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Time Out's 50 greatest monster movies

Time Out's 50 greatest monster movies

Ahead of ‘The Wolfman’, Time Out lists our 50 favourite cinematic stalkers, growlers, slashers and biters.

 

A Single Man
Rated 4 star(s)

A cool melo from debut boy Tom Ford

A Single Man

The Wolfman
Rated 3 star(s)

This long-gestating creature feature is finally here

The Wolfman

Valentine's Day
Rated 2 star(s)

Schmaltzy, star-studded romcom from Garry Marshall

Valentine's Day

Ponyo
Rated 4 star(s)

The stunning latest from Hayao Miyazaki

Ponyo

Percy Jackson and the...
Rated 2 star(s)

Drab fantasy saga from Chris Columbus

Percy Jackson and the...

Battle for Terra 3D
Rated 3 star(s)

Neat little 3D animation with a harsh message

Battle for Terra 3D
 

Still running

Invictus

Invictus

Clint's latest looks at the political machinations behind the 2005 Rugby World Cup in South Africa

Winter in Wartime

The realities of war are shown to a trigger-happy teenager in this Dutch drama

Beyond the Pole

This film is a genuine oddity, fusing up-to-the-minute eco-doc aesthetics with woolly Britcom storytelling,

Edge of Darkness

Martin Campbell brings Mel Gibson into the fold for his lacklustre remake his classic '80s TV serial

Up in the Air

‘Up in the Air’ seeks comedy from two of the Western world’s most current fears: flying and redundancy.

The Road

Brutal saga of post-apocalyptic angst based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winner

Daybreakers

Ambitious thriller about a future world ruled by corporate vampires with Willem Dafoe and Ethan Hawke

Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie the director and Guy Ritchie the screenwriter part ways for this latest spin on the Sherlock Holmes story

Avatar

This hulking, CG-souped B-picture from James Cameron is little more than expensive eye candy


Critics' choice

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

'By the time you read this I may be dead.' Don't miss Max Ophüls' sumptuous romantic classic

Takeshis'

The first, likably oddball chapter of 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano's 'auto-destruct' trilogy.

Anonyma: A Woman In Berlin

This large-scale German historical drama tells of the fall of Berlin to Russian troops in 1945

Precious

If there was a gold statuette for wall-to-wall compassion, ‘Precious’ would wipe the floor with its rivals

The Princess and the Frog

John Lasseter’s attempt take Disney animation back to basics has paid off in this old-school charmer

Breathless

Fists fly in this impressive, intense drama about a dysfunctional, sociopathic loner

Late Autumn

Yasujiro Ozu’s bittersweet late masterpiece.

A Prophet

Jacques Audiard confirms his status as one of Europe's most sure-footed directors in this majestic prison drama

A Serious Man

The Coens' latest about a male responsibility and religious paranoia


News & Features

The genius of Roman Polanski

The genius of Roman Polanski

Ahead of his new film, 'The Ghost', we must forget the media circus and remember the artist pleads Wally Hammond

Has Ricky Gervais gone all serious?

The trailer to 'Cemetery Junction' suggests that its writer-director is suppressing his funny bone

Oscars 2010: The nominees

Tom Huddleston offers his acute analysis on the list of nominees for the 2010 Academy Awards

Why everyone's talking about 'Precious'

Director Lee Daniels fights back the tears to tell Dave Calhoun how he ‘married art into an urban world’

Can Tom Ford cut it as a director?

After ten years as creative head of Gucci, Tom Ford has directed his first film, 'A Single Man'. Nina Caplan meets him

The best of Sundance 2010

Jailbait lesbians, mumblecore maturity and the return of Chris Morris all crop up at this year's Sundance film festival

'The A-Team' trailer and the 80s Revival

As the first trailer for 'The A-Team' hits online, we take a look at other '80s shows that are ripe for a big-screen revival

Films in London: 2010 preview

2010's must-see movies from the likes of Matthew Vaughn, Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton



Best of 2009

Critics' choices: the films of 2009

Critics' choices: the films of 2009

Time Out's film critics pick their five best (and one worst) offerings from the year in movies, from talking foxes to the cheekiest gay Austrian ever

The DVDs of 2009

Time Out's Film team select the ten best (and one worst) DVD film releases of 2009


Ten spot

An A-Z of Ozu

An A-Z of Ozu

To celebrate a retrospective of the films of Yasujiro Ozu's, Time Out offer a bluffer's guide to the director's stylistic and thematic tropes

The art of the film franchise reboot

Time Out offers the ultimate past, present and future guide to reviving a film franchise

Ten inspirations behind 'Avatar'?

As a new trailer for James Cameron's highly-anticipated CG space-opera 'Avatar' is released, Time Out ponders what the influences behind the film...


Big lists

Time Out's 101 Films of the Decade

Time Out's 101 Films of the Decade

Ten years, thousands of movies and millions of dollars in international box office, and it all boils down to this

Time Out's 50 greatest animated films

Our definitive rundown of fifty classic feature length animations

The 50 greatest World War II movies: part one

The greatest film's set during and about WWII

50 essential sci-fi films

The 50 sci-fi films you need to see in order to understand the genre





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Features

Mark Kermode: a life in film

Mark Kermode: a life in film

Dave Calhoun chats to Britain's most outspoken film critic and pundit ahead of the release of his memoirs

Rotterdam 2010: Dave Calhoun's report

Rotterdam 2010: Dave Calhoun's report

The down-to-earth Rotterdam Film Festival uncovers new work from around the world, reports Dave Calhoun

Is the London art cinema scene in crisis?

Is the London art cinema scene in crisis?

The Barbican Centre and the ICA face an uncertain future this month as the city looks set to lose several screens and screening slots

Films in London: 2010 preview

Films in London: 2010 preview

Matthew Vaughn's 'Kick-Ass', Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' and Christopher Nolan's 'Inception' all feature in our preview of 2010's must-see movies...




Obituary

Eric Rohmer: 1920 – 2010

Eric Rohmer: 1920 – 2010

The master French filmmaker Eric Rohmer has died. Geoff Andrew celebrates his life and films


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