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CRAIG ROUSH

""The computer allows a person to make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of the handgun or tequila.""

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

Biography: Aspiring journalist and New York University graduate (BFA: cinema studies and journalism). Also: a ginormous, hugantic baseball fan.
Favorites: Schindler's List, The Shawshank Redemption, Field of Dreams, A Few Good Men, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, The Fugitive, The French Connection, Glory, Dead Poets Society, Traffic, Memento, Road to Perdition

Publications: Entertainment Insiders, Kinnopio's Movie Reviews, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Total Reviews: 656

Location: Milwaukee, WI

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Rotten
56%

Never Been Kissed (1999)

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Posted Oct 18, 2008

N/A

N/A

1998 Year-in-Review (1998)

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MISCELLANEOUS

Posted Oct 11, 2006

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Rotten
30%

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

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Posted Oct 11, 2006

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
45%

Constantine (2005)

" It feels like a repackaged version of The Matrix, only less costly and more literal." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Feb 16, 2005

Rotten
2.5/4

Rotten
10%

The Wedding Date (2005)

" You may find yourself wishing for something more consequential; just because romantic comedies are supposed to be sweet doesn’t mean they have to dissolve like sugar, too." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Feb 5, 2005

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
1%

Alone in the Dark (2005)

" Less a coherent motion picture than a series of fight scenes and shootouts that feature abysmally unconvincing special effects." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 28, 2005

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
61%

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

" A familiar, unremarkable shoot-em-up: low on tension, suspense, and plot, and high on bullets, clichés, and one-liners." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 14, 2005

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
10%

Elektra (2005)

" Badass action heroine movies are like trendy new cell phone accessories: Suddenly every girl in Hollywood has to have one." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 13, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
35%

Racing Stripes (2005)

" One-dimensional storytelling may be necessary for very young viewers, but kids, on the whole, are smarter than Racing Stripes gives them credit for being." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 10, 2005

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
77%

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

" The French version of Cold Mountain, a romance of epic proportions that thinks it’s a war picture." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 10, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
9%

White Noise (2005)

" A scary, empty thriller ... thick with middle-age fantasy but woefully thin on plot." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 4, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
64%

Coach Carter (2005)

" A strong performance by Samuel L. Jackson enables the film to transcend the mold exploited by other teen sports dramas." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
38%

Meet the Fockers (2004)

" Not nearly as funny as Meet the Parents, and saved only from disaster by Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
4%

Darkness (2003)

" Scary in the familiar, intermittent way of a run-of-the-mill thriller." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Fresh
2.5/4

Rotten
43%

A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

" It deviates from the teen genre enough to suggest that Scarlett Johnasson is more concerned with the lateral boundaries of her range than the vertical ones." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Fresh
3/4

Rotten
52%

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

" Not as good as Wes Anderson's two best movies, The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore, but it still offers a broad sample of his distinct style." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
88%

The Aviator (2004)

" If you want to understand why everyone has such high regard for Martin Scorsese, one good place to start would be with The Aviator." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
91%

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

" I do not know whether Clint Eastwood has read any Steinbeck, but you would certainly think it from the way that he has filmed Million Dollar Baby." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Jan 2, 2005

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
33%

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

" Bland and unremarkable." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 18, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
71%

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

" A charm of fiction and imagination." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 15, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
73%

Intermission (2004)

" A greasy, pugnacious, and very watchable ensemble movie." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 14, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
52%

Spanglish (2004)

" Spanglish is a real button-pusher, one of those comedies that operates in narrative shorthand." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 10, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
92%

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

" Hotel Rwanda is not perfect, but it compels us to be." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 8, 2004

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
56%

Ocean's Twelve (2004)

" Soderbergh has overcomplicated what made Ocean’s Eleven worthwhile: the breezy fun of watching a bunch of A-list stars goofing off." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 7, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
27%

Blade: Trinity (2004)

" So far from the original Blade, that were it not for Wesley Snipes, you would probably think that it was a spin-off." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 3, 2004

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
69%

Closer (2004)

" Riveting for the way it effortlessly but relentlessly dials up the tension with the things the characters say." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Dec 3, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
5%

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

" As soggy and unhealthy as a half-baked Christmas cookie." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 26, 2004

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
91%

Kinsey (2004)

" A straightforward accounting of a man’s life, neatly sorted out in by-the-book Hollywood fashion." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 24, 2004

Rotten
1/4

Fresh
69%

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)

