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Colin Kennedy

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 54% 3/5 EDIT “Liam Neeson has manfully carried the action on his shoulders throughout (the subsequent prequels desperately miss him) and his final words...provide the movie with its only real weight.” – Empire Magazine Apr 16, 2025 Full Review Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011) 23% 2/5 EDIT “With any luck, the pre-teen audience will have as big a lark as [Robert] Rodriguez but this fourth film does seem cruder and ruder than the first three in the series.” – metro.co.uk Sep 1, 2017 Full Review The Guard (2011) 94% 4/5 EDIT “The Guard can sometimes be a touch too clever for its own good such as when the villains discuss their favourite philosophers but quality acting keeps things the right side of quirky.” – metro.co.uk Sep 1, 2017 Full Review The Lady From Shanghai (1948) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Though the plot is impossible to follow, there are many glimpses of Welles' signature atmosphere-making.” – Empire Magazine Feb 29, 2012 Full Review Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 80% 3/5 EDIT “Johnston should be saluted for old-fashioned heart in a cynical age, while Marvel should be confined to barracks for cynical marketing.” – Empire Magazine Jul 27, 2011 Full Review Ocean's Eleven (1960) 47% 3/5 EDIT “There are many incidental pleasures to be had.” – Empire Magazine Jun 10, 2009 Full Review Star Trek (2009) 94% 4/5 EDIT “The most exhilarating Trek to date marks a new future for Kirk and co. If this can boldly go on to seek out ideas to match its speed and style, a franchise is reborn.” – Empire Magazine Apr 9, 2009 Full Review His Girl Friday (1940) 99% 5/5 EDIT “A fast talking screwball delight that remains the finest example of its genre.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2009 Full Review Milk (2008) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Milk thoroughly deserves all of the press ink that will doubtless be spilt over it. Wear your 'Vote Penn' Oscar pin with pride.” – Empire Magazine Jan 23, 2009 Full Review National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Arguably the most influential comedy of our time.” – Empire Magazine May 6, 2008 Full Review Schindler's List (1993) 98% 5/5 EDIT “This is a beautifully crafted, hopeful movie.” – Empire Magazine Feb 19, 2008 Full Review McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) 85% 5/5 EDIT “They say that great actors are never knowingly caught acting; Altman's best movies are similarly effortless - experiences to be lived in, rather than simply watched.” – Empire Magazine May 4, 2007 Full Review Glitter (2001) 6% 1/5 EDIT “Heroically bad.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Minority Report (2002) 89% 4/5 EDIT “Hugely ambitious and wildly successful in parts, only a tricky third act trips up a master director clearly enjoying himself in virgin territory. Nonetheless this stands as the best future noir since Blade Runner.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Sunset Boulevard (1950) 98% 5/5 EDIT “A cold-blooded satire that was at once more subtle and more savage.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review The Devil's Backbone (2001) 93% 4/5 EDIT “So much better than Del Toro's studio efforts, with a masterful command of sound and and colour that is breathtaking.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review About a Boy (2002) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Admirably lacking in sentiment, this is a comedy-drama with a steady supply of laughs.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Dragonfly (2002) 7% 1/5 EDIT “Boy, does the final reel stink.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 98% 5/5 EDIT “With some of the sharpest dialogue ever cut in Hollywood, only on the most superficial level is this a movie about gossip and publicity. We're talking show business. We're talking America. We're talking cast-iron classic.” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 91% 5/5 EDIT “Putting formula blockbusters to shame, Fellowship is impeccably cast and constructed with both care and passion: this is a labour of love that never feels laboured. ” – Empire Magazine Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Million Dollar Baby (2004) 90% 4/5 EDIT “To steal from Ali, this one floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Syriana (2005) 73% 4/5 EDIT “Demanding, even confusing at times, this is required viewing that requires your full attention.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Paths of Glory (1957) 96% 5/5 EDIT “Star Kirk Douglas used to say he didn't have to wait 50 years to know that Paths Of Glory would 'always be good.' He was right.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 Full Review The Shape of Things (2003) 64% 4/5 EDIT “The actors all benefit from intimate knowledge of difficult parts, and barbs at modern art and sexual mores do cut through.” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Hearts and Minds (1974) 90% 5/5 EDIT “Still shocking, still powerful, still prudent. What is it they say about the more things change?” – Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 Full Review
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