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Game of Death
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
At least the game's countdown feature told me when the movie would be over.
1/5
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Guns Akimbo
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Guns Akimbo manages to feel exhausting without ever really feeling exciting.
3/5
5
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9
2
2,484
How to Build a Girl
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
It isn't until a "look back" montage that you realize just how far Feldstein has carried us and the character.
3/5
5
3
5
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9
2
2,484
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
There's no real justification for why this movie exists.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
9
2
2,484
Irresistible
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
If competition is the reason our politics are messed up, they are, without a doubt, the reason why this film's comedy is messed up.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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9
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2,484
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
A stirring romantic saga. It effortlessly blends the lives of a painter and her subject as if they were two colors on a palette.
5/5
5
5
5
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8
9
2
2,484
Primary
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
[Primary proves] there is nothing more inherently correlated with the ideals of [documentary] storytelling than elections.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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9
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2,484
Resistance
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
What these missteps actually do is compromise the validity of the emotions and the suffering that has made the Holocaust one of the most memorable periods of human existence.
2/5
5
2
5
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9
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2,484
Scoob!
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
An overly complicated film based on an otherwise simple cartoon.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,484
She's Allergic to Cats
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
You just don't know how to react...but I can't say I didn't enjoy it.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
2,484
Sonic the Hedgehog
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Sonic having human teeth and white hands were the least of these film's problems.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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9
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2,484
The Fanatic
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
This movie has no stance at all. It hates everyone - not the least of which are people with autism...it's a wretched, offensive pile of junk.
1/5
5
1
5
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2,484
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
This is a story that is very quickly fading away...it introduced a whole new potential side to documentary filmmaking for me.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
2,484
The King of Staten Island
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Judd Apatow saw something in Pete Davidson I've never seen...I'm very impressed.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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9
2
2,484
The Main Event
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
If you have roots in the WWE from any time during your life, you'll be able to watch this movie...but it's propaganda.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
9
2
2,484
The Other Lamb
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
It was more about establishing than it was about doing.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,484
The Way Back
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Unfortunately, while there's something to be said for a well-enough told story, when there's a lack of passion and subtlety driving it, the experience is unbearable.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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9
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2,484
The Willoughbys
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
The movie has a very dark sense of humor and thrives when it unleashes that.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,484
This Teacher
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
The setting is as important a character as Hafsia...never threatening or violent enough to be behind enemy lines, but definitely [different enough] to feel isolating.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,484
Tommaso
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Willem Dafoe's performance breathes life into this semi-autobiographical film.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,484
VFW
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
I had a lot of fun with it because [the cast] had a lot of fun with it.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,484
Waiting for Anya
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
It's defanged...there's a strange disconnect between the horrors of the situation and what the film is presenting.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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3
9
2
2,484
Zombie for Sale
VoiceBoxOffice
Luke Parker
Audiences will be so connected with the characters that by the time it becomes a horror movie, Zombie for Sale will be all the more effective.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,484
The Art of War
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
..straining believability factor is Snipes escaping certain death every ten minutes. If you just can't be killed, or even mildly maimed, where's the suspense?
6/10
10
6
10
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5
10
1
2,485
Almost Famous
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
Check out Hoffman's upstaging turn as the prophetic rock philosopher thoroughly disgusted by the music's fatal wrong turn from poetry into profit..
8/10
10
8
10
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7
10
1
2,485
Dr. T and the Women
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
Gere forgoes his notorious hunk reputation to perform his vocationally asexual and nearly celibatory best in this wry, hyperactive comedy.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,485
Lucky Numbers
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
In a brazen gamble that mixes a risky brew of raw indie humor with Hollywood feelgood fluff, Lucky Numbers plays a game with the expectations of both of these audiences.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,485
Nurse Betty
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
Rene's got the undivided attention of the audience right beside her the whole time, and even solidly emotionally touched by her invisible world.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,485
Shadow of the Vampire
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
The actor (take your pick - Shreck or Dafoe) so utterly disappears into the role that depiction and delusion get seriously intertwined.
