THE WORLD'S END [2013]

TWIST THE MELON, MAN!


2013, UK
Edgar Wright
10 // 10

Can you make a sci-fi comedy about alien robots that is not a sci-fi comedy about alien robots at all? Is it possible to present the British pub culture without giving it Al Murray's face? Have I been waiting with my The Sisters of Mercy tattoo for too long? There's only one way to find out!

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS [2011]

FOR THE FRENCH-HEARTED
(but not for the French)

2011, USA
Woody Allen
8 // 10

Are we one step closer to an ultimate Paris romantic comedy? Is any of that Parisian fantasy actually real? Rhinoceros? There's only one way to find out!

PACIFIC RIM [2013]

NEON GENESIS JEAGERMEISTER


2013, USA
Guillermo del Toro
3 // 10




Does every film need a story? Is it a good idea to target a $190 million production exclusively at illiterate twelve year old boys? Could it possibly get any worse? There's only one way to find out!

THE GREEN HORNET [2011]

THE ADVENTURES OF STINGLESS AND BUZZLESS

2011, USA
Michel Gondry
4 // 10



Why? Why? Why? There's only one way to find out!

THE THREE MUSKETEERS [2011]

SHUT UP, PLANCHET




2011, Germany/France/U.K./USA
Paul W.S. Anderson
4 // 10

Are the airships the way forward? Should we keep on pushing steampunk style all the way back to the Middle Ages? Is keeping the characters alive killing the story? There's only one way to find out!

ELYSIUM [2013]

IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOUR MARXIST SLOGANS

2013, USA
Neill Blomkamp
7 // 10




Is Neill Blomkamp the Ken Loach of science fiction? Is Sharlto Copley going to play a Biker Mouse from Mars next? Missing the shrimp yet? There's only one way to find out!

DREDD [2012]

BETWEEN SLY AND A HARD-FACE


2012, USA
Pete Travis
7 // 10




Is it OK to let the realism creep into our comic-book heroes' film adaptations? Couldn't we at least once have a Dredd with a proper jaw? Am I secretly missing the codpiece? There's only one way to find out!