Adrian Turner

"The action leading up to the revolt of the gladiators is brilliantly re-created (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"Fritz Lang turns this into a creepily effective work, full of bravura set pieces and subtle suggestions."

"This self-important and unintentionally funny thriller purports to be about corporate power and sexual equality but there's precious little insight here (…) Rating: ** (out of 5)"  

"Godawful Oscar-winning schmaltz (...) Go anywhere to avoid it."  

"It's Scofield's picture - his is an inspired performance of virtue with a dash of vanity. Note, too, the brilliant use of sets and locations (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"  

"[A] powerful adaptation (...) [The characters] are brought to life by superb performances (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"This third picture is merely a distant relative and was made for purely mercenary reasons (...) Pacino has some fine moments (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"  

"Now looks like a masterwork, thanks in no small part to Freddie Young's Oscar-winning images of the wild Dingle Peninsula (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"The greatest gangster movie of the 1930s - and that means the greatest ever (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"Jack Nicholson here gives one of his best performances (...) A masterpiece that repays any number of viewings (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"[Kubrick provides] this film with an authentic 18th-century look and a unique atmosphere that totally convinces. This is a period film like no other (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"The film sits somewhere between the bogus virtue of Kramer's 'The Defiant Ones' and the poetry of Laughton's 'Night of the Hunter' (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"  

"Few movies are as tough as this one (...) It's one of Hollywood's great masterpieces, filled with Wilder's caustic wit and Douglas's trademark intensity (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"[A] magisterial portrayal of one of Britain's most enigmatic yet charismatic heroes (...) There are some awesomely beautiful images (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"This dark, gripping film noir is one of the best dramas ever made about the movie industry (...) Bogart is both sympathetic and sinister at the same time (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"[An] impressively cast and wondrously overcooked drama (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"  

"One of the finest and most controversial movies about the Vietnam War (...) This intense drama lingers long in the memory (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"This John Ford picture boasts some fine sequences (...) The picture combines both the grandeur and the folksiness so typical of its director (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"This is probably the greatest courtroom drama ever made and it features James Stewart's finest screen performance (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"  

"The movie contains wonderful performances (...) If it is a touch overlong, that is a minor fault considering the vast comic talent on display (…) Rating: ***** (out of 5)"