ROTTEN TOMATOES: Matt Easterbrook

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MATT EASTERBROOK

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Biography: Matt Easterbrook is a young Canadian who, instead of protesting things or getting wasted every night, watches movies and then reviews them for kicks. Please note that Mr Easterbrook is extremely biased towards certain films, especially ones starring Ralph Fiennes, Nicole Kidman, Ian McKellen, and any movie that portrays llamas in a positive light. He is pleased to be a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and hopes that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. If it isn't, frankly my dear, I don't give a damn, because I'm the king of the world, WOO-HOO! Bonus points to those who can guess his favorite movies.

Publications: Matt's Movie Reviews

Total Reviews: 467
Total QuickRatings: 32

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Fresh 4/5	Fresh 78%	Seabiscuit (2003)	" Written and directed by Gary Ross, whose last film was the amazing Pleasantville, this one doesn't quite attain the heights of its predecessor but is still a solid piece of old-fashioned moviemaking." Posted Feb 4, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 92%	Hamlet (1948)	" *Of the four versions of Hamlet* that I've seen, this one is the most psychological, the one that truly delves into Hamlet's mind and psyche.**" Posted Jan 30, 2004
Fresh 4.5 / 5	Fresh 71%	Cold Mountain (2003)	" A rapturous, moving experience that's filled with drama, comedy, music, and action." Posted Jan 22, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 75%	Peter Pan (2003)	" A requiem for lost childhood, which simultaneously stands in light judgment of Peter's refusal to grow up. It's a frank and rather beautiful conundrum that's wonderfully addressed." Posted Jan 11, 2004
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 95%	Lost in Translation (2003)	" Lost In Translation is a subtly moving movie that stays with you longer than you expect." Posted Jan 5, 2004
Fresh 4.5 / 5	Fresh 94%	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	" Not to be missed -- a wonderful blend of Old Hollywood-style entertainment with modern technical skills, of brain candy and food for the soul. You'll never look at epics the same way again." Posted Jan 4, 2004
Rotten 2.5 / 5	Fresh 75%	House of Sand and Fog (2003)	" Everything that happens in the movie could have been avoided if Kathy had just opened her freaking mail." Posted Dec 27, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 65%	The Last Samurai (2003)	" *If there was any justice in the world (and if there were no such thing as The Return Of The King), The Last Samurai* would sweep up the technical awards come Oscar time.**" Posted Dec 25, 2003
—	Fresh 85%	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)	" While there are a few battle scenes, there's also an hour and a half of talking, and with so many characters, you need to have someone you can identify with." Posted Dec 16, 2003
—	Fresh 83%	Elf (2003)	" How can you not love a guy who can say, "An elf's four major food groups are candy canes, candy CORNS, candy, and syrup," with a straight face?" Posted Dec 11, 2003
—	Rotten 41%	The Human Stain (2003)	" Had the potential to be much better, but falls far short of the mark." Posted Nov 24, 2003
—	Rotten 37%	Scary Movie 3 (2003)	" *If you're a fan of the Scary Movie* franchise, or of the ZAZ style, you should really check this one out.**" Posted Nov 6, 2003
Rotten 3/5	Fresh 83%	Gentleman's Agreement (1947)	" *I definitely can't fault Gentleman's Agreement* for its subject matter, but man, does it ever beat you over the head with it.**" Posted Oct 26, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 78%	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	" I was transported back to my childhood watching this movie. I honestly felt like a kid again." Posted Oct 6, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 97%	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	" The Best Years Of Our Lives is a wonderful character study, and touches on points of humankind's psychiatric makeup that are so obvious they are rarely discussed in cinematic form." Posted Oct 1, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Rotten 40%	Anything Else (2003)	" *Easily the most enjoyable Allen flick since Everyone Says I Love You, and on a par with his 1970s and early 1980s work.*" Posted Sep 26, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 100%	The Lost Weekend (1945)	" More realistic than sentimentalized Hollywood crowd-pleasers like Harvey, and more accessible than complete downers like Leaving Las Vegas, The Lost Weekend is, to me, the definitive film on the subject of alcoholism." Posted Sep 18, 2003
Rotten 3/5	Fresh 78%	Going My Way (1944)	" Even though I love a good family film now and then, this was too much even for me. It was like having a root canal of cream filling." Posted Sep 15, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 86%	Mrs. Miniver (1942)	" One of the most powerful and effective propaganda films of all time ... the job of propaganda is to work your emotions and make you believe in the cause it's selling, and in this, Mrs Miniver succeeds 100%." Posted Sep 1, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 88%	How Green Was My Valley (1941)	" *While I can't say How Green Was My Valley* is the most enjoyable movie ever, it's definitely well-made, and sticks with you.**" Posted Aug 24, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 100%	Rebecca (1940)	" Judith Anderson dominates every scene she's in." Posted Aug 19, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 96%	You Can't Take It With You (1938)	" It's one of those movies that's just so enjoyable, you're disappointed when it ends." Posted Aug 12, 2003
