Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"Fearless extremity...Brotherhood finally coalesces into an inescapable metaphor illustrating the madness of civil war." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"The dance remains the same...Take the Lead has exactly two things going for it (each worth one star): the always entertaining Antonio Banderas and a lot of ballroom dancing." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Taken (2009) |
"A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes..." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Willfully stupid and obvious for most of its running time, this serial-killer thriller lulls the audience into one gasp-worthy, rug-pulling moment that, while stupid, isn't exactly obvious. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"'A remake and a hostage picture! Can both the good guys and the bad guys use Sony laptops?' Yes, they can." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"On balance Taking Woodstock--like Teichberg--takes after its immigrant American father, evincing a quiet humility in offering its rambling 'little perspective' of an emblematic happening that was almost everything it was cracked up to be." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"What starts out seeming courageous rapidly reveals itself as a narcissistic, opportunistic stunt." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Could stand to focus more on scrupulous sociocultural history and less on compulsively entertaining the audience...has enough untold story and acting chops to make it worthwhile." |
Peter Canavese |
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Talk to Me (2007) |
"Kasi Lemmons: 'I saw [Hughes] get up like "I can't, I can't watch this." It's either too close or it's bringing back some old emotions. But he would walk into the DJ booth, and you could tell he just felt nostalgic for it.'" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"The film's consistent ticklishness frequently breaks out into uproarious set pieces." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tango & Cash (1989) |
"A bizarrely appealing movie, Tango & Cash is the essence of camp: it's bad and knows it's bad, so therefore, it's...good? [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Tarnation is some kind of triumph of personal expression [but] also maddening at times in Caouette’s lack of restraint...defiantly [is] what it is: one of a kind." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Taxi - The Complete Third Season (1980) |
"Sometimes resembled a weekly Neil Simon play...but James Brooks' celebrated brilliance with emotional storylines also justified experiments in the absurd and satirical." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"Parker and Stone unleash the Jerry Bruckheimer id with the movie we all know Hollywood would seriously like to make...cannot be denied its humorous high points." |
Peter Canavese |
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Teen Titans - Season 1: Vol. 2 (2003) |
"Marv Wolfman on Teen Titans and Career Highlights" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"Will the audience be 'rocked' by the band's wily charms or let down by a slack story that repeats too many decade-old jokes? Stoked or bummed? Everyone knows rock is about rebellion, so f*@# it: call me stoked." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Terminator (1984) |
"A cyberpunk picture that flirts with emotional resonance but mostly focuses on the gut...testosterone-fueled, estrogen-boosted action melodrama." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season (2007) |
"The series has a solid cast, stylish production values and, under its belt, a season that demonstrates great potential. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |
"Pulls out the stops, setting the gold standard for expensive, explosive summer blockbusters." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"With splashy digital effects and punchy stuntwork, the solid T3 slides along enjoyably, but doesn't have the impeccable story and visual design of the previous entry." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"The action sometimes conjures a thrill-ride's breathtaking quality or, in other words, Terminator Salvation's only hope of redemption with audiences." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Tetro (2009) |
"There's still much to admire in the visual craft and offbeat cultural sampling Coppola heroically brings to a homogenized cinema, but Tetro rides off the rails." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) |
"In his laughing-outlaw way, Hooper pointed a new direction for horror cinema. [2-Disc Ultimate Edition Reviewed]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) |
"Ours is not to question why; ours is but to watch 'em die." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"A scathing satire....If there's a lesson, it's that spinning your fellow Americans is the real national pastime--the greater problem is when you spin yourself." |
Peter Canavese |
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Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Jason Reitman: 'We kind of went away for a few minutes, and he came back and said, "I got it." "Oh, what is it?" "The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese." Brilliant.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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The Clone Wars (2008) |
"George Lucas: 'Well, the mythological arc of the saga doesn't really continue in these other things...which means we're not encumbered by this mythological uber-story of the psychological underpinnings of why somebody turns to be a bad person.'" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"Redundant, boring, and not terribly attractive in telling a story more suited for the Junior Fiction shelves of your local library than the screens of your local multiplex." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"Markovics expertly projects every craven instinct and heartfelt yearning of the complex protagonist, making The Counterfeiters an experience as satisfying emotionally as intellectually. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"More of a mess than the pleasant surprise one might have hoped. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"The film’s only fatal failing is its inability to make any of the characters seem real. Most of them are downright creepy in their doll-like inexpressiveness." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Then She Found Me (2008) |
"A highly satisfying old-fashioned comedy-drama...[with] a strong undercurrent of religion and philosophy that helps Hunt make her film profound in a way that sneaks up on you. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"Anderson's most mature and ambitious film yet...[though his] growth as a filmmaker remains hindered by an obsession with effect and a disinterest in depth." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
There's Something About Mary (1998) |
"Gauche, garish, and gross, a prime example of the coarsening of our culture and of the art of comedy in film. It's also pretty darn funny. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Third Man (1949) |
"Greene's story and screenplay, which he accurately described as "a comic thriller," is a gift that keeps on giving, with patter that's never less than brilliant. [Criterion Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
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Thirst (2009) |
"Park Chan-wook: 'There's a Korean saying...if somebody [who] has achieved everything is saying something to somebody who is very downtrodden and tries to encourage him by saying, "Well, if you do it, it'll happen," there's no greater mockery than this.'" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"Clearly presents the charges against the MPAA, the "voluntary" group that has systematized Hollywood censorship." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Is England (2007) |
"Meadows' recollections of his own youth...lend a terrible immediacy to an unusually potent coming-of-age story." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) |
"The story of an embarrasingly inept heavy-metal band called Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner's film set the mockumentary standard that has come to define much of modern screen comedy. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Old Cub (2004) |
"From the "labor of love" file...This Old Cub focuses on what Santo means to the Cubs organization and the bleacher bums, and what the team and the fans mean to Santo." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"The essentially sanctified Melquiades...is the least developed character...Jones and Arriaga instead focus on the redemption of Estrada's white neighbors." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Three Days of the Condor (1975) |
"Pollack excels by establishing an interesting situation, sustaining it, and--in keeping with the paranoid-thriller genre--resolving it on a pleasingly ambiguous note. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Three Stooges Collection - Vol. 2: 1937-1939 (1937) |
"Every time you see a comedic eye-gouging or an errant board swinging around and catching someone in the face, it's a passed torch that was held for decades by the Three Stooges." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thumbsucker (2005) |
"Kirn's sharp-tongued novel would suggest an Alexander Payne film rife with arch satire, but Mills ultimately goes for a more deeply affecting emotional study." |
Peter Canavese |
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Thumbsucker (2005) |
"Mike Mills on Thumbsucker" |
Peter Canavese |
- |
Thumbsucker (2005) |
"Lou Taylor Pucci on Thumbsucker and Career Highlights" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thunderball (1965) |
"Sean Connery's fourth Bond film, Thunderball, slips from the peak of From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, but still provides plenty of thrills of the brand only 007 can provide. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
THX 1138 (1971) |
"May be a naively simple variation on that other George—Orwell—but it remains a dazzling triumph of creativity and style over financial limitations." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Tideland (2006) |
"When Jeliza-Rose announces in the first scene, 'Today, we're all going on a great trip!', know that it's to the center of an emotional black hole." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"[Burton paints] death as a (literally) more colorful plane of existence than life, the ultimate subversive joke in a movie full of them." |
Peter Canavese |
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