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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
The makers of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 spend the first five minutes of their subpar sequel recapping the original, a handy reminder just how inferior Flint Lockwood's second cinematic outing is to his first.
C
long_letter
null
null
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10
18
1
1,508
Django Unchained
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
At a shade under three hours, Django Unchained never once feels that length...a testament to the ferocity of Tarantino's fantastically unmannerly concoction.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
1,508
Dredd
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Here's to the rebirth of a franchise left for dead, re-emerging with a hellacious fury that wipes clean the sins of the past - and then some. Dredd's raid and redemption indeed.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,508
Drive
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
With a titanic infusion of pound-feet of torque, Drive is the best movie of 2011, a raging race that's part F1 and equal part demolition derby.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
1,508
Gravity
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
As Cuarón spells out in his intro: "Life in space is impossible". So is forming any emotional attachment to Gravity.
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
1,508
Iron Man 3
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
A movie so block-headed, so aimlessly busy, you'd think Michael Bay directed the thing. Actually, that would be an upgrade.
C-
long_letter
null
null
false
9
18
1
1,508
Pacific Rim
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Utter awesomeness.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,508
Silver Linings Playbook
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
A thoroughly annoying and staggeringly laughless quirkfest featuring the most alarmingly miscast role of 2012.
D+
long_letter
null
null
false
8
18
1
1,508
Sound City
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
An electrifying and enthralling labor of love that acts as a defibrillator for your creative juices.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
1,508
Spring Breakers
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Korine kills it with a Britney Spears-backed montage of the pretty little gangsters protecting Franco's drug-trafficking turf. Gun-toting teens clad in string bikinis passing for high art? Indubitably.
A-
long_letter
null
null
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15
18
1
1,508
Man of Steel
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Superman's brawl with Zod is interminable, an ungodly overload of CGI that amounts to a special effects bludgeoning.
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
1,508
The Artist
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Its retro-retro take uniquely delivers the most crucial element of the moviegoing experience, the art of entertainment.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,508
The LEGO Movie
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
A spot in my top 10 of 2014 has been locked down.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
1,508
The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
Forget Saw, I'd argue this is the most freakishly disturbing outing of Cary Elwes career.
F
long_letter
null
null
false
1
18
1
1,508
The Place Beyond The Pines
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
While Cianfrance's overambitious narrative and Crash-y conclusion come perilously close to bringing the film to its knees, the electrifying first half more than compensates.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,508
This Is the End
Final Cut on Film
Erick Weber
A rapturously-riotous, celeb-skewering raunchfest.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,508
Green Zone
Financial Times
Nigel Andrews
Competent, vivid and more than tokenistically controversial in theme.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,509
The New Romantic
Fishnet Cinema
Sara Clements
Carly Stone's feature directorial debut The New Romantic pays homage to classic love stories by exploring its protagonist's passion for idealized Hollywood romance.
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
1,510
Wonder
Fishnet Cinema
Jourdain Searles
An entertaining, exciting film.
A
short_letter
null
null
false
5
6
1
1,511
Wonder Woman
Fishnet Cinema
Jourdain Searles
Patty Jenkin's Wonder Woman is an entertaining, exciting film. I was surprised by how refreshed I was that Wonder Woman was a good person.
A
short_letter
null
null
false
5
6
1
1,511
The Brothers Solomon
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Imagines what might happen if Rod and Todd Flanders grew up and decided to have a surrogate child together.
2/10
10
2
10
true
2
11
1
1,512
Death at a Funeral
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Another Frank Oz comedy with a mean streak, this time with such delights as an old man defecating in his wheelchair.
6/10
10
6
10
true
6
11
1
1,512
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The difference between Apatow and Hornby is that Hornby has written at least one compelling female character.
6/10
10
6
10
true
6
11
1
1,512
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Yates' vision for Delores Umbridge is simple: She is to leave no wizard behind.
7/10
10
7
10
true
7
11
1
1,512
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
You sense that if Lucas had his way, Harrison Ford would have measured Shia LeBeouf's midiclorian levels.
5/10
10
5
10
true
5
11
1
1,512
Iron Man 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Tony Stark is Dick Cheney's foreign policy driven by Grover Norquist's fiscal policy, sold to the public by Ari Gold. Very confusing.
