Tomato B- |
Baadasssss! (2004) |
"While Mario Van Peebles' gauzy adoration for his father causes BAADASSSSS! to be less defined than it should be, the obvious affection makes the uneven film heartfelt." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
Bad Education (2004) |
"Even when he's paying homage to other great filmmakers, it still remains an indisputably Almodovar experience." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
Bad Guy (2001) |
"Desire, violence, revenge, and obsession play out against a map of sex and love." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"One feels awestruck by Arcand's accomplishment: starkly aware of life's beauty, its fragility, and the undeniable truth that friends, lovers, and family are what makes us who we are." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C- |
The Baxter (2005) |
"It argues, ironically, that pretty people should only end up with pretty people, and the best we can do is hope that the temp with bad hair will find us equally nerd-hot." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
The Beach (2000) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
Bear Cub (2004) |
"A complex, finely woven tale of nontraditional family. Such enjoyments are far too rare." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
Before Night Falls (2000) |
"Un cri de coeur...Julian Schnabel's latest work can only be described as one of those soul-stirring cries." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A- |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"Before Sunset has an immediacy that makes other movies feel comatose." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Splat C |
Being Julia (2004) |
"If A Room with a View looked inside the repressed passions of its characters, Being Julia seems content to just put a frame around them and call it a day." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Beloved (1998) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Splat C+ |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"A vain attempt not only to restore Darin's place in history, but to improve upon it... Colick's underdeveloped screenplay has trouble placing Darin's life onto a heroic scale." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C |
Big Fish (2003) |
"The whimsy feels so forced, so labored, so (dare I say it) dull...Big Fish ends up being a film about magic that holds little magic of its own." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Billy Elliot (2000) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato A |
Black Hawk Down (2001) |
"Dramatically taught, crisply shot and vibrantly visualized, this film deserves a place in the war film pantheon." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A- |
Blind Flight (2003) |
"a meticulously constructed film that finds the poetry in even the most squalid prison settings." |
Jill Cozzi |
Splat |
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2003) |
"The premise ... apparently so captivated SPOT's makers that they failed to notice the finished product's complete lack of insight." |
Martin Scribbs |
Splat D+ |
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi/Sonatine (2004) |
"Zatoichi finds a legacy diminished by his new, updated masters.
" |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B- |
Boiler Room (2000) |
"The New York Stock Exchange gets a healthy dose of Gen-X amorality, but in the end, the more things change, the more things stay the same." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B- |
Bon Voyage (2004) |
"Posh, stylish, and with very little going on in its head, Bon Voyage is neither as dizzying nor as entertaining as it could be." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato |
Bonhoeffer (2003) |
"Bonhoeffer doesn't probe as deeply as one might like into the details and implications of his theology, but is an invaluable study of a man of conscience.
" |
Martin Scribbs |
Tomato |
The Book of Life (1998) |
"Jesus-who’s-come-again asks Himself soul-searching questions in what might’ve been called The Lack of Passion of the Christ." |
Martin Scribbs |
Splat C- |
Bored in Brno (2003) |
"Subtitled "a comedy about defying fate," Bored in Brno really should have spent more time trying to defy conventionality.
" |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B+ |
The Bourne Identity (2002) |
"Aspires to be both a whammo action blockbuster and an intelligent think piece...a delicate balance for any film to pull off." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B+ |
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) |
"A buffed-up, kick-a** version of our modern collective consciousness." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A+ |
Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
"The film's strength isn't in its details, but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself, with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest, media-soaked fears." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato 10/10 |
Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
"Hilary Swank is the find of the year!" |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jill Cozzi |
Splat 2/5 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) |
"Dated, leisurely paced romance that doesn't deserve it's stellar reputation." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat 7/10 |
Breakfast of Champions (1999) |
"Breakfast of Champions is a feast for the imagination, not the screen." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Breakfast on Pluto (2005) |
"Effortlessly nailing coquettish mannerisms and employing a hilarious come-hither vocal quality, Murphy is magnetizing, fascinating, and eminently likeable." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C |
Bride and Prejudice (2005) |
"It's got moments, it's got performances to recommend, but they still haven't figured out how to create the magic of Bollywood in a form for the US market." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C |
Bride and Prejudice (2005) |
"I have respect for what the director's trying to do here, but it doesn't jell the way it should." |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato A |
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) |
"A scalding-hot reminder of Scorsese's talent, and his adoration of Manhattan's otherworldly cosmicity." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A+ |
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"The Marlboro Man has reawakened as an archetype fully realized, brimming with ambivalence and complexity." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Broken Flowers (2005) |
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Ned Depew |
Tomato A+ |
Brother to Brother (2004) |
"May just be the most sophisticated and compelling movie about the lives of black gay men ever made." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
The Brothers Grimm (2005) |
"Bombastic, whimsical, and delicious, The Brothers Grimm is really a comic ghost story wrapped in the postmodern folds of Shakespeare In Love." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B- |
Bulgarian Lovers (2003) |
"Won't leave you disappointed, but it may leave you hungry for something more substantial." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Bush's Brain (2004) |
"a film that I believe needed to be made" |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato 4/5 |
Butterflies Are Free (1972) |
"Charming and engaging, the best work of Goldie Hawn's career" |
Gabriel Shanks |
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