Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Richard Linklater brings a new novelty to a Dick adaptation: fidelity to the source." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
A/K/A Tommy Chong (2005) |
"Josh Gilbert's smoothly produced documentary a/k/a Tommy Chong should leave even Nancy Reagan aghast at the unfair trials of comedian Tommy Chong." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"It's a dicey proposition to reverse-engineer a story, and Across the Universe shows the strain...[nonetheless] a very impressive music-video anthology. [DVD review included.]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adam (2009) |
"An admirable dramatic investigation into life with Asperger's and a story with the intelligence not to insult ours." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
"Like its hero, extraordinary in every way. [Blu-Ray review]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) |
"A rousing, high-spirited family entertainment rightly regarded as one for the ages. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 1 (1992) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 2 (2007) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Vol. 3 - The Years of Change (1993) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
After Midnight (2004) |
"A beautiful and beguiling film about love, cinema, and love of cinema...has the quirky, breezy quality of a bicycle ride by night." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Air Force One (1997) |
"[An] unabashedly jingoistic action extravaganza starring Harrison Ford as...'The Ass-Kicking President'...[Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Airplane! (1980) |
"Unprecedented nonsense that--fashions aside--will remain timeless comedy cinema. [new DVD review]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Alexander is unavoidably a problematic epic, but it has integrity and deserves an audience willing to engage in Stone's dialogue." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"[Though] he's like the Joe Garagiola of the deep...Cameron's unadvisable whims are excusable: as a coffee table book, Aliens of the Deep is a beaut." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"A well-researched model of the true-crime genre...[and] close cinematic relative of Larry Clark's Bully." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"A witty and highly imaginative historical fiction, well adapted by screenwriter Peter Shaffer from his own hit play. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amadeus - Director's Cut (2002) |
"A witty and highly imaginative historical fiction, well adapted by screenwriter Peter Shaffer from his own hit play. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"A creditable historical drama about those who choose to be in the world, not merely of it." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
America The Beautiful (2008) |
"The film's examination of our beauty-obsessed culture--however familiar--remains unfortunately necessary." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"Not everything works in this semi-audacious challenge to the American Dream, but Weitz consistently and amusingly hits the broad side of the barn." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"Though American Hardcore doesn't achieve a cogent and authoritative history, it succeeds in giving the general impression of the early-'80s hardcore punk scene." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American History X (1998) |
"If didactic and overwrought at times, it's also powerful and persuasive. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
An American in Paris (1951) |
"A triumph for tireless dance advocate Kelly, the Freed Unit, and the American musical itself. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anaconda (1997) |
"In its natural habitat, Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures, not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious, balls-out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
And Justice for All (1979) |
"Pacino at the top of his game...[but] the film's lack of faith in its audience is glaringly apparent. [DVD review]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Sixth Season (1965) |
"The sixth season proved there was still life in the now-classic sitcom...[and] Knotts shows up in an Emmy-winning return appearance." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Full-blown 'Jack'--his face a spectacular special effect of full-blown energy--remains an irresistible act. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"Has an ace in its anthill...political allegory that separates this one from the pack." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Any Given Sunday (1999) |
"Stone isn't interested in merely bashing modern football: Any Given Sunday looks at the best and worst of the sport. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"As in The Passion of the Christ, Gibson's empathy extends only as far as feeling his characters' pain...It is, however, a rip-roaring, ultraviolent action picture." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"Harris has made himself a reputation as a mark of quality...Like Pollack, Appaloosa has the best of both worlds, with Harris both in front of and behind the camera. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"Pierre Salvadori's consistently engaging Après vous... begins with an interesting situation and complicates it into delightfully excruciating farce." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocats (1970) |
"Proves that even the studio's halfhearted larks still have life in them, thanks to golden-age animators...tunesmiths...and vocal talent." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Gilbert Gottfried’s version at a Friar’s Roast just after 9/11 reminds us that irony will never be dead. It’s the role of comedy to test our ...boundaries of comfort." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"Melville outlines the valorous and dirty deeds of heroes in taut action sequences that reach unusually existential heights." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"Despite its flaws, this story of love and self-discovery is still more smart, stylish, and sexy than the usual fare." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"Puts Sean Penn through his actorly paces, which would be enough for most movies, but also intelligently explores the development of a [desperate] man." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Astro Boy (2009) |
"What Astro Boy has in spades are energy, good humor, and the demolition-derby action of a superhero smash-up, reasons enough to recommend it to grade-school boys." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Asylum (2005) |
"In the callused hands of director David Mackenzie...the rigorously tough-minded Asylum lives up to its potential as a modern masterpiece of psychological terror." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"It's heartening to be able to report that ATL is as much like Diner as it is like Boys in the Hood....Robinson may overdose on style, but he also respects the homegrown origins of this ATLanta-bred tale." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"In the story's nooks and crannies are ideas to savor...the human-condition horrors of unpassable distances of space, time, and reconciliation." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) |
"As ever, Malle's sensitivity is supreme and his delicate style evocative." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Scorsese keeps a good handle on the turbulent material of Hughes’s sprawling life... spectacular... fleet... admirably eccentric." |
Peter Canavese |
Tomato 4/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"A profound and poignant requiem for our preferred human conditions." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"Here's the pitch for Accepted: Animal House meets Ferris Bueller." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"The injury of 3D eyestrain [adds] to the insult of garish production design...[looks] like a 94–minute Saturday-morning commercial for Marshmallow Toast Crunch..." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"The plotting of this otherwise workmanlike comedy-adventure is as fundamentally ridiculous as it is predictable and lacking in tension." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Dramatically jerry-rigged in every possible way." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"[Rider's] squirrelly film debut amps up Horowitz's wry humor, putting silliness in unintentional competition with the film's action and dramatic elements." |
Peter Canavese |
Splat 2/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"Alfie smacks its dog with a rolled-up newspaper and then feels guilty about it. This one has star power and nothing else, y’know what I mean?" |
Peter Canavese |
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