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Shopgirl
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Like many Hollywood movies, it confuses sex for love. Even so, after a terrible first half hour, the movie picks up and the remaining hour actually becomes entertaining.
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Of Gods and Men
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
My question is not so much the reason why the film was made, but how in the world did anybody get someone to finance something like this?
0/10
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We Are Marshall
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Too long and too talky. It takes 40 minutes for star Matthew McConaughey to make his first appearance.
5/10
10
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
I liked the first two, but this franchise has expired.
1/10
10
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The Astronaut Farmer
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
It strains credulity to think that anyone would make a movie that strains credulity like this one. If it isn't the dumbest movie ever made, it's close.
1/10
10
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1
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The Ladykillers
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This is one of the best-cast films I've seen in a long time.
9/10
10
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9
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1
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Chloe
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This remake is a tantalizing, salacious melodrama with good performances by Moore and Seyfried, even though Neeson's role is little more than a cameo.
7/10
10
7
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7
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993
Guess Who
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
What this film lacks, in addition to a funny script, are pace and logic. Even though Kutcher is good, I squirmed a lot and looked at my watch a lot.
6/10
10
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6
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The Deal
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
If I, a former General Counsel for an oil company, have difficulty understanding the plot of a film based on the oil industry, what chance is there for the ordinary viewer?
5/10
10
5
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5
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Code Name: The Cleaner
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The result is another opportunity lost.
3/10
10
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3
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Elizabethtown
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Rarely will you ever see a romantic duo with less chemistry than Bloom and Dunst. Sitting through this movie gives one an impression of how long eternity might be.
1/10
10
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1
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National Treasure
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
With one of the more preposterous climaxes in the history of film, this movie flunks every test of believability.
4/10
10
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4
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1
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Ocean's Twelve
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The story is so convoluted I doubt that it makes any sense even if you had the time or interest to concentrate. The best part of the movie is looking at Zeta-Jones
5/10
10
5
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5
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This try to film what's been called an unfilmable book reminds me of the old ditty: They all said it couldn't be done; They all said he couldn't do it; So he tackled the job that couldn't be done; And, by George, he couldn't do it.
1/10
10
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
(W)hen Tommy Lee Jones...tells how funny his roommate, Al Gore, was, is asked for specifics, and gives them totally deadpan, I was laughing uncontrollably.
10/10
10
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10
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Forget Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Acquitaine and Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth, Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan is as strong a woman as you'll ever seen in a movie.
10/10
10
10
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10
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America's Heart and Soul
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
a mixture of laughter, awe, admiration, and poignancy.
9/10
10
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9
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The Perfect Game
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This entertaining film is so full of factual inaccuracies that are unnecessary they degrade the final product.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Dirty Pretty Things
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The less you know the more you'll enjoy it.
7/10
10
7
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7
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The Ides of March
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Clooney ably directs an exceptional cast in award-deserving performances. It's a treat to watch Hoffman, Giamatti, Gosling, and Clooney himself.
9/10
10
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9
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Hostage
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Aided by a sinister house, this is a terrific, tension-filled action movie, with character development unusual for the genre. Ben Foster creates a scary psychopathic villain.
9/10
10
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9
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Redbelt
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...entertaining until the ending that lacks crediblity, which mars what came before but epitomizes a Mamet film.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Freaky Friday
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
I now understand why I've had to sit through all the truly awful movies I've seen this summer. The Almighty was preparing me for Freaky Friday.
10/10
10
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School of Rock
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Good cast, good acting, good script, ridiculous premise, good music (if you like rock) equals entertaining movie.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Live Free or Die Hard
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Everything goes from bad to worse. But McClane keeps coming...and joking. I had a great time.
8/10
10
8
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8
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Broken Flowers
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Murray showing no emotion; Murray sitting and thinking; sorry, I don't call that compelling moviemaking.
3/10
10
3
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3
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You Kill Me
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
In talented hands, this might have the makings of a good comedy...As it is, it is one of the worst films I've had to endure this year, and that's saying a lot.
