Splat C- |
H (2002) |
"Suffers from cheesy production values, the clumsy manner of the storytelling, ill-conceived
characters and crude acting." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
The H-Man (1959) |
"Another one of those run-of-the-mill monsters run amok sci-fi films from the 1950s." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
The H.D. Trilogy Film (1994) |
"Filmmaker Larry Jordan has H.D.'s long poem "Hermetic Definitions" read aloud while an actress
named Joanna McClure depicts her in a faux documentary." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
H.H. Holmes: The World's First Serial Killer (2004) |
"Should be especially pleasing to crime buffs and those movie fans crazy about the serial-killer
genre." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) |
"An MGM prestige film that was poison at the box office." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
La Habanera (1937) |
"A soft-sell Nazi-era propaganda film that was used as a vehicle for its Swedish born redheaded star Zarah Leander." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Habit (1997) |
"The film has a captivating style." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Hacks (2004) |
"It might be the perfect frat house flick." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"There's just not enough of a story for this to be a feature film." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) |
"moves beyond slapstick as it's skillfully and energetically put together to tell much about
Americana." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Hairspray (2007) |
"There's nothing Divine about this tame Hairspray." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Hairy Ape (1944) |
"The dialogue couldn't be cornier." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"... a compelling dramatic film that builds its case around facing painful truths." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Hallelujah (1929) |
"It's best looked at as an historical curiosity that gives one an idea of the African-Americans
beginnings in the Hollywood movie before even the race films." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato C+ |
Hallelujah the Hills (1962) |
"The comedy had the feel of a Buster Keaton movie." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) |
"Hung out to dry with nowhere to go but in quicksand." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) |
"A whimsical, offbeat and somewhat original Depression-era musical comedy." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
The Halliday Brand (1957) |
"A superior western that never got the attention it should have." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Halloween (1978) |
"One of the more successful indie forays into the slasher/horror film genre." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Halloween (2007) |
"Zombie's vision is a misguided effort to be all splatter." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
Halloween II (2009) |
"Panders to the base seekers of cheap thrills." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Halls of Montezuma (1950) |
"The film doesn't
pretend to be more than a routine WW11 war film reflecting the political mood of when it was made." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Hamlet (1948) |
"One of the best versions of the Bard's." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Hamlet (1964) |
"One of the better versions of Hamlet." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hamlet (2000) |
"It is difficult to take this Hamlet in quite the same serious way it is usually presented onstage, and that's just fine." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"Witless spoof on Hamlet that is more irritating than funny." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Hammer Film Noir - Vol. 5: The Glass Tomb/Paid to Kill |
"It takes a lot of artificial plot devices and some good acting to make this incredulous crime drama work--also a suspension of disbelief." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Hammett (1982) |
"Wenders was justifiably upset with the studio for its cutting up of his baby and forcing on him too many reshoots and script rewrites." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Hancock (2008) |
"Has a promising premise." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hand Gun (1994) |
"Hand Gun is an amusing indie crime caper flick that's slick and well-acted by the outstanding ensemble cast." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Hands Across the Table (1935) |
"... never that funny or intelligent as it appears to be at first glance." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Hands On a Hard Body (1998) |
"The result is a quirky human interest story about the need for Texans to drive a pickup." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hang 'Em High (1968) |
"Move over squeaky clean John Wayne, a new darker western hero by the name of Clint Eastwood has
arrived to challenge your title as top cowboy star!" |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hanging Garden (1997) |
"The ensemble acting is quite good" |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
The Hanging Tree (1959) |
"Gold Rush western about man's base nature." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hangman's Knot (1952) |
"This solid western was the only film Roy Huggins ever directed." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) |
"A first-rate anti-Nazi propaganda film shot as film noir." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
The Hangover (2009) |
"Raunchy comedy about a bachelor party gone wrong." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hangover Square (1945) |
"Cregar gave a staggering nightmarish performance." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A- |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) |
"The comedy-drama succeeds as a sharply pointed portrait of sibling rivalry." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) |
"Goes full blast on geek chatter." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat B- |
Hannibal (2001) |
"What can you say, but sometimes you try something new and it just doesn't taste right!" |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Happening (2008) |
"Might be perceived by some as all peaches and cream for entertainment value even if everything else about it is not happening." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Happiness (1934) |
"It's a prime example of socialists trying to act like Charlie Chaplin over slapstick satire." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Happiness (1998) |
"Happiness is not a film about happiness, but what is imagined as making one happy." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Happy Times (2002) |
"..it pulls all the heart strings it can in a shameless attempt to get real emotions." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
Happy, Texas (1999) |
"A sitcom type of nonsensical comedy, one that has abolutely no bite." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"An upbeat seriocomedy about an ever-smiling eternal optimist." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat D |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"Hard to swallow provocative but exploitative jailbait revenge fantasy flick." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
Hard Contract (1969) |
"James Coburn is too stiff for the part of the hit man." |
Dennis Schwartz |