- 28 Days Later directed by Danny Boyle (2002)
[6/10]
"Essentially we have a character study of a limited number of survivors in a hopeless situation. Yes, they keep plodding on -- as many of us would hope we could do in the same situation -- but we really don't get any great epiphany about human nature in the process."
- Difference Engine, The by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling (1991)
[7/10]
"An exciting story that also has lots of food for thought."
- Hot Fuzz directed by Edgar Wright (2007)
[7/10]
"I didn't find Hot Fuzz as riotously funny as Shaun of the Dead. Hot Fuzz has much more subtle humor, mostly irony created by the totally metropolitan Angel trying to fit in to a small town lifestyle. But Hot Fuzz has a much more intelligent plot than Shaun of the Dead."
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day directed by Bharat Nalluri (2008)
[7/10]
"Really you can't say much more than Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day presents charming characters in a well crafted love polygon. The humor comes easily, the plot never gets too heavy, and you get a double warm-fuzzy feeling as the two leads find true love emerging out of the chaos that swirls around them."
- Mission: Impossible directed by Brian De Palma (1996)
[6/10]
"I can understand killing off one or two of the team members to provide a revenge motivation for the rest of the team, but killing off the entire team, including Phelps, departs so radically from the traditions of the TV series, that only the first twenty minutes really deserve the name Mission: Impossible."
- Notting Hill directed by Roger Mitchell (1999)
[6/10]
"Can the boy love the girl and live happily ever after, even though the girl is a movie star? Of course, they have one last chance to reunite and make up and to leave the audience with the requisite warm-fuzzy feeling."
- Queen, The directed by Stephen Frears (2006)
[9/10]
"The Queen does something unusual -- it makes a fairly severe critique of monarchy in general while giving tribute to Queen Elizabeth II's years of service to her country."
- Suchîmubôi [Steamboy] directed by Katsuhiro Otomo (2004)
[8/10]
"Ray's adventures as Steamboy provide a fun romp through an alternate history where advances in steam power accelerate the development of technologies."
- Three Musketeers, The by Alexandre Dumas (1844)
[7/10]
"Dumas weaves action and intrigue (and almost no character development) into a classic story that still fascinates."
Average score: 7.00
