Tomato |
M*A*S*H (1970) |
"If its bite and sass have diminished for today's new audiences ... consider that a testimony to the attitude, style, and technique it pioneered and infused into American popular movies." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
M*A*S*H (1970) |
"Fox's two-disc MASH: Five Star Collection presents the film in a new high-definition anamorphic transfer (2.35:1) supervised by Altman.... the film has been color-corrected to Altman's specifications." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) |
"Mad Hot Ballroom offers plenty of good tango, swing, rumba, merengue, and foxtrot footage, but its best moments come when Agrelo captures candid conversations between the kids." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat |
The Magic Christian (1969) |
"...drips with low-gloss British Mod Pop style and a would-be Richard Lester vibe, but with no clue about how to put its abundant British talent, chiefly Peter Sellers, to any worthy purpose beyond playing at adolescent cynicism." |
Mark Bourne |
Splat 2/4 |
The Majestic (2001) |
"[It] aims to be an inspiring tale about freedom, passion, and conviction, but with its slow pace and predictable plot and dialogue, it falters into sappiness and forced lessons." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Mambo Italiano (2003) |
"Everyone who thought that My Big Fat Greek Wedding went a little easy on the ethnic stereotyping is going to love Mambo Italiano." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Mambo Kings (1992) |
"No matter what you think about The Mambo Kings (1992) as a whole, if your toes aren't tapping by the time the final credits roll, you might very well be dead." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) |
"[DVD] This title makes a mediocre addition to the Fox Studio Classics line, but there's no faulting the quality of this presentation. The result of a first-class restoration, the print is a beauty and the transfer flawless." |
Mark Bourne |
Splat |
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) |
"But the film is so reductive, so often substitutes subtlety with theatrical gravitas, and so transparently stacks the deck in favor of a preordained outcome that it threatens to become a buttoned-down Reefer Madness for the corner-office set." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Man in the White Suit (1951) |
"While on the surface it's a comic fable with a sense of humor as dry as a cracker, the movie possesses a sharp edge that rises like a shark fin above the natty British drollery." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Man in the White Suit (1951) |
"Anchor Bay's DVD release ... rightfully honors both Guinness and the Ealing comedies from the '40s and '50s. Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe's work is preserved in a print that is a thing of beauty..." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Man of Aran (1934) |
"Flaherty made Man of Aran less a window into Aran life in the 20th Century than his interpretation of a state of rugged grace that romantic writers such as W.B. Yeats and William Synge projected onto the 19th Century." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Man of Aran (1934) |
"...a good print of the film plus a collection of no-fluff supplementary extras that would fill out a film school course in Flaherty 101." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Map of the World (1999) |
"A Map of the World is an actors' movie, and it shows." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection (1929) |
"This essential collection from Universal finally re-releases these gems that have been out of print far too long." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) |
"If you die having seen only one Vincent Price movie, you could do worse than to have it be Masque.... Corman's most opulent and visually impressive Poe picture, and his grimmest." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) |
"The print is so clean and beautiful it's startling, with richly saturated colors from all over the spectrum popping out crisp and solid. Most of the time we could be watching a virgin source master." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) |
"The kind of movie that gets its biggest laughs on opening weekend in front of sold-out audiences, when everyone watching gets carried away by the group experience of it all." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat 1/4 |
Melinda and Melinda (2005) |
"A stilted, self-aware film in which the characters seem to be competing to see who can be the most shallow and unsympathetic." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) |
"It may be a small movie, but it's the kind of small movie that feels bigger the more you think about it." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
"Director Rob Marshall's adaptation of Arthur Golden's best-selling novel is beautifully shot, scored, and ... also very deliberate, as well as a bit inscrutable." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Mighty Wind (2003) |
"The only downside to Guest's system is that by casting so many able actors ... he makes it difficult for all of them to get the screen time they deserve." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
Millions (2005) |
"A charmingly surreal, warmly imaginative glimpse inside the mind and heart of an earnest seven-year-old." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 4/5 |
MirrorMask (2005) |
"... a magical, exhilarating movie that's unlike anything else." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Misfits (1961) |
"Monroe does some of her best work as lost, tenderhearted divorcee Roslyn Tabor -- she's still breathless and blond, but her vulnerability has an edge." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) |
