Simon Crook

Simon Crook

Agrees with the Tomatometer 81% of the time.

Biography:
Empire film critic.
Publications:
Empire Magazine , Empire Movies , Total Film
Total Reviews:
80

Best Reviewed Films

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 93% Zero Dark Thirty (2013) " It haunts and lingers long after the lights go up." — Little White Lies
Posted Jan 24, 2013
5/5 85% The Raid: Redemption (2012) " Remember your first time with Hard Boiled? Die Hard? This is how it's done - a clean, hard, constant hit of adrenalin." — Empire Magazine
Posted May 14, 2012
5/5 74% The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) " Ultimately, Richardson's pot-shots at consumerism and class have lost some urgency, but the nihilistic, punky buzz packs an immortal wallop. Classic." — Total Film
Posted Aug 4, 2008
4/5 84% Like Father, Like Son (2014) " Another quiet delight from Koreeda." — Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2013
4/5 85% Hawking (2013) " A genuinely three-dimension life portrayal of an extraordinary mind." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 16, 2013
4/5 93% Paradise: Hope (2013) " Tying up his trilogy in style, Seidl's film unsettles and provokes with wit and composure." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 28, 2013
4/5 40% Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood " A compelling dramatisation. If the key characterisation occasionally errs on the thin side, there impact of this piece of agit-drama is still stunning." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jun 9, 2013
4/5 49% No One Lives (2013) " Loopy, film-literate and full-bore, it's a sadistic '70s thriller in modern-day garb." — Empire Magazine
Posted May 27, 2013
4/5 65% Spring Breakers (2013) " A lurid, luminous teen-bender movie, as ludicrous as it is stylish, and Harmony Korine's best film in years." — Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2013
4/5 93% Sleep Tight (2012) " A creepy, neo-Hitchcock stalker drama, infused with uneasy twists and a slow-burning intensity. Check it out. Then check under your bed..." — Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 25, 2013
4/5 86% Wreck-it Ralph (2012) " A Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the joystick generation that, despite a mid-act dip into generic Disney territory, high-scores on laughs, invention and 8-bit affection." — Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 4, 2013
4/5 99% Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) " Treating his seafood substantially better than Oldboy, Jiro is a miracle of perfectionism married to expertise. The same can said for Gelb's loving documentary." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 7, 2013
4/5 100% McCullin " A terrific and fitting tribute to one of modern history's greatest eyewitnesses." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 2, 2013
4/5 75% Alps (2012) " Lanthimos delivers another heady dose of weirdness. Loopier than a frog sandwich but rather wonderful." — Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 4, 2012
4/5 92% A Simple Life (2012) " Director Hui shows a different side to Hong Kong cinema in a tender drama that's illuminated by the marvellous Ip." — Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2012
4/5 80% Haywire (2012) " A fresh, muscular payback movie shot through with Soderbergh's mischievous indie-spirit." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 15, 2012
4/5 92% The Light Thief (Svet-Ake) " The slow and unusual narrative lacks real drama but provides a compelling and beautiful depiction of village life." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 24, 2011
4/5 91% The Breakfast Club (1985) " It's a movie for anyone who's ever had zits." — Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 3, 2011
4/5 80% Catfish (2010) " Unbelievable filmmaking." — Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 13, 2010
4/5 82% Panique au village (A Town Called Panic) (2009) " One of the year's originals -- frantic, unpredictable and very, very funny. Remove brain. See loud." — Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 6, 2010
4/5 83% Paranormal Activity (2009) " An Amityville for the YouTube age: potent, primal and genuinely frightening." — Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 27, 2009
4/5 89% Moon (2009) " They do make 'em like they used to - a fresh blast of old-school sci-fi, bursting with ideas and a stellar turn from Rockwell." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 17, 2009
4/5 54% Viva (2007) " The plywood acting's pretty funny, as is the coy sex; what amazes is the beautifully lurid, near-fetishistic set design. At two hours, it's an in-joke over-indulged, and it's so camp the camera's practically winking, but minor cultdom beckons." — Empire Magazine
Posted May 15, 2009
4/5 83% Eden Lake (2008) " You don't watch it, you survive it. A battering experience, and the hardest Brit horror in years." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 9, 2008
4/5 61% The Duchess (2008) " For Knightley the part fits like a corset - it's an enigmatic, free-spirited turn and a role she'll be remembered for, probably her best role to date in a film not directed by Joe Wright." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 5, 2008
