Tomato |
Tadpole (2002) |
"While this is no Harold and Maude -- one of the best films about an older woman and younger man -- Tadpole has an irresistible charm." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"Tae Guk Gi is The Deer Hunter and Saving Private Ryan for South Korea's burgeoning cinema." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Tailor of Panama (2001) |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
""Take the Lead," which is laden with stereotypes to the point of offense, veers closer to minstrel-show territory." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"The best bet might have been to ditch the tedious police procedural and just let the flick turn into the shamelessly jumpy creep fest it was born to be." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"Harwood, who won the best-adapted-screenplay Oscar for The Pianist, has a knack for crafting looming tension" |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"This one makes you sweat." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"Amounts to something like a home movie, offering more interest and entertainment inside the subject brood than it would to outsiders." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"Sizzling with emotional undertones, the film is held back only by a lack of urgent pacing." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"Excuse the viewers if they fall asleep at the wheel." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
Tamala 2010 (2003) |
"Greater effort on the visuals and story coherence would have made the film more accessible." |
Phil Villarreal |
- |
Tango (1998) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Tango & Cash (1989) |
"Stallone has just enough moxie to make this watchable. Russell isn't so bad, either." |
Phil Villarreal |
- |
The Tao of Steve (2000) |
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- |
Tape (2001) |
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- |
The Target Shoots First (2000) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"A documentary on the making and selling of Tarnation - its most fascinating selling points - could have been more cohesive and compelling than the movie itself." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Tarzan (1999) |
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The Taste of Others (2001) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Taxi Driver (1976) |
"An utter masterwork of shifting tones and flowering angst." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"There seems to be far more shrouded in darkness than Gibney's flashlight reveals." |
Phil Villarreal |
- |
Tea With Mussolini (1999) |
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"An equal-opportunity slapdown to those on the Liberal Left, Self-Righteous Right and anyone in between." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) |
"The movie is a long time coming, but the wait for the self-absorbed film to end seems even longer. Maybe the Black Tiger's tears are of frustration." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"America seems to be longing for a clear-cut conflict of good vs. well-defined evil." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Teeth (2008) |
"Star Jess Weixler, exerting the command and persona of a young Meryl Streep, grants enough earnest innocence that instead of fearing Dawn, you fear for her." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"Dysfunctional, yes, but the film's power comes in the gradual lessening of the defenses as the men reach out into devastating honesty." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ten (2003) |
"A little more reach would have allowed Ten to turn it up to 11." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Ten (2007) |
"Wain is a big fan of offbeat, exaggerated humor that either hits so big you think he's a genius or misses so badly you wonder whether he's sane." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) |
"It blares its case loudly in favor of fresh, personal cinema.
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Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"The film has "dorm DVD" scrawled all over it in black Sharpie." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"leaving you feeling like Viktor, stranded in nowheresville, able to make do while you have to, but looking forward to your ticket out." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"Endlessly riveting, bolstered with comic relief but by no means perfect." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Terrorist (1998) |
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Splat 2/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"She screams. He chases. She runs. We yawn." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Eckhart is a pliant conduit for the sentiment, or lack thereof, rampaging through the scenes with the viciousness of Michael Douglas in "Wall Street."" |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) |
"Buñuel made often perverse, always subversive films that drew protests, bans and undying appreciation from colleagues." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"If this movie career thing doesn't work out for George Lucas, there's a career waiting for him in the dairy industry. He can milk things like no other." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Either the year's worst children's film or its best horror flick." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Searchers (1956) |
"This is a film for the ages." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/5 |
Thelma & Louise (1991) |
"The aftereffects of Women's Lib are captured in this feminist hymn." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Then She Found Me (2008) |
"Finding a way to compartmentalize your bitterness while keeping your heart open to enlightening relationships is a more difficult task than facing Ivan Drago. In Russia. On Christmas Day. For no money." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"Like Day-Lewis' penetrating glare, the music sticks with you days and weeks after you've watched the movie." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
There's Something About Mary (1998) |
"It was the raunchy comedy that raked in the headlines and had audiences shaking their heads in offended laughter, then coming back the weekend after, dragging in friends by their arms." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
They (2002) |
"One suspects that Craven endorses They simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison." |
Phil Villarreal |
- |
The Thief (1997) |
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- |
The Thin Red Line (1998) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"Before I saw this film, only one movie, Field of Dreams, had ever made me cry. Now there are two." |
Phil Villarreal |
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