0/10
10
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The Lost City
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
If you want to see a good, entertaining movie about Havana, circa 1958, better to rent Havana, than waste your money on this turkey.
3/10
10
3
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3
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Knight & Day
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This is a lot of fun, but leave your brain at home.
7/10
10
7
10
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7
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1
993
The Brothers Grimm
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Surely the brothers Grimm are deserving of a real biopic. This is not just too phantasmagorical to be entertainment, it's incoherent,...an opportunity lost.
3/10
10
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3
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Mean Girls
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Fey's script is brilliant. Waters' direction is inspired. This film has pace,...This is a funny, enjoyable film.
9/10
10
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9
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1
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Disturbia
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The last half more than makes up for what I thought was a draggy first half. I hesitate to call it "Hitchcockian," because I think it's even better than that.
8/10
10
8
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8
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In the Land of Women
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...well done, well-acted, (and) entertaining, even though I didn't buy its dubious plot.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Shoot 'Em Up
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Ugly, disgusting, revolting, sadistic, and pointless...If it is intended as a satire, it fails. If it isn't, it is a grotesque disgrace.
0/10
10
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The Manchurian Candidate
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Director Demme is no John Frankenheimer and Meryl Streep...is no Angela Lansbury...Streep doesn't even come close to portraying the menacing character Lansbury created.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Definitely, Maybe
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
While clearly aimed at women, many men could find it as entertainingly endurable as did I.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Letters to Juliet
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Like 1962's 'Rome Adventure,' this saccharine story with incredible scenery is pleasant entertainment.
8/10
10
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8
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Downton Abbey
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Stands on its own even if you haven't watched the TV series. The acting is superb and the production values second to none.
8/10
10
8
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8
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Machete
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Machete occupies the space of last year's violent comedy, Tropic Thunder, although not as funny.
7/10
10
7
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7
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
I recommend this film to anyone who goes to movies to be entertained and come out happy and content without feeling that they had their intellect insulted by frat pack, Will Ferrell-level humor.
7/10
10
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United 93
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...superb...haunting.
9/10
10
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Music and Lyrics
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Grant's impeccable comedic timing makes Lawrence's script a thing of beauty. I had a smile on my face the entire time I was watching this charming comedy that would be at home in any era.
10/10
10
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The Departed
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Nicholson, as usual, overacts to great effect. But the star is DiCaprio who emerges from this film as a complete actor and a full-fledged star... (with) a big assist from Wahlberg, who is captivating in the few minutes he has on screen.
9/10
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Lucky Number Slevin
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...range-challenged Josh Hartnett mutters and smiles his way through what could have been a complicated, intriguing, albeit cold-bloodedly violent, thriller.
5/10
10
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5
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Somersault
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
So hot it sizzles.
10/10
10
10
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10
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And Now Ladies & Gentlemen
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
It's ludicrous.
3/10
10
3
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3
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Take the Lead
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
With very little dancing, this is a highly entertaining, feel-good 'Blackboard Jungle'.
9/10
10
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Before Sunset
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
morally ambivalent about the importance of the family unit and personal responsibility...uninvolving dialogue, uninspired directing, deficient acting.
4/10
10
4
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4
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Little Miss Sunshine
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The 25-minute setup is truly excruciating. However, once you make it through the first half hour the film is relatively entertaining.
5/10
10
5
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5
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La Vie en Rose (La Mome)
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Minimizing Piaf's wonderful music diminishes an extraordinary performance by Cotillard. I wanted a concert with the story and didn't get it. Edith would be disappointed.
6/10
10
6
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6
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Catwoman
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The story isn't bad, but the script (for which three people get credit, John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers, always a bad sign) is occasionally bromidic.
5/10
10
5
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5
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Henry Poole Is Here
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Although some may find this slow, I thought it was adequately paced and that the approach to a controversial subject even-handed and interesting.
7/10
10
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7
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Speed Racer
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The color is beautiful. That's the only good thing I can say about this film that consists of about 15 minutes of dialogue and 120 minutes of mind-numbing special effects.
