Tomato 4/4 |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
"E.T. still has the magic and the flying bicycle scenes, which, with John Williams' soaring score, are still the stuff of which goose bumps are made." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. (2005) |
"Portrait of soldiers-in-training tells a story without interviews or narration" |
Nick Reed |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Easy Riders Raging Bulls (2003) |
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Pablo Kjolseth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ed Wood (1994) |
"The film is a heart-on-the-sleeve salute to those who relentlessly pursue their dreams and, driven by an innate passion, blindly follow their bliss." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Edge (1997) |
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Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
EdTV (1999) |
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Andrea Birgers |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eight Below (2006) |
"A feel-good movie that gets a lot of things wrong" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) |
"The only entertainment value is what you yourself bring to it" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
El Cid (1961) |
"An epic on the cusp of two eras. Dated, but well crafted. The "Miriam Collection" fills the box." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
El Compadre Mendoza (1933) |
"Not strictly a trilogy, but 3 films united by the revolutionary period in Mexico from 1911 to 1920" |
John Adams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Election (1999) |
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Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Electric Edwardians (1900) |
"In 1900, public streets were filmed. Citizens then bought tickets to the film later the same day." |
John Adams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elegy of a Voyage (1996) |
"A symphonic poem and a home movie by a very talented artist" |
John Adams |
Splat 2/4 |
Elektra (2005) |
"Elektra is a solid character and her story is worth telling. But this story isn’t the one." |
Matt Anderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Elf (2003) |
"The best jokes earn the movie enough coasting time that the dry spells aren't so bad" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Eliana, Eliana (2002) |
"The TV-soap-opera vibe kept bubbling up to the surface through the whole film" |
John Adams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elizabeth (1998) |
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Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"Story doesn't have an arc so much as a winding S-curve" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"As manipulative feel-good movies go, The Emperor's Club is pretty good" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On |
"The protagonist goes from an amiable, possibly pitiable crank, to dangerous monomaniac" |
John Adams |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Emperor's New Clothes (2002) |
"Not even Sir Alec Guinness could have made it memorable" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enchanted (2007) |
"Its gimmick allows, in our post-ironic era, big musical production numbers in Central Park" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Endless Summer (1966) |
"Bruce Brown's loving surfing documentary." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Endless Summer II, The: The Journey Continues (1994) |
"Bruce Brown's loving surfing documentary sequel." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001) |
"This tale of the human spirit is not to be ignored. In many ways, their story of survival is even more relevant now than when it happened." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001) |
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Pablo Kjolseth |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
"An action movie for the art house crowd, or a highbrow movie for the action crowd" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
"The real story is the tense, calculated, exciting strategizing of the two snipers.
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Marty Mapes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enemy of the State (1998) |
"It’s not as thoughtful as The Conversation, but it’s still pretty good." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Enemy of the State (1998) |
"Why now? Don't ask. Just shut up and enjoy the ride" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The English Patient (1996) |
"It is rare to see a movie where images and visual textures play such an important role, not merely as decoration, but as substance and metaphor." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 4/4 |
The English Patient (1996) |
"The English Patient is that rare case of a book being transformed into something more – and, arguably, something better – on the silver screen." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enigma (2002) |
"Enigma is a slow-simmer wartime thriller/historical drama, one with all the requisite twists of 'are they or aren't they' right up to the last frame." |
Matt Anderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Enlighten Up! (2009) |
"Give director Churchill credit for including her own obstinacy in the movie" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Enough (2002) |
"Slim is a cocky waitress who turns to demure mother then vengeful hitwoman in stages that are simply unbelievable." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"Real-life villains shock and appall; they get groans and boos from the audience" |
Nick Reed |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) |
"An excellent, palatable example of the genre that just about anybody can enjoy" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Entrapment (1999) |
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Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Envy (2004) |
"The laughs are few and far-between, and the ending doesn't come soon enough" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Equilibrium (2002) |
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Ryan Hurtig |
Tomato 3/4 |
Erin Brockovich (2000) |
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Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"Joel's head is like Dante's (or Matt Groening's) rings of relationship Hell" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Event Horizon (1997) |
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Marty Mapes |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) |
"The most refreshing turn of the summer." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Everyone Says I Love You (1997) |
"Woody Allen's musical comedy." |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Everything is Illuminated (2005) |
"The most illuminated thing about the film is the casting; the actors fit their parts wonderfully" |
Nick Reed |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Everything's Gone Green (2007) |
"About the difference between what we want and what we think we want" |
Anand Ramachandran |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Evita (1996) |
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Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Exiled (2007) |
"Johnny To highlights the visceral mood, rather than the plot or the characters" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Exiles (1961) |
"The restoration of The Exiles is simply amazing" |
John Adams |
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