Tomato |
Waking Life (2001) |
"This audacious movie may put some people to sleep; for others, it’ll be a wakeup call on the possibilities of screen storytelling" |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"Fox's tidy ending is anything but miraculous." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"Reese Witherspoon can't save Phoenix from going down, down, down in a burning ring of fire. He is not reborn in his own ashes." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"Even if you’re looking for a tall tale that appeals to your inner vigilante, my advice is to walk–or run–away." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4/5 |
Wallace & Gromit - A Grand Day Out (1990) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"Out of 24, it's at least an 18-carrot treat." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wanderers (1979) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Don't expect Reese's Pieces or mashed potatoes to be on the menu in Spielberg's shock-and-awesome version of Wells." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
The War Within (2005) |
"A taut and courageous post-9/11 drama...Castelo studiously avoids stereotypes and simple solutions." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Warriors (1979) |
"OK, it's not Greek tragedy, but it is based (loosely) on Xenophon, so there." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Water (2006) |
"The humane and courageous clarity of Mehta's storytelling works on you like a hard spring rain." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 2.5/4 |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"When McG gets to the big-game finale, he fumbles big-time, going for a deflating victory at the expense of emotional truth." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? gets in bed with Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice....The moody, muted finale doesn’t leave the characters, it simply abandons them." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"...dark clouds, a frigid plot and a downpour of miserable jokes. My advice is to stay home." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wedding Banquet (1993) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"For every robust zinger uncorked by Wilson or Vaughn, Dobkin chases it with a flat or tasteless gag." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"You could call this horrid romantic comedy One Wedding and a Funeral, with stress on the funeral." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Weekend (1967) |
"Godard pushes his Brechtian didactics to the limit, his exhilarating modernism giving him free rein to draw on Freud, Marx, Lewis Carroll and James Bond." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) |
"...deserves a swift, kick-in-the-pants goodbye." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4/5 |
West Side Story (1961) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 2/5 |
Western Union (1941) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
Whale Rider (2003) |
"Young Keisha Castle-Hughes is a Down Under wonder in the lead as Pai, a spunky little Maori girl who could." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) |
"Challenging, cryptic, mystical...The only profound mystery the experts don’t try to answer is this: To which #$*! alternate universe do all those missing dryer socks go?" |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4/5 |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4/5 |
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) |
"Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are terrific together in one of the best romantic comedies of the 1980s." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Where The Truth Lies (2005) |
"The truth is, it's terrible." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 1.5/4 |
White Countess (2005) |
"Another of Merchant/Ivory's blue-blooded exercises in dramatic waxworks." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
White Noise (2005) |
"Though the deceased can help Keaton rescue abducted women and babies trapped in cars, not one of them has seen Jimmy Hoffa." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
The Who - The Kids Are Alright (1979) |
"I can't explain, so you'll just have to tune into "My Generation" to get the Who's status as one of the all-time great bands." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/4 |
Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006) |
"Want to hear a dirty story about a clean car? If you need another reason to distrust the U.S. automobile and oil industries, director Chris Paine's expose should give you a jolt." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 1/5 |
Who's That Girl (1987) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
The Whole Ten Yards (2004) |
"The gang that couldn’t shoot straight returns for another mindless round of Three Stooges-meet-The-Sopranos mayhem." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/5 |
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Why We Fight (2006) |
"Much of the information here is old news, and Jarecki's cursory collage style doesn't help his cause. But this is a case of compelling evidence overwhelming the drawbacks of form." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Wicker Man (2006) |
"Let's just say that sometimes the best-laid plans of mice and men -- and movie-makers -- go up in smoke." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Wicker Park (2004) |
"Something, Je ne sais quoi, was lost in translation when the French thriller L’Appartement was remade into this obtuse romantic mystery." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/5 |
Widow's Peak (1994) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Wild (2006) |
"Once again, Disney returns to its familiar button-pushing theme of child abandonment. For the studio crowned by The Lion King, the roars have turned to yawns." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 2/5 |
The Wild Angels (1966) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 2/5 |
Wild Bill (1995) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Wild Hogs (2007) |
"This bumpy buddy comedy stays in low gear for almost its entire journey. ... As the leader of a pack of redneck bikers, hammy Ray Liotta is so nasty, even his tattoos have a record." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 4/5 |
Wild Man Blues (1998) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2005) |
"The birdman off Alcatraz, Bittner should make you think twice about calling anyone a bird-brain again." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) |
"A strange, semi-sweet kiddie fantasy." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) |
"...a teen movie about a sweet girl-next-door who’s actually got a head on her shoulders. But unlike director Luketic, I’m not sure this Cinderella falls for the right fella." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato |
Winged Migration (2003) |
"There’s no better tribute to the beauty of flight than Jacques Perrin’s lighter-than-air documentary wonder." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/4 |
Winter Soldier (1972) |
"For an America enduring another summer of discontent in Iraq, Winter Soldier horrifically seems to prove that what's past is indeed prologue." |
Thomas Delapa |
Splat |
Winter Solstice (2005) |
"To read between the lines in Winter Solstice, you better bring a magnifying glass." |
Thomas Delapa |
Tomato 3/5 |
Wish You Were Here (1987) |
No article available. |
Thomas Delapa |
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