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Hairspray (2007) |
"Not bad for a guy who made his film debut as a Satanist in that Ernest Borgnine-William Shatner trash classic The Devil's Rain." |
Pam Grady |
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Hairspray (2007) |
"Fans of the musical have voiced their displeasure about the fact that the song “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” is not in the movie. Screnwriter Leslie Dixon feels their pain" |
Richard Horgan |
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Hairspray (2007) |
"It’s a performance blending supreme levels of polish, confidence and joyfulness; and it almost never came to pass." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"Gosling has an investment in character here that is whole-bodied, and he commands your attention in every frame he’s in." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Halloween (2007) |
"A lot of modern horror has become more synonymous with horrifying rather than terrifying, the chief difference being the latter also provokes feelings of psychological unease." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"More passive than aggressive as Dana, Coogan plays against type here and delivers a brilliant, often hysterical performance." |
Pam Grady |
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Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"Actor Interview - Says Steve Coogan: "What made me self-conscious became the thing that made me confident."" |
Pam Grady |
Splat |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"Nowhere is the failure of this film more evident than in the much ballyhooed Elisabeth Shue subplot." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
The Hammer (2008) |
"Succeeds in spite of itself." |
Brent Simon |
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Hancock (2008) |
"In a word, the viral marketing website HancockWasHere.com is a mess." |
Richard Horgan |
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Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says actor Gaspard Ulliel: "They just say ‘cut’ and then the dead man get up and talks to you. The blood is strawberry-flavored and it’s just like a game."" |
Brent Simon |
Tomato |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Not an embarrassment, by any stretch of the imagination, but a film in which you feel the not-so-gentle pull of commerce tugging the proceedings along." |
Brent Simon |
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Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interviews - Says producer Dino De Laurentiis: "My age is connected to the three C’s: cervello (brains), cuore (heart) and coglione (b*lls)."" |
Lisa Johnson |
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The Happening (2008) |
"If there was a website that rated just the originality of movie premises, M. Night's last three would all deserve to be ranked in the 90% to 100% range." |
Richard Horgan |
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Happy Endings (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - Actor Jason Ritter is a chip off the old block, especially if one goes by the reactions of Don Roos and Lisa Kudrow." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Happy Endings (2005) |
"This tops my short list of 2005's best films thus far." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Happy Feet (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Long after those tap dance lessons with the wife of his Road Warrior cinematographer, George Miller wisely chose to defer to the world’s best.
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Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison (1996) |
"Billy Madison established the aesthetic, and Happy Gilmore defined it; let’s just hope with Sandler's more recent 'serious' films that he hasn’t retired it." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"Says writer-director Mike Leigh: "No disrespect to Johnny Depp, he's a metaphor."" |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"The character of Poppy is an entirely original female film protagonist, sort of a British working class version of Annie Hall." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"That all its castration talk is prolonged to willfully torturous lengths could be forgiven were the film much more inspired in its interplay." |
Brent Simon |
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Hard Candy (2005) |
"As star Ellen Page and director David Slade make the rounds for Hard Candy, it looks like Lionsgate’s very careful handling of the film festival hit may be paying off." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"Mostly works because it's well cast, wildly written and full of good, old-fashioned comedic friction." |
Brent Simon |
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"Actor Interview - John Cho says he knows whether a film project is worth pursing by page five of the script." |
Pam Grady |
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"That's it. No special 4:20 p.m. sneak preview screenings across the country; no 5:20 p.m. munchies promotion at participating 7/11's..." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato B+ |
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"Whoever thought that one of the best times at the movies this year would feature a shot of Doogie Howser snorting cocaine out of the small of a woman’s back?
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Larry Carroll |
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Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Ask any member of the MTV generation about the greatest stoner comedies ever made and the name Danny Leiner is likely to come up." |
Larry Carroll |
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Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Did New Line’s decision to cast the ‘Asian guy from American Pie’ and the ‘Indian guy from Van Wilder’ impact the film's box office?" |
Pam Grady |
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The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection |
"As both Hollywood and DVD fans get ready to rediscover silent comedian Harold Lloyd, granddaughter Suzanne is most cognizant of his impact on the romantic comedy genre." |
Richard Horgan |
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Harrison's Flowers (2002) |
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Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"The second film to spring forth from J.K. Rowling’s popular series of children’s books goes a long way towards amping up the dramatic tension promised by the source material." |
Charlie Brown |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"Once Potter ditches scenes that feel taken from Beverly Hills 90210 meets Scooby-Doo, I will approach the series with more than just guarded optimism." |
Brett Buckalew |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"I have a dirty confession to make. I’m a professional film critic and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the first film in the series that I’ve seen." |
Brent Simon |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"Maybe Rowling, while sitting in those Edinburgh cafés, telescoped back to her youth and thought, 'How about taking the old Michael Caine character of Harry Palmer...'" |
Richard Horgan |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Alfonso Cuarón joins producer Chris Columbus and the cast of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to wax poetic about wizards." |
Ian Spelling |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"A spell whose effect - though effectively and expertly cast - will not likely last much longer than the time it takes to watch it. " |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Harsh Times (2006) |
"Actors like Bale and Maguire are beloved in their comic book flicks, and frequently respected in other work, but not a massive draw in and of themselves." |
Brent Simon |
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Harsh Times (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - David Ayer wrote Harsh Times right after Training Day. But unlike that film, his directorial debut was financed largely with his own money." |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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Harsh Times (2006) |
"The only other actor who immediately comes to mind as a match for Bale’s remarkable chameleon qualities is another Brit, Daniel Day-Lewis." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Hats Off (2008) |
"A wonderful continuation of Johnstone's previous age-is-but-a-number twilight documentaries Martha & Ethel and Throwing Curves." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"Although the ads make it sound like Zombie Day Care, Disney’s $90 million thriller-comedy is not necessarily the right film to take your kids to this weekend." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Havana Nights (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Sela Ward, JoAnn Jensen, Romola Garai, Diego Luna and director Guy Ferland recall the sensuous experience of filming in Puerto Rico." |
Ian Spelling |
Tomato B- |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"Solid dancing and a catchy soundtrack. But expect to have the time of your life again and you’ll most likely be disappointed.
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Larry Carroll |
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Haven (2006) |
"Actor Interview - In between Troy and Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando Bloom starred in this low-budget producing debut. And it's got him hungry for more." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"Much like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut, the on-screen chemistry between real-life lovers Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend disappoints." |
Annlee Ellingson |
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Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Two years after they fell in love on a movie set, co-stars Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend now find there's much more to go on." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Head of State (2003) |
". . .no one has talked about prosecuting Chris Rock for his torture of a captive movie audience with his new film Head of State." |
Charlie Brown |
Tomato |
Hear and Now (2007) |
"It's the merging of filmmaker and daughter that makes this documentary and memoir so compelling and appealing to a mass audience." |
Shelley Gabert |
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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interviews - It began as a celebrity reading invitation two years ago; it became a heartfelt collaboration between author J.T. LeRoy and filmmaker Asia Argento." |
Christina Radish |
Splat |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"Though not part of the recent rash of 1970's horror film remakes, this is still a very scary movie." |
Richard Horgan |
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