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| Movie Archive by Letter - B | ||||||
| Year | Movie |
Gary's Rating
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Michelle's Rating
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In Brief.... | ||
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| 1999 | Babe: A Pig in the City | 60 | - | Talking pig gets lost and has adventures in the big city a la Kevin in Home Alone 2. Not a patch on the original. | ||
| 1985 | Back to the Future | 90 | - | The perfect mix of cast, story, and vision create the utimate science fiction comedy. Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are brilliant and the whole thing gets better with every watching. Classic. | ||
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | 32 | 57 | The boys are back and they're "badder" than ever (but unfortunately, not in a "good" sense). This unnecessary sequel is so excessively violent and so tediously long that you almost don't notice how incomprehensible the plot is. | ||
| 2004 | Barbarian Invasions, The | 59 | - | Intelligent, touching, but mostly tedious film about a dying lothario, his wealthy son, and his over-analytical friends. Yet another over-rated movie of appeal only to try-hard intellectuals. | ||
| 1997 | Batman and Robin | 59 | 30 | Generally regarded as the poorest of the Batman movies. | ||
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | 32 | 22 | Perhaps the worst ever John Travolta movie (and he's no stranger to the turkey farm), this sci-fi saga is painful to watch. Based on the ramblings of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard. | ||
| 2000 | The Beach | 60 | 66 | Disappointing adaptation of the popular Alex Garland novel with Leonardo di Caprio attempting to hold things together as the lead. | ||
| 1997 | Bean | 61 | - | Occasionally funny movie length feature vahicle for Rowan Atkinson's successful TV alter-ego. | ||
| 2002 | Beautiful Mind, A | 73 | 75 | Mathematical genius tortured by symptoms of schizophrenia. Sounds dull as dish water but isn't, thanks to wonderful performances from Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. | ||
| 2002 | Bend it like Beckham | 64 | 61 | Would this film have been as successful if it didn't have HIS name in the title? Probably not, but it's mostly harmless fun as young girl fights cultural barriers on and off the sports field. | ||
| 2000 | Bedazzled | 54 | 49 | Mostly embarrassing stuff as scantily clad Liz Hurley pretends to grant wishes to dozy Brendan Fraser. | ||
| 2002 | Behind Enemy Lines | 59 | 53 | Run of the mill action drama most notable for seeing the ever funny Owen Wilson playing it straight for once. | ||
| 2000 | Being John Malkovich | 79 | 51 | Refreshingly bizarre, but not as clever as it makes out, with John Cusack finding a portal into John Malkovich's head. | ||
| 1999 | Best Laid Plans | 81 | 70 | Much overlooked thriller with an unexpected twist and another strong performance from a young Reese Witherspoon. | ||
| 2000 | Bicentennial Man | 24 | 20 | Almost unwatchable drivel with Robin Williams as a drippy android who wants to become human. | ||
| 1999 | Big Daddy | 56 | 61 | Routine Adam Sandler low-brow comedy sees his perpetual slacker landed with looking after a little brat. The predictable jolly japes ensue. | ||
| 2004 | Big Fish | 76 | - | Surprising effective stuff as son re-examines his dying father's life through the crazy stories the old man had a habit of telling. Ewan Macgregor revels in his over-the-top lead while the fantasy bits are what Tim Burton does best. | ||
| 2000 | Big Kahuna, The | 68 | 70 | Dialog driven piece that works only thanks to the charisma of Kevin Spacey and Danny deVito. | ||
| 2000 | Big Momma's House | 60 | 63 | Martin Lawrence's cop dresses as fat lady to catch criminals. Dumb, but funny. | ||
| 2000 | Billy Elliot | 70 | 70 | Surprisingly emotional film about lad in dreary Newcastle who battles the odds, his family, traditions, and two left feet to seek life as a ballet dancer. | ||
| 2002 | Black Hawk Down | 71 | 70 | Very loud movie that attempts to show first hand just how rough modern urban warfare can be. Based on true story of ill-fated US helicopter mission. | ||
| 1982 | Blade Runner | 66 | 58 | Vastly over-rated sci-fi classic with Harrison Ford as the android chaser from Philip K. Dick's influential novel. The atmosphere is spot on but the story tends to meander. | ||
| 1999 | Blair Witch Project, The | 85 | - | The movie that created a sensation through an innovative style and genius marketing. Despite all the hype, it is still genuinely scary and you will not be rushing into the woods to quickly afterwards. | ||
