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M: EINE STADT SUCHT EINEN MORDER (Fritz Lang)
[M - German]
10/10
'Whenever someone claims a movie is suspenseful, I hold this film as the benchmark - most often, nothing comes close'


THE MACHINIST (Brad Anderson)
10/10
'Imagine Alfred Hitchcock and Chuck Palahniuk collaborating on a film - divine'


MAD MONEY (Callie Khouri)
4/10
'Ageing actors with nothing better to do with their time; yes, I'm talking about you, Holmes!'


MADAGASCAR (Eric Darnell)
5/10
'Passably amusing but with a lack of plot it's hardly worth the cast'


MADE OF HONOUR (Paul Weiland)
2/10
'I remember trashing 27 Dresses for being a crappy formulaic wedding flick; had I seen Made Of Honour first I would have given it a much higher mark'


MAGICIANS (Andrew O’Connor)
2/10
'Very, very disappointing'


THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (Dave Borthwick)
2/10
'A completely unfunny waste of time, shattering the dreams of countless British adults'


MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson)
8/10
'A clear-cut case of a stupidly intelligent writer/director baffling audiences who are simply not ready - if you're wondering, that's a compliment'


MAID IN MANHATTAN (Wayne Wang)
2/10
'Who told Lopez she can act? And who the hell thought that Ralph Fiennes and JLo would make a good on-screen couple? So many questions, so few answers'


MAKE IT HAPPEN (Darren Grant)
2/10
'Poor imitation of Flashdance'


THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
10/10
'Words cannot express how much I adore this film... and yes, I do think it's better than Casablanca'


MAMMA MIA! (Phyllida Lloyd)
8/10
'Glorious achievement marred only when compared to the stage production'


THE MAN (Les Mayfield)
3/10
'Such a waste of fine talent! This movie never needed to be made!'


MAN OF THE HOUSE (Stephen Herek)
3/10
'Despite living with cheerleaders Tommy Lee Jones' character doesn't react at all, as if devoid of libido, pointless trash'


MAN ON FIRE (Tony Scott)
9/10
'One of the best offerings of the year, slick, classy and passionate'


MAN ON WIRE (James Marsh)
8/10
'Captivating documentary about something truly unique in a genre flooded with features focusing on war and terrorism'


THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
7/10
'Not the Coen's finest moment but still a worthy noir offering'


THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme)
6/10
'Fairly healthy remake, namely thanks to Washington's performance'


MAR ADENTRO (Alejandro Amen�bar)
[The Sea Inside - Spanish]
10/10
'Sublime viewing'


MARIA FULL OF GRACE (Joshua Marston)
8/10
'Everything Traffic should have been but brought to such astounding heights'


MARS ATTACKS! (Tim Burton)
5/10
'At times, both funny and enjoyable; the rest of the time, pants'


MARTIAN CHILD (Menno Meyjes)
7/10
'Another great movie from Cusack; a truly underappreciated brilliance'


THE MATADOR (Richard Shepard)
7/10
'A shock performance from Brosnan makes for a smart, warped comedy about friendship'


MATCH POINT (Woody Allen)
9/10
'Allen's best in years - not sure about Meyers, I just don't like him'


MATERIAL GIRLS (Martha Coolidge)
1/10
'Curse you, Duff sisters! Curse you!'


THE MATRIX (Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski)
10/10
'Stunning benchmark for action sequences and mind-boggling s/f concepts'


THE MATRIX: RELOADED (Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski)
7/10
'Nowhere near as good as it's predecessor but still a worthy sci-fi/action romp'


THE MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS (Andy Wachowski & Larry Wachowski)
7/10
'Similar to Reloaded, the third in the trilogy is completely enjoyable but nothing like the original brilliance of The Matrix'


MEAN STREETS (Martin Scorsese)
8/10
'Truly inspired and thoroughly captivating flick'


MEET DAVE (Brian Robbins)
2/10
'Better than Norbit but still abysmally moronic'


MEET THE FOCKERS (Jay Roach)
3/10
'Only small mercies save this film'


MEET THE ROBINSONS (Stephen J. Anderson)
4/10
'Hollow, nothingy Disney tat'


MEET THE SPARTANS (Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer)
1/10
'Note to self: Save movie industry... wait, I can abbreviate that - kill Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer'


MELEGIN DÜSÜSÜ (Semih Kaplanoglu)
8/10
'How can so little produce so much?'


MELINDA AND MELINDA (Woody Allen)
6/10
'Allen fans may feel deprived but newcomers to his style may get along with the wordy Melinda And Melinda'


MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan)
10/10
'Phenomenal and completely unforgettable - see what I did there? ...no? Then watch the film!'


MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (Rob Marshall)
8/10
'Glorious performances conceal the few poor decisions made by the director - a tad long, though'


THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Michael Radford)
9/10
'The best on-screen production of Shakespeare I've ever had the pleasure of watching'


METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
[Metropolis - German]
10/10
'Astounding piece that wonderfully captures and preserves the Cubism/Art Deco movement'


MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann)
6/10
'Lacking a lot of what made the original series popular, this new take on Miami Vice will doubtlessly fade with time'


A MIGHTY HEART (Michael Winterbottom)
3/10
'Poor, disappointing and to be brutally honest, should never have been made in the first place'


MILLER'S CROSSING (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
7/10
'One of the most underappreciated Coen releases'


MILLIONS (Danny Boyle)
8/10
'Masterful storytelling with bursts of visual magic'


MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
9/10
'A tired genre is given new life... and what a resurrection!'


MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg)
7/10
'Not the book but excels in captivating audiences'


MIO FRATELLO E FIGLIO UNICO (Daniele Luchetti)
[My Brother Is An Only Child - Italian]
6/10
'Visually vibrant coming of age flick but a little too cliché in places'


MIRRORS (Alexandre Aja)
6/10
'Another remake of an Asian film with typically expected results'


MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED & FABULOUS (John Pasquin)
4/10
'Mediocre Bullock sequel'


MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III (JJ Abrams)
6/10
'Third installment in the series, not too disimilar from the second but with the Katie Holmes homage.. the first half an hour could easily be dubbed; Tom Cruise: My Wonderful Life'


MISS POTTER (Chris Noonan)
8/10
'The film, as a whole, is an extraordinary accomplishment and seems to be the role that Zellweger was born to play'


THE MIST (Frank Darabont)
7/10
'Another interesting Stephen King adaptation with another God-awful ending'


MISTRESS OF SPICES (Paul Mayeda Berges)
4/10
'This is the problem with making a Miss World winner an actress; pointless, namby-pamby plot... like an Indian version of Chocolat'


THE MOGULS (Michael Traeger)
8/10
'The American version of Calendar Girls; boorish brow-raising brilliance'


MOLIERE (Laurent Tirard)
7/10
'Thoroughly entertaining romantic drama'


MONGOL (Sergei Bodrov)
[Mongol - Mongolian]
8/10
'Everything an empirical origin film should be; powerful, gorgeous visuals and enlightening'


MONSTER-IN-LAW (Robert Luketic)
4/10
'A painfully unfunny, deeply dislikable distaff version of Meet the Parents - which I didn't like anyway'


MOON TO (Tung-Shing Yee)
[Protégé - Hong Kong / Cantonese] 7/10
'Another solid Andy Lau crime flick, well worth a watch for fans of the genre'


MORTAL KOMBAT (Paul W.S. Anderson)
4/10
'Stupid action flick but at least it was better than Steven E. de Souza/Van Damme's Street Fighter'


MR & MRS SMITH (Doug Liman)
7/10
'Very 'kiss kiss, bang bang' but enjoyable never-the-less. I would have expected more from Liman, though'


MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY (Steve Bendelack)
5/10
'More servings of simple comedy from Mr. Atkinson'


MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM (Zach Helm)
3/10
'In an effort to make a film free of innuendo, solely designed for children, Helm has created an unwatchable, wishy-washy sap-fest'


MR. WOODCOCK (Craig Gillespie)
5/10
'Thornton plays his usual mean weirdo and Scott acts the fool - nothing special, nothing new'


MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (Stephen Frears)
8/10
'It's something only the British could have pulled off. Other directors would have focused on the nudity and not the issues at heart'


THE MUMMY (Stephen Sommers)
7/10
'Delightful escapist adventure'


THE MUMMY RETURNS (Stephen Sommers)
6/10
'Worthwhile sequel infused with the same light-hearted sense of fun as its predecessor'


THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (Rob Cohen)
3/10
'A foul tasting afterthought that tramples over everything the original films built up'


MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)
8/10
'This film depicts the harsh nature of Governments lashing out at the actions of fanatical men and raises some interesting questions, most of which go unanswered'


MUSIC AND LYRICS (Marc Lawrence)
5/10
'Better than I thought it would be but still pretty average'


THE MUTANT CHRONICLES (Simon Hunter)
2/10
'Largely moronic, two hour long let down'


MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND (Ivan Reitman)
6/10
'Possibility a bit of an awkward date movie but enough to keep guys and girls entertained for 95 minutes'


MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood)
9/10
'Glorious example of how a crime drama should be handled'