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.

★ = Listed on IMDb’s “Top 250” when the review was written.

0-9

• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 3.5
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• 500 Days of Summer (2009) 2
• 2012 (2009)

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

• The Ugly Truth (2009) 3
• Underworld 4: Awakening (2012) 2
• Der Untergang (2004) 5 ★
• Up (2009) 4.8 ★

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

X

• X-Men: First Class (2011) 4

Y

• Y2K (1999) 3
• You’ve Got Mail (1998) 4
• Young Victoria, the (2009) 4.5
• Your Highness (2011) 1.2

Z

• Zombieland (2009) 4

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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

• Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend (2011) 2
• Natural World: Rumbles in the Jungle
• Too Poor for Posh School?