5/10
10
5
10
true
5
11
1
1,512
Knocked Up
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
For all the talk of "morals" in the American cultural dialogue, stoner Ben says the only thing that really should matter: "I just want to do right by you."
8/10
10
8
10
true
8
11
1
1,512
Mr. Woodcock
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
A close reading of Mr. Woodcock reveals a dark, depressing film about small town decline. I think.
6/10
10
6
10
true
6
11
1
1,512
Ocean's Thirteen
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
If This Pays For Another Darfur Benefit, Then So Be It.
4/10
10
4
10
true
4
11
1
1,512
Once
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
It has a Before Sunrise vibe, but the aphrodisiac is music rather than pseudo-philosophical Gen-X ramblings.
9/10
10
9
10
true
9
11
1
1,512
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
As Captain Sparrow himself observes: "The immaterial has become.....immaterial."
2/10
10
2
10
true
2
11
1
1,512
Ratatouille
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
But how would the rat match up against Iron Chef Morimoto?
8/10
10
8
10
true
8
11
1
1,512
Sex and the City 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Samantha does everything but draw a picture of the Prophet Muhammad on a pair of crotchless panties.
0/10
10
0
10
true
0
11
1
1,512
Shrek the Third
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Antonio should use his Puss n' Boots voice in the Zorro sequel.
2/10
10
2
10
true
2
11
1
1,512
Superbad
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Superbad makes cultural statements that should be every bit as disturbing as blaxploitation's were.
8/10
10
8
10
true
8
11
1
1,512
Swing Vote
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
You can smell the inauthenticity and condescension - Swing Vote seems like it was written by the kind of guy who talks about Applebee's salad bar.
4/10
10
4
10
true
4
11
1
1,512
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
They seem content to let the actors improvise around the biopic structure, which gives us some very funny moments, but leaves the movie a little flat.
7/10
10
7
10
true
7
11
1
1,512
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The remake is not obscene because it's disgusting; it's obscene because it's carefully structured to be absolutely devoid of meaning.
2/10
10
2
10
true
2
11
1
1,512
The Girl Next Door
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The Girl Next Door wants to be more than a teen sex comedy - it wants to say something, but the narrative is so loose that it has no idea how to make its point.
1/5
5
1
5
true
2
11
2
1,513
The Terminal
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Tom Hanks cashes in every last chip of his audience lovability and still doesn't save the movie.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,513
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Resembling Bill Murray's early career, Ron Burgundy is a Peter Venkman/Carl Spackler type performance which will be remember fondly during Will Ferrell's 2020 Oscar run.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,513
Bridge to Terabithia
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Understands that a kids movie that's "For Adults Too" means "Mature, Complex Themes," not "Fart Jokes and Sexual Innuendo."
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,513
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Perverts Geisel's complicated legacy as storyteller, cartoonist, and political radical.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
true
3
11
2
1,513
A Dirty Shame
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
What's really astounding is that A Dirty Shame actually is shocking and depraved.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Elf
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
An early Christmas present for those who have begged Santa every year for a gift to replace Adam Sandler.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Harold and Kumar discover that the American Dream is not to be Doogie Howser; it's to be Neil Patrick Harris.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,513
I Heart Huckabees
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The director of Three Kings asks: If all people want is cheap oil and Wal-Mart convenience, should liberals just give up?
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,513
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Tries to be the "Ulysses" of exploitation films.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
true
5
11
2
1,513
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
This could be interesting stuff, but [director Jan] de Bont just has his actors say the lines and move on to the next stunt.
2/5
5
2
5
true
4
11
2
1,513
The Last Samurai
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Watanabe gives an intimate performance that completely upstages Cruise, but there's an undercurrent of condescension, as if the screenplay and direction were intent on deifying him.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
true
5
11
2
1,513
Man on Fire
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The simplicity of the story doesn't just make for a mediocre movie; it's designed to exploit the audience... The fact that audiences are so ready to embrace such torture and brutality should give us pause.
1/5
5
1
5
true
2
11
2
1,513
The Manchurian Candidate
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
This may be a little paranoid if one accepts Demme's vision at face value, and it certainly comes off as the work of a self-hating Democrat.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,513
Matchstick Men
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Lohman and Cage generate the warmest moments ever felt in a Ridley Scott movie.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Mean Girls
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
[Fey] has confessed to being a geeky type who delivered caustic scorn... The problem is that this same scorn is directed at the Plastics, which prevents the movie from engaing some larger truths about its deconstruction of the social milieu.
