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GABRIEL SHANKS

""The story is the star" - William Goldman"

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

Biography: Gabriel is a resident film critic at Modern Fabulousity (http://modernfabulousity.blogspot.com) and for That's Life Magazine. He was a founder of Cinemarati: The Web Alliance for Film Commentary and has written for Mixed Reviews, That's Life Mag, and the Village Voice. He is a member of the Online Film Critics Society.

Favorites: Auntie Mame, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Lilies, Dog Day Afternoon. Recent movies: Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Solaris, Raising Victor Vargas, No Country For Old Men.

Publications: Mixed Reviews, Modern Fabulousity

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society, Cinemarati

Total Reviews: 251
Total QuickRatings: 14

Location: New York City

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Rotten C-	Fresh 66%	What Doesn't Kill You (2008)	" *Little more than a middling variation on gangster thematics, better explored in The Sopranos* and elsewhere.*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Dec 10, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 91%	Frost/Nixon (2008)	" An indisputably superb entertainment with a dubious claim to veritas." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 9, 2008
Fresh B+	Fresh 62%	The Reader (2008)	" One of the most eloquent documents of personal awakening ever to be committed to celluloid." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 8, 2008
Fresh C+	Fresh 78%	Doubt (2008)	" *Judging it against the play may be unfair; taken on its own merits as a pop entertainment, Doubt, the movie, is far from a complete waste of time." — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Dec 4, 2008
Fresh B-	Rotten 56%	Defiance (2008)	" Undercuts its own dramatic concerns by alternating heavy-handed moralism with the style of contemporary action franchises, dulling and smoothing out the horrifying edges of murder." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 3, 2008
Fresh B+	Fresh 98%	The Wrestler (2008)	" The slow-burning engine at the heart of the film is Rourke, whose tender, subtle turn is a revelation." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 68%	Revolutionary Road (2008)	" An actors' showcase for its iconic duo...and both have grown impressively since they last swooned shipside." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2008
Fresh B+	Rotten 54%	Australia (2008)	" A wildly enjoyable experience, reconstituting some of the great traditions of the art form in engaging, unexpected ways." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 1, 2008
Fresh B+	Fresh 93%	Milk (2008)	" In Van Sant's hands, it's both a story for the ages, and a story for our age." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 27, 2008
Fresh B-	Fresh 71%	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)	" *The most important word in the title of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* is "curious."*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Nov 26, 2008
Fresh B	Fresh 90%	I've Loved You So Long (2008)	" Watching this sublime actress, utilizing a minimum of text and a slow-burn intensity, is one of the more exhilarating experiences to be had in a cinema" — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 17, 2008
Fresh A-	Fresh 93%	Tell No One (2008)	" Easily one of the best films of the year." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 17, 2008
Fresh B+	Fresh 64%	Quantum of Solace (2008)	" *Owes more of a karmic debt, in stylistic terms, to Paul Greengrass' Bourne Supremacy* than to the amused elegance of Sean Connery.*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Nov 17, 2008
Rotten C	Fresh 66%	The Kite Runner (2007)	" Fights a losing battle to reconcile authenticity with performances that vary widely in quality." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 89%	The Savages (2007)	" Eloquently makes the case that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are the most dextrous actors of their generation." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2007
Fresh B-	Fresh 93%	Juno (2007)	" A quirky comic indie with a too-too-clever screenplay, dialogue that seems tailored to the club-kid generation, and a sentimental streak a mile wide." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2007
Rotten C-	Rotten 36%	Southland Tales (2007)	" *If Mulholland Drive* had a prettier, younger, and developmentally-challenged sister, it would be Southland Tales.*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Dec 2, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 88%	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)	" The real kudos should go to screenwriter Kelly Masterson, who provocatively mixed a crime drama premise into a film exploring the legacy of damage family members impose upon one another." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 2, 2007
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	No Country for Old Men (2007)	" Like The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and other films that shift paradigms in mid-stream, there's more happening than meets the eye....Stark and spare, it's often a gasp-inducing, armrest-clutching experience." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Oct 25, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 90%	Michael Clayton (2007)	" *In some scenes, Clayton* is the kick in the pants the whodunit genre desperately needs*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Oct 16, 2007
Rotten C	Fresh 82%	Into the Wild (2007)	" *Contrary to the lessons we learned in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, large bears will not always eat irritating hippie man-children. Damn shame." — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Oct 7, 2007
Rotten C-	Rotten 54%	Across the Universe (2007)	" The thin narrative wobbles like an alcoholic after last call." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Sep 16, 2007