1/10
10
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1
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Capote
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A biopic of his life could make an interesting 90 minute movie. A film about a short period he spent writing his famous book makes a slow, uninteresting 110 minute movie.
5/10
10
5
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5
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Even though the Hawaii locations are beautiful, without Russell Brand this film would be a big dud.
6/10
10
6
10
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6
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1
993
Soul Men
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The only laugh in this demeaning film filled with vulgar language is unintended; the amateurish scene trying to hide the fact that neither Jackson nor Mac can dance.
2/10
10
2
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2
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1
993
Dirty
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
It is so biased that it doesn't inspire the outrage that Fisher obviously intended.
0/10
10
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0
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Provides entertainment sophisticated enough to entrance a sophomore in high school.
6/10
10
6
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6
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993
Layer Cake
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Confusing...befuddling...too long. With a different script and a different director this might have worked...But, then, that would have been a completely different movie.
3/10
10
3
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3
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The Hours
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A feminist diatribe and it's true to its core as it shows men as marginalized.
0/10
10
0
10
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0
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993
Tell No One (Ne le Dis à Personne)
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A gem of a thriller, the best film I've seen this year, by far.
10/10
10
10
10
true
10
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1
993
OSS 117: Le Caire Nid d'Espions (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies)
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This was a waste of two perfectly good hours.
2/10
10
2
10
true
2
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1
993
Fever Pitch
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Formulaic attempt at romantic comedy. Fallon and his fellow Red Sox fans are dumber and more unrealistic than the jerks in beer commercials.
5/10
10
5
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5
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1
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Starsky & Hutch
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
People were laughing at my screening, but I couldn't understand what it was they were laughing at.
4/10
10
4
10
true
4
11
1
993
Assault on Precinct 13
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Director Jean-François Richet expertly directs the action so that the constant tension continues to escalate. All in all a fast-paced, tense, entertaining 109 minutes.
8/10
10
8
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8
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1
993
Ladder 49
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
the firefighting is realistic and the players are emotional, but the movie ultimately fails because it violates the first rule of dramatic writing; there's no clear premise.
5/10
10
5
10
true
5
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1
993
The Express
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Inventing a Hollywood racist agenda where it didn't exist, because this concentrates on Ernie Davis the football player, it doesn't know the man, and that's the better story.
5/10
10
5
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5
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1
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Because of Winn-Dixie
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A story that can't help but touch your heartstrings. The dog is cute and loveable, but 9 year old Opal's ingenuous personality brightens all the lonely people. I loved it.
9/10
10
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9
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1
993
The Perfect Man
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Trivializes dishonesty and deception. What writer Gena Wendkos is really saying is that "the perfect man" is one who is not present.
1/10
10
1
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1
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993
Basic Instinct 2
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Surely they can't be serious. This is so bad it must be camp. Under heavy pancake makeup, Sharon Stone gives a bad Mae West imitation, a performance not to be missed by any camp-follower
5/10
10
5
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5
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The Ghost Writer
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Despite the POV and the reprehensible character of the director, this is an entertaining movie, reminiscent of the best of Hitchcock in the '50s.
8/10
10
8
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8
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1
993
Supercross
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Most of the film is motorcycles flying through the air, which gets monotonous quickly. Clearly this film was made for the cinematography, not for explaining Supercross.
4/10
10
4
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4
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Made of Honor
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...derivative drivel, despite Michelle Monaghan's beauty and talent.
3/10
10
3
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3
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1
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Over Her Dead Body
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Norman Z. McLeod, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Alan Mowbray, and Co. must be turning over in their graves to see this is what their brilliance in the first two "Topper" film has wrought.
3/10
10
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3
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Ask the Dust
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
(Towne's) recreation of 1931 Los Angeles is stunning...(but) the movie itself (is) glacially slow and boring.
1/10
10
1
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1
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Valentine's Day
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This might be a trifle, but it's an entertaining trifle.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Tsotsi (Thug)
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
An extraordinary and gritty contemporary portrait of ghetto life set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg townships.