9/10
10
9
10
false
8
10
1
2,485
Valentine
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
...a formula stirring in upscale sex, murder, holiday mutilation and lots of junior high school revenge fantasy.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,485
The Watcher
WBAI Web Radio
Prairie Miller
The scenario involving a seductive predator obsessed with female loners is not coherent enough to seduce an audience.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,485
After Innocence
WBAI Web Radio
Kam Williams
Documentary shines a scientific spotlight on the criminal justice system's dirty little secret via ten tragic cases of mistaken identity, each an unfortunate rush to judgment.
4/4
4
4
4
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4
1
2,486
The Camden 28
WBAI Web Radio
Kam Williams
In revisiting the oppressive measures employed by the FBI during that era, the viewer is treated to a welcome message about the right, if not the duty, to challenge authority, especially in the face of corruption, intransigence and utter arrogance.
4/4
4
4
4
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2,486
The King of Comedy
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The film is perfect, as much for its performances and its sheer un-comfortableness.
5/5
5
5
5
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8
9
2
2,487
A Star Is Born
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
This is adult Judy Garland at her peak, commanding both the musical and acting elements of the film in this combination of 1950s cornpone and musical glory. A must see.
5/5
5
5
5
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8
9
2
2,487
Gun Crazy (Deadly Is the Female)
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Notable for its use of point of view, such as putting a camera in the back seat of a car and other odd angles, also highly sexual for a film at that time. Happiness is a warm gun, indeed.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
The Long Goodbye
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
This is 1970s Los Angeles at its finest, wrapped up and delivered by the master Robert Altman, and Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe is a tic-fill cat lover at his finest kind.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
Antebellum
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The problem with the film is the juxtaposition of the plantation & the contemporary era, which leaves more questions than answers, and hard-to-connect-with clunky mechanics.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,487
Bloodshot
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Works when the focus is on the cool science fiction.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
2,487
Cats
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
This is like doing too much catnip and falling asleep to the soundtrack, just surreal. Your MEMORY of the story may change, but the curiosity to see it won't kill you. Hy-ooh!
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,487
Curtiz
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The black and white production values evokes director Michael Curtiz's smooth impressionistic style. Overall it's a fascinating and lovely film, and fans of CASABLANCA will really dig it.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
How to Build a Girl
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
A teen coming-of-age film with oddball British humor and a sparkling performance by Beanie Feldstein, especially as we all remember our awkwardness as teenagers.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
2,487
I Am Woman
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Director Unjoo Moon has a sure eye for performance, and uses Tilda Cobham-Hervey's back story as a circus performer to give her singing movements a special groove. Enchanting.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
2,487
I Used to Go Here
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Somewhat inauthentic, would have benefited from a darker tone, but Gillian Jacobs is great, and the conclusion makes it more palatable. Check out dir Kris Rey's UNEXPECTED.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,487
Irresistible
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Surprisingly, Jon Stewart is weak on character development and original comedy. But the ending is effectively stunning, Frank Capra meets the Prez Drumpf era. Worth the wait.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
Klute
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
There is a timelessness to the freaky-ness and sadness of the human condition in this film, and Fonda is nothing short of sensational in her tense portrayal of a transitioning soul. An essential watch.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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9
2
2,487
Military Wives
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
This is a feel-good story, and at the the core of it is coming to terms with the tragedies that inevitably happen in military families, which is brought together in a song of redemption
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Sidney Flanigan's performance represents the somewhat tragic hoops a girl must got jump to get the private procedure of abortion done. There is empathy to be gained in this human experience.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
Onward
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The heart of this story is coming to redemption in surviving loss.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
Peeping Tom
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Directed by Michael Powell with British Anarchy ... crazy but exquisitely reserved. Recognized now as one of his greatest films, a primer for the use of the camera as an eye and point of view. We are all voyeurs when we watch a movie
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
2,487
Red Penguins
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The film has a crescendo of forces, incl. American fear, Russian secrecy & of course Vladimir Putin. Has beauty in its exposure of human agendas & indecency. Follow the money.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
