Tomato 4/5 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"Best-of-the-best cops make for a better-than-average action flick thanks to street-level direction and blue-collar heroics." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Saddest Music in the World (2004) |
"Bizarre, baroque mix of soap opera, song-craft, sorrow and substance abuse is an unpredictable knockout." |
James Rocchi |
Splat 2/5 |
Sahara (2005) |
"A little Indiana Jones, a little James Bond, a little Tom Clancy -- it all adds up to an action-adventure flick with little to distinguish it." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Santa Clause (1994) |
"Even if the film bogs down a touch in its own sense of cuteness near the end, this film will do as a family-wide X-mas time waster if everyone has It's a Wonderful Life overload." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sarah McLachlan: Video Collection 1989-1998 (1989) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Saturday Night Live - 25 Years of Laughs (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Saturday Night Live - Best of Chris Farley (1998) |
""Best of" disc from "Saturday Night Live" comic is a bittersweet look back." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Saturday Night Live - Best of Chris Rock (1999) |
"This "Portrait of the Stand-Up as a Young Man" lacks depth, but has moments." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Saturday Night Live - Best of Dana Carvey (1999) |
"SNL's Man of a Thousand Faces shines in well-done hits package with great stuff and cool extras." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Saturday Night Live - Best of Steve Martin (1999) |
"From wild-and-crazy guy to gray eminence, Martin is at his best." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
"Saving Private Ryan is far from flawless, but it's an important movie. It shows what America was once capable of, how a threat to freedom and justice was met with resolve and bravery, and how a great victory came at great cost." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Saw (2004) |
"Serial-killer chiller isn't jaw-droppingly terrifying, but it's not terrifyingly bad, either." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Say Anything (1989) |
"Cameron Crowe's directorial debut gets a fully loaded DVD that demonstrates the best -- and worst -- of all his films." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Scent of a Woman (1992) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"Jack Black kicks out the jams in the smartest, most exuberant, best comedy about the power of music since The Blues Brothers." |
James Rocchi |
Splat 1/5 |
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) |
"Sequel is a hard sell and more of less from AOL-Time Warner's rehash division." |
James Rocchi |
Splat 1/5 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"Unless you're an AOL Time Warner board member, there's nothing to like about this insipid live-action version of the 1970s cartoon series." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"Brawny sword-and-sorcery adventure is both helped and hurt by the charm and good humor of wrestler-thespian star The Rock." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Screamers (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Scrooged (1988) |
"By the time it draws to a close, the movie and Cross demonstrate their faith and belief in goodness -- and do it hilariously and affectingly." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Sea of Love (1989) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"Glowing story of three men, a horse and their era earns the right to move you, despite rigging its own course." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"Texas fable has heart and humor as uncles Michael Caine and Robert Duvall give Haley Joel Osment much-needed guidance." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Secret of NIMH (1982) |
"Too leaden for kids, too slight for grownups." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Secret of Roan Inish (1995) |
"Magical fable from writer-director John Sayles is a departure -- and a great success." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 5/5 |
Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
"Sense and Sensibility is a triumph, and a film to be treasured." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Serenity (2005) |
"This near-future Western from Buffy creator Joss Whedon is a big, bold, B-movie piece of entertainment." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Series 7: The Contenders (2001) |
"Kill-or-be-killed reality-TV satire is uneven -- and unforgettable." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1987) |
"An invisibly smart film, a lot brighter underneath than its surface gloss would suggest." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 5/5 |
Seven (1995) |
"A harrowingly bleak vision that haunted me in the theatres and made my flesh slick with fear even on this recent re-viewing." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Seven Days in May (1964) |
"Director John Frankenheimer's 1960s political thriller still crackles and pops." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 5/5 |
Seven Samurai (1954) |
"A classic of adventure, a story of honor, a tale of a specific time and place that still has universal resonance." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Shadow (1994) |
"The Shadow is good; it's just not worthy of the talent assembled." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shaft (1971) |
"Who's the black private dick that's the center of a still-enjoyable flick? Shaft!" |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shall We Dance? (2004) |
"American remake of Japanese romance is a slight, sweet charmer thanks to a great ensemble cast." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Shallow Grave (1995) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shanghai Knights (2003) |
"This Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson sequel is a slack retread of Shanghai Noon -- but it's hard to get too upset about that." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
"Jackie Chan's East-meets-Western action comedy is surprising fun." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Shape of Things (2003) |
"Another brainy, shocking tale from Neil LaBute puts cruel modern twists on some old-fashioned themes." |
James Rocchi |
Splat 1/5 |
Shark Tale (2004) |
"Lame undersea kid-flick mob comedy is rotten from head to tail, despite all the talent involved." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
"True story about fact, fiction and fakery is a surprisingly well-tuned thriller about morals, courage and honesty -- with a breakout performance by Peter Sarsgaard." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shaun of the Dead (2004) |
"British-import "Rom-Zom-Com" has a little undead life to it, but it's definitely a zombie-come-lately." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
"By blanketing the prison experience with a sepia-tone haze of nostalgia and placing it in a time that's part history, part Normal Rockwell, the film provides a trip through the belly of the beast that isn't too icky..." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
She's All That (1998) |
"Contains just enough of a message about self-worth and honesty to lend some moral nutrition to the entertainment calories it provides so capably." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
She's So Lovely (1997) |
"Labor of love has lots of heart -- but makes little sense." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Shipping News (2001) |
"Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore astound in touching, well-told tale of rebirth and redemption." |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shiri (2002) |
"Polished Korean political-action film is just as good -- and bad -- as Hollywood action epics. Is this progress?" |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shivers (1975) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shooting Fish (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
James Rocchi |
Splat 2/5 |
Short - International Release (2000) |
"Smorgasbord of international short films contains empty calories." |
James Rocchi |
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