Splat |
D.E.B.S. (2005) |
"The silliest spy spoof centered around a chaste lesbian love story that I’ve ever seen." |
Brett Buckalew |
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The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"The film opens in the spring of 2006; the protests start now." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"It’s not often that this thought comes to mind while watching a Tom Hanks movie. But in The Da Vinci Code, the actor is solidly miscast." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"A bit more convincingly portrayed bitterness, though, would have made the movie’s laughs all sweeter in contrast." |
Brent Simon |
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Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Actor Interview - One can definitely understand why this would have made a lasting impression on Juliette Binoche.
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Richard Horgan |
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Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"When I asked Peter Hedges about his deft ability to balance comedy and drama and what if any filmmakers inspired him earlier on in that regard, he replied Hal Ashby." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
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Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - After paying his dues as a storyboard artist, commercials director and second-unit cameraman, Jeff Balsmeyer finally gets to call the shots." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"The title character is everything we’ve never expected from Ifans - charm, style, charisma - a transformation the actor pulls off with surprising believability." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Daredevil (2003) |
"The film’s spectacle outweighs the character or story elements that truly evoke audiences’ attentions in the lasting or memorable ways that did the incipient franchises which no doubt inspired it. . ." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Each scene feels like its own little Hotel Chevalier, contrived for the mere purpose of seduction and nothing more." |
Kevin Biggers |
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Jason Schwartzman: "I thought Wes [Anderson] wanted to invite Roman [Coppola] to come walk the dog with us."" |
Lisa Johnson |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"To a certain cult crowd enthralled by the brief run of The Tick, this Gotham City's Mayor is - and always will be - Batmanuel." |
Pam Grady |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"In other words, the public has spoken and they have chosen this summer's blockbuster as their favorite film... of all-time." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"This is no longer Tom Hanks' Oscar show, as life at the 21st century movies is like a box of crushed chocolates and it doesn't really matter a damn what you get." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Look out if there is any kind of intentional-accidental Heath Ledger dialogue or eyebrow similarity to James Dean." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"One possible scenario is that Ledger fails to get nominated for the Best Supporting Actor category but receives some sort of posthumous Honorary Award." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Ledger's Joker is the equivalent of Sweeney Todd on a stand-up comedy stage, or Captain Jack Sparrow holidaying in Sleepy Hollow." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
Dark Water (2005) |
"As we call it around the FilmStew water cooler, “The Second in a Series of Jennifer Connelly's Attempts to Find Reasonably Priced Real Estate.”" |
Anderson Jones |
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The Darwin Awards (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - "Chris [Penn] loved the idea of his character in The Darwin Awards,” says writer-director Finn Taylor." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Dawn of the Dead (1978) |
"The fourth time on home video is the charm, thanks to the inclusion of a European version edited by Dario Argento and a pair of snappy documentaries." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - After taking time off to design jewelry, Academy Award winning makeup artist David LeRoy Anderson is thrilled to be back in the Hollywood fold." |
Ian Spelling |
Tomato B+ |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Snyder takes his horror seriously, and God bless him for it. He has crafted the rarest of remakes: one that might actually surpass the original." |
Larry Carroll |
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Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Producer Eric Newman, director Zach Snyder and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames and Mekhi Phifer recall the initial resistance put forth by horror fans to their remake." |
Larry Carroll |
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Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Red Carpet Report - While fans of the original continue to make the pilgrimage to PA's Monroeville Shopping Center, the closest thing in the remake to a U.S shopping mall..." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"The global disaster movie genre has come a long way since H.G. Wells published War of the Worlds in 1898 and Orson Welles broadcast it in 1938. Or has it?" |
Richard Horgan |
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Forget about Christmas. Fox is already using the Internet to jockey for position next Memorial Day with its disaster epic The Day After Tomorrow." |
Richard Horgan |
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - For actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum, the scope of The Day After Tomorrow dwarfed their experiences in the independent film world." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Why does Dennis Quaid feel like the MC at a circus? Columnist Todd Gilchrist has the answer." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, Sean William Scott … Any one of these performers could have provided Emmerich’s disaster with the comic relief it so desperately lacks." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
A Day Without A Mexican (2004) |
"The film suffers from low-budget-and-looks-it production values and some ridiculous aspects of the plot, even for a fantasy like this." |
Annlee Ellingson |
Tomato |
Dazed and Confused (1993) |
"What becomes more obvious upon multiple viewings is that it does actually have a story to tell, even if the ride there is as slow as in Foghat’s ‘70s rock classic." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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De-Lovely (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Their film is more Far From Heaven than Night and Day. As a result, Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd are this year’s most unexpected Golden Globes nominees." |
Annlee Ellingson |
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De-Lovely (2004) |
"Cannes Red Carpet Report - De-buzz: Decidedly mixed... Many felt the film’s structure of a biographical show within a show was a questionable plot device." |
Richard Horgan |
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De-Lovely (2004) |
"Red Carpet Report - Cole Porter is one of the most referenced people in Hollywood lore, with over 85 different movie credits." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"Finds the rhythm of your heart, plays it like a finely-tuned grand piano, and makes for the summer’s most sublimely catchy moviegoing experience." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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De-Lovely (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Accustomed to writing original movie soundtracks, composer Stephen Endelman gladly takes on the role of music arranger for De-Lovely." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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The Dead Girl (2006) |
"Actor Interview - Despite some solid film festival circuit excitment, Brittany Murphy has been passed over by the Spirit Awards and the Golden Globes." |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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The Dead Pool (1988) |
"Imagine Daniel Radcliffe as a no-nonsense London cop dismissing a Jamaican suspect with the line, 'I was never one to believe in witchcraft.'" |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Deadwood - The Complete First Season (2004) |
"Listening to show creator David Milch speak for but a minute in any of the extra documentaries reveals precisely why this revisionist western is so layered." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Dear Frankie (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - With many more movies on the horizon, actor Gerard Butler is upholding the tradition of such countrymen as Robert Carlyle, John Hannah and Sean Connery." |
Pam Grady |
Splat |
Death Of A Dynasty (2005) |
"Truly terrible for plenty of reasons, not the least of which being Damon Dash’s barely competent directing." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Death of a President (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Writer-director Gabriel Range insists his Toronto Film Festival award winner is not an "exercise in liberal fantasy."" |
Lisa Johnson |
Splat |
Death Race (2008) |
"The movie Death Race most resembles is not Death Race 2000 or even another action movie but rather a beloved 1994 prison drama." |
Pam Grady |
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Death to Smoochy (2002) |
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December Boys (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Daniel Radcliffe: "Me and this girl were in this sort of passionate clinch, and a really hardcore punk song came on and totally spoiled the mood.”" |
Brent Simon |
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December Boys (2007) |
"Actor Interviews - Says Daniel Radcliffe: "To be honest, it wasn’t much of a stretch to pretend like you have a crush on Teresa, because she’s just beautiful."" |
Lisa Johnson |
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December Boys (2007) |
"She touches the bases of Diane Lane earthiness and Katherine Heigl blinding blondness to imbue her Summer of 42-ish subplot with an incandescent glow." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Dedication (2007) |
"Will help Moore get additional notice within the industry, from writers, directors and other creative types who pay attention." |
Brent Simon |
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Deep Water (2007) |
"It's the flipside of Smithson's Touching the Void, a tale of one man’s ultimate cowardice rather than the remarkable heroism of climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates." |
Richard Horgan |
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