ROTTEN TOMATOES: Brian J. Arthurs

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BRIAN J. ARTHURS

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications: Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Total Reviews: 28
Total QuickRatings: 493

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Fresh A-	Fresh 75%	House of Sand and Fog (2003)	" [A] rewarding tale of desperation and lost dreams." Posted Dec 18, 2003
Fresh A	Fresh 94%	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	" We may never see anything like this ever again." Posted Dec 18, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 85%	Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)	" Reckless? Perhaps. Indulgent? Sure. But it's never boring." Posted Oct 9, 2003
Rotten C+	Fresh 70%	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)	" Rise of the Machines feels like an old rock band that reunites without one of its key players." Posted Jul 3, 2003
Fresh A-	Fresh 73%	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)	" How can our heroes be so fashionable, while everyone else [in Zion] looks like they just wandered back from a Phish show?" Posted May 16, 2003
Fresh B+	Fresh 88%	X2: X-Men United (2003)	" ...[it] just feels like director Bryan Singer and his cast are more confident and self-assured, resulting in an action-packed, witty and even thought-provoking yarn." Posted May 1, 2003
Fresh B	Rotten 43%	Anger Management (2003)	" ...the star power of the film isn't matched by the material, but it's to the performers' credit that the film is as consistently funny as it is." Posted Apr 10, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 71%	Phone Booth (2003)	" boasts a single-note plot that evokes tension from its earliest moments and carries it through its svelte 80-minute running time." Posted Apr 7, 2003
Fresh B-	Rotten 29%	Dreamcatcher (2003)	" The first half, centering on the friends and their initial contact with the alien invaders, is smart and downright chilling; the way a fun monster movie should be." Posted Mar 24, 2003
Fresh B	Fresh 60%	Old School (2003)	" Old School isn't going to go down as a classic comedy, but it does serve up more than enough laughs." Posted Feb 21, 2003
Fresh	Fresh 83%	Narc (2002)	" ...crisp and stylish writing and direction by Joe Carnahan, who pays homage to the gritty police dramas of the 1970s" Posted Dec 19, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 76%	Gangs of New York (2002)	" He's at once terrifying, hilarious, honorable and vicious. It's a magnificent reminder of what a great actor Lewis is." Posted Dec 19, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 96%	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	" **The Two Towers, is not so much a sequelas it is an extension of last year's The Fellowship of the Ring.**" Posted Dec 19, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 91%	Adaptation (2002)	" Adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of Orlean's themes without being a true adaptation of her book." Posted Dec 6, 2002
Rotten C-	Rotten 50%	The Emperor's Club (2002)	" The Emperor's Club is one of those films that possesses all the good intentions in the world, but ..." Posted Nov 22, 2002
Fresh A-	Fresh 89%	The Quiet American (2002)	" It works not only as a love triangle drama, but as a political thriller and a murder mystery." Posted Nov 22, 2002
Fresh B	Rotten 59%	Die Another Day (2002)	" ...only Bond can save us from the latest eccentric, super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction." Posted Nov 22, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 82%	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)	" *The result is better than The Sorcerer's Stone,* but still feels slightly bloated and unfocused.**" Posted Nov 15, 2002
Fresh 4/5	Fresh 100%	My Favorite Year (1982)	No article or quote available Posted Nov 8, 2002
Fresh 3/5	Rotten 18%	Sleep with Me (1994)	No article or quote available Posted Nov 8, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 75%	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)	" *Even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment, Spy Kids 2* looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man.**" Posted Nov 8, 2002
Fresh	Rotten 48%	Jackass: The Movie (2002)	" It's completely inappropriate for children younger than 17, but it still takes someone who relates to his inner 14-year-old to truly enjoy it." Posted Oct 31, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 92%	Bloody Sunday (2002)	" What's most striking about Greengrass' film is just how real it all feels." Posted Oct 28, 2002
Rotten 2/5	Rotten 18%	Grey Owl (1998)	No article or quote available Posted Oct 18, 2002
Fresh	Fresh 71%	The Ring (2002)	" *[The Ring] is a genuinely chilling tale that provides more scares than most of its ilk.*" Posted Oct 18, 2002
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 68%	Red Dragon (2002)	" *...a worthy remake and compelling enough to erase the sour memories left by the bloated and pointless Hannibal.*" Posted Oct 4, 2002
Fresh	Rotten 41%	The Four Feathers (2002)	" '... It's a wonderful journey with less payoff than one might have hoped for.'" Posted Sep 23, 2002
Rotten C-	Rotten 37%	Full Frontal (2002)	" What may have been a nice diversion from the norm in Hollywood ends up as dull trip into the lives of ordinary, self-involved Angelenos." Posted Sep 3, 2002

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