Tomato B |
Casino (1995) |
"A generally involving and successful film, especially for fans of rooted-in-fact crime drama." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
The Cat Returns (2002) |
"A gem of a movie." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat C |
Catwoman (2004) |
"Unfortunately, Catwoman gets all too quickly buried by kitty litter." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D |
The Cave (2005) |
"A completely anonymous and forgettable PG-13 creature feature." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D- |
Cavite (2006) |
"Arbitrarily arranged and awfully acted... proof positive that well-meaning creative wishes and savvy, low-fi merging of production means and narrative concept doesn't automatically produce heady results." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Chariots of Fire (1981) |
"The film avoids the clichéd pitfalls of many sports movies..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Charlie (2005) |
"Bills itself as in the tradition of Scarface and Snatch... a fairly appropriate hybrid pitch given the movie’s grim conviction and strongly centrist personality." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"Has the capacity to delight, but it also, for all its authorial authenticity, feels somewhat isolated." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Cheers - The Complete Fourth Season (1985) |
"A season that saw some important changes at the Boston bar where everybody knows your name..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Cheers - The Complete Seventh Season (1988) |
"A show that continued to mine fresh comedic terrain for 11 seasons despite sea changes in the pop cultural landscape around it." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Chicago (2002) |
"Wins itself an acquittal, if only moderately so." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Chicken Little (2005) |
"Chicken Little is a family film, and its humor is decidedly of the G-rated arena. How refreshingly different…" |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) |
"Twohy couches his space opera fun in an epic story that’s almost too involved..." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B- |
Chu Chin Chow (1934) |
"Classic film fans will appreciate this heretofore lost curiosity." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D |
The Chumscrubber (2005) |
"A precocious, smarmy film that tries to spin spurious coincidence into high art." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
La Ciénaga (2001) |
"Too trying to even the most sympathetically disheartened and cynical viewer." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Cinderella (1950) |
"Your kids will love it, and they won't be scared (or scarred) by it. You, however, may squirm at the movie's two implied messages..." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
Clerks II (2006) |
"There are some gags that work pretty well, especially if you're in the fanboy mode to which Smith speaks so well..." |
Arnold T. Blumberg |
Splat C |
Closer (2004) |
"A few rousing moments do not an overall cogent narrative make." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Clueless (1995) |
"Mostly harmless fun and totally rewatchable. Like, totally." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D+ |
Clutch Cargo - Cartoon Collection: Vol. 1 (1959) |
"Might have some sort of kitsch value at a college fraternity house, but otherwise even those who perhaps fondly recall Clutch Cargo won’t want to relive these cartoons." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Coach Carter (2005) |
"Coach Carter is like the coach’s players themselves: there’s more to the film than first meets the eye..." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato A- |
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) |
"Eschews convention and presents one of the more honest and non-pandering Hollywood depictions of the South of the last quarter century." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Code 46 (2004) |
"The chemistry between Robbins and Morton, despite the director's claims in the 16-minute documentary on the disc, is nearly non-existent." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Cold Case Files - The Most Infamous Cases |
"The only comfort given here is that... these crimes were eventually solved – but it's a cold comfort at best, no pun intended." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
Collateral (2004) |
"A sharply drawn dual character study and masterful manipulation of mood..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (2005) |
"It's likely that, even if you haven't heard the name 'Jan Svankmajer' before, you'd recognize his work if you saw it." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
Color of Lies (1998) |
"You may be shocked at yourself for simply not caring who killed the little girl by the end, but that's the effect the movie will have." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970) |
"Cautionary tale, thriller, and speculative sci-fi all rolled into one..." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato B+ |
Columbo - The Complete Third Season (1973) |
"The central charm of the series was and remains Falk’s warm, well-worn performance." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
The Complete James Dean Collection |
"Alas, what might have been…" |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
The Constant Gardener (2005) |
"As its taciturn title might suggest, The Constant Gardener could have used a major injection of forcefulness." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Constantine (2005) |
"If its dark-heartedness is sometimes counterfeit, Constantine still scores courtesy of its convincing comic book milieu." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Constantine (2005) |
"It all has a logical sense that holds up under scrutiny for those brave and interested enough to pay attention." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B- |
Cop Au Vin (1984) |
"What is remarkable about this movie... is Jean Poiret's portrayal of the outwardly kind but altogether too violent police inspector Lavardin." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A |
The Corporation (2004) |
"A dry and irreverent but nonetheless lethal indictment of the runaway apple cart of American commerce." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Count Duckula - The Complete First Season |
"Solid, pan-generational entertainment..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Coupling - The Complete Fourth Season |
"No surprise the Beeb has ordered a fifth season, is there?" |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Cowboys & Angels (2005) |
"Its charm, sociability and highly watchable performances make it a smooth and friendly cinematic pint." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Coyote Ugly (2000) |
"You can likely glean the same sort of entertainment value from a dozen seconds of intent staring at the poster or video box cover." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Crash (2005) |
"Haggis is not quite yet gifted enough to pull it all together in Crash, but that doesn’t mean that he someday soon won’t be." |
Brent Simon |
Splat F |
Crazed (1978) |
"One would have to be crazy -- or just completely crazy about [Catherine] Bach -- to want to chase down Crazed." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Creature Comforts - The Complete First Season (2003) |
"Should delight fans of inventive animation irrespective of age." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D |
Crooked Hearts (1991) |
"At one point, D'Onofrio's character states, 'This family is a drug, and we're all addicted.' Thankfully, this movie has no such addictive qualities -- and if it did, I would advise rehab ASAP." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D |
The Crow - Wicked Prayer (2005) |
"Just goes to show that even a toilet bowl can look pretty from the inside." |
Tony Whitt |
- |
Crumb (1995) |
"Terry Zwigoff Revisits Crumb: The director looks back at his film." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato B |
Curious George (1980) |
"Generally pleasing if not quite lastingly touching..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat F |
Cursed (2005) |
"Cursed deserves its ignominy. And not your money." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Cursed (2005) |
"[Does] for the werewolf movie what Scream did for the slasher flick." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B |
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing |
"[Presents] its case with sincerity while never stopping to consider that general audiences might not be concerned." |
Brent Simon |
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