Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | 2007 | 100 | 1 | - An incredibly touching film from Julian Schnabel. |
Boyhood | 2014 | 95 | 2 | (full review) - Boyhood is not an easy film. But it is a great one. |
Ex Machina | 2015 | 90 | 3 | - Intelligent and thought-provoking science fiction. Great work from Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander. |
Foxcatcher | 2014 | 90 | 3 | (full review) - Technically brilliant but emotionally cold |
Inside Out | 2015 | 90 | 3 | (full review) - One of Pixar's best. |
Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | 90 | 3 | - One of the year's greatest surprises. An exciting and thought-provoking film. |
Nightcrawler | 2014 | 90 | 3 | (full review) - A thought provoking look at the worst of society, featuring an excellent performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. |
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | 2015 | 90 | 3 | - A great adventure! |
Whiplash | 2014 | 86 | 9 | (full review) - J.K. Simmons kicks ass. |
Begin Again | 2014 | 85 | 10 | (full review) - Thoroughly charming with a great soundtrack |
Creed | 2015 | 85 | 10 | - Wonderfully entertaining, with great performances from Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan. |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 2014 | 85 | 10 | - A surprisingly intelligent epic. |
Fruitvale Station | 2013 | 85 | 10 | (full review) |
Love & Mercy | 2015 | 85 | 10 | (full review) - Great performances from Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, and especially Paul Dano |
The One I Love | 2014 | 85 | 10 | (full review) - Thought-provoking and challenging. |
Fury | 2014 | 80 | 16 | - Predictable but effective. |
Spy | 2015 | 80 | 16 | (full review) - Better (and funnier) than Spectre. |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | 78 | 18 | (full review) - It has its flaws but it's still a lot of fun. |
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation | 2015 | 78 | 18 | (full review) - After seeing this film, I now have a girl crush on Rebecca Ferguson. |
Kingsman: The Secret Service | 2015 | 77 | 20 | - An enjoyable action film. Colin Firth is always fun when he gets to be a badass. |
Ant-Man | 2015 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - Hardly the best of Marvel's many films but Paul Rudd makes for a likable hero. |
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The | 2014 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - A fitting conclusion |
The Peanuts Movie | 2015 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - For the most part, it stays true to the source material. |
The Theory of Everything | 2014 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - A good film but the true story is far more complex and challenging. |
Jurassic World | 2015 | 70 | 25 | (full review) - Weak script but you can't dislike a film with Chris Pratt and dinosaurs. |
Maleficent | 2014 | 70 | 25 | (full review) - A great performance from Angelina Jolie |
Spectre | 2015 | 70 | 25 | (full review) - Uneven but enjoyable. |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 2015 | 70 | 25 | (full review) - Stylish but empty. It never escapes the shadow of Kingsman and Rouge Nation. |
The Martian | 2015 | 65 | 29 | (full review) - Entertaining but definitely overrated. |
Joy | 2015 | 55 | 30 | (full review) - Great performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper can not make up for the fact that the overall movie is a mess. |
Minions | 2015 | 55 | 30 | (full review) - It's cute but not much else. Children will love it. |
Pixels | 2015 | 55 | 30 | (full review) - It's not terrible but it is overly busy and doesn't take advantage of a promising concept. |
Southpaw | 2015 | 55 | 30 | (full review) - There's not a surprising moment to be found. |
Wedding Ringer, The | 2015 | 55 | 30 | (full review) - Predictable but saved by the performances of Kevin Hart and Josh Gad |
White House Down | 2013 | 50 | 35 | (full review) - Typical Roland Emmerich. |
Aloha | 2015 | 35 | 36 | (full review) - The scenery's great, the cast is attractive, but the film is a huge mess. |
Larry Crowne | 2011 | 35 | 36 | (full review) - Lazy, mediocre, bland. |
The Judge | 2014 | 35 | 36 | (full review) - A total mess, despite good performances from Robert Duvall and Robert Downey, Jr. |
Crash | 2004 | 25 | 39 | (full review) |
The Big Short | 2015 | 25 | 39 | (full review) - Destined to be remembered as one of the worst films ever nominated for best picture. |
A Million Ways to Die in the West | 2014 | 15 | 41 | (full review) |
Transformers: Age of Extinction | 2014 | 15 | 41 | - Bleh. Get drunk before watching and wear earplugs. |