2/5
5
2
5
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4
11
2
1,513
Miracle
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The irony might get lost in the euphoria of victory, but looking back on the film, Miracle poses more tough questions about this victory than it provides answers about its ultimate legacy.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Mona Lisa Smile
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Mona Lisa Smile trades on the complexity of modern art, and the credibility of its artists, to dump reductionist versions of its themes into a Hollywood star vehicle.
1/5
5
1
5
true
2
11
2
1,513
Music and Lyrics
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
"Music and Lyrics" argues that pop songs are poetry, and in the tradition of Walt Whitman, the film proceeds to celebrate itself.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
true
5
11
2
1,513
New York Minute
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
It's as inhumane to the actresses as it is to the audience that's supposed to receive it as "family entertainment."
0/5
5
0
5
true
0
11
2
1,513
The Passion of the Christ
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
General Jesus Christ is reborn, awarded the most earned Purple Heart in history, and summons his Christian soldiers to march forth and fight whatever battles He calls us to.
1/5
5
1
5
true
2
11
2
1,513
School of Rock
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Linklater's film does a great service by bending clichés to express deeper truths about teaching that most other films miss.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,513
Shrek 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Shrek 2 shows Dreamworks is finding its own voice in digital animation, a welcome development with Pixar's uncertain future.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Spider-Man 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Spider-Man 2 is a blockbuster with the scrappiness of an indie.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,513
Starsky & Hutch
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
There's not enough ambition... this film is just a cobbled together series of gags, each hoping to be funny enough to win enough laughs to score substantial box office.
2/5
5
2
5
true
4
11
2
1,513
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Like dadaist art, Baby Geniuses challenge the artist-audience contract: We *hear* the babies talking, but we clearly *see* that they aren't.
1/5
5
1
5
true
2
11
2
1,513
Team America: World Police
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Perhaps the weirdest aspect of the movie is that, after a while, the puppets start to feel like real action movie characters.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
true
9
11
2
1,513
The Rundown
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
Precisely as charismatic and ridiculous as The People's Elbow.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,513
Walking Tall
Flak Magazine
Stephen Himes
The Rock, as if bidding for another appearance at the Republican National Convention, stars in this parable of neo-con justice.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
true
5
11
2
1,513
Stuber
Flick Feast
Frank Ochieng
Quite frankly, Dowse's transparent twitchy vehicle has all the cheeky charm of a roadblock during rush hour traffic. Needlessly frantic and foolish...
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,514
The Art of Self-Defense
Flick Feast
Frank Ochieng
Profoundly witty and oddly reflective, The Art of Self-Defense is one of the year's best uniquely dark comedies to give a karate chop to the inactive funnybone.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,514
Surviving the Game
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
This thoroughly absurd action flick that thinks it has some sort of social conscience, badly needs a what-the-heck-were-they-thinking smack upside the head to humble it.
45/100
100
45
100
false
44
100
1
1,515
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
FlickDirect
Allison Rose
DiCaprio offers a master class in how to act in a film in order to win an Oscar and the rest of the cast support him nicely.
4.5/10
10
4.5
10
false
7
19
2
1,516
The Two Popes
Flickering Myth
Alex Moreland
The Two Popes begins and ends with Francis, not just fascinated by him but enamoured with him.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
1,517
Absentia
Flickering Myth
Gary Collinson
Those seeking a slow-burning, intelligent and thought-provoking character-driven chiller should find plenty to enjoy.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,518
Calling All Earthlings
Flickering Myth
Tom Jolliffe
Berman's film is beautifully photographed and whilst it has no great revelations or big payoffs, it's an intriguing slice of small town alternative American life, dressed up in Alien and government conspiracy tales...