"Takes an interesting concept -- a female buddy picture -- and wastes it, opting instead for clichéd fish-out-of-water humor and silly costumes." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
Mississippi Masala (1992) |
"The film's message ... isn't hard to miss, but Nair tells Mina and Demetrius's story so thoughtfully and affectionately that it doesn't matter." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Mists of Avalon (2001) |
"When compared to fantasy miniseries like The 10th Kingdom, Mists of Avalon is an entertaining, fresh take on a story we never seem to get tired of hearing." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
Modern Times (1936) |
"What we have is not just a story about a funny little man, but a morality fable, or cautionary tale, about people on the chuckholed road to the American Dream." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Modern Times (1936) |
"For the [MK2/Warner] restoration, experts at Cineteca Bologna assembled the best footage from a variety of sources into a new print. MK2's technicians painstakingly touched up all 126,000 frames individually..." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Molly Maguires (1970) |
"... does a good job of illustrating the brutal conditions of the coal mines and the aloof, uncaring attitude of the owners." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) |
"The intensely felt social criticism that audiences had seen growing in Modern Times and especially The Great Dictator is elevated to an astonishing level of sarcasm and subversive irony." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) |
"[The MK2/Warner Home Video Chaplin Collection DVD] ... Looking freshly minted, Monsieur Verdoux arrives with a black-and-white print that's clean and striking. The graytones are as strong and balanced as we could ever wish." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monsters And Madmen (1958) |
"There's not a masterpiece among them, but each is sufficiently enjoyable to the suitably minded.... upholds Criterion's reputation for well-made and authoritative extras supporting the main attraction." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monterey Pop (1967) |
"...a beatific 79-minute document that set out to catch the look, the feel, and especially the sounds of a seminal moment in American popular culture." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monterey Pop (1967) |
"Pennebaker himself supervised this disc's beautiful restoration and remastering.... The audio is, of course, absolutely vital, and it's a stunner...." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |
"...like a giant Gilliam foot the Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition has arrived. And what a wonderful, somewhat moist thing it is. Much, much better than a dead bishop on the landing." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) |
"... a deeply strange and very funny coda to the troupe's brilliant career." |
Dawn Taylor |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) |
"A clunky, forced romantic comedy of mistaken identity that might as well have been called While You Were Dead." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 4/4 |
Mulan (1998) |
"A good-hearted, entertaining movie that accomplishes its goals and scores a few 'girl power' points to boot, and it's definitely worthy of a spot on the family video shelf." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
Murder by Death (1976) |
"So it all doesn't amount to much, and -- some knuckle-dragging 'he's gay'/'no I'm not' humor aside -- it's more Scooby Doo than Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Still, it's an amusing tea-cozy of a spoof with an enjoyable cast." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Murder by Decree (1979) |
"Plummer and Mason together make one of cinema's great -- certainly the most touching -- Holmes-Watson teams. Ripperologists will be pleased by how faithful the script is to historical incidents and persons involved." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Murder by Decree (1979) |
"...in this disc's commentary track [director/producer Bob Clark] proves to be one of the more listenable and informative 'how we did it' speakers." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Murder, My Sweet (1944) |
"From its strongly accented camera angles and darkness-drenched nighttime action to the hardboiled narration of a cynical Los Angeles gumshoe outfitted in trenchcoat and fedora, Murder, My Sweet is pure Detective Noir 101." |
Mark Bourne |
Splat 2/4 |
The Music Man (2003) |
"A perfectly entertaining movie musical in most respects, it still can't hold a candle to the 1962 big-screen classic." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat 2/4 |
Must Love Dogs (2005) |
"As unobjectionable as it is unexciting." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) |
"Without denying the film's historical and thematic significance, something about it doesn't quite click two decades later." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) |
"A fun, funny romantic comedy that, despite a few weaknesses (some trite patches in the script, Mulroney's somewhat dull Michael), is entertaining from start to finish." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) |
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding never tries to be more than a fun, funny romantic comedy about an ugly (or perhaps "dowdy" is a better word) duckling who blossoms and finds her swan." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 4/5 |
My Life as a Dog (1987) |
"… a strange and touching story with, yes, a bittersweet tone and a sometimes-magical recreation of both the joys and sorrows of childhood." |
Dawn Taylor |
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