4/5 93% Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) " Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally itâ(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, itâ(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good." — Empire Magazine
Posted Feb 27, 2008
4/5 92% Sicko (2007) " Horrifying, heart-breaking, often hilarious - Moore's latest shock doc is a potent polemic." — Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 24, 2007
4/5 91% The Breakfast Club (1985) " Good and bad, it's still the definitive '80s teen movie." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 18, 2007
4/5 93% Gwoemul (The Host) (2007) " You'll laugh, you'll gasp, you'll jump, you'll ask Hollywood for your money back. Seek it out." — Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 17, 2007
4/5 93% Gwoemul (The Host) (2007) " You'll laugh, you'll gasp, you'll jump, you'll ask Hollywood for your money back. Seek it out." — Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 10, 2007
4/5 100% Ghosts (2007) " Micro-budget, big issues and one of the year's first mini-surprises: Broomfield's turned a pressing, grave topic into a gripping piece of cinema." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 12, 2007
4/5 90% Kung Fu Hustle (2005) " Invigorating, bombastic, out-there and very funny." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jan 7, 2006
3/4 74% Paradise: Faith (2013) " Seidl's trilogy of leaves the heat and moral torpor of Africa in Paradise: Love and heads for cooler but no less than bleak climes." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 1, 2013
3/5 57% Plynace wiezowce (Floating Skyscrapers) " A punchy, well-acted and devastating coming-out drama." — Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 1, 2013
3/5 76% Klown (2012) " A gleefully rude Danish wronging-of-age comedy." — Empire Magazine
Posted Dec 1, 2013
3/5 61% Wasteland (2013) " It may not be immune to the odd Brit thriller cliché, but this is an assured, stylish heist thriller from the debut filmmaker." — Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2013
3/5 60% Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) " True to the Jackass formula, some gags come off better than others, but there's some doozies in its midst." — Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 21, 2013
3/5 86% The Great Hip Hop Hoax (2013) " Although the story feels stretched to feature length, it's a rollicking ride through the music biz in the company of two piss-taking Scots and their mics." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 2, 2013
3/5 62% Evil Dead (2013) " At its best, manages to recapture the original's hardcore nastiness. It could certainly do with laughing at itself a bit more, though." — Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 15, 2013
3/5 73% Simon Killer (2013) " Black-veined and dark-hearted, this is another persuasive character study from Campos." — Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 8, 2013
3/5 79% Reality (2013) " As a satire on the seduction by media and our infatuation with celebrity, it's hardly The Truman Show, but Garrone's Gomorrah follow-up is wry and witty. Plenty of fun." — Empire Magazine
Posted Mar 17, 2013
3/5 50% Tower Block (2013) " An unusual, scuzzy setting for a thriller that delivers with brutal simplicity." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 16, 2012
3/5 22% When the Lights Went Out " Aesthetically authentic and frightening in parts. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem all that different to what has come before it." — Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 9, 2012
3/5 100% Salute (2012) " A powerful and poignant theme, but Salute would perhaps have worked better as a TV documentary." — Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 8, 2012
3/5 79% Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012) " A surprisingly subdued affair, [but] aficionados will still find enough sword-based shenanigans to keep them engrossed." — Empire Magazine
Posted Apr 15, 2012
3/5 52% The Devil's Double (2011) " A blistering, brutal Iraqi Scarface. You do wonder what the point of it all is, but Cooper is fantastic. Twice." — Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 8, 2011
3/5 86% Kill The Referee (les Arbitres) " A lot more interesting than it sounds. The refs are wired for sound and the insults slung in their direction more than earn that 15 rating. One for football fans and fans of bald men with flags." — Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 3, 2011
3/5 —— Rättskiparen (The Referee) " A lot more interesting than it sounds. The refs are wired for sound and the insults slung in their direction more than earn that 15 rating. One for football fans and fans of bald men with flags." — Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 2, 2011
3/5 75% The Be All and End All " It could have been terrible, but director Bruce Webb's comedy is affecting, funny and really very moving." — Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 29, 2010
3/5 89% Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011) " A gentle trance-out and the strangest Palme d'Or winner in a while." — Empire Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2010
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