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Peterborough This Week

Peterborough This Week is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Mike Sage.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2/5
Watchmen (2009) Mike Sage Watchmen isn't a superhero movie, it's a pretentious turkey that thinks it's better than the genre.
Posted Mar 12, 2009  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Friday the 13th (2009) Mike Sage The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?
Posted Feb 18, 2009  Edit critic review
3/5
Doubt (2008) Mike Sage More tailored for the Oscars than a Clint Eastwood war epic, Doubt features some of the best performances we've seen all year but it falls short in other departments.
Posted Dec 23, 2008  Edit critic review
5/5
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Mike Sage I don't think Boyle could film paint drying and make it dull.
Posted Dec 23, 2008  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Seven Pounds (2008) Mike Sage Smith and Dawson both look like death, so watching their romance-on-life-support is painfully dreary and tragically unsexy
Posted Dec 23, 2008  Edit critic review
2/5
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) Mike Sage Barring direct-to-DVD Disney sequels, the first Madagascar was one of the worst animated flicks of all time. The bad news is Escape 2 Africa reunites the same cast and directors that made the first DreamWorks flick such a turkey.
Posted Dec 02, 2008  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Quantum of Solace (2008) Mike Sage Quantum makes us understand the importance of a good director, which is sadly absent here.
Posted Dec 02, 2008  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Australia (2008) Mike Sage Had the team abandoned the tediously tidy final third of the film and all the awful World War II shenanigans we obviously don't care about, Australia would be a wild romp.
Posted Dec 02, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Pineapple Express (2008) Mike Sage Another winner from the Apatow factory, this is a stoner comedy that soars.
Posted Sep 09, 2008  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Mamma Mia! (2008) Mike Sage Unfortunately, Streep and her ancient co-stars create pure torture whenever on screen together. This is the Catwoman of movie musicals
Posted Sep 09, 2008  Edit critic review
3/5
The House Bunny (2008) Mike Sage Fans of comedies like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls should get a kick out of Anna Faris' amusing starring vehicle, even if this one isn't quite as sly or slickly produced.
Posted Sep 09, 2008  Edit critic review
5/5
The Dark Knight (2008) Mike Sage a riveting piece of work that will have us all mourning Ledger's loss but smacking our lips for a third entry
Posted Sep 09, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Burn After Reading (2008) Mike Sage Burn After Reading is a welcome escape from September's usual crop of inane thrillers starring Nicolas Cage or Julianne Moore.
Posted Sep 09, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Cloverfield (2008) Mike Sage Mixing the immediacy of documentary observation and the slam-bang pace of the modern disaster epic, Cloverfield is economic and engaging.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
4/5
Atonement (2007) Mike Sage Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
3/5
Rambo (2008) Mike Sage Luckily, Rambo's years away from war haven't dulled his ability to rip out a man's throat with his bare hands.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
2/5
There Will Be Blood (2007) Mike Sage And the winner of the overrated Oscar front-runner award goes to...
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Never Back Down (2008) Mike Sage The acting is hammy, Djimon Hounsou shows up to give the flick a corny air of Karate Kid and there's nothing particularly original about the whole premise but somehow it works. It must be those abs. Or the kicks to them.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
3/5
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Mike Sage With plenty of betrayal, attempted incest and beheadings crammed into this period episode of The Young and the Restless, The Other Boleyn Sister has appeal in an otherwise stiff genre.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Fool's Gold (2008) Mike Sage Never do we believe that these two might actually be capable of hooking up off-screen, and this romantic flatness kills your appetite to keep watching.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
3/5
Vantage Point (2008) Mike Sage If you thought 24's perspective on terrorism was, well, limited, get ready to groan. The meat and potatoes of Vantage Point -- the suicide bomb explosions, the bloody fisticuffs and blaring car chases -- are indeed awesome, and that's what truly matters f
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
1/5
10,000 B.C. (2008) Mike Sage The actors speak in fluent anachronistic English. The dialogue is prehistoric but not in the way Emmerich intended.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Ruins (2008) Mike Sage Gore hounds will definitely be pleased as The Ruins boasts some of the most sickening blood and guts this side of snuff films.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Mike Sage after the overcooked live action Grinch and nauseating Cat In The Hat, Hollywood has finally served up a tasty adaptation of Dr. Seuss.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
2.5/5
21 (2008) Mike Sage Too bad most of the performers can't seem to pull off the insane IQs they clearly do not have.
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
2/5
Nim's Island (2008) Mike Sage here is in fact no actual villain or conflict or tension or fun, and let's face it: we all know Jack will make it back safe and sound (sorry kids, but Wendy Or doesn't have JK Rowling's narrative cahoonas)
Posted Apr 15, 2008  Edit critic review
4/5
30 Days of Night (2007) Mike Sage no amount of desensitization can prepare you for David Slade's chilling vampiric bloodbath. 30 Days of Night is relentlessly brutal horror with nary a comedic wisecracker in sight.
