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LE FABULEUX DESTIN D’AMELIE POULAIN (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
[Amelie - French]
10/10
'Quirky French comedy that can only be described as simply blissful'

DIE FALSCHER (Stefan Ruzowitzky)
[The Counterfeiters - Austrian German]
8/10
'Exceptional POW film and one of the best out of Austria'


FANTASTIC FOUR (Tim Story)
4/10
'With films like Batman Begins and Spiderman 2 being released why do we still feel the need to produce poor superhero films?'


FANTASTIC FOUR 2: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (Tim Story)
6/10
'Turned out to be a lot better than I had expected but I may have to go for a second viewing - couldn't see past Jessica Alba's bloody awful wig'


FAR AND AWAY (Ron Howard)
6/10
'Horrendous accents but remains an interesting period romance/drama'


FARGO (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
10/10
'A delightful film, cementing the Coen's place as the leading satirists of contemporary life in the United States'


THE FAST & THE FURIOUS (Rob Cohen)
6/10
'Above average motorhead indulgence'


2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (John Singleton)
2/10
'Disgraceful sequel'


THE FAST & THE FURIOUS 3: TOKYO DRIFT (Justin Lin)
3/10
'Not as good as the first, not as bad as the second but still pointless tatty auto-porn'


FAUST: EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE (F.W. Murnau)
[Faust - German]
10/10
'Forget Nosferatu, this is Murnau's finest work'


FEARLESS (Ronny Yu)
7/10
'Not nearly as good as Hero but full of exhilarating fight sequences never-the-less'


A FEW GOOD MEN (Rob Reiner)
7/10
'A little overly patriotic and flag waving at times but still a powerful court drama'


THE FIFTH ELEMENT (Luc Besson)
9/10
'A vibrant work of inspired science fiction, despite what other critics may say'


FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher)
10/10
'The voice of an entire generation of frustrated male workers; truly, Fincher's masterpiece'


FINAL DESTINATION (James Wong)
7/10
'Thoroughly original suspense flick'


FINAL DESTINATION II (David R. Ellis)
6/10
'Solid sequel but doesn't push any boundaries plotwise'


FINAL DESTINATION III (James Wong)
5/10
'If you've seen the others you'll know the plot and probably enjoy this one; if not, best to avoid it'


FIRST BLOOD (Ted Kotcheff)
8/10
'Exceptionally entertaining look at post-Vietnam prejudice - that flashback 'tasche is a little worrying though'


FIRST SUNDAY (David E. Talbert)
1/10
'Robbing a church only to discover it's already been rolled... the plot sums up everything really'


FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Clint Eastwood)
6/10
'Falls short of greatness but still a worthy medal on Eastwood's chest'


FLASH OF GENIUS (Marc Abraham)
5/10
'A film about the little man who created intermittent windscreen wipers going up against the big evil corporation; the overly saccharine concept just makes for a big budget made-for-TV film'


FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL (Bailie Walsh)
5/10
'An emotional piece but the tone varies and ends up feeling a little hollow'


FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (John Moore)
5/10
'Quaid holds this shakey remake together'


FLUSHED AWAY (David Bowers)
5/10
'Bristol + Hollywood = Flushed Away'


FLY ME TO THE MOON (Ben Stassen)
2/10
'As with the 3D effects, the only depth in this film is an illusion; take your kids to see Wall-E instead'


FOOL'S GOLD (Andy Tennant)
3/10
'Hudson and McConaughey reunite for another half-arsed movie, granted it's not as bad as How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, but that's really not saying much'


THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (Rob Minkoff)
6/10
'Decent Chinese mythology/Kung fu flick if you've never seen one before in your life'


FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (Nicholas Stoller)
5/10
'I honestly don't see what everyone is raving about, this film is pretty mediocre'


FORREST GUMP (Robert Zemeckis)
9/10
'Outstanding performances throughout this beautiful story'


THE FOUNTAIN (Darren Aronofsky)
9/10
'I truly loved and respected this version of The Fountain but I doubt it will be appreciated until we get a Director's Cut DVD'


FRACTURE (Gregory Hoblit)
4/10
'Shrewd courtroom drama but nothing special'


FRED CLAUS (David Dobkin)
4/10
'Other than Paul Giamatti, there's little reason to see this film'


FREDDY VS. JASON (Ronny Yu)
5/10
'A last ditch attempt to revamp the characters before somebody decides to just remake the whole bloody series'


FRIDAY THE 13TH (Sean S. Cunningham)
7/10
'Pretty original, scary horror flick'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II (Steve Miner)
6/10
'Not overly fantastic but spawned a lot of the lore and visual imagery that the dire sequels bastardised'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART III (Steve Miner)
3/10
'Essentially a recycling of the first two films'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART IV - THE FINAL CHAPTER (Joseph Zito)
4/10
'Slight improvement over Part III but not by much... I should also mark it down for the stupid title'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART V - A NEW BEGINNING (Danny Steinmann)
2/10
'Terrible but worth watching to laugh at a young Corey Feldman'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART VI - JASON LIVES (Tom McLoughlin)
2/10
'Another disgracefully crap sequel with one redeeming (yet wholly amusing for its absurdity) ressurection scene'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART VII - THE NEW BLOOD (John Carl Buechlar)
2/10
'I know nobody really cares about the teen fodder but this collected rabble are certainly the worst'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART VIII - JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (Rob Hedden)
3/10
'Not nearly as bad as the other sequels, if only for its comic value'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART IX - JASON GOES TO HELL (Adam Marcus)
2/10
'Just when you thought it was over.. No one thought it was over, we just prayed that it might be - awful film and the 'twist' doesn't save it'


FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART X - JASON X (James Isaac)
3/10
'JASON IN SPACE! Who in the hell thought this would be a good idea!?'


FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Robert Rodriguez)
7/10
'Excessive grindhouse horror; surprisingly pleasing'


FROM DUSK TILL DAWN II: TEXAS BLOOD MONEY (Scott Spiegel)
3/10
'Wholly unnecessary'


FROM DUSK TILL DAWN III: THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER (Robert Rodriguez)
2/10
'Needless waste of time'


FRONTIERES (Xavier Gens)
[Frontiers - French]
2/10
'From the director of Hitman, this is an absolutely absurd tale that should have been dubbed Hostel III: The Neo-Nazi Chronicles'


FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (Dean Parisot)
4/10
'Silly little remake'


FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
6/10
'Remake by the same director? With such a decent cast, I fail to see how this harrowing tale could be worse than the original... yet it is'