The Critic List is the simplest and quickest way to keep up to date about whether the films released each week in UK cinemas are any good. Maybe you want to know what to see at the cinema this weekend or maybe you\'re getting a DVD and want to know which good films you missed at the cinema. Or maybe you just want to be in the know.
In any event, The Critic List does the work for you. To get the latest, sign up to our email service and every Friday morning we will send you that week’s new release chart. To check previous weeks and the top films of the month, year-to-date and earlier years go to the \'Chart Lists\' or ‘The Archive’ section.
WHAT IS THE CRITIC LIST?
The Critic List is a chart of the best reviewed new films released in UK cinemas each week
HOW IS IT COMPILED?
The Critic List shows the number of stars each film has gained from the chosen panel of 7 respected film publications. The films are then ranked according to a % of the maximum no of stars available.
HOW ARE THE SCORES CALCULATED?
All the publications currently mark out of 5 stars. Until 5th June 2009, Time Out marked out of 6 stars but now it has reverted to the 5 star system. Prior to 2010, Film Four (now replaced in The Critic List by Little White Lies magazine) gave 1/2 marks - for the sake of aesthetics we rounded up their scores on the display (so 3.5 became 4) but used the actual mark to calculate the final score, which is a percentage of the total stars available (i.e. if a publication doesn\'t rate a film then it is excluded from the calculation of that film\'s score).
WHY THESE 7 PUBLICATIONS?
The 7 publications used all have respected film critics, review every film released each week and give a star rating. There are lots of other great film reviews but most publications don’t fulfil all those 3 criteria. From 2010 we replaced Film Four (which has stopped reviewing all films) with the film magazine, Little White Lies.
DO YOU INCLUDE EVERY FILM RELEASED EACH WEEK?
Yes , providing it has been reviewed by at least 4 of the 7 critics (which only the very smallest releases fail to do). Re-releases are not included.
CAN YOU EMAIL ME THIS CHART EVERY WEEK?
Yes, if you join our mailing list then we’ll send you a list every Friday. We won\'t share your email address with anyone else.
CAN I SEE PREVIOUS WEEKS?
Yes, currently you can see every week back to the beginning of 2007 (we\'re working on 2006). Just visit ‘The Archive’ section or scroll back through the weeks from the home page. In the \'Chart Lists\' section you can see the top films of this and earlier years.
CAN I SEARCH FOR A FILM?
Yes, use the ‘Find A Film’ search function or go to \'The Archive\' section.
CAN I READ THE REVIEWS?
Yes, click on the publication name to see all their reviews. Click on the film name to go to the Find Any Film site, where you can see the trailer, read the synopsis and find out where you can see it.
