Tomato B- |
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2004) |
"The film isn’t overly moralizing, but Panh for one would be in a unique position to preach to a much wider audience if only he would allow himself." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Sacred Planet (2003) |
"[The filmmakers] have two stated goals... to show the audience places they might never see... and to make a subtle statement about the way we treat our planet." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
Sahara (2005) |
"One of the more energetic and flat-out fun -- if not necessarily intellectually discerning -- movies of 2005." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Sahara (2005) |
"It’s a pleasure to see a potential franchise develop from such an unlikely source." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Saiyuki Reload - Vol. 3 (2003) |
"Fans of the series will crave more, but I suggest newbies start elsewhere if you’re trying to get into this..." |
Troy Roberts |
Tomato B |
Sam Kinison - Outlaws of Comedy (2005) |
"Captures Kinison at his most raucous." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Samurai Champloo - Vol. 2 (2004) |
"The series seems to be settling into a routine and is starting to slow down a bit." |
Troy Roberts |
Tomato A |
Samurai Champloo - Vol. 3 (2004) |
"The series’ blending of styles definitely adds to the appeal of the show..." |
Troy Roberts |
Splat C |
Samurai Gun - Vol. 1: Cocked and Loaded (2005) |
"You're just thrown right in to teenaged girls getting murdered, raped, and tortured in all the myriad ways that sexually-repressed Japanese animators can think up." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A |
Samurai X - Reflection: Director's Cut (2003) |
"Does an excellent job of wrapping up... one of the greatest anime series ever made." |
Troy Roberts |
Tomato B |
The Sandlot 2 (2005) |
"Writer-director... Evans, of the original... has a nice and easy touch with nostalgia that outweighs (if at times just barely) the cut corners of this low-budget production." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005) |
"It's comedy as taboo-breaking cud-chewing. Those easily offended need not apply." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Jon Lovitz (1985) |
"Unless you’re a huge Lovitz fan, this isn’t grade-A, cream of the crop Saturday Night Live..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Save the Tiger (1973) |
"It's the small moments that make Save the Tiger memorable." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Saw (2004) |
"It’s to the young Australian filmmaker’s credit that audiences accept Saw as a Hollywood level film..." |
Brian Thomas |
Splat C |
Saw II (2005) |
"Eventually ... the movie benefits from the courageousness of some atypical story choices, and rallies to a passingly respectable if still extremely middling standing." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Saw II (2005) |
"By the end you're left tired, needing a shower and feeling a bit disappointed." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
Scarecrow (1973) |
"Suffused with sentimentality, humor and melancholy, it’s also one of the most gorgeous movies of the decade this side of Terrence Malick..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"Dials back a bit on the gross-out, bodily fluid humor of the first two entries..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
School Daze (1987) |
"This is one of Lee’s most challenging..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Scoop (2006) |
"A ramshackle and laboriously whimsical comedic trifle that falls back on Woody Allen's increasingly tired penchant for nattering faux-realism." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Scourge of Worlds - A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (2003) |
"The idea behind Scourge of Worlds is interesting, but better writers and animators would help the cause..." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato A |
Scrapped Princess - Vol. 3: Traveling Trouble (2005) |
"It's possibly one of the most seriously-minded animated series it's been my pleasure to watch in a long time..." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
Scrubs - The Complete First Season (2001) |
"What came as a surprise is how often this lightweight little comedy can get truly, heavily serious..." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
SCTV - Vol. 4 (1983) |
"Can there be a successful episode of SCTV without the Mackenzie Brothers? The answer is, hell, yes -- stop being such a hoser, eh?" |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"A mannered, beautifully acted jewel of human frailty and compassion." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Secrets & Lies (1996) |
"The performances make Secrets & Lies worth checking out for fans of quality drama." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
Seduce & Swindle (1996) |
"Crazily dubbed in overwrought/surfer/stoner English, which cranks the camp factor all the way up to 11." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Seed of Chucky (2004) |
"Director Don Mancini does a fine job... [as] the guiding force behind Chucky for 17 years, his heart is definitely in the right place." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato A |
Seinfeld - Season 4 (1992) |
"This was the year that... really saw the show hit full creative stride..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Serenity (2005) |
"Whedon gives us a feature containing all his strengths: characterization, sharply humorous and naturally dramatic dialogue, brilliant casting, thrilling action..." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B |
Serenity (2005) |
"Just when you think Whedon has fallen into the generic action film void, he injects Serenity with a dose of feeling..." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato B |
Seven Men from Now (1956) |
"Spare and artful..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Sexy Gay Favorites Box Set |
"Manages to strike enough diverse chords to likely find a welcome reception in arthouse audiences." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Shakespeare In and Out (1999) |
"Rates well enough for adventurous cult movie fans." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Shark Tale (2004) |
"When the actor overwhelms the cartoon, then things are getting out of hand." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B+ |
The Shield - Complete Fourth Season (2004) |
"Remains one of the more consistently involving police dramas of the past decade." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Shingu, Secret of the Stellar Wars Vol. 1: Altered Perceptions (2005) |
"I can't imagine how I got by without Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars in my life." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
Shingu, Secret of the Stellar Wars Vol. 2: Tense Confrontations (2005) |
"I can't imagine how I got by without Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars in my life." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D- |
Shockheaded (2002) |
"A wrongheaded blend of Alan Parker, Raymond Chandler, David Cronenberg and David Lynch that desperately wants to stir up, in noirish fashion, elements of the psychological thriller, horror and revenge genres [and] fails, wholesale." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Short Cuts (1993) |
"Absolutely, unflinchingly real and affecting." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Siberia (1998) |
"The movie is really at its heart about honesty, self-deception, loyalty and, yes, the bitchy bite of karma." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A+ |
Sideways (2004) |
"Payne has a reputation for crafting wicked comedy around social issues and human foibles, but Sideways has more heart than any of his previous work..." |
Brian Thomas |
Splat D+ |
Silent Partner (2004) |
"As a Russian hooker connected to globo-political intrigue, Tara Reid drags out her patented ferret's glare and perpetually furrowed brow for this self-serious but rather silly suspense thriller, whose setting is legit but execution sub-par." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
Silk Stalkings - The Complete Fourth Season |
"Easily one of the most jointly lurid and self-effacing cop/detective shows ever put to the small screen..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Silk Stalkings - The Complete Second Season |
"Silk Stalkings owns up to its tone entirely, never taking itself too seriously." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
The Simpsons - Season 5 (2004) |
"It's during this season that the show becomes even more wacky, even more experimental -- and even more hilarious than before." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A+ |
The Simpsons - Season 6 (1996) |
"Team Simpson is just cruisin’." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato A |
The Simpsons - Season 7 (1996) |
"Before this season, it was hard to imagine a Simpsons episode that could make you teary. After this season, it's hard to imagine not having such an episode." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
Sin City (2005) |
"For all the preoccupation on external artifice and style, there’s also a poetic core to the proceedings." |
Brent Simon |
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