Fresh B+	Fresh 91%	Hairspray (2007)	" A film that nearly screams its desire to please in every frame; in its very design, it demands your attention, has you tapping your toes before the opening montage is through, and frames its soft messages of tolerance so broadly that only Hitler could be" — Modern Fabulousity Posted Jul 20, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 74%	Sunshine (2007)	" *Like the films it grandly and unabashedly pays homage to, Sunshine* is serious science fiction for those who prefer to think of space's real possibilities rather than escape into fantasy.*" — Mixed Reviews* Posted Jul 8, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 81%	Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)	" In this fourth film, John McClane becomes a retrofitted icon; unadorned and simple, brutally back-to-basic, he's an action hero for an America uncomfortable with the rapid changes of the new millennium." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Jun 26, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 97%	Once (2007)	" Astonishing...it cleaves through the conventions of the musical form, leaving the raw emotion but junking the showy glitz." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Jun 21, 2007
Fresh	Fresh 94%	Three Kings (1999)	" *With characters you can root for and a story that is both engaging and honest, Three Kings* goes for the gold and comes out a winner.*" — Mixed Reviews* Posted May 11, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 70%	Boy Culture (2007)	" Brocka leaps into the small circle of leading queer filmmakers of our time, sculpting an unpredictable romance that is complex, sophisticated and thoughtful." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Apr 12, 2007
Fresh B	Fresh 82%	Grindhouse (2007)	" As a glimpse into the minds of two iconoclastic directors -- both of whom came of age watching the films they now pay homage to -- this retro-electric trip is sheer bliss." — Mixed Reviews Posted Apr 8, 2007
Fresh A-	Fresh 87%	The Lookout (2007)	" This unlikely heist movie is really another showcase for rising star Joseph Gordon-Levitt." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Apr 8, 2007
Fresh C+	Fresh 66%	Miss Potter (2006)	" A perky style reminiscent of second-rate Jane Austen....a parable of female empowerment and class strife swathed in bustles and British witticisms." — Mixed Reviews Posted Dec 13, 2006
Rotten D	Fresh 95%	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	" Too adult for children and too simplistic for most adults, it ultimately leaves us with some of the prettiest cinematic pictures of the year. And nothing more." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 13, 2006
Fresh B+	Fresh 74%	The Painted Veil (2006)	" [The] finest moments are the small, barely perceptible pinpricks of human cruelty...especially those induced by race, gender, and class." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 10, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 78%	Dreamgirls (2006)	" A triumph of execution, of a marvelous narrative and iconic characters, of a dazzling score and a winning production design." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 7, 2006
Fresh B+	Rotten 51%	The Fountain (2006)	" You have to look back to Malick or Kubrick to find an American filmmaker offering up such a challenging vision to a mainstream audience without apology." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 27, 2006
Fresh B-	Fresh 92%	Children of Men (2006)	" *Whatever else may or may not work, Children of Men* at least has this: a great idea. It is too bad, then, that the movie surrounding the idea is not equally great.*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Nov 14, 2006
Rotten C+	Fresh 62%	The History Boys (2006)	" The move to celluloid has defanged the piece, leaving a shaggy, smartassed and sentimental dramedy in its place." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 6, 2006
Rotten C-	Rotten 50%	For Your Consideration (2006)	" For Your Consideration feels under-cooked, with easy potshots at an indulgent Hollywood studio system and a pervasively dull atmosphere." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Nov 5, 2006
Fresh A-	Fresh 87%	The Last King of Scotland (2006)	" Whitaker and McAvoy inhabit their roles so fully that the film around them transforms into a major document of 1970's cultural myopia." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Oct 23, 2006
Rotten C+	Fresh 69%	The Science of Sleep (2006)	" Even though the visual fireworks of Gondry's mind keep you attentive, his clumsy stutterings about love and honesty are painfully underdeveloped." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Sep 11, 2006
Fresh B+	Fresh 75%	The Devil Wears Prada (2006)	" If fashion is indeed a special brand of terrorism, then Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), editrix of the fictional magazine Runway, is the Osama bin Laden of Fifth Avenue." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Jun 21, 2006
Fresh A	Fresh 90%	United 93 (2006)	" It has more to say about our collective failure, our rage, our sadness, our faith, our courage, our mistakes, and our regret than a million reviews (including this one)." — Modern Fabulousity Posted May 1, 2006
Rotten C	Rotten 58%	Kinky Boots (2006)	" Far too insubstantial to make any interesting use of its social agenda, and the easy answers it finds about prejudice and bigotry strain credibility." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Apr 8, 2006
Rotten C	Fresh 73%	Unknown White Male (2005)	" Suffers under a cloud of nostalgia and emotionality that turns the film's investigation into a fuzzy meditation on existence and memory." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Feb 13, 2006
Rotten C-	Fresh 61%	The New World (2005)	" In Malick's hands, Pocahontas' story becomes a metaphoric seduction straight out of Nabokov." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 11, 2005
Rotten C-	Rotten 51%	The Producers (2005)	" Carries its lumpy theatrical bulk like a rucksack instead of as the dazzling firecracker it is." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 8, 2005
Fresh B	Fresh 76%	Match Point (2005)	" A surprising return to form for the venerated director, recalling (if not matching) his best work from the 80's." — Modern Fabulousity Posted Dec 1, 2005
Fresh A+	Fresh 86%	Brokeback Mountain (2005)	" The Marlboro Man has reawakened as an archetype fully realized, brimming with ambivalence and complexity." — Mixed Reviews Posted Nov 28, 2005
Rotten C	Rotten 35%	Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)	" *Instead of revealing the inner sanctum of Japan's traditionalist heart, Geisha* wades clumsily through a series of beautiful sets, hackneyed plots and stunning costumes.*" — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Nov 25, 2005
Fresh A	Rotten 48%	Rent (2005)	" *Heart is the core and foundation of Rent, and it is what powers the film past its flaws into a truly transformative experience." — Modern Fabulousity* Posted Nov 13, 2005

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