Splat 2/5 |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) |
"Despite some funky oddities and a smashing climactic chase, this pales in comparison to The Road Warrior." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B+ |
Madadayo (1993) |
"Sad and agonizing, it nonetheless allows Kurosawa to demonstrate his uniquely optimistic view of the world." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A |
Made (2001) |
"Takes so many surprising turns that it quickly begins to look less like a high-concept comedy and more like a brutally funny, incessantly caustic docu-drama." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C- |
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"Nuns stomp down hallways like Storm Troopers while the girls are treated to the full Lars von Trier victim package, complete with bloody beatings, sexual assaults, and ugly full-frontal nude scenes." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A |
Magnolia (1999) |
"Magnolia achieves a blinding grace in how its juxtaposition of the many storylines begins to confront and examine universal truths." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D- |
The Majestic (2001) |
"Enough to make one vomit popcorn for days.
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Joe McGovern |
Tomato 3/5 |
Malcolm X (1992) |
"Denzel Washington commands the screen and Spike Lee commands the medium, but the film wears out its welcome by the halfway mark." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D |
Maléna (2000) |
"Less of a story than it is an extended passage of visual fetishism and offensive sexist meandering." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B+ |
The Man from Elysian Fields (2002) |
"If The Man from Elysian Fields is doomed by its smallness, it is also elevated by it--the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you’re one of the lucky few who sought it out." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A |
Man on the Moon (1999) |
"Ranks as the year's preeminent achievement in sly, subversive storytelling and post-entertainment deconstruction." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
The Man Who Cried (2001) |
"Always interesting in a morbid and curious sort of way." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"If the film strains at times to wear its relaxed self-awareness on its sleeve and is less than shockingly seminal, it does so radiantly and with just the slightest hint of grace." |
Joshua Vasquez |
Tomato short |
Mansfield Park (1999) |
"Rozema's thoughtful pacing and deliberately modern spin on the tale keep the rot from setting in." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato 4/5 |
Map of the Human Heart (1993) |
"Dreamy, romantic, and ultimately haunting. A rare movie that deserves to be called a true original." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
A Map of the World (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joe McGovern |
Tomato |
Margarita Happy Hour (2001) |
"A miniscule little bleep on the film radar, but one that many more people should check out" |
Jason Clark |
Tomato 3/5 |
Marnie (1964) |
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Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975) |
"It’s raw and it’s dusty, just as a good martial arts movie should be." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
The Matrix (1999) |
"The Wachowskis are bold and daring appropriators--there's nothing they can't recycle." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato |
Max (2002) |
"It really fuels the mind and conversation in a way few movies have recently" |
Jason Clark |
Splat C+ |
Me & Isaac Newton (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joe McGovern |
Splat short |
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) |
"An endless, overlong parade of horribly unfunny jokes." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C- |
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
Tomato short |
Meet Joe Black (1998) |
"The latest masterpiece to fall victim to cynicism." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B |
Meet the Parents (2000) |
"It's warm and humorous and avoids being mean-spirited, which alone makes it special." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat short |
Memento (2001) |
"A con in the mode of Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects--the scam of the year." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B+ |
Memento (2001) |
"A tautly wound, if occasionally potmarked, psychological brain-teaser and an imaginative, near-fully realized experiment in bent-backwards narrative storytelling." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat C- |
Men in Black II (2002) |
"Packed to the gills with stale gags and humdrum computer-enhanced action sequences." |
Nick Schager |
Splat D |
Men of Honor (2000) |
"Bypasses the ambition and integrity found in a similar-themed but markedly better film like Norman Jewison's The Hurricane." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
Message in a Bottle (1999) |
"Tolerate the silly and swoony story and allow yourself to drift away in the gorgeous Caleb Deschanel photography." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat short |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
"Makes precious little sense." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat C+ |
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joshua Vasquez |
Tomato short |
Metroland (1998) |
"With terrific performances from Bale and Watson, the film is memorable and unique instead of plain and watchable." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B |
The Mexican (2001) |
"An oddly charming surprise that's often funny and never desperate for us to like it." |
Rob Morlino |
Splat D |
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Nemetz |
Splat C- |
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Nemetz |
Splat short |
The Million Dollar Hotel (2001) |
"The kind of kitchen sink included disaster that Wenders has demonstrated he will make more often than not." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A |
The Million Dollar Hotel (2001) |
"A film with a red hot fire blazing in its belly -- the best adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut novel that Kurt Vonnegut never wrote." |
Joe McGovern |
Splat 0/5 |
Minority Report (2002) |
"Spielberg's most unpleasant and derivative film, a nasty, tired, predictable affair that makes Hook look comparable to Schindler's List." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato A- |
Minority Report (2002) |
"Spielberg conveys adult vulnerability in our over-saturated information age. Minority Report is a futuristic adventure with a humanistic, spiritual pulse." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato short |
The Minus Man (1999) |
"A marginal but very interesting work." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato short |
Miss Congeniality (2000) |
"Has a lot of charm, which accounts for its success." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B- |
Miss Julie (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
Tomato short |
Mission to Mars (2000) |
"Bears the distinct imprint of helmer De Palma, still one of the best visualists to work in the action/adventure genre." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D |
Mission to Mars (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
Splat short |
Mission: Impossible II (2000) |
"If not the worst movie of the year, the most insulting and infuriating." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Tomato B+ |
Mission: Impossible II (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Joshua Vasquez |
Splat short |
Monkeybone (2001) |
"So dreadfully unfunny and unbearably shrill that watching it makes you feel like you’ve been trapped in Hell for eternity." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat D- |
Monkeybone (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Morlino |
Splat |
Monsoon Wedding (2002) |
"Anglosized Indian director Mira Nair pilfers every lame ceremonial cliché through the ages." |
Joe McGovern |
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