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Escape from New York
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Gloriously cheesy post-apocalyptic fun with Kurt Russell at his grizzled best.
3/5
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Gung Ho
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Ron Howard has as much business lamenting the death of the Rust Belt as Russ Meyer adapting Shakespeare -- and it shows.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,444
The Killer Elite
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Shoe-leather tough but refreshingly low key for Peckinpah.
3/5
5
3
5
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3
6
1
2,444
A Man for All Seasons
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Grandiose storytelling with peerless performances. Why couldn't Fred Zinneman direct every historical drama in the '60s?
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,444
Scarface
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The quintessential crime thriller. One of the few perfect films.
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,444
Singles
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
As meandering and ultimately clueless as the post-collegiate coffeehouse crowd at its core ... that's why it works.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,444
The Crush
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Yeah, Alicia Silverstone's a fetching little Lolita. But there's no excuse for this depressing 'Play Misty for Me' in spandex.
1/5
5
1
5
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6
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High Noon
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
THE great American Western.
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,444
The Three Musketeers
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Audaciously limpid Disney swill that's so slick it almost convinces us Dumas had an MTV attention span.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,444
Committed
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The lethargic script could benefit from its heroine's singularity of purpose.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,444
Beverly Hills Cop II
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
This ultraslick, laughless sequel suffers from Axel Foley's personality overhaul into a complete jerk.
1/5
5
1
5
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1
6
1
2,444
Beverly Hills Cop III
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
There's absolutely no excuse for this.
1/5
5
1
5
true
1
6
1
2,444
Bonnie and Clyde
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The bloody, baroque godfather of post-modern American cinema. One of the ten greatest films ever made.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Bringing Up Baby
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The gold standard of screwball comedy.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Burden of Dreams
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
A searing voyeur's peek at two of cinema's most audacious talents -- and megalomaniacs.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
The Client
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
An engrossing potboiler ... if you don't think too hard. But when you need a pot-smoking Lez Zeppelin-enslaved swamp rat-with-a-brain to plead your case, you call the pitch-perfect Susan Sarandon.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,444
The Conversation
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
A masterpiece of mounting paranoia.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Double Indemnity
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Indelible, coal-black noir that any self-respecting studio wouldn't have the audacity to finance today.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Down to You
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Julia Stiles is fetching, but no surprises rain on the limpid parade of familiar post-adolescent love.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
2,444
Dr. No
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Not the gold standard of the Bond franchise, but still preversely entertaining after 40 years.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,444
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Frightening, hilarious -- and indelible.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
The Greatest Show on Earth
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Bloated, hopelessly creaky spectacle that's as boring now as it was irrelevant in 1952.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
2,444
Harold and Maude
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Dark, lovably eccentric tale of platonic love that works on logic uniquely its own.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,444
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
If you rent a film with this title, you deserve whatever you get. Utter crapola.
0/5
5
0
5
true
0
6
1
2,444
House II: The Second Story
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
If fewer critics were to decry how bad it is, this in-name-only sequel would succumb to the obscurity it deserves.
1/5
5
1
5
true
1
6
1
2,444
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The darker side of Spielberg.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,444
Jaws: The Revenge
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
A franchise sinks in this sequel's endless sea of incompetence.
0/5
5
0
5
true
0
6
1
2,444
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The sorrow is real, the pity is palpable - but Richard Pryor should have let someone else film his life story.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,444
Kalifornia
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
A gritty, haunting voyeur's peek into the human condition.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,444
Lost in America
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
New Yorkers have Woody Allen. Middle America has Albert Brooks.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Man Bites Dog
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Joins I Stand Alone and Funny Games on the list of maddeningly recondite European films that exploit the violence-in-media subtext to hide their sick, voyeuristic fantasies.
1/5
5
1
5
true
1
6
1
2,444
Mommie Dearest
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Nightmarishly inept, inutterably depressing, but so campy it's compulsively watchable.
1/5
5
1
5
true
1
6
1
2,444
A New Life
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Beautifully understated work by Hal Linden and John Shea suffocated by Alda's self-indulgent, surface-dwelling fortysomething angst.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
2,444
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Eastwood's brooding, bloody masterpiece.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
The Searchers
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
THE great American western.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Shane
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The indelible, mythic granddaddy of post-modern Westerns.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Star Trek III - The Search for Spock
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
The Enterprise crew blasts us with existential phaser hits, but this third series entry betrays its western roots so badly the spurs are showing. Glorious - if derivative - fun.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,444
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Anachronstic -- if sexist -- fun.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,444
The Low Life
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Preternaturally sleazy but strangely watchable.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
2,444
The Road to Wellville
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Even a stellar cast can't save this meandering farce from a script that needs a high colonic.
