Tomato 4/4 |
M (1931) |
"It's clear that Lang was ahead of most of his peers in grasping the promise of the motion picture form." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) |
"It's a pleasure spending down-time with these lovely boys and girls." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Mad Money (2008) |
"Better than Because I Said So, simply by virtue of the fact that I wasn't tempted to cram a gun muzzle into my mouth this time around." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Madagascar (2005) |
"We should all be grateful that this movie's around to remove the metallic taste left by Robots and the fishy odor that emanated from Shark Tale." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) |
"Whenever the penguins pop up for their welcome routine, the movie takes flight." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Made of Honor (2008) |
"Comic desperation can be seen at alarmingly frequent intervals." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Malcolm X (1992) |
"In the leading man category, Denzel Washington in Malcolm X managed to deliver the best performance of the decade." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Mambo Italiano (2003) |
"Where are the GoodFellas when we really need them?" |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"Brosnan especially looks physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he's being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera's eye." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
A Man Apart (2003) |
"Like View from the Top, this one's been sitting on a studio shelf for quite some time, suggesting that Hollywood must presently be engaging in its own version of a yard sale." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1/4 |
Man of the Year (2006) |
"It's the same lazy performance we always get, with Williams groveling for laughs via his patented physical shtick and repertoire of stale jokes that were already passé around the time Roman emperors began chucking Christian standup comics to the lions." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Man on Fire (2004) |
"[Director Tony] Scott's meaningless stylistics immediately grate on the nerves." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Man On Wire (2008) |
"Present-day interviews and modern re-enactments provide the piece with its structure, but it's the awe-inspiring archival footage that makes this a giddy watch." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Management (2009) |
"According to this misguided movie's wisdom, every woman should be so lucky to have her very own stalker to help her get her life in order." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
"It's heady stuff in a nail-biting chiller that still has the power to make viewers perspire profusely." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"That rare remake that paves its own way without exploiting or cheapening its predecessor." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Manna From Heaven (2002) |
"The quality of the film doesn't quite match the loving care placed into it." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
"For all its supposed dramatic heft, Margot at the Wedding ultimately proves to be as weighty as cake frosting." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Maria Full of Grace (2004) |
"A different kind of drug movie -- one that dives straight into the trenches." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"Where Marie Antoinette fares best is in its examination of the royal life as a treadmill of constantly winding boredom." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Marley & Me (2008) |
"Alternately sweet, sad and sentimental, Marley & Me represents cinema as dog's best friend." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Married Life (2008) |
"It's best to ignore these scenes from a marriage; stick with Ingmar Bergman instead." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Martian Child (2007) |
"The credits state that Martian Child stars John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Joan Cusack, but really, it stars Lucky Charms, M&M's and Amazon.com." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato |
Martin Scorsese Collection (5-Pack) (1969) |
"Tracks his career as he moves from being one of many promising filmmakers to emerge in the 60s to routinely being described as the greatest American director of modern times." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato |
Marx Brothers Collection (1935) |
"Two genuine classics are included in this five-disc set, and as usual Warner has packed the DVDs with a wide array of extra material." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato |
Marx Brothers Collection (1935) |
"Two genuine classics are included in this five-disc set, and as usual Warner has packed the DVDs with a wide array of extra material." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"Peter Weir and crew [take] great pains to present an oft-times understated epic that's about the art of warfare as much as it's about the battles themselves." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Matador (2005) |
"Brosnan is performing his own high-wire act here, daring us not to like his sleazy, vulgar, insensitive, immoral character." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |
"As a joyride of a movie, this one delivers the goods. But on a human level, it's clear that the Wachowskis allowed the series to get away from them." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Max (2002) |
"For all the food for thought offered by the film, its overall success is diminished by the fact that there's too much Max and not enough Hitler." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1/4 |
Max Payne (2008) |
"Imagine The Constant Gardener after a frontal lobotomy, and that's basically Max Payne in a nutshell." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mean Girls (2004) |
"Mind you, I'm not quite prepared to elevate the team of Waters-Lohan to the level of Kurosawa-Mifune or Scorsese-De Niro, but they've clearly got a good thing going." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Meet Dave (2008) |
"Murphy far outshines the material." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) |
"One of Hollywood's all-time great musicals ... Judy has rarely been more lovely than she is here." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Meet the Fockers (2004) |
"Unlike Billy Crystal (Analyze This) and Eddie Murphy (Showtime), Stiller brings out De Niro's best comic instincts." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Meet the Robinsons (2007) |
"I was so bored out of my skull than even a wayward reel of Raiders of the Lost Ark somehow slipping onto the projection booth platter probably wouldn't have stirred me out of my comatose state." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
"Plays like a Disney version of a Zhang Yimou movie, though the end result isn't as dreadful as that designation might suggest." |
Matt Brunson |
Splat 2/4 |
Men in Black II (2002) |
"There are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about, but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) |
"Loopy enough to stand out from the homogenized pack but not bold enough to truly go the distance." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Merry Gentleman (2009) |
"Macdonald's performance is one of understated beauty." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) |
"A compelling documentary that allows us exposure to musicians in a more personal manner than usual." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Miami Vice (2006) |
"This is a movie of extremes: alternately dazzling and deadening, careening between stylish and stultifying, tough going on occasion and smooth sailing the rest of the way. Yet in the final count, it's the virtues that save this Vice." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"There are no real surprises in Michael Clayton, just the awareness of a job well done." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"For two shimmering hours, all the ghosts of scandals past melt away, leaving in their wake an entertainer whose only desire is to dazzle. And dazzle he does." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Midnight Cowboy (1969) |
"It only takes a movie like Midnight Cowboy to point out the limitations of a rating system: How can a measly four stars convey the magnificence of this acknowledged classic?" |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Mighty Heart (2007) |
"A fine summertime distraction for discerning older audiences, even if it doesn't quite pack the punch of similar titles like Missing and Under Fire." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Milk (2008) |
"Full of both passion and purpose, Milk is clearly one of the year's best films." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"The best movie of 2004, edging out Sideways by a half-whisker." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Millions (2005) |
"Reveals what it means to be truly spiritual in a world in which religion is too often used as a smokescreen for bigotry and intolerance." |
Matt Brunson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Mindhunters (2005) |
"For a movie that's been sitting in Miramax's storage bin for well over a year, Mindhunters isn't the train wreck one would have assumed." |
Matt Brunson |
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