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Brian Henry Martin

Brian Henry Martin's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Reviews

Movies TV Shows
The Boy Next Door (2015) 12% 3/10 EDIT “It's impossible to imagine a more implausible role as 'Jenny from the Block' citing Homer's Odyssey to a classroom of attentive students.” – UTV Feb 26, 2015 Full Review Selma (2014) 99% 8/10 EDIT “It is beyond baffling why British actor David Oyelowo has not been nominated for either a BAFTA or an Oscar for his exceptional lead performance as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in new drama, Selma.” – UTV Feb 5, 2015 Full Review Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) 75% 7/10 EDIT “Although it begins as a predictable 007 spoof, Kingsman: The Secret Service soon finds its own groove. Director Vaughan has a licence to thrill and does so with some exhilarating action sequences.” – UTV Jan 30, 2015 Full Review Whiplash (2014) 94% 8/10 EDIT “Whiplash delivers a dark and dazzling jive into the hidden world of competitive playing. This is what happens when the kids from Fame meet the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket.” – UTV Jan 23, 2015 Full Review Taken 3 (2014) 13% 3/10 EDIT “The tagline for Taken 3 is 'It Ends Here' and we must all pray that it does.” – UTV Jan 8, 2015 Full Review The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) 59% 5/10 EDIT “With all the big hair flowing and giant horn blowing, Middle-earth begins to resemble a middle-of-the-road rock video. And even sounds like it too, "If this is love, take it from me," bleats Elven archer Tauriel, "why does it hurt so much?".” – UTV Dec 13, 2014 Full Review Life Itself (2014) 98% 8/10 EDIT “Ebert never sat on the fence, in fact sometimes he smashed it to smithereens. "I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it."” – UTV Dec 7, 2014 Full Review The Pyramid (2014) 13% 2/10 EDIT “Director Grgory Levasseur never gets to grip with the shifting sand plots as we are led down one dead-end sequence after another. And, it's not just the stranded scientists who are desperate for daylight, I too was left running for the exit.” – UTV Dec 7, 2014 Full Review Interstellar (2014) 73% 5/10 EDIT “In space no-one can you hear you scream, but they can certainly see you cry. Never before have I seen more blubbering in a movie than director Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.” – UTV Nov 6, 2014 Full Review Ghostbusters (1984) 95% 7/10 EDIT “What you realise about Ghostbusters thirty years on is that Bill Murray is a comedy genius.” – UTV Oct 29, 2014 Full Review '71 (2014) 96% 9/10 EDIT “1971 was one of the worst years of The Troubles and many of us would be forgiven for not wishing to return to that very grim time in our recent history. However, '71 is a sensational watch, a must-see for film goers in Northern Ireland.” – UTV Oct 15, 2014 Full Review Ida (2013) 95% 9/10 EDIT “Maybe a black and white Polish road movie set fifty years ago does not promise a fun night at the flicks. But you would be wrong. Ida is truly extraordinary experience.” – UTV Oct 9, 2014 Full Review Into the Storm (2014) 21% 1/10 EDIT “Unfortunately, Into The Storm is a unnatural disaster and not because the worst tornado of the century smashes into a helpless town in Oklahoma but because the performances and dialogue are so dire.” – UTV Aug 22, 2014 Full Review Last Love (2013) 33% 3/10 EDIT “Sir Michael Caine is London personified, a British movie icon with one of the most distinctive voices in cinema. So why on earth would you mis-cast him as an American in Paris with a totally implausible accent?” – UTV Jul 17, 2014 Full Review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 91% 9/10 EDIT “When Ape chieftain, Caesar bellows "GO" at a bunch of gun-toting humans, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. Not since Darth Vader strode into Star Wars have I been as bowled over by such a formidable screen presence.” – UTV Jul 17, 2014 Full Review Grace of Monaco (2014) 10% 1/10 EDIT “I can't imagine a more disastrous film than Grace Of Monaco. It's a right Royal cock-up, featuring a muddle of a central performance by Nicole Kidman and a mess of a plot.” – UTV Jun 5, 2014 Full Review The Good Man (2012) 7/10 EDIT “Any movie that begins with three boys pushing a goat down the street in a shopping trolley has to be worth watching - and it is. This is just one of the many memorable scenes from the terrific debut feature film from Phil Harrison.” – UTV May 29, 2014 Full Review Pulp Fiction (1994) 92% 8/10 EDIT “Back in 1994, I was a rookie young reviewer cutting my teeth and slowly losing the will to live watching the bloated Hollywood fare of Forrest Gump, The Flintstones and Lassie. Then, along came Pulp Fiction, swaggering with cool and bending all the rules.” – UTV May 29, 2014 Full Review Jimmy's Hall (2014) 78% 7/10 EDIT “It's not the Devil, but the Communists who have all the best tunes in 1930's Ireland. Jazz tunes that have the local community jiving in Jimmy's Hall, an entertaining tale of Reds, raves and political repercussions.” – UTV May 29, 2014 Full Review Locke (2013) 91% 8/10 EDIT “Surely listening to two builders talk on the phone about the pouring of concrete into the vast foundations of a skyscraper should be the dullest conversation ever? Not so this is genuinely exciting stuff.” – UTV Apr 24, 2014 Full Review Calvary (2014) 89% 8/10 EDIT “If there is one Irish film to see in 2014 it is Calvary. Not only is it wickedly funny and darkly profound but rather brilliantly explores the complexity of contemporary Irish faith.” – UTV Apr 10, 2014 Full Review The Monuments Men (2014) 30% 2/10 EDIT “What should have been a magnificent seven style caper led by George Clooney falls strangely flat. The only monuments these men come close to nailing is their own tombstone performances.” – UTV Feb 13, 2014 Full Review Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) 55% 5/10 EDIT “Jack Ryan seems neither sufficiently suave nor highly skilled to fully capture our imaginations. After all, he's really just a super banker, whose mission success here depends on downloading data onto his memory stick. Hardly thrilling?” – UTV Feb 6, 2014 Full Review Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 92% 8/10 EDIT “I have always been a huge fan of Matthew McConaughey even though many of his film roles have failed to showcase his considerable talent. But he finally comes of age with a sensational performance in his new film Dallas Buyers Club.” – UTV Feb 6, 2014 Full Review Grudge Match (2013) 31% 3/10 EDIT “Ageing Bull versus Rocky Glaucoma? Has somebody knocked me silly? Or am I really watching 70 year old Robert De Niro bashing 67 year old Sylvester Stallone in the boxing ring? Is this a joke?” – UTV Jan 30, 2014 Full Review
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