2,487
Saint Frances
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Whoever thought an abortion would be a background source for redemption? Director Alex Thompson's eye for fluidity in story telling is a major asset, in a humanist take on the karma of our life choices. A blessing of a film.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
2,487
Same Boat
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Wonderfully funny, philosophical and just plain cruise ship weird. Director/lead actor Chris Roberti and company are able to pull off in their epic what some films costing 100 times can't do.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
2,487
Spenser Confidential
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Same old boring good-cop-is-always-good-and-defeats-evil TV movie scenario.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,487
Sputnik
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
A Russian ALIEN, with stunning symbolic layers & gross outs, especially with the Id & Ego conflicting the "host vs. parasite," + the paranoia of the old 1980s Soviet Union.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
The Half of It
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The film works on several levels ... it's a satire of typical teenage coming-of-age films, it's emotionally right on target, it has great laughs and it contains an appreciation for how great works of art inspires our souls. A Tribeca Film Fest winner!
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
The High Note
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The themes of the aging diva, the young hustler and the backdrop of the music industry entertains, and the film is brightly paced. Tracie Ellis Ross hits all the right notes.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
The Hunt
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Much ado about everything.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
The Invisible Man
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
A high level fright night at the movies.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
The King of Staten Island
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
The cast is top drawer, and lift the tame, less than stellar non-plot to be better than it is. Pete Davidson has a nice light touch, and there are laughs and heart aplenty.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
The Rental
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Combo of modern (www house sharing) & nostalgia (shades of past horror films) create a taut, suspenseful 88 min. Nice ending twist and great director debut for Dave Franco.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
The Trip to Greece
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
This is the final journey, and it perpetuates a theme of mortality. All the while, the duo poke at each other in Greece, and Greece is the word. A fun escape from the pandemic
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,487
The Way Back
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Could have been a contender, ended up a bummer.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,487
Working Man
WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Patrick McDonald
Although a working-class fantasy, the film is thematically more about mental illness and its implications for the 'Working Man,' and has a nice sense of redemption in the end.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,487
Insidious
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)
Kevin McCarthy
The film delivers haunted house-type scares throughout but I just wish the second half was as good as the first. Wait for the flick to come out on DVD.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
2,488
Ant-Man and the Wasp
WORLD
Megan Basham
If it weren't for a smattering of PG-13 language, Ant-Man and the Wasp would be the perfect superheroes to save the whole family from the summer heat for a couple of hours.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,489
Avengers: Infinity War
WORLD
Megan Basham
In some sense, this is every Marvel movie combined. So if the first installment of the two-part culmination of all that effort seems a bit loaded, I'd say other critics need to put their nitpicky hats away. This is for the fans, and they have earned it.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,489
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
WORLD
Megan Basham
Whenever the story stops taking itself seriously and gives in to the sheer silliness of being a jukebox musical based on some of the airiest pop songs ever written, it becomes infectious in spite of itself.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,489
Paul, Apostle of Christ
WORLD
Megan Basham
Impressive performances and production values but stuffed-to-the-gills with plot, the Bible film might have flourished more as a TV series.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,489
Aladdin
WORLD
Megan Basham
Strikes just the right balance: It honors the original enough to feel pleasantly nostalgic while still offering enough new scenes, characters, and jokes to make this version worth our time.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,490
Captain Marvel
WORLD
Megan Basham
To be blunt, it's insulting that Marvel felt simply making its first leading woman "one tough chick" would be enough to placate female fans.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,490
Dumbo
WORLD
Megan Basham
Instead of a rodent manager with a Brooklyn accent to kill, we get the same old undistinguished child allies facing down corporate greed. It's fine but far too familiar and doesn't hold a candle (or a feather) to the original little elephant that could.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,490
Spider-Man: Far From Home
WORLD
Megan Basham
Far From Home is a nice compromise-bubbly rom-com fun on the one hand, CGI-heavy caped crusading on the other.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,490
Toy Story 4
WORLD
Megan Basham
Do we really need another one? If the films continue to offer the innocent hilarity the latest does-yes, please, keep them coming!