8/10
10
8
10
true
8
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1
993
For Your Consideration
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The best I can say for this is that a Guest fan might find it moderately entertaining.
5/10
10
5
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5
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Eight Below
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Disney can make a real live animal appear as if it is thinking and reasoning like a human being, and can somehow get us to believe that its facial expressions are indicative of what it's thinking.
9/10
10
9
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9
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S.W.A.T.
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
This is an enjoyable entertainment, but I can't really call it any more than average.
6/10
10
6
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6
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Flyboys
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Sure, it's schmaltzy. But this doesn't pretend to be something it's not. It's a 124-minute old-fashioned, John Wayne-type, feel good war movie. And what's wrong with that? I loved it.
10/10
10
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10
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Michael Clayton
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Some might see the dark cinematography, the protagonist pursued by demons, and the slow, wordy, incoherent story-telling as tense. I looked at my watch a lot.
5/10
10
5
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5
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Caterina in the Big City
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
13-year-old Alice Teghil is brilliant in her acting debut, as is Sergio Castellitto as a psychologically deviant father and husband in this metaphor of modern Italy.
9/10
10
9
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9
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Hard Candy
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
the entire film hinges on how Page and Wilson execute their roles. With apologies to Carly Simon, I can't imagine anybody doing it better.
10/10
10
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10
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Gran Torino
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Even though this continues his embracing death and giving up as a moral, this is an entertaining, vintage Eastwood film.
7/10
10
7
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7
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Saint Ralph
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
You might shed a few tears at the tender moments between Ralph and his comatose mother, but you'll laugh and chuckle and feel good far more often.
9/10
10
9
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true
9
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993
Avatar
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Filmed in mind-blowing IMAX 3-D, the story is so entertaining that I soon paid little attention to the 3-D.
8/10
10
8
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8
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Glory Road
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Don't demean this picture. This isn't just one of the worst sports movies of all time; it can hold its own with the worst of any genre. If you're not a basketball fan, this film is boring, manipulative, and banal. If you are a basketball fan, it's worse.
1/10
10
1
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1
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Flawless
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
The filmmaking and acting are so good it tingled my spine.
10/10
10
10
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10
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Days of Glory
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...a good, action-packed war movie with admirable character development, one that informs while it entertains.
8/10
10
8
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true
8
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1
993
Marley & Me
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Dump the annoying, opstreperous dog and you've got an entertaining movie about a young marriage with terrific performances by Wilson and Anniston.
9/10
10
9
10
true
9
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993
Lars and the Real Girl
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...bilious, ludicrous, and irresponsible.
3/10
10
3
10
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3
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993
The Painted Veil
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A movie for sophisticated adults...a sensitively nuanced story (with) exceptional performances by Norton and the gorgeous Watts with captivating cinematography and locale.
8/10
10
8
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8
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Whale Rider
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
I was captivated and had intermittent tears in my eyes throughout this touching tale, although I would have ended it differently.
7/10
10
7
10
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7
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Sleuth
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Despite interesting cinematography, this remake it fails because Michael Caine is no Laurence Olivier and Jude Law is no Michael Caine.
6/10
10
6
10
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6
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London
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
At one point, Syd (Chris Evans) says, "I just want something to turn the pain off. Give me something." That's the way I felt watching this movie.
0/10
10
0
10
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0
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The Book of Eli
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Not only bereft of color and entertainment value, it's loaded with so many plot holes you could drive a truck through.
3/10
10
3
10
true
3
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Smokin' Aces
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
A thoroughly despicable movie. For my money a film like this deserves an NC-17 rating far more than one dealing with explicit sex.
3/10
10
3
10
true
3
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The Queen
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
...slow and inaccurate...nothing I'd want to sit through if I knew what was in store for me, unless I just wanted to see a good impersonation of Queen Elizabeth and a bad impersonation of the eloquent Tony Blair.
5/10
10
5
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5
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Hollywoodland
tonymedley.com
Tony Medley
Far too long, devoid of pace, lacking effective period ambience, this could have been a cracklingly good mystery had it been in defter hands.
3/10
10
3
10
true
3
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