Fresh 3/5
| N/A | The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 23, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted Dec 13, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Rollerball (1975) | "
The performances of star player, James Caan, drawn into the politics behind the sport and John Houseman as a creepy corporate boss, are excellent." Posted Sep 11, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 87%
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) | "
There is a slightly perfunctory air in the way the story unreels as though it's all been done before. Nevertheless, Caine and Martin make a great double act." Posted Aug 28, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Firemen's Ball (1968) |
Click here to read article Posted Jul 24, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Merci Pour le Chocolat (2002) | "
Isabelle Huppert excels as the enigmatic Mika and Anna Mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of Chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries." Posted Jun 25, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Fiddler on the Roof (1971) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 19, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Champion (1949) | "
The contrasting black and white cinematography perfectly fits the dark mood. The fight sequences are excitingly and realistically staged." Posted Jun 13, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Apartment (1960) | "
Wilder and IAL Diamond's brilliantly witty screenplay has a serious undertow as it savages corporate ethics and conjugal infidelity." Posted Jun 13, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Sunset Boulevard (1950) | "
The best film to capture the transitory nature of film fame." Posted Jun 13, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 40%
| Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2001) | "
There are some excellent digs at television's enduring capacity for trivialising serious issues." Posted Jun 5, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Croupier (1998) | "
For once here is a British film that is both tough and intelligent, and so well-researched that it will probably tell you more about how casinos work than had it been a documentary." Posted Jun 5, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted May 21, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| When Brendan Met Trudy (2001) | "
Brimming with sweet Irish charm." Posted Apr 30, 2001 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| The Dish (2001) | "
Beguilingly funny." Posted Apr 23, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Easter Parade (1948) | "
The slight plot is laced with generous dollops of vintage Irving Berlin songs, several of them staged with dazzling ingenuity." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 64%
| Cat People (1982) | "
The result has a certain cinematic beauty, and Kinski, in particular, plays her role with an appropriate cat-like presence. Yet alongside the 1942 version (produced by Val Lewton, directed by Jaques Tourneur) it is clear which one is the winner." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Terminator (1984) | "
One of the most effective science fiction films of recent decades." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Singin' in the Rain (1952) | "
There is a wonderful cynicism throughout Singin' in the Rain, with everybody either kidding themselves or pretending to be something they are not." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | "
The Pythons delivered a classic comedy." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | "
It is mainly Crawford's triumph, and the most remarkable comeback in Hollywood's history." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Melvin and Howard (1980) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Mary Poppins (1964) | "
Disney had done a magnificent job of adapting the PL Travers character to the screen, using cinematic effects to the full in creating an enchanting story." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Lonely Are the Brave (1962) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Kiss Me Kate (1953) | "
A treat, on no account to be missed." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 74%
| Philadelphia (1993) | "
Arguably, the horror of death from Aids has been sanitized for popular consumption, but nevertheless it is a brave and commendable effort." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 74%
| Sleepless in Seattle (1993) | "
Ryan and Hanks, even apart, have the chemistry to make a very agreeable entertainment." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 60%
| Lady in the Lake (1946) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Fargo (1996) | "
The beauty of the film is in the subtle detail of the dialogue and performances which continue to enchant on repeat viewings." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Sweet and Lowdown (1999) | "
It is put together so well you can believe that this human misfit with a terrible taste in tailoring, an insatiable thirst for liquor, an appalling way with women, yet with a guitar in his hand seemingly guided by angels, was a real person." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Wizard of Oz (1939) | "
Each time it is shown, this extraordinary film ... embraces a new generation of children who succumb to its magic." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 35%
| Where the Heart Is (2000) | "
So much plot is crammed in, it's like a feature-length soap." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 68%
| U-571 (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| A Hard Day's Night (1964) | "
Richard Lester's innovative film, the Beatles' debut feature, is a timewarp memento of that brief 1963-4 phase in their history known as Beatlemania." Posted Apr 17, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Sexy Beast (2001) | "
Glazer's direction is lively and packed with surprises." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Last Resort (2001) | "
A remarkably thoughtful and disturbing work." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 29%
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) | "
In its own right the film works superbly." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 46%
| Maybe Baby (2001) | "
Elton's abrasive romantic comedy is a bumpy, exhilarating ride." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 55%
| Maléna (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| Beautiful Creatures (2001) | "
At least nobody could accuse the director Bill Eagles or his writer Simon Donald of mealy-mouthed timidity." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| About Adam (2001) | "
Stembridge capably balances the potentially unstable narrative, and the performances are fully rounded." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 70%
| Chopper (2001) | "
Eric Bana ... plays him as an engaging villain with a deft talent for grotesque behaviour and caustic one-liners." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Cast Away (2000) | "
For much of the time, Hanks is on screen by himself, his only dialogue addressed to an inanimate ball. A lesser performer would have made it an unendurable ordeal." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 52%
| What Women Want (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 85%
| The Emperor's New Groove (2000) | "
This is the best Warner Brothers cartoon Disney ever made." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Unbreakable (2000) | "
Shyamalan has shown himself to be an outstanding master of atmosphere and a riveting storyteller." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 30%
| 102 Dalmatians (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| Quills (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Legend of Bagger Vance (1999) | "
Pretentious piffle." Posted Apr 16, 2001 |
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