Splat |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"There's nothing in this amiable slice of education porn -- oh man, check out the hot awesomeness of a teacher who cares! -- that we haven't seen a hundred times before..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Taken (2002) |
"Taken: the biggest mass missing-time incident in recorded UFO lore..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Taken (2009) |
"It doesn't quite live up to the promise of that most awesomest of trailers, but almost." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"[W]e’re meant to believe that [Hawke] is so intensely seductive that [Jolie] cannot resist him. Which would be laughable if it weren’t so boring." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"[A] rollicking tale that unspools in urgent real time... and is jam-packed with literally breathtaking action." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"[M]ade me feel like I'd missed out on something amazing by being born too late to have been a part of this. And even if that's a fantasy, it's okay." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
"[A]n absolute delight, sweetly inventive and surprisingly dark and dedicated to making you forget how many times we've seen similar stories before... with its wit and cleverness..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"[D]issect[s] grief and madness with an authenticity that will engage and bewilder both your lizard brain and your higher intellect..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
"Exquisitely understated, this is an instant classic." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor are two of the best actors of my generation working today, period." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"[S]mart... sweet... subversive: this is one big *****-slap to American culture... That was the real shock to my expectations. Big Hollywood movies simply do not do this." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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The Tao of Steve (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Tarzan (1999) |
"This Tarzan has an untamed beauty, a savagery that's as thrilling as it is dangerous..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Taxi (2004) |
"Jimmy Fallon... is an astrophysical wonder... a black hole of funny, a yawning void of charisma." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Taxi Driver (1976) |
"The thing I'm never sure about is whether Travis is actually psychotic, and Paul Schrader's script, Scorsese's direction, and De Niro's performance don't give us any easy answers." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"[D]oes what it does so damn well, and... what is does is so sadly so vitally necessary, even if you wish it weren't..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 6/10 |
Tea With Mussolini (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"The standard I-gotta-be-me theme and Broadway-show packaging of Disney’s animated output gets a snarky makeover..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"[For] all its... flailing outrage, all its deliberate provocations... beneath all the vulgarity, [this is] a poignant, mournful search for that missing middle ground..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"Can’t we just send Bruce Willis to Iraq to make things right?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Ted: The Future We Will Create Inside the World of Ted (2007) |
"[S]tupendously hopeful... There's a palpable electricity to the TED sessions..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) |
"The satire is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Teen Wolf (1985) |
"Perhaps the nicest werewolf movie ever made -- and how could it not be, when it stars sweetie pie Michael J. Fox?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Television Under the Swastika (1999) |
"Crap. The Nazis had TV in 1935?... I guess we should be grateful they focused on television first and left the A-bomb for later." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Telling Lies In America (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Ten 'til Noon (2005) |
"[A] thrillingly original film that plays with narrative structure and tweaks the expectations audiences bring with them from long experience with crime flicks..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"[A] hilarious bastard child of This Is Spinal Tap and Wayne's World, and one of the funniest movies I've seen this year." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"A big slice of apocalyptic, time-traveling, stuff blowin’ up real good, self-referential, twisting back on itself, sorta mind-blowing slice of geek heaven." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"[T]he hugest of the movie's many problems: [it's] sentimental... It's damn near close to character rape, what McG, Brancato, and Ferris force Christian Bale's Connor to do..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Terms of Endearment (1983) |
"A cut above the typical chick flick, thanks to its heartfelt performances and genuine frankness." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Terror's Advocate (2007) |
"[I]ntriguing enough, if a bit dry. But then a flick that seemed newsy, almost wonky, turns riveting..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Testament (1983) |
"Testament’s power comes in all the understatements..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"Rent the original." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) |
"It literally made me weep to see how hard and cold we’ve become as a society, that this could be considered entertainment." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003) |
"[A]s crass and disgusting as a movie can get and still be aired on basic cable..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
That 70s Show - Season 1 (1998) |
"This inexplicably popular sitcom would be indistinguishable from just about every other sitcom on the air today were it not for the bell bottoms and shag 'dos." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
That Girl - Season 1 (1966) |
"Oh, man, do I remember watching reruns of That Girl as a kid and thinking, Wow, she works in Manhattan! She has her own apartment! I wanna be That Girl when I grow up!" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"[P]retty darn awesome... [a]t least as far as overblown Saturday morning cartoons go..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"A damned intriguing thriller that asks more questions than it answers and leaves you dazed and upset and also a little inspired..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"The Day the Earth Barely Even Notices We're on the Brink of Doom, and Why Don't Those Damn Hippies Just Shut Up About Global Warming Already?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"[A]n advertisement for the Runaway Polar Express theme-park attraction surely coming soon to a Six Flags near you." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"It feels like it has reinvented cinema. It feels like nothing you've ever seen before." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 3/10 |
There's Something About Mary (1998) |
"I was completely and utterly bored by it." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat |
They (2002) |
"An awful snooze." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1 (2008) |
"Gruesomely agreeable twists on standard vampire motifs abound in this elegantly ambitious film..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Thin |
"I thought I had issues with food -- I just like it too much. But to see the four women portrayed in Lauren Greenfield's startling documentary Thin is to see people at war not only with food but with their own minds and bodies." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Splat 3/10 |
The Thin Red Line (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
The Third Man (1949) |
"One of the greatest expressions of the noir attitude ever committed to film." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato |
Thirteen (2003) |
"[An] exhausting and borderline exploitive look at contemporary teendom." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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