Tomato |
Babel (2006) |
"Through it all is the motif of children at prey in a social order that's ready to destroy them." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Back to the Future Part II (1989) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Hey, I guess hostile racist homophobes need to be entertained as well." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Bad Education (2004) |
"It’s really a greatest hits compilation of Almodovar’s own work — all the standout tracks are here, but with none of the context and soul afforded by those connective numbers." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Bad Girls (1994) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"Linklater captures the air of sportsmanship with an experienced authenticity." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"By not challenging attitudinal beliefs, none of this is truly radical; it’s just in questionable taste." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Bad Taste (1987) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Badlands (1973) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"A 90 minute cacophony of bullets, bombs, and other things that go boom, delivered without the tiniest thread of excitement." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"Balls of Fury is intended as a spoof of Enter the Dragon. That's important to know before walking into it, since it looks more like a spoof of the 80s martial arts spoof Big Trouble in Little China." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Bandslam (2009) |
"What keeps Bandslam afloat is the way its sweet moments find weird ways of stepping into convention." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"It's hard to think of how any two characters could be more self-absorbed and annoying." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"If there’s anything less appealing than movies about gradual death, it’s movies where various characters’ dialogue is spent espousing a filmmaker’s philosophy." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"The seriousness with which Barbershop II treats its political conscience offers an unexpected weight to what’s essentially a big screen sitcom." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Barfly (1987) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Barry Lyndon (1975) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Baseketball (1998) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Basic (2003) |
"It would be one thing if McTiernan were saying something about truth’s impenetrable nature -- really he’s just jerking viewers into a state of indifference." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
Basic Instinct (1992) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Basket Case (1982) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Batman (1989) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Batman - Mask of the Phantasm (1993) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"It’s not the villains, but Batman who is the movie’s scariest, unpredictable force." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
Batman Forever (1995) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Batman Returns (1992) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 5/5 |
Battleship Potemkin (1925) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Be Cool (2005) |
"With nary a role in the film that isn’t occupied by a recognizable star, it’s a slightly more humble version of the celebrity get-togethers of Ocean’s 11 and 12." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Bear (1984) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"Until the unbearably sappy final minutes, the film moves at an absorbing pace and -- in the rarest of qualities – allows the bulk of its sentimentality to emerge honestly." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Beauty and the Beast (1991) |
"The tale's as old as time, but Beauty and the Beast has gotten somewhat banal." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"There's not a scene in its ode to dating-quota acceptability and capitalist victory that isn't awful." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) |
"Some older viewers might be confused that director Wayne Wang offers no entry point for grownups. This is a kid’s view of the world, free of irony and in-jokes." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Beerfest (2006) |
"The Broken Lizard crew amuse each other with enough banal antics (can anything else account for this film running nearly two hours?) that the sober viewer suffers enormous gaps of boredom between good jokes." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Beetlejuice (1988) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"Through the verbiage and the dubious equation of realism with truth, Before Sunset instills profundity -- maintaining an optimism and sobriety about life after 30." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) |
"The whole endeavor is wound up in heroic pontificating that renders it boring and cornily pretentious." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Being Julia (2004) |
"It examines the oddity of a life of performances as a veritable crowdpleaser, becoming frothier and funnier as it progresses." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"The movie uncovers real charm without submitting entirely to irksome quirky preciousness." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Bewitched (2005) |
"Bewitched becomes a love story about the unknowingly self-consumed — Idiots in Love. Even the sappiest viewers will have a hard time rooting for them." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Beyond (1981) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Beyond Borders (2003) |
"Affecting moments appear sporadically in Beyond Borders, but they can’t amend for the movie’s lack of shame." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"It brings little to the usual biopic formula of success followed by ego followed by breakdown, beyond general professionalism." |
Mark Palermo |
Splat 2/5 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Bicycle Thief (1948) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
Splat |
The Big Bounce (2004) |
"There’s little coherence between scenes, which probably doesn’t matter since the movie is so easily distracted it’s just daring you to stop paying attention." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato |
Big Fish (2003) |
"The movie divides its characters into two groups: those who’ve opened themselves to the possibility of the sublime, and those who’ve confined themselves to reality." |
Mark Palermo |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Big Sleep (1946) |
No article available. |
Mark Palermo |
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