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Manhattan | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | One of Woody's best, this is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with his body of work. It's funny, it's dramatic, and it's certainly the best looking film he's ever made. The opening sequence is tremendous. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
The Mosquito Coast | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Harrison Ford gives one of his best performances in this underrated film. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
National Lampoon's Animal House | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | One of the all-time classic movies, and a career-defining performance by Belushi make this mandatory viewing for any movie lover. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | true | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
National Lampoon's European Vacation | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Personally, it's my favorite out of the four Vacation films. Many people don't agree with me, however. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Nick of Time | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Gimmicky film that takes some great actors and makes them into props. Depp plays against type, and Walken manages okay as the film operates in real time (a device used many times before and since, most recently in Fox's "24" TV show). Skip it. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | true | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
The Night of the Hunter | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Classic film that just hasn't dated very well. Mitchum gives a tremendous performance, but the rest of the movie elements don't hold up so well. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Play It Again, Sam | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Very good, early Woody Allen comedy. Not as good as such films as "Bananas", "Take the Money and Run" or "Sleeper", but still better than most comedies and certainly worth a viewing. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Rambo: First Blood Part II | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | The weakest of the Rambo trilogy, but still a fun film to watch if you're in the mood for explosions and Stallone at his muscle-bound grunting best. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | true | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Real Life | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | A great, underrated, lost gem of a film that accurately predicted and lampooned reality television long before it ever came to be. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Romancing the Stone | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | A funny movie with some decent action scenes, Stone was a big blockbuster when it came out, but hasn't aged particularly well. The chemistry between the Douglas, Turner and DeVito is still fun to watch. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Set It Off | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | A tense, original caper film full of excellent performances, particularly by Queen Latifah | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Shaft's Big Score! | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Good sequel finds Shaft at it again. The original is better, and so is Shaft in Africa. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Silverado | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | A good movie, although it's sometimes too antiseptic for what a Western should be. There's some great shoot-out scenes. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Sliver | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Sliver has a few mildly memorable moments, but is for the most part a waste of time. It is indicative of the poor career choices Sharon Stone made once she became a household name. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | true | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Superfly | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Classic blaxlpoitation film is still one of the best to come out of the genre. O'Neal gives a fine (but always funky) performance in one of the last movies before the genre ate itself and became self-parody. Terrific soudtrack. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
The Great Train Robbery | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Excellent period film featuring great performances by Connery and Sutherland. Crichton's direction builds some very tense moments, particularly in the execution of the robbery, but the movie isn't too serious to throw in an occasional gag. Deserves to be | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
The Lion King | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | It makes you laugh, it could very well make you cry, and the animation is just magnificent. It could be the most well-rounded film that Disney has ever made. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Three Days of the Condor | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Fine espionage thriller that features great performances by Redford and Dunaway. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Trees Lounge | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | Buscemi does a fine job directing this sad, realistic, sometimes humorous look into the life of an alcoholic. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Unstrung Heroes | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | A very touching film that features great performances all around. This is the type of movie you'll watch and wonder why you've never heard more about it. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | An overrated film. DiCaprio gives a great performance as a mentally retarded boy. It's so good, in fact, that's it's difficult to watch. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | true | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Wild Man Blues | Countingdown.com | Larry Carroll | An interesting documentary covering a tour of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz band. If you enjoy the music, or are a fan of all things Woody, then you should give this one a rental. Others probably wouldn't enjoy it. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | true | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1,324 |
Dreamgirls | County Cable | Jon Niccum | a mildly engrossing lecture on the pitfalls of fame -- drug abuse, failed marriages and egos run rampant -- all set to the melismatic bellowing of semi-catchy show tunes. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,325 |
The Hitcher | County Cable | Jon Niccum | It's good advice to never pick up strangers. It's equally sound advice to never go see a remake of an unremarkable '80s horror flick that is produced by Michael Bay and directed by a filmmaker best known for crafting Britney Spears videos. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,325 |
