Ex Machina (2015)

iRobot.

Easy A (2010)

Easy to watch and good fun, it's a-okay.

Film Jam 3.5 stars
Rotten Tomatoes 85%
Metacritic 72 out of 100

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

Possibly Banksy's most elaborate piece of work to date, and great fun for it.

Tropa de Elite (2007) aka "Elite Squad"

Uncompromising police voilence dished out in the favelas of Rio, but any comparisons to City of God are way off the mark.

Janck 3.5 stars (May '09)




Raw, but not groundbreaking. Puts the viewer in the frame with great effect, at the expense of a more solid storyline.

Mitch 3.5 stars

The Expendables (2010)

Expectedly atrocious, but enjoyably so. Wry smiles all round from copious explosions and laughable acting. Boom, blast and ruination.

2.5 stars

Exam (2009)

Like an extreme edition of The Apprentice.

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Not quite as edgy or as dark as hoped but still a fairly solid thriller that ticks most the boxes.

Janck 3.5 stars (Sept 2010)


Solid and enjoyable thriller that packs a punch and entertains throughout its runtime.

Mitch 3.5 stars

Fong juk (2006) aka "Exiled"

Wild shootouts just about keep this confusing crime flick ticking along, but I expected more.

Event Horizon (1997)

Sci-fi cult classic gets a blu-ray re-release, and it's fair to say this deep space epic has lost none of its shock and awe. Ahead of its time and reassuringly cinematic.


4 stars

Eagle Eye (2008)

Far fetched and poor man's Enemy of the State. Flawed blockbuster, but still watchable.


2.5 stars

Eden Lake (2008)

Rather enjoyable if you ignore a couple of gaping holes in the plot. Think a pinch of Friday the 13th, a touch of Deliverance and a dash of Apocalypse Now mixed together, simmered for 90 minutes and served with an ASBO.

3.5 stars

Escapist, The (2008)

Not quite a great escape movie, but still a thoroughly enjoyable one.

3.5 stars

Eagle vs Shark (2007)

New Zealand 'geek-indie' flick riding on Napoleon Dynamite's coattails. Above average; but only just. (This completes quite the Antipodean weekend - see below).



3.5 stars

The Exorcist (1973)

Pea soup anyone ?

4 stars

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Oscar nominated doco about the Enron scandal. Scandalous.


3.5 stars

Ed Wood (1994)

Touching and thoroughly enjoyable biopic about the man many consider to be the Worst Director of All Time*.

3.5 stars

*Surprisingly not M. Night Shyamalan ;)

Evan Almighty (2007)

Not as bad as you'd likely expect..

2.5 stars

Gin gwai (2002) aka "The Eye"

Not really that scary, but enough in it's locker to keep your eyes from drifting.. NB Jessica Alba looks more Chinese than I remember.

3 stars

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

When a film is this so-so I struggle to write a glib review, which is the real crime of Elizabeth 2.

2.5 stars

Empire of the Sun (1987)

It's definietly a Spielberg movie, but one of his more grown-up features despite the main character being played by a young Batman.

3.5 stars