
- Valkyrie (2008)
- Vera Drake (2004) 4.5
- Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret (1980) 4
- Vicar of Dibley: Holy Wholly Happy Ending (2006) 5
- Vredens dag (1943) 3.7
W
- WALL·E (2008) 5 ★
- Watchmen (2009) 4.5
- Wedding Daze (2006) 2
- White Noise (2005) 3
- Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story (2010) 3.5
- The Wicker Man (1973) 4
- The Wicker Man (2006) 1
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 3.5
- Wimbledon (2004) 3
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) 4
- The Witches of Oz (2011) 1.6
- Witchville (2010) 1.8
- With or Without You (1999) 4
- Witness (1985) 4.2
- Wolf (1994) 3
- The Wolverine (2013) 4
- The Woman in Black (2012) 4.8
- Women in Love (2011) 2
- The Woodlanders (1997) 3.4
- Working Girl (1988) 3
- The World’s End (2013) 3.9
- Wuthering Heights (1978) 1.5
- Wuthering Heights (1998)
- Wuthering Heights (2011) 2.5
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TV Series/Seasons Reviews and TV Episode Reviews
- Alcatraz: Series 1 (2012) 3.7
- Alphas: Series 1 (2011) 4
- Brothers & Sisters 4: ep. 1-2
- Camelot: Series 1 (2011) 3.4
- The Day of the Triffids
- Dead Boss: Series 1 (2012) 4.6
- Dexter: 8.12
- Dirk Gently: Pilot (2010) 1.75, Series 1 (2012) 4
- Downton Abbey: Series 1 (2010) 5, Series 2 (2011) 5, Series 3 (2012) 5
- Emma (2009): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- The Fades: Series 1 (2011) 4
- Falling Skies: Series 1 (2011) 4
- The Flying Doctors: See Coopers Crossing
- Game of Thrones: Series 1 (2011) 5
- Grimm: Series 1 (2011) 4
- Horrible Histories 3: ep. 1-3, 4-5, 6-7
- Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry (1.1)
- Inspector George Gently: Gently Go Man (2007) 5
- Marple: Ordeal by Innocence (2007) 3
- Moving On: 3.5
- Plebs: Series 1 (2013) 4.8
- Pretty Little Liars: Series 1
- Robin Hood: Series 3
- Sharpe’s: Battle, Company, Eagle, Enemy, Gold, Honour, Regiment, Rifles, Siege, Sword
- Skins 5.1 (2011)
- Spooks 8: ep. 1, ep. 2, ep. 3, ep. 4, ep. 5, ep. 6, ep. 7, ep. 8
- Spooks 9: ep. 1, ep. 2, ep. 3, ep. 4, ep. 5, ep. 6, ep. 7, ep. 8
- Spy: Series 1 (2011) 4.7
- Starlings: Series 1 (2012) 5, Series 2 (2013) 5
- Strike Back 1: ep. 1+2, ep. 3, ep. 4, ep. 5+6
- Strike Back: Project Dawn
- This is Jinsy 5
- Up the Women: Series 1 (2013) 4
- Utopia: Series 1 (2013) 5
- Vexed: 2.1
- Warehouse 13
- Wuthering Heights (2009): Part 1, Part 2
TV Documentary Reviews