2/5
5
2
5
true
2
6
1
2,444
The Times of Harvey Milk
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jonathan R. Perry
Melodramatically one-sided, but compelling -- and indelible just the same. El Presidente could benefit from a look.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,444
Igor
UGO
Jenna Busch
I have been singing 'Tomorrow' from Annie for a few days now. Someone is going to murder me or I'm going to have to smack myself in the head and I blame it all on Igor.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,445
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
UGO
Jenna Busch
I've never seen a film where people look like they're having more fun together. If you don't offend easily, Zack and Miri is a riot. And Seth Rogen as a porn star is no worse than Ron Jeremy, right?
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,445
Lakeview Terrace
UGO
Jenna Busch
Aside from the uneven pacing, it's a thought-provoking film and pretty entertaining. I just don't think it needed to be a thriller. It just seemed like an excuse to start people talking.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,445
Bolt
UGO
Jenna Busch
I'm never a big fan of animal films and I admit it's because, though I am by no means a crier, pets losing their friends or getting lost gets me all choked up. Frankly, it's embarrassing. But if you can make me sniffle, you've won me over. Bolt...sniff
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,445
Bruno
UGO
Jenna Busch
Unless you are really, really, really, really difficult to offend, you will be upset by something in this film. Seriously, count the "really"s. Do the math. Prepare yourself. Sacha Baron Cohen does not pull punches. If you were disturbed by BORAT, you are
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,445
Eagle Eye
UGO
Jenna Busch
It's worth a look for the effects, or if you just want to scare yourself into throwing out your cellphone and living off the grid.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,445
Flash of Genius
UGO
Jenna Busch
If you spend the entire movie making sure I'm aware that someone is socially awkward, he shouldn't turn into Henry Drumond from Inherit t the Wind during the closing argument.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,445
Four Christmases
UGO
Jenna Busch
Must everyone make a Christmas film every year? Must it be the same story over and over again? This is why we have the Hallmark Channel. Listen, if your film is not Elf or Bad Santa, I've seen it.
3/10
10
3
10
false
2
10
1
2,445
Let the Right One In
UGO
Jenna Busch
I don't care how cold it is in Sweden, I'm not Ok with twelve-year-olds who don't wipe their noses. That being said, I just saw something completely unique and surprising. Who knew the vampire genre wasn't over and done with?
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,445
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
UGO
Jenna Busch
I am tired of the same story lines in animated films. Be unique, not part of the herd. Be yourself and your Daddy will eventually be proud of you. Monkeys and penguins can fix planes with spit...Ok, that one is new.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,445
Max Payne
UGO
Jenna Busch
There were moments that needed some explanation and characters that needed a quite a bit of fleshing out. But it was violent and fun and since that's why I played the game, I left the theater satisfied.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,445
Nothing But the Truth
UGO
Jenna Busch
If you think you know the premise or believe that this is just a fictional retelling of the Judith Miller scandal from a few years back, I beg you to leave those preconceptions at the door. I know I went in with my own. Nothing But the Truth is none of
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,445
Quantum of Solace
UGO
Jenna Busch
Since this is really the origin story of a man who kills people for a living, a darker tone makes total sense. I mean, really...do you want to go back to jet-packs?
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,445
Special
UGO
Jenna Busch
A beautiful metaphor for the desperate need to be important in a world where we rarely make personal connections any more, Special deserves to be seen.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,445
Twilight
UGO
Jenna Busch
And in this world, vampires have no fangs, they don't sleep and they...well, they sparkle in the sun. Sigh. Glittery vampires. Pretty sparkly ones that don't have fangs.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,445
What Doesn't Kill You
UGO
Jenna Busch
The film is well done, gritty and raw, clearly showing the desperation in a city where opportunities are limited and crime is just another job. Ethan Hawke is a pretty risky choice as he just screams supermodel, not gangster, but after a bit of drooling,
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,445
The Incredibles
UGO
Sean Chavel
Deliriously funny and exciting.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,446
O
UK Critic
Ian Mantgani
The camera is subtle but insistent in how it views characters with darkness, pity and suspicion.
70/100
100
70
100
false
69
100
1
2,447
A Civil Action
UK Critic
Ian Mantgani
Travolta may not be perfectly cast as jaded attorney Jan, and does not make this role his own, but still carries the film rather well, and I can't complain.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
25
41
10
2,448
Coyote Ugly
UK Critic
Ian Mantgani
Simple-minded, trashy, and a masterpiece.
4.4/5
5
4.4
5
false
34
41
10
2,448
D-Tox (Eye See You)
UK Critic
Ian Mantgani
It's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions.
