Splat |
K-Pax (2001) |
"Everyone say Awww... it’s Heartwarming(TM)!"" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kaleido Star - Vol. 1: Welcome to the Kaleido Stage (2004) |
"Anyone over 12 will find [this] fluffy at best." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kangaroo Jack (2003) |
"Are there three more terrifying words in the English language than 'Jerry Bruckheimer Presents'?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kate and Leopold (2001) |
"What a waste of a premise!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List - Season One (2006) |
"Griffin's observations of the perils and pitfalls of sorta-fame... pile up into a hilarious puncturing of celebrity lifestyles and the public's obsession with them." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 70/100 |
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Kestrel's Eye (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kicking and Screaming (2005) |
"[I]neffectual loser manchild Ferrell is up to his usual schtick here, and no ‘joke’ is too inevitable or obvious." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kidulthood (2004) |
"[A] brutal, shocking, at times downright revolting film about kids who are, almost to a one, apparently soulless, either deadened to the emptiness of their lives or actively embracing the deadness..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"Embarrassingly masturbatory..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"Chapter 75: Quentin Still Loves Himself (Lest You Thought It Was Only a Summer Thing)" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Killing of John Lennon (2008) |
"[W]e have only the perspective of a madman here, and it is no more enlightening than the ramblings of any given violent schizophrenic or criminal psychotic." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kim Cattrall: Sexual Intelligence (2005) |
"Naughty and nice..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
King Arthur (2004) |
"Leather and swords and British accents and gorgeous guys wielding them all can make a gal overlook a lot of badness in a flick. But not quite this much." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
King Kong (1933) |
"This movie is part of why I'm so twisted today, and not just because of how that door and the hellish promise of what it hid teased its way into my kiddie brain." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
King Kong (1976) |
"The ape here is of course absurd, clearly a guy in a gorilla suit..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
King Kong (2005) |
"[I]f Jackson set out to make a film that would blow minds, child and adult alike...then he has succeeded enormously..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The King of Queens - Season 1 (1998) |
"[J]okes about ‘a box of wine’ and a man’s love affair with his TV are about as good as it gets..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
King of Texas (2002) |
"Juicy with familial betrayal, horse thievery, land grabbing, and illicit smooching..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
King Of The Corner (2005) |
"We've seen the midlife-crisis comedy a hundred times before, but the smarts and the gentle wit of this one makes it a standout of the genre." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Kingdom (2007) |
"[A] stripped-down, no-nonsense reality alarm about cycles of hate and violence that we must be fully cognizant of if we're ever to break them." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) |
"I wanted more Lawrence of Arabia stuff, more about this man falling in love with a place and a people far more exotic than he could possibly have ever imagined..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kings and Queen (2005) |
"[M]ixes with aplomb equal measures of intellectual screwball comedy and dark metaphysical tragedy, though part of the joke may be that one often can't tell which is which..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kinky Boots (2006) |
"Might sweet-natured and pleasantly naughty British comedy be in the offing? You bet." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kinsey (2004) |
"[A] funny and tender depiction of people trying to figure out the sex thing without going crazy or feeling like complete idiots." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2003) |
"[S]tunning... a sometimes painfully intimate peek at a crumbling marriage..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005) |
"Beautifully animated... a movie for the whole family to enjoy..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) |
"[Downey] give[s] us one of the most deliciously shivery-great performances so far this year..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kiss the Bride (2004) |
"Romantic comedies don’t come any blander or more generic than this one." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) |
"There's no reason why, if little girls are perfectly capable of enjoying the adventures of Harry Potter, little boys shouldn't be capable of enjoying the adventures of Kit Kittredge..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kitchen Stories (2004) |
"[D]elightfully off-kilter and refreshingly original tale about loneliness, friendship, and modern appliances." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Kite Runner (2007) |
"How often does a single movie seem to capture the very essence of what it means to be alive and aware and imperfect in so simple a story? This is one of the very best films of 2007..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Knight Rider - Season 1 (1982) |
"[T]he cheesy, wonderful badness is irresistible..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
A Knight's Tale (2001) |
"The execution is nothing short of embarrassing." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Knockaround Guys (2002) |
"A wannabe mob movie about wannabe mobsters that doesn’t know whether it’s a comedy or a drama, but does very definitely know that either way, it’s about Vin Diesel beating the living crap out of people." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Knocked Up (2007) |
"[C]elebrat[es] as charming and inevitable and amusing and sweet what anyone who is that apparently rare specimen -- an actual, genuine grownup -- should be decrying as deplorable." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Knowing (2009) |
"Imagine that the nitwits who wrote those preposterous Left Behind apocalyptic end-times fantasies decided to try their pens at something X-Files-y..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kontroll (2005) |
"[S]elf-assured, totally enrapturing... makes you realize how few directors achieve such a necessary confidence in their own hocus pocus..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) |
"I wonder where Billy Kramer would be today." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kung Fu Hustle (2005) |
"[C]ompletely pointless except as a silly diversion... and that, when you need to check out from the all-too-palpable insanity of the real world... is a very good thing." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Kung Fu Panda (2008) |
"[C]harming and gorgeously animated... kids of all ages, including the grownup ones, will love [it]..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Kyle XY - The Complete First Season |
"[A]ctually deals in a refreshingly frank way with the wide variety of adolescent experiences, from making mistakes about having sex to coming to terms with religious faith. Still, it's likely to appeal only to teens..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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