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,518
Beirut
Flicks.com.au
Sarah Ward
This solid thriller engages with the region's conflict as it paints a picture of disillusionment, double-dealing, and the dirty deeds committed and facilitated on all sides.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
Creed II
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Playing like the greatest hits of every Rocky sequel to date, Creed II is bigger and its hits thud harder, but it misses the emotional focus and finesse of its predecessor.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,519
Danger Close
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Danger Close stays true to Australian sacrifice but walks a perilous line between honour and amnesia.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,519
Destroyer
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Days after viewing, when you're transported to relive the tale conveyed in near still life glares for Kidman, Destroyer becomes a movie that overcomes the leading character's stupidity, distracting make-up, romance novel cover flashbacks. Just.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
There are brief flashes of brilliance in the at times laborious Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - the second of five cinematic Wizarding world episodes.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
1,519
First Reformed
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
First Reformed is a mesmermising work of faith and rage...
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,519
I Am Woman
Flicks.com.au
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
I Am Woman unites Moon's solid direction with Cobham-Hervey's earnest performance to transcend its sometimes-corny dialogue to present a sincere, heartfelt love letter to one of the most iconic figures of second wave feminism.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
Joker
Flicks.com.au
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
It demands we think about power, difference and violence in ways we do not necessarily expect a heavily branded mainstream blockbuster to do so.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,519
Lean on Pete
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Lean on Pete draws you in and denies you the chance to reach out for a desperate protective embrace of Charley. Haigh's unforgettable adaptation makes you bear witness to this fragile flame nursed through the unforgiving world.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,519
Mary Queen of Scots
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Mary Queen of Scots is an alternate history that takes ruling out of the throne room and settles the fate of Britain in carefully worded letters, portraits and calculating gestures of friendship, set in the confines of spaces associated with women.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
Mile 22
Flicks.com.au
Sarah Ward
Simply happy to champion both American and white male superiority through a flimsy protagonist that's given a penchant for being insufferable rather than a personality.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
9
2
1,519
Point Blank
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Netflix's Point Blank is a damn good action movie full of grievous bodily harm.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,519
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is unquestionably the best animated film of the year and neck-and-neck with Black Panther for best superhero film of the year. Believe the hype.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,519
Swinging Safari
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
If you need a way to laugh at all the reasons you're deficient, or to examine why your white Australian friends are the hot messes they are, grab your sluggers, lather up that body in oil, spark up a dart and laugh. And, hopefully, don't cry.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a divine tasting board for all things Coen brothers...
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,519
The Darkest Minds
Flicks.com.au
Sarah Ward
The Darkest Minds isn't just overtly derivative. It's happily, dully derivative too, barely trying to hide its patchwork narrative or the debt it owes to its many predecessors.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,519
The Grinch
Flicks.com.au
Sarah Ward
Ramps up the slapstick while adding a needless backstory that threatens to undercut the text's message
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
The House That Jack Built
Flicks.com.au
Sarah Ward
It's compelling viewing, gore and all, but it also says exactly what you think it will.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,519
The Perfection
Flicks.com.au
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Exhilarating, sexy and driven by a sense of genuine fury, The Perfection starts wild and gets wilder...and is fine-tuned to hit us exactly where we need to be hit.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,519
The Sisters Brothers
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
The Sisters Brothers pits abused, impulsive and damaged men whose currency in the world is an aptitude for killing against men of ideals, science, courtesy and reflection. They aren't burdened by being required to tell you something pretty.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,519
True History of the Kelly Gang
Flicks.com.au
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
True History of the Kelly Gang issues a sharp bolt of electricity directly into the heart of this well-worn legend, granting it an intoxicating energy that speaks well beyond the hackneyed 'wild colonial boys' clichés of yore.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,519
Wayne
Flicks.com.au
Blake Howard
In an early interview with Gardner's sister, she says that he's the "golden child." Wayne has every intention of maintaining Gardner's golden glow.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,519
Ladies in Black
Flicks.com.au
Glenn Dunks
The way every ruffle of a dress or lace embellishment is offered a moment and how audiences can admire the pattern of a gown as much as the acting recalls Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker...
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,520
Die Another Day
Flint Journal
David Forsmark
This is one of the sillier Bonds, but the actors seem to be having fun, the pace is quick, and there's a lot to look at. At least it's not a bore like Tomorrow Never Dies.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
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3
7
2
1,521
Psycho
Flix Capacitor
Stephen Carty
The shower sequence, the shrieking score, Anthony Perkins, that twist ending... Psycho remains a stone-cold classic.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
1,522
Star Trek
Flix Capacitor
Stephen Carty
The character work is consistently ace, but Star Trek 2009 doesn't offer the high-minded, underlying ideas that the show was known for.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
1,522