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | 19 | 10 | Quite simply one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Brendan Fraser gets locked in nuclear bunker for years and predictable 'fish out of water' antics abound when he gets out. Throw this film in the bunker and destroy the key. | ||
| 2001 | Blow | 59 | 63 | Johnny Depp stars as famous drug dealer. This film doesn't work because it's too hard to sympathise with a main character who brings so much misery to so many people. | ||
| 2000 | Blue Streak | 74 | 72 | More dumb, but funny antics from Martin Lawrence, this time as crook impersonating a cop in order to retrieve some stolen booty. | ||
| 1999 | Bone Collector, The | 34 | 45 | Terribly cliched movie version of an already average book. | ||
| 2000 | Boiler Room | 78 | 69 | Powerful movie with Giovanni Ribisi's young turk mixing it with the big boys in the world of dodgy stockbrokers, including a pre-stardom Vin Diesel. | ||
| 2000 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | 13 | - | Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods,a long comes this truly dire sequel. A potentially promising start is ripped to shreds along with most of the cast in one of the most meritless movies of all time. | ||
| 2000 | Born Romantic | 71 | 73 | Interesting little film tracing the love lives of a variety of loosely linked characters in London. | ||
| 2001 | Bounce | 62 | 64 | Snarshy award winning romance featuring Ben Affleck and Gwynneth Paltrow finding love in morally dicey circumstances. | ||
| 2002 | Bourne Identity, The | 62 | 63 | Matt Damon stars as amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in this remake of the classic Robert Ludlum novel. | ||
| 1999 | Bowfinger | 74 | - | Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy (in two roles) poke fun at Hollywood in sometimes hilarious movie. The very best scene is the one at the very end. | ||
| 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | 76 | 70 | Inflammatory documentary with Michael Moore asking important questions about the role of firearms and fear in modern America. | ||
| 2000 | Boys Don't Cry | 62 | 70 | Sometimes difficult to watch film with Hilary Swank in Oscar winning form as girl who gets beaten up for dressing as a boy. | ||
| 1995 | Braveheart | 77 | - | Mel Gibson's sword swinging, kilt wearing, Oscar winning classic. Paints very one-sided view of medieval clashes between Scotland and England but if your forget that, then it's stirring stuff. | ||
| 1997 | Breakdown | 70 | 28 | Smouldering thriller with Kurt Russell coming up against weirdos in hicksville America after some untimely engine trouble. | ||
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | 52 | 54 | Renee Zellwegger puts on brave performance but her character is such a loser that you don't care what happens to her. | ||
| 2001 | Bring It On | 52 | 59 | Midly diverting tale of battling cheerleaders. Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union have all gone on to bigger and better things. | ||
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | 53 | - | Predictable and unchallenging racial-clash comedy with Steve Martin's uptight white lawyer's life turned upside down by Queen Latifah's sassy black convict. Eugene Levy is classic, as ever. | ||
| 2000 | Bringing Out the Dead | 66 | 58 | Yet another of Martin Scorcese's New York tales, this time with stressed out ambulance drivers. | ||
| 1999 | Brokedown Palace | 54 | 60 | Clare Danes and Kate Beckinsale highlight the perils of backpacking in South East Asia after an ill-advised liaison sees them stuck in jail. | ||
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | 52 | - | Jim Carrey is back in his element (loud, over-exaggerated physical humour) but without much of a plot, the comedy feels a bit forced. | ||
| 2003 | Buffalo Soldiers | 59 | 55 | Vicious black comedy that revels in what appears to be criticism of the American military but lacks coherence in its message and its story. Joaquin Phoenix is solid in the lead role. | ||
| 1998 | Bug's Life, A | 69 | 60 | Groundbreaking early computer animation movie with ants battling various insect and non-insect foes. | ||
| 1988 | Bull Durham | 77 | 53 | Back when Kevin Costner was still good, he made this interesting tale of love and baseball. Also featuring Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. | ||
| 2003 | Bulletproof Monk | 77 | - | This enjoyable chop socky nonsense has all the right ingredients: mystical gibberish, over the top fights, cartoon villains, a femme fatale and, of course, an ill disciplined apprentice learning the secrets of life from a patient master. | ||
| Last Updated 23 February 2004 | ||||||