Tomato 7/10 |
Dark Matter (2008) |
"Poignantly and sympathetically gets inside the confused head of an Asian immigrant rarely seen in film, a grad student flummoxed by American culture and academic politics." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Splat 3/10 |
Dark Streets (2008) |
"Sophisticated elements rise above this murk - Toledo as the MC and music that is a serious contribution to the blues repertory." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato '2.75/5' |
Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
"The film is almost patronizing in its immutable bleakness." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Day Night Day Night (2007) |
"The audience learns everything [director] Loktev is willing to reveal about her central character within the first 20 of her 94-minute film." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Daybreak (2005) |
"The film's resolutions are either too facile or too vague." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
Days and Clouds (2008) |
"One way to look at this movie is as an elegantly acted, art-house woman's picture." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 3/10 |
Death In Love (2009) |
"Even as the frustrated audience can already see the truths, secrets, and manipulations congeal around the characters, they seem impotent to stop being victims." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3/5 |
Death of a President (2006) |
"The point of view will be familiar from the news and documentaries, but conveyed more subtly than, say, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 or Robert Greenwald's Uncovered: The War on Iraq." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) |
"Not a line of the pungent dialogue is wasted. Beneath the quasi-documentary veneer lies a well-written screenplay." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 2.75/5 |
Death Walks at Midnight (1972) |
"Like a psychedelic and bloody Lana Turner vehicle, Death Walks at Midnight is easily the most entertaining of NoShame's recent releases of '70s giallos." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
December Boys (2007) |
"If the blogosphere makes hay from the fact that Radcliffe goes beyond first base in this film, the robotic storytelling will deflate any curiosity." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato '2.75/5' |
A Decent Factory (2005) |
"What follows during an assembly plant inspection is a more specific exposé on outsourcing in the developing world than last year’s fact-filled The Corporation." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Deep Water (2007) |
"Not only is this an incredible saga of Jack London proportions, it's also a great detective tale." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 7/10 |
Defiance (2008) |
"Despite Zwick's penchant for the obvious over subtle, vividly brings to life tough Jewish resistance fighters against the Nazis who saved Jews in a Jerusalem in the forest." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3/5 |
Delicious Little Devil (1919) |
"With her bee-stung lips and exaggerated swivel, [Mae] Murray's the precursor to Betty Boop." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Demonlover (2003) |
"Though film buffs will like the many references, the story takes a back seat to the visuals, and images, no matter how sensational, can only carry a film so far." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Departures (2009) |
"Count on the first tear to fall by the 55-minute mark." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Descent (2006) |
"By far, the first half is the most effective as the outing goes from bad to disastrous: Sarah [Shauna Macdonald] gets trapped in a tunnel ("Just keep breathing!"), and the rest are lost - this film is not for the claustrophobic." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Deserted Station (2002) |
"It is filled with feeling and far from sentimental or cloying, with a beautiful score enhancing the melancholia." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) |
"Johnston's story may seem like another '80s cultural footnote, but just when you think ... you've seen it all, another fascinating chapter in his eventful life comes along." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Die Mommie Die! (2003) |
"An extended skit on The Carol Burnett Show with fleeting full frontal nudity." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Dirty Pretty Things (2003) |
"It’s the didactic dialogue... and the plot contrivances... that might produce snickers." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 6/10 |
Disgrace (2009) |
"More convincing as an allegory, but faithful to Coetzee's acerbic, alternative view of S. Africa's future than the usual uplifting themes of reconciliation and forgiveness." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) |
"A small-scale film on a grand-sized canvas: director Julian Schnabel and his cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, meet the challenge of adapting ... Bauby's 1997 memoir." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Dogville (2003) |
"As the core character, Kidman delivers a restraint performance, undercutting the script’s didacticism and literal mindedness.
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Kent Turner |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Dopamine (2003) |
"It's all talk and very little action. And unfortunately, most of the talk consists of thesis statements disguised as dialogue." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2/5 |
Doubt (2008) |
"Shanley's play would seem ideally suited for the scrutiny of a camera. But if anything, the film feels less nuanced, bulldozed by Streep's take-no-prisoner performance." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Downfall (2005) |
"Downfall straightforwardly depicts Hitler's last days as not to offend." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) |
"For adults, its charms eventually wear thin, but there are enough loud special effects and scary sequences to hold the attention of its preteen audience." |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Dragon Painter (1919) |
"This disc offers two silent films of America's first Asian film star, both with memorably melodic musical scores." |
Kent Turner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Duchess (2008) |
"The film rehabilitates the duchess, sanitizing her behavior" |
Kent Turner |
Tomato 6/10 |
Dust (2008) |
"Everything you ever wanted to know about dust. And even more than you ever thought possible. Then even more." |
Nora Lee Mandel |
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