" Not the best way to get your feet wet when it comes to the world of the franchise’s frenetically goofy sponge-hero." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 21, 2004

Fresh
4/4

Fresh
97%

Sideways (2004)

" Not just a simple fable but a broad of slice of life, filled with Pinot highs, Merlot lows, and everything in between." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 17, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
88%

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

" A combination love story and martial arts picture that is as heartfelt as any." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 16, 2004

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
43%

National Treasure (2004)

" Plays out like The Da Vinci Code for the American history set." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 15, 2004

Rotten
0.5/4

Rotten
31%

Seed of Chucky (2004)

" Seed of Chucky is not like Child’s Play, which is an enjoyably bad movie. There is no fun to be had in this abomination of a sequel." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 13, 2004

Fresh
3.5/4

Rotten
56%

The Polar Express (2004)

" A surprisingly faithful and skilled adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s book, a movie that expands the story without diluting it." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 10, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
19%

After the Sunset (2004)

" For Brosnan, this marks his latest in a series of unconvincing efforts to distance himself from the James Bond franchise." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 7, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
82%

Finding Neverland (2004)

" A movie that is not about the characters in it, but rather the power that a bit of imagination has to get them -- and anyone -- through their darkest hours." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 5, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
97%

The Incredibles (2004)

" Easily Pixar's best-looking movie yet." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 3, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
82%

Ray (2004)

" Foxx's performance as Ray Charles ... is so outstanding that it makes an otherwise formulaic and somewhat predictable movie very much worth watching." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Nov 2, 2004

Fresh
3.5/4

Fresh
92%

Vera Drake (2004)

" The terrifically honest, emotional, and heartfelt performance given by Imelda Staunton should win over viewers regardless of their opinions on the subject matter." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 27, 2004

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
29%

Around the Bend (2004)

" I’ll put up with the necessary evil of product placement to a certain extent, but I also require a decent narrative. This movie feels like a 90-minute KFC commercial." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 25, 2004

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
39%

The Grudge (2004)

" Has a handful of scares but none that are legitimately earned." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 23, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
7%

Surviving Christmas (2004)

" A movie you watch with a half-cringe on your face, waiting to see the lengths to which Affleck will humiliate himself." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 20, 2004

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
78%

Team America: World Police (2004)

" Raunchy, offensive, and sometimes hilarious." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 12, 2004

Rotten
1.5/4

Rotten
16%

Raise Your Voice (2004)

" Proves with scientific irrefutability one of the movies' few truths: Formulaic, barely-fictional self-discovery movies spruced up with pop tunes will always get bad reviews." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 10, 2004

Rotten
1/4

Rotten
11%

Taxi (2004)

" About 60 or 70 jokes fall flat in this movie, which wouldn’t know comedy if it was written in block letters on the side of the Empire State Building." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 6, 2004

Rotten
2.5/4

Fresh
81%

Friday Night Lights (2004)

" While Friday Night Lights has the same earnest intentions as Hoosiers, Miracle, and others, it just doesn’t have the heart." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 6, 2004

Fresh
3/4

Fresh
90%

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)

" Though it might not swing many votes, it should swing people’s personal opinions of Kerry." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Oct 5, 2004

Rotten
2/4

Rotten
34%

Shark Tale (2004)

" The biggest loss in Shark Tale is that it has no pulse. At least Finding Nemo was genuine enough to touch viewers; this movie is simply after their wallets." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Sep 30, 2004

Rotten
0.5/4

Rotten
17%

You Got Served (2004)

" A dance party of a movie that is so badly acted and sloppily edited that it frequently borders on incoherency." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Sep 29, 2004

Fresh
2.5/4

Rotten
15%

Without A Paddle (2004)

" A mildly pleasant comedy that viewers may find more endearing than they expect." — Kinnopio's Movie Reviews

Posted Sep 29, 2004
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4/4

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3.5/4

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3/4

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2.5/4

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2/4

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1.5/4

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0.5/4

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Best Reviewed

4/4

SidewaysOffsite

4/4

The Passion of the ChristOffsite

4/4

Mystic RiverOffsite

4/4

Road to PerditionOffsite

10/10

Toy Story 2Offsite

4/4

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10/10

Apollo 13Offsite

10/10

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9/10

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9/10

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0.5/4

Seed of ChuckyOffsite

0.5/4

You Got ServedOffsite

0.5/4

From Justin to KellyOffsite

0.5/4

The New GuyOffsite

0.5/4

Extreme OpsOffsite

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Major League: Back To The MinorsOffsite

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