The Eclipse | Courier Mail (Australia) | Leigh Paatsch | All that needs to be known is that the writing, direction and performances -- especially from the beautifully matched leads Hinds and Hjejle -- are of the highest calibre, and The Eclipse makes the most of every element at its disposal. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Courier Mail (Australia) | Rodney Chester | Girls who are just starting to feel a little old for Hannah Montana will flock to this film, which will no doubt have a long life on the slumber party circuit. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Baby Mama | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | It's very much the women's show, and they prove enjoyable company, but there's more sugar than vinegar in the script which is stretched to find laughs. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Beneath Hill 60 | Courier Mail (Australia) | Leigh Paatsch | A drab and derivative screenplay simply fails to build a single worthwhile or credible character. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Bonneville | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | Unfortunately, it's as flimsy as tissue, and the actresses, all 50+, really do more with the material...than it deserves. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Burn After Reading | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | The performances are altogether delightful. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Courier Mail (Australia) | Leigh Paatsch | Both the performances and the dialogue in this film are incredibly stilted, further compounding the sheer boredom that takes hold in the second half. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
The Edge of Love | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | Dylan Thomas's life is represented here, but John Maybury's hollow romantic drama is more interested in his women than in his literary art. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
In Bruges | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | The twists and turns of McDonagh's elaborate plotting, its tremendous location of the medieval city of Bruges in Belgium, and the high level of performances from everyone involved makes it one of this year's pleasures. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Make It Happen | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | Mary Elizabeth Winstead [has] star quality. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
The Book of Eli | Courier Mail (Australia) | Leigh Paatsch | Though The Book of Eli devolves into a very basic series of pitched battles between the good and evil adversaries, the film does exert a tight grip on the viewer. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
The Dark Knight | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | The Dark Knight illuminates courtesy of Ledger's brilliant interpretation of the madman. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Tropic Thunder | Courier Mail (Australia) | Des Partridge | For an insider's take on the movie business, Stiller's action comedy has you laughing from the start... | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,326 |
Girl With a Pearl Earring | Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Judith Egerton | Scarlett Johansson, 19, has a matureness beyond her years. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,327 |
Lantana | Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Judith Egerton | The movie doesn't have the appeal of a Hitchcock psychological murder mystery. It's more a well-acted study about the thorny landscape of relationships. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,327 |
Green Room | CraveOnline | Inkoo Kang | Th[e] naturalistic Confederate Gothic atmosphere is the most distinctive element of the film, an effective if largely predictable nightmare (in a vindication-of-the-formula sort of way). | 75/100 | 100 | 75 | 100 | false | 74 | 100 | 1 | 1,328 |
Mia Madre | CraveOnline | Inkoo Kang | Moretti seems too close to his subject to provide either meaningful introspection or a well-rounded narrative. | 50/100 | 100 | 50 | 100 | false | 49 | 100 | 1 | 1,328 |
Mustang | CraveOnline | Inkoo Kang | Deniz Gamze Ergven's debut isn't just Turkey's answer to 'The Virgin Suicides,' but also a near-flawless portrait of how girls cope with, act out against, and escape from repressive circumstances that threaten to reduce them to solely their gender. | 95/100 | 100 | 95 | 100 | false | 94 | 100 | 1 | 1,328 |
Our Brand is Crisis | CraveOnline | Inkoo Kang | David Gordon Green's boisterous but hollow election drama offers an ultra-cynical take on political campaigns as a series of mass manipulations. | 40/100 | 100 | 40 | 100 | false | 39 | 100 | 1 | 1,328 |
I Saw the Light | CraveOnline | Inkoo Kang | 'I Saw the Light' is a broad-stroked portrait of addiction -- to alcohol, to women, to spending -- that amounts to little more than self-destruction porn. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,329 |
Rookie of the Year | Creative Loafing | Matt Brunson | Merely mediocre. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,330 |
1917 | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | 1917 stresses the idea that war is hell. To put such a heavy responsibility on two young soldiers...is utterly horrifying. Of course, it's also thrilling, and therefore gives moviegoers one hell of a film experience at the cineplex. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Ad Astra | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Filmmaker James Gray's latest movie is as intellectual as it is visceral. It's a film that is also thrilling and profoundly moving. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Perhaps the greatest sign of female empowerment is that they can now fight, curse, maim, and kill as well as the boys do onscreen. I'm not sure what that says about our society, but it sure makes for some nasty fun at the Cineplex. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Dolemite Is My Name | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | (The film) is a period piece that has a lot to say about our modern times. It's a rallying cry to fight the power, reinvent yourself to be happy, and realize it takes a village to move mountains. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Haunt | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Haunt is a brisk and stimulating ride, one you'll likely come out of feeling spooked and quite satisfied. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Joker | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Searing onto the screen as both a revisionist backstory of an iconic villain character and a pointed commentary on the cuddlier aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the new Joker movie is bold, violent, and unnerving. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Knives Out | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Filmmaker Rian Johnson knows Agatha Christie's oeuvre so well that he's able to honor it and screw with it too, ripping apart its pieces, moving them around, and making the hoary conventions of the procedural genre feel almost completely fresh and vital. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Marriage Story | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Ultimately, Baumbach doesn't fix the blame of the marriage failure here, but rather, he showcases the characters fixing their lives as they're forced to adapt to it. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | It's the storytelling, never rushed, nuanced and complex, weaving bits of animation and design effortlessly throughout, that resonates the most. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Parasite (Gisaengchung) | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | Bong Joon Ho has not only delivered one of 2019's very best movies, but the symbolism he's woven throughout the picture is some of the finest placed on film in years. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | What makes it so special is not just their affair, but the way art plays such a part in it. The two women share a bond that is physical, certainly, but their connection over the aesthetics of artistic expression becomes the truer core of their bond. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Richard Jewell | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | It's dramatic, well-acted, and moving, yet there are strains of the worst instincts of the director in parts that keep it from being one of his very best. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
The Gentlemen | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | The movie is chock full of low-life's, robberies, murders, and double-crosses. It's a lot of fun and a welcome return for Ritchie. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
The Irishman | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | It's an affecting meditation on old age and regret, a film with more melancholy than Scorsese's usual dark wit. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Uncut Gems | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | It may confound and even anger some viewers, but the Safdie brothers know what they're doing. They want their gripping story to put us between a rock and a hard place and make us squirm, just like their protagonist. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Underwater | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | There are moments when the characters here manage to escape the water momentarily, take off their diving helmets, and breathe. If only the film was willing to breathe more as well. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Zombieland: Double Tap | Creative Screenwriting | Jeff York | While it doesn't do much that the first one didn't, this follow-up is a rollicking riff with enough laughs and character to stand as a hearty, albeit tardy, sequel. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,331 |
Frozen II | Creepy Kingdom | Shannon McGrew | Frozen 2 might not win everyone over with its use of somber tones and darker imagery, but there's something to be said about a kid's film that shows how positive change and acceptance of oneself is something to never ignore. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,332 |
Le Divorce | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | It is entirely possible that someone who had never made a movie before could have come up with something funnier, sexier and more intriguing than the results captured here. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | true | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
28 Days Later | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | 'Shooting on a limited budget and with small digital-video cameras, Boyle manages to create a film that looks pretty enormous in scope.' | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | true | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
American Wedding | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | Nothing more than an attempt to squeeze a few more dollars out of the success of the freakishly popular 1999 original. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | This is not merely one of the worst films in recent memory but it could well go down as one of the worst things ever conceived by human hands. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Dirty Pretty Things | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | It takes a while for things to get moving and the twisty finale isn't quite as clever as it thinks it is - but it has a weird sort of charm to it that is a lot more appealing than most of the films currently playing. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
From Justin To Kelly | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | It was produced by people who saw nothing in it but a few quick bucks, filled with songs that no one would want to hear again and starring two people who have no business at the center of any movie. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Gigli | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | I am giving Gigli one star and that is only because of Walken: if Brest were smart, when the film hits DVD, he should only release that scene and stick the rest in the deleted scenes section. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
How to Deal | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | After a summer filled with robots, explosions, car crashes, fart jokes and lazy-eyed skanks battling Demi Moore, here is a simple, unassuming film that actually dares to include the human element into the mix. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | The film ironically does the opposite of what an archaeologist is supposed to do - it takes a rare and beautiful treasure and buries it under a ton of junk. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | true | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | There are many, many flaws with LXG but one of the biggest is that after having set up such an intriguingly odd premise, the film proceeds to completely squander it by failing to come up with a single interesting way to exploit the conceit. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | true | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blonde | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | What is missing is the charm that Witherspoon brought to the character of Elle Woods. You couldn't help but like her in that first film but here, the character is simply unbearable. