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HAIRSPRAY (Adam Shankman)
7/10
'A great film and loyal adaptation of the musical but the candy-coated messages about tolerance sort of irritated me'


HAMLET (Laurence Olivier)
10/10
'Olivier doing what he does best'


HANCOCK (Peter Berg)
6/10
'Thoroughly convoluted and wasted opportunity, saved only by another outstanding performance by Will Smith'


THE HAPPENING (M. Night Shyamalan)
5/10
'Dire acting, silly premise and a stupid title; rather disappointing all round - OH MY GOD! NATURE! What a twist'


HAPPY FEET (George Miller)
5/10
'Tap-dancing penguins just freaks me out a little too much. Kids will probably love it'


HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Mike Leigh)
6/10
'Interesting character study but bloody hell, Sally Hawkins' character gets very annoying very quickly'


HARD CANDY (David Slade)
7/10
'Witty and violent, a little unrealistic towards the end but the message remains clear'


HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (Danny Leiner)
7/10
'Surprisingly entertaining'


HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY (Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg)
5/10
'I've been slated in the past for praising the first Harold & Kumar flick but I can't help it, despite the copious amounts of dumb stoner jokes, I rather enjoy them. Granted, this one isn't as good'


HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (Chris Columbus)
7/10
'Entertaining wizard flick that will no doubt spawn more revenue for those damn books'


HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Chris Columbus)
7/10
'Better than the first instalment, clearly stepping away from the constraints of a simple children's film'


HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Alfonso Cuaron)
8/10
'Stupidly impressive and clearly the best of the current Harry Potter instalments'


HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Mike Newell)
8/10
'Another Christmas, another successful Potter blockbuster, another bag of monies for the Harpy of Children's Literature'


HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (David Yates)
6/10
'A fairly standard addition to the series which will do well but fans will be disappointed and punters may feel gypped or confused'


HARSH TIMES (David Ayer)
5/10
'Breath-taking performances let down by a confused, frustrated plot and generally pointless on-screen disarray - just go rent a post Vietnam film'


HART'S WAR (Gregory Hoblit)
6/10
'At times a little slow but nevertheless a worthy POW flick'


THE HEARTBREAK KID (Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly)
4/10
'Proof that the Farrelly brothers have really fallen from grace over the last few years'


HERBIE: FULLY LOADED (Angela Robinson)
3/10
'Keaton!? You used to be Batman! and Lohan.. well you were always naff so this film suits you'


HE WAS A QUIET MAN (Frank A. Cappello)
7/10
'Surprisingly refreshing film with a stand-out performance from Christian Slater'


HELLBOY (Guillermo Del Toro)
7/10
'Thoroughly entertaining adaptation of a great comic series - too bad about the studio interference'


HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Guillermo Del Toro)
9/10
'Exquisite visual storytelling'


HIDALGO (Joe Johnston)
7/10
'Well-filmed, old fashioned adventure'


HIDE AND SEEK (John Polson)
4/10
'Godsend 2... but worse'


THE HILLS HAVE EYES (Alexandre Aja)
4/10
'A silly gorey re-make, nothing spectacular. Just watch the original'


THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 (Martin Weisz)
2/10
'...because every crappy film needs a sequel, watch out for the prequel coming soon (probably)'


HITCH (Andy Tennant)
4/10
'Slushy Smith Sarnie'


THE HITCHER (Dave Meyers)
2/10
'Once again, the classic tale of don't go wondering around in the bloody desert is truer than ever, especially not if you're trying to remake an 80's film'


THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Garth Jennings)
8/10
'To Quote Jonathan Hedges: "Superb, superb... awesome, awesome"'


HITMAN (Xavier Gens)
3/10
'Action schlock nonsense that wishes it was half as good as Transporter'


THE HOLIDAY (Nancy Meyers)
4/10
'Scattered laughs from Jack Black and a nice role for Eli Wallach but mostly just holiday-season pap'


HOLLYWOODLAND (Allen Coulter)
6/10
'Marvellous performances'


HOME OF THE BRAVE (Irwin Winkler)
2/10
'The last ten minutes of Jarhead mixed with Born On The Fourth Of July formula with the word 'Iraq' replacing 'Vietnam.' Shockingly poor'


HOODWINKED!(Cory Edwards)
3/10
'Below average animation spurns on a low-grade plot that fails to entertain on all levels'


HORS DE PRIX (Pierre Salvadori)
[Priceless - French]
7/10
'Really, really stupid concept but I actually found I enjoyed it considerably; curse you Tautou!'


HORTON HEARS A WHO! (Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino)
7/10
'Well executed piece that does justice to Seuss' original work but clearly has trouble stretching a 15 minute fable to an hour-and-a-half long flick'


HOSTAGE (Florent Emilio Siri)
6/10
'Nice action return for Willis but a little strong on the sadism'


HOSTEL (Eli Roth)
4/10
'No real plot to speak of, just an excuse to push the envelope in on-screen sexual torture - no wonder it's banned in Slovakia'


HOSTEL II (Eli Roth)
2/10
'Yey! Just what I always wanted; more torture porn!'


HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright)
7/10
'Not exactly its predecessors but an extremely entertaining and fantastically funny follow-up nevertheless'

HOTEL RWANDA (Terry George)
8/10
'Beautifully packed with emotion and political underline'


THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE (Tom Putnam)
1/10
'Quite simply, the worst film I have ever sat through; Hilton must be stopped'


HOUSE OF THE DEAD (Uwe Boll)
1/10
'Who thought this would ever be a good idea?'


HOUSE OF WAX (Juame Serra)
2/10
'Bloody awful shite'


HOW SHE MOVE (Ian Iqbal Rashid)
1/10
'When are people going to learn that street dance films just do not work! Sure the gyrating and flopping on the floor is amusing but it has it's limits and 91minutes greatly exceeds them'