Rotten 3/5	Fresh 68%	The Life of Emile Zola (1937)	" *If you sit down to watch The Life of Emile Zola, skip the first third of the movie, because frankly, the beginning blows goats.*" Posted Aug 8, 2003
Fresh 4.5 / 5	Rotten 55%	American Wedding (2003)	" The scene in which Jim brings Michelle's parents to the house for a serious talk, not realizing Stifler's organized a bachelor party with strippers, hearkens back to the screwball comedies of the 1930s." Posted Aug 3, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 93%	Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)	" Gable makes a great Fletcher Christian, in his last movie without a mustache. The emotions which cross his face as Bligh commits one indignity after another upon various crew members is great 1930s dramatic acting." Posted Jul 28, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 97%	It Happened One Night (1934)	" Not only will the Walls of Jericho fall, but so will the walls of your heart." Posted Jul 24, 2003
Fresh 4.5 / 5	Fresh 62%	Cavalcade (1933)	" It�s all very stiff-upper-lip stuff, but 70 years after it was made, it still remains a very rousing, moving experience." Posted Jul 18, 2003
—	N/A	Cimarron (1960)	Click here to read article Posted Jul 17, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Fresh 85%	Grand Hotel (1932)	" Less a movie than a series of vignettes starring some of the greatest names Hollywood and the stage have ever produced." Posted Jul 17, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 54%	Cimarron (1931)	" Taken by itself, as a film, without moral conundrums, it�s actually a fairly engaging yarn. However -- and this is a HUGE however -- it�s incredibly racist in its stereotyping of all sorts of people." Posted Jul 13, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 97%	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)	" A gripping, disturbing, emotionally affecting movie about the loss of innocence and idealism." Posted Jul 8, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 40%	The Broadway Melody (1928)	" It�s dated, sexist (get a load of the ending!!!), and technically quite inept." Posted Jul 2, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 96%	Wings (1927)	" The main attraction for this movie is the aerial fight sequences. They�re some of the most exciting combat scenes I�ve seen, and this is for a film that was made in 1927!" Posted Jul 1, 2003
Fresh 3.5 / 5	Rotten 42%	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)	" *I really enjoyed Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Oh, who am I kidding, my libido LOOOOOOOOVED this movie.*" Posted Jun 29, 2003
—	Fresh 73%	Johnstown Flood (2003)	" While the horrors of the tragedy automatically give it weight (after all, how can one truly rate a documentary about an event in which 2,200 people died poorly?), it did have one main flaw, which quickly got on my nerves: the re-enactments." Posted Jun 28, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 98%	Finding Nemo (2003)	" This movie reaffirmed my love for the cinema." Posted Jun 18, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 10%	A Man Apart (2003)	" Oh, the mediocrity." Posted Jun 17, 2003
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 7%	Boat Trip (2003)	" Apart from my disappointment that Roger Moore didn't use any funny Bond-related lines (let's face it, "license to drill" or "for your eyes only" would have been hilarious coming out of his mouth), the movie more than exceeded my expectations." Posted Jun 10, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 95%	The Pianist (2002)	" *It's the rare film which can still grab your attention months after viewing, and The Pianist* was one of them.**" Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 2.5 / 5	Fresh 81%	The Hours (2002)	" What a disappointment." Posted Apr 25, 2003
Rotten 2.5 / 5	Rotten 43%	The Recruit (2003)	" Your average generic action programmer, made a bit more interesting by the addition of some good actors." Posted Mar 28, 2003
Rotten 1.5/5	Fresh 91%	Adaptation (2002)	" Avoid it like the plague. You may be intrigued until the very Donald Kaufman-esque climax. Who, by the way, isn't even a real person. Therein lies both the joke of the movie, and this joke of a movie." Posted Feb 26, 2003
Fresh 5/5	Fresh 87%	Chicago (2002)	" I don�t think I�ve had more fun at a movie theater in a long time. The whole viewing was spent tapping my toes and trying not to sing aloud. Heck, I even wanted to clap after each number!!!" Posted Feb 7, 2003
Rotten 2/5	Fresh 69%	Personal Velocity (2002)	" One of the most highly-praised disappointments I�ve had the misfortune to watch in quite some time." Posted Jan 17, 2003
Fresh 3.5 / 5	Fresh 72%	The Cat's Meow (2002)	" A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture." Posted Jan 17, 2003
Rotten 2.5 / 5	Rotten 40%	Maid in Manhattan (2002)	" Love may have been in the air onscreen, but I certainly wasn�t feeling any of it." Posted Jan 13, 2003
Rotten 3/5	Fresh 92%	Minority Report (2002)	" Spielberg apparently can�t resist throwing in a cheerful, make-em-weep ending, which pretty much ruins the movie." Posted Jan 9, 2003
Fresh 4.5/5	Fresh 96%	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	" I enjoyed it even more than the first movie." Posted Jan 6, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	Gangs of New York (2002)	" I�m going out on a limb and predicting that Gangs Of New York will win best picture, best director, and a boatload full of other Oscars come late March. Not because it deserves all of them, but, as is the case with so many other Oscar-winning movi" Posted Jan 6, 2003
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 76%	Igby Goes Down (2002)	" *There are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it�s going to be a trip. Igby Goes Down* is one of those movies.**" Posted Dec 27, 2002

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