Tomato A- |
The Wages of Fear (1952) |
"Engaging both on a base, visceral level ... and an emotional one." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Wagner (1983) |
"Is it worth sitting through a long movie about a composer who wrote long operas, though? Surprisingly, it is - but there are some rough spots." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"Walk the Line walks the line, and with frequently moving grace and balance." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Walt Disney's Timeless Tales - Vol. 1 |
"It’s neat to be able to reach into the past and see American animation’s lineage..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Walt Disney's Timeless Tales - Vol. 2 |
"It’s neat to be able to reach into the past and see American animation’s lineage..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Wanted: Dead or Alive - Season 1 (1958) |
"McQueen imbued in [his character]... the cool reserve of 'right' that would become his trademark persona on the big screen." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A+ |
The War of the Worlds (1953) |
"The electronic thrum of a Martian machine’s heat ray warming up is still able to send chills up your spine." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Some of the director’s finest thriller-style work in years." |
Scott Collura |
Splat D |
The Warriors (1979) |
"The one movie that immediately comes to mind when you ask someone to name their favorite [gang] flick ... until director Walter Hill ruined it by doing a director's cut." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D |
Waydowntown (2002) |
"Stay in the suburbs." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"An artful balancing act of the discordant, with all sorts of telling details and an accumulated sense of purpose, thought and conviction..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"Would a few dance lessons and hints of a haunted past actually make members of the bridal party such easy prey? Probably not, but it's still fun to watch." |
Adam DiLeo |
Tomato A |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"A true rarity -- the sort of Hollywood blockbuster-in-waiting for which you can wholeheartedly root." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"A few eccentricities and its ensemble nature... make the movie a quite bad fit for anyone predisposed to want to see a bouncy little flick called The Wedding Date." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"The movie is being sold as a buoyant confection, I think mainly because its distributor doesn’t quite know what to make of its neither-fish-nor-fowl film." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Wetherby (1985) |
"If taut and literary psychological dramas are your game, this is a fine entry..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
When a Stranger Calls (2006) |
"There's little of originality or novel invention here, and certainly nothing of essentiality." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) |
"What’s truly surprising about this movie is that, despite the political weightiness and the uneven tone, it’s very, very enjoyable, and very, very good." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B- |
Whirlpool (1949) |
"[A] somewhat iffy categorization as noir..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006) |
"Piercingly demonstrates how technological advancement occurs only when it aligns with monied interests, and argues persuasively for the idea that we all deserve better." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Wicker Park (2004) |
"Casts a relatively impressive mood of half-lidded appeal..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Wild at Heart (1990) |
"Though based upon Barry Gifford’s novel, director David Lynch’s Wild at Heart takes on a deranged tone and feverish temperature all its own." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005) |
"Clothes are shed, tongues lodged firmly in cheek and arch bitchery kicked into delicious overdrive..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C+ |
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2004) |
"There’s no Josh Hartnett, zanily recast high school setting or characters dropping acid in sight. And yet there’s still a missing vibrancy and currency..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2004) |
"Connects so emotionally glancingly as to leave you questioning your admiration for and faith in the source material." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
Wimbledon (2004) |
"Why does this athletic-tinged shrug of a Brit-fashioned romantic comedy come off as so sluggish and uninspired? Well, in sports as in movies, folks, the play’s the thing." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
With God on Our Side (2004) |
"Raises questions that independent thinkers of all persuasions should be considering." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Without A Paddle (2004) |
"The film is a pleasantly shaggy comedy that finds considerable if not deeply lasting guffaws in the agreeable triangulation of its appealing leads." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Witness (1985) |
"Generally transcends its time and becomes more than a cop thriller, more than a movie about two worlds in conflict, more than a love story." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Wonder Woman - The Complete Second Season |
"Talk about a formative TV viewing experience for a nation of nine-year-old boys." |
Scott Collura |
Splat C |
The Woodsman (2004) |
"A wan character piece in search of a more persuasive narrative." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Word Wars (2004) |
"More notable for the fascinating quirks of its subjects than its filmmaking prowess." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Wuthering Heights (1998) |
"A love affair that spans time..." |
Brent Simon |
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