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | I enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean enough to recommend it but there are a couple of serious flaws with it that should be addressed. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Seabiscuit | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | The only truly striking performance is the hilarious turn by the invaluable William H. Macy...it comes as a blessed relief from the otherwise draggy proceedings. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | true | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | While it is easily the least of the three films and not quite as focused or ingenious as the previous installments, it still has an endless amount of creativity behind it and while kids will eat it up without question, there is enough ingenuity to provide | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Stuck on You | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | Stuck on You is an agreeably silly knockabout comedy that actually works, which is more than I can say about a lot of the films that have come out in recent weeks. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
S.W.A.T. | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | The actors have an appealing enough chemistry to overcome some of the sillier moments and make "S.W.A.T." a better film that it probably has any right to be. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Swimming Pool | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | Swimming Pool is being positioned as an art-house film but there is absolutely no reason why it couldn't play in multiplexes along with T3 or The Hulk. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | It demonstrates that a film can be exciting and funny and epic in scope while still retaining the peculiar vision of an artiste compelled to capture his obsessions with a Techniscope lens. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | Only Jackson would have conceived of having a dwarf, in the middle of battle, declare 'NOBODY TOSSES A DWARF!' and only Jackson could have gotten away with it. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | true | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | Still a pretty stirring epic and is a worthy conclusion to the saga. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Critic Doctor | Peter Sobczynski | The most impressive new element in this installment is the completely CGI-created Gollum...he turns in the best performance. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,333 |
Step Up 3 | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | Would it be a better musical experience if when Gene Kelly splashed about in Singin' in the Rain, you saw each drop of water bouncing towards you? | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,334 |
Titanic | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | If when you see this film, you believe it's credible, God bless you and your unfortunate offspring with their damaged gene pool. | 1/10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | false | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1,334 |
Velvet Goldmine | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | Reminisce, if you can, over genderless fashions, boys in makeup and girls in even more makeup. And don't forget those platform shoes, drugs, and glitter, glitter everywhere. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1,334 |
The Island of Dr. Moreau | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | The most exciting characters are killed off too early, and what we're left with is a Satan's "Seasme Street." | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,335 |
House Arrest | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | MGM can make millions with House Arrest. All they have to do is allow free admittance, and charge $10 a head for those wanting to run out of the theater before the end credits roll. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,335 |
In the Realm of the Senses | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | In her essay, "A Theory on Female Sexuality" (1966), American psychiatrist Mary Jane Sherfey noted that "the strength of the [sex] drive determines the force required to suppress it." | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1,335 |
Walking and Talking | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | a totally charming, though lightweight, look at a childhood friendship | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,335 |
Breaking the Waves | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | mesmerizing, harrowing and in the end euphoric | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1,336 |
Multiplicity | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | Whatever you know about cloning, leave at the theater door. Whatever you know about the modern housewife, shuck that, too. The feminism of "Multiplicity" is barely circa 1959. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,336 |
A Price Above Rubies | Critics Inc./America Online | Brandon Judell | Thanks to Boaz (Fresh) Yorkin, we now have Bye, Bye, Hasid or better yet Escape from the Tefillin. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,336 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Crooked Marquee | Abby Olcese | The movie is so determined to be all things to all people that it overstuffs itself, becoming more of a Star Wars fan collage than a movie on its own terms. | 68/100 | 100 | 68 | 100 | false | 67 | 100 | 1 | 1,337 |
Last Days In The Desert | Crux | Steven D. Greydanus | A promising exercise in a style of film-making I'd like to see more of, but it's a promise somewhat unfulfilled. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,338 |
Extract | CultureCatch | Brandon Judell | Everyone else here is rather gleefully one-note, like the characters in The Andy Griffith Show, amusing caricatures that are pleasing to reconnect with between bathroom breaks. Just remember to flush. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,339 |
A Star Is Born | Curtsies and Hand Grenades | Willow Maclay | Like all the best love stories their relationship reaches out beyond the screen, and asks the audience to experience the highs and lows, as if they were these characters. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,340 |
Destination Wedding | Curtsies and Hand Grenades | Willow Maclay | If you enter with the intention to get down on the level of Destination Wedding's debased sewer-bile dialogue you will be rewarded with a deranged symphony of laughter. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,340 |
Halloween | Curtsies and Hand Grenades | Willow Maclay | Halloween is merely a short-cut for the same boring "strong-female lead" characterizations we've been seeing for the better part of twenty years now. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,340 |
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