Posted Oct 09, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Mike Sage Period films, even sequels, are limited by budget, and Kapur does a marvellous job with the money he has.
Posted Sep 11, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Hairspray (2007) Mike Sage Unlike Eddie Murphy's exploitively unfunny attempts at fat and female, John Travolta makes his character absolutely endearing and charming by playing it relatively low-key.
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
2/5
The Simpsons Movie (2007) Mike Sage Doh! What a colossal disappointment. The Simpsons Movie has its funny bits but so does the average Marge-centric episode. But this is a highly anticipated 90-minute episode for which audiences have to pay.
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Stardust (2007) Mike Sage The cast is dynamite and funny%u2014particularly the cute hero Charlie Cox, the vain witch Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro playing further against type then ever before.
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
2/5
The Invasion (2007) Mike Sage The Invasion is Nicole Kidman's latest unsuccessful summer attempt to prove she's a versatile actress.
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Balls of Fury (2007) Mike Sage the insanely corny plot should appeal heavily, especially to audiences who grew up on awful late 80s, early 90s action movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
Posted Aug 29, 2007  Edit critic review
3/5
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Mike Sage the dialogue and one-liners of Die Hard 4 are cheeky and clever, and it proves Bruce Willis still has his game against younger, faster kung-fu maniacs like Maggie Q
Posted Jul 04, 2007  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Transformers (2007) Mike Sage Transformers is in a stellar class of seamless FX films populated by genre classics like Jurassic Park, Twister and Titanic
Posted Jul 04, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Knocked Up (2007) Mike Sage Like many films of late, Knocked Up is a little too long, but it's worth it in the end. Stone is so pathetic, we need extra time for Apatow to convince us that Alison shouldn't have an abortion
Posted Jun 27, 2007  Edit critic review
2/5
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Mike Sage somehow Jessica Alba's acting has taken a turn for the worse, and Chris Evans has the audacity to only take his shirt off for three seconds
Posted Jun 27, 2007  Edit critic review
3/5
Surf's Up (2007) Mike Sage basically Riding Giants meets Happy Feet: an animated penguin flick with the goofy structure of a mockumentary
Posted Jun 27, 2007  Edit critic review
2/5
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Mike Sage somewhere between the locker room ass-slapping, the bland heist plot develops, as if it really matters
Posted Jun 27, 2007  Edit critic review
5/5
Ratatouille (2007) Mike Sage Don't be surprised if people start called Brad Bird the Spielberg of animation
Posted Jun 27, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Shrek the Third (2007) Mike Sage Justin Timberlake as the voice of the wiumpy Artie is certainly the best new addition to the Far Far Away Kingdom
Posted Jun 04, 2007  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Waitress (2007) Mike Sage we're left with a moral message that it's OK to cheat on your partner as long as they're boring, brainless or vegetative
Posted Jun 04, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Mike Sage Needless to say, it all looks and sounds absolutely fabulous, and the return of Geoffrey Rush is simply AAHRResting
Posted Jun 04, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Spider-Man 3 (2007) Mike Sage If you ever wondered what the Power Rangers could do with a $250 Million budget, just wait for the silly climax
Posted May 01, 2007  Edit critic review
4/5
Vacancy (2007) Mike Sage For a terror tale about snuff torture porn, Vacancy is actually rather subtle.
Posted Apr 20, 2007  Edit critic review
1.5/5
Premonition (2007) Mike Sage I had a premonition this might be a forgettable mediocrity, but I was wrong. It's actually a laughable turd.
Posted Mar 19, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Zodiac (2007) Mike Sage the performances are dang-on across the board, and even though the formal protagonist shifts around a bit, the major characters played by Gyllenhaal, Downey Jr and Ruffalo have fascinating arcs.
Posted Mar 07, 2007  Edit critic review
4.5/5
300 (2007) Mike Sage 300 is an erotic spectacle for men (straight and gay apparently) and this demographic should bask in the bombastic grandeur of discourse, domination and decapitations.
Posted Mar 07, 2007  Edit critic review
3/5
RENO 911!: Miami (2007) Mike Sage as long as you can appreciate a good fart joke, Reno 911! Miami is worth your admission
Posted Feb 28, 2007  Edit critic review
2/5
Ghost Rider (2007) Mike Sage Outside of maybe X-men's Jubilee, I can't think of a comic character less deserving of the big-screen treatment than Ghost Rider. But what do I know? Maybe the idea of Nic Cage in unyielding biker leather sounded good on paper.
Posted Feb 16, 2007  Edit critic review
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