Tomato |
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2004) |
"..perhaps the first documentary to bring prisoner and captor together in an attempt to humanize each to the other, and perhaps answer the question of whether in dehumanizing the prisoners, the guards dehumanized themselves to the point of no return." |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
Samaritan Girl (2004) |
"A wholly unique tale that gives expressive voice to the pains of childhood and the parents forced to bear witness.
" |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C+ |
Saved! (2004) |
"Not without its charms, but it's a middling effort...In Hollywood, the road to cinematic hell is paved with great pitch ideas." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Saving Grace (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jill Cozzi |
- |
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato A |
School of Rock (2003) |
"A family film that quietly despises family, a wholesome values picture that comically worships at the altar of rock'n'roll anti-establishment." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"As beautiful, assured, and professional as it is, the film lacks edge and power, ending up being significantly less affecting than it should be." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005) |
"Entrancing cinematography is accompanied by what is, hands down, the best film music of 2004...underscores the brutality of being left out of the American Dream." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat 0/5 |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Another lousy movie adapted from Stephen King's writing; another slander against the mentally ill; another energetic Depp performance in a losing cause." |
Martin Scribbs |
Splat C- |
Seeing Other People (2004) |
"Feels like an extended pilot episode for a not-quite-Thirtysomething series: meandering plots and wacky supporting players." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Serendipity (2001) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato |
Lo Sguardo di Michelangelo (2004) |
"Lo Sgaurdo, a Top Ten movie in this or any other year, speaks for every tourist left speechless by Rome's scenes of religious and artistic enormity." |
Martin Scribbs |
Tomato B |
Shaft (2000) |
"Unlike James Bond, Singleton's re-vision of SHAFT removes most of the particulars that made the original character so unique." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jill Cozzi |
- |
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B |
Shaolin Soccer (2002) |
"Stephen Chow has hit on a masterstroke of lunacy." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
"Where's the payoff, a new generation might rightly ask, in ethics?" |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
"It's no mean feat to create suspense in a story the outcome of which we already know, but just as Michael Mann did in The Insider, Billy Ray manages to do so here." |
Jill Cozzi |
- |
The Shipping News (2001) |
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Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Shrek (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato A- |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"More than a worthy successor to the original, and more than just a modern-day fairy tale." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"Manages to capture more of the zany, anarchic, snarky world of the heyday of Warner Brothers than Looney Tunes: Back in Action could ever hope to...." |
Jill Cozzi |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"In the best Hollywood tradition, Shrek 2 boldly argues against a prejudice nobody actually has." |
Martin Scribbs |
Splat C- |
Sideways (2004) |
"It is, in almost every way, less than it could or should be." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat C |
Silver City (2004) |
"...surrounding what could have been a good, pointed piece of satire is a convoluted plot that requires the characters to explain it relentlessly." |
Jill Cozzi |
- |
Silver City (2004) |
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Ned Depew |
- |
A Simple Plan (1998) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
Sin City (2005) |
"As close to a museum-quality work of visual art as Hollywood as ever seen." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
The Sixth Sense (1999) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) |
"Both a throwback and a leap forward, an odd yet satisfying marriage of now and then." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) |
"Burton's visual sensibilties are always breathtaking." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Small Time Crooks (2000) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato |
Snatch (2001) |
"May the postmodern gangster archetype stay around for years to come -- as long as they stay as original, as funny, and as fascinating as the rogues' gallery in Snatch." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato A |
Solaris (2002) |
"For those who remember those breathtaking visions of Sci-Fi movies -- that first sunlit crest of 2001,'s monolith, the musical 'hellos' of Close Encounters, or the first time E.T.'s finger glowed -- there's a magic waiting to be discovered." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Solomon & Gaenor (2000) |
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Jill Cozzi |
Tomato 3/5 |
Soul Food (1997) |
"Heartwarming but stilted domestic family drama" |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B |
Spartan (2004) |
"Cool-edged simplicity...a crime thriller for the terrorist age." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato |
Spider-Man (2002) |
"...Raimi's direction and [Tobey] Maguire's solidly-anchored central character are so strong and so real and so plausible that this most comic book of comic book movies becomes something more." |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato |
Spider-Man 2 (2004) |
"Its predecessor's equal in pure popcorn entertainment, Spiderman 2 adds moral complexities to daunt even the most intrepid of webslingers." |
Martin Scribbs |
Tomato A+ |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring (2004) |
"Arrives with the gale force winds that signal a major new international talent in Kim Ki-Duk." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B- |
Stage Beauty (2004) |
"one can see the potential in the idea of Stage Beauty, as well as the lines that demarcate Eyre's moderately good film from the extraordinary one it could have been." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Tomato B+ |
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) |
"Guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook, rattled, or rolled." |
Gabriel Shanks |
- |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Barbara Matul-Kalamar |
Splat |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) |
"Enjoy the sensory impact if you go see this film, because in the absence of a competent screenwriter to develop characters and a coherent plot, the visuals are about the sum total of the show." |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
"An unexpectedly sweet pleasure... a dark and gripping slice of space opera, it successfully avoids the pitfalls of its predecessors." |
Gabriel Shanks |
Splat B- |
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
"there's a highly complex character in Anakin screaming to get out, and neither writer/director Lucas nor actor Christensen has the chops to set him free.
" |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato |
Starsky & Hutch (2004) |
"Overcomes its played '70s spoof material, just one notch above Undercover Brother-flaccid, to become the first genuinely funny comedy of 2004." |
Martin Scribbs |
Tomato |
The Station Agent (2003) |
"[Peter Dinklage] just happens to give one of the best performances of the year." |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B |
The Stepford Wives (2004) |
"When life in the United States is as scary as it is during Bush II: The Sequel, how else to remake a feminist nightmare than to play it as camp?
" |
Jill Cozzi |
Tomato B+ |
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004) |
"A graceful plaintiveness that positively reverberates with authenticity." |
Gabriel Shanks |
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