1.4/5
5
1.4
5
false
4
41
10
2,448
The Visitor
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Focused entirely on these people and how the unplanned relationships affect their lives.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Definitely, Maybe
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Short on mystery and long on testing our patience for obligatory coincidence.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,449
Broken
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Says nothing new in a familiar way.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,449
Deal
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Cares about poker just a bit more than it cares about the characters, and the movie doesn't give a shit about its characters.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
false
1
9
2
2,449
Chapter 27
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Enter Mark David Chapman's mind and prepare to be bored out of yours.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,449
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
A wearing examination.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
The Brave One
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Has neither the depth of character nor of theme to justify the condoning of her actions.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,449
Cidade dos Homens (City of Men)
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Works pretty well as melodrama against a legitimately dramatic backdrop.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
In the Valley of Elah
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Neither affecting nor cerebral; it's a case of going through the motions.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,449
Lions for Lambs
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
An openly and specifically political, intelligent and refined call against apathy.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Michael Clayton
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Broad in its characterizations and message but subdued in presenting them through a complex plot.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Director Bharat Nalluri keeps the misunderstandings and ruses of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day going at a quick tempo.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Reservation Road
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
Never cloys about the grief process.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Son of Rambow
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
A really sweet film about growing up weird.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Waiting for Superman
UR Chicago Magazine
John Esther
'Waiting for Superman' is an important yet definitely flawed discourse on the current courses America's public educational system is taking, making, faking and breaking.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,449
Young@Heart
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
We get to know these folks, their love for life and performing -- and yes, we even start to see them as more than a mere novelty act.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,449
Chloe
Ultra Culture
Charlie Lyne
While the performances are top notch, the film itself balances uncomfortably between being a quasi-European arthouse affair about repressed sexuality and a fairly boring and formulaic Hollywood thriller.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,450
The Crazies
Ultra Culture
Charlie Lyne
The Crazies is 101 minutes long and about 87 minutes of that is crap. The characters are lifeless, the scares are predictable and the allusions to the Iraq War are even more fucking mad than you'd expect.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,450
Everybody's Fine
Ultra Culture
Charlie Lyne
That's not to say that it's not unbearably sentimental and formulaic at times, but the cast is fairly solid and it's nice to see DeNiro back in a role that's, if not exactly challenging, at least dignified.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,450
Buried
Ultra Culture
Charlie Lyne
It's too long, it loses all sense of direction at the 60 minute mark, and so much of the action is phone-based that after a while it starts to feel like an audiobook.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,450
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Ultra Culture
Charlie Lyne
Bayer's Nightmare is 95 minutes of non-stop crap dialogue, crapper acting and the crappest expositional nonsense I've seen since The Lovely Bones.
3/10
10
3
10
false
2
10
1
2,450
24: Redemption
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
A serviceable although not exceptional place-setter.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,451
All the Way
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
This is a riveting film with a bravura performance by Cranston, who's been the signature television actor of the past decade. All the Way again shows there's nothing he can't do -- with the exception of giving a bad performance.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,451
Behind the Candelabra
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
A film that could have been so very bad turns out to be pretty mah-velous.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,451
Bessie
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
It fleshes out Bessie Smith to a degree but certainly not in full measure. Latifah and Rainey can sure sing out, though. It's a pleasure to watch and hear them wail in a film that otherwise doesn't quite cut it.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,451
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
Bright Lights is a much better way to remember them. It wasn't supposed to double as a requiem, but who knew at the time?
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,451
Burton And Taylor
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
It's a film that asks a lot from West and Bonham Carter, who deliver time and again in roles that could have eaten them alive. Instead we feast.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,451
Cinema Verite
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
Cinema Verite's strength is in dramatizing the off-camera seductions and betrayals that led to the Louds being vilified in many quarters.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,451
Clear History
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
Clear History is amusing enough to pull a viewer through it, although those who haven't yet acquired a taste for Curb might find it the equivalent of a pricey two-drink minimum without enough payback.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,451
Confirmation
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
Confirmation connects most of the dots of those times while falling short of the dramatic impact left by FX's O.J. Simpson miniseries.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,451
Dirty Dancing
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
The new Dirty Dancing, cast with an eye toward diversity, ends up being neither disastrous or necessary.
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
2,451
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
As holiday newcomers go, this is much better than socks and underwear from Grandma. Just don't expect a shiny new train set.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,451
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
There's no revisionist lionizing here, but plenty of perspective.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,451
Flowers in the Attic
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
It all seems fairly preposterous until one takes into account that stranger things have happened in real life.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,451
Game Change
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
As an entertaining, briskly paced political yarn, it's right up there with HBO's Emmy-winning Recount.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,451
George Harrison: Living In The Material World
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
A film that sheds a lot of light on its subject but at times can be a little too blissed out for its own good.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,451
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
Kidman is a certain Emmy nominee and probable winner for this role while Owen might well be invited along for the ride. But she's the one who steels and steals this picture.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,451
How Murray Saved Christmas
Uncle Barky
Ed Bark
It's way short on charm, labors to be amusing and runs out of gas well before its hour is up.
C-
long_letter
null
null
false
9
18
1
2,451