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,490
Justice League
WTTG-TV (FOX TV)
Kevin McCarthy
Tell me. Do you want to see the Justice League assemble and kick some major a**? You will.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,491
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
WTTG-TV (FOX TV)
Kevin McCarthy
Gorgeous cinematography, solid performances & one of the best scenes in Star Wars history. Though, it has issues incl. unnecessary comedy that affects tone. Liked but didn't love.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,491
Military Wives
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
tt stern-enzi
It'll have you in your feelings, but this is still great entertainment that doesn't try to push too hard...
B
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4
6
1
2,492
Premature
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
tt stern-enzi
It gives off a good summer vibe...[it] develops quite a summer romance...this is what indie films are here to do for us...a marvelous film.
A
short_letter
null
null
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5
6
1
2,492
The High Note
WXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
tt stern-enzi
A good diversion for the weekend, a movie to kick back with, listen to some music and have a good time with...
B
short_letter
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null
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4
6
1
2,492
Marty
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Ernest Borgnine can act!?!?!? He was great in this classic tale about a guy who thinks love is unattainable.
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
Avalon
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Beautiful movie about families and how they can grow apart. Great Thanksgiving day selection!
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
George of the Jungle
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Stupid
1/5
5
1
5
true
10
51
10
2,493
American Buffalo
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
My example of a great Back Shelf Beauty
4/5
5
4
5
true
40
51
10
2,493
The American President
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Predictable and PC, but fun.
3/5
5
3
5
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30
51
10
2,493
Batman: The Movie
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
If you loved the series, the movie is what you would expect.
3/5
5
3
5
true
30
51
10
2,493
The Blues Brothers
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
One of the funniest movies I have ever seen. A classic in all sense of the word.
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
A Bronx Tale
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
A wonderful, touching tale about growing up and making decisions.
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
Dead Calm
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Great thriller with two excellent actors!
4/5
5
4
5
true
40
51
10
2,493
Dogville
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
... an experimental film that went as badly as one of my high school chemistry labs.
0/5
5
0
5
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0
51
10
2,493
The Exorcist
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
The scariest movie I have ever seen. So scary, I refuse to watch it again.
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
Falling from Grace
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Surprisingly good movie. One of the few rock stars to get it right.
4/5
5
4
5
true
40
51
10
2,493
The Ghost and the Darkness
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Gets a bit weird and boring. Both stars can do better.
2/5
5
2
5
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20
51
10
2,493
Guilty by Suspicion
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Irwin Winkler brilliantly captures the madness that overtook Hollywood in the early 1950's
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
Heavy
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Pruitt Taylor Vince will amaze you with his subtle but powerful portrayal of the lovable Victor.
4/5
5
4
5
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40
51
10
2,493
Liberal Arts
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
Move the plot ahead. Any plot. In any direction. PLEASE!!!!
1.4/5
5
1.4
5
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14
51
10
2,493
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
My favorite movie of all time
5/5
5
5
5
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50
51
10
2,493
Pal Joey
WaffleMovies.com
Willie Waffle
The first half of the film is light-hearted and full of wonderful musical numbers ... but Sinatra shows his acting ability in the second half.
4/5
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Passenger 57
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Action packed with a great hero
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Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home
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Allows the characters and relationships shine, but whales?
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The Master
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Get ready for the first big, vaunted, art house movie heavily lauded as a masterpiece and Oscar contender that will leave you wondering what all the hype was about.
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