Splat 2/5 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"This is not just scanning darkly, it's close to opaque." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"My wish would have been for a story line and a central character that were less unsavory in spirit and unlikely in motivation. Which is not to say there isn't a vision here worthy of our support." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 1/5 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Proves compelling enough to give meaning to the whole as a successful experiment and stylization, if predictable and sentimental." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 3/5 |
Adam Resurrected (2008) |
"Might have been a touching story of deep irony if Schrader's approach didn't suffer so much from narrative confusion in an effort to convey the disorientation at its center." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 3/5 |
Adam's Apples (2007) |
"I just wasn't, it turns out, the ideal audience for man's allegorical way of dealing with the demonic weightiness of the world." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Cage is very impressive as Charlie and Donald. His choices for delineating the two unique personalities are contained and so precisely on the mark that there's never confusion about which brother is which." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"Theron makes a mark in the video game action flick genre with this, and thereby widens her portfolio. As though she needed to." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 1/4 |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 5/5 |
The African Queen (1951) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"Well, maybe they're just fine actors, but Brosnan and Hayek have a perfectly rowdy way of making comedy romantic." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/5 |
Agnes of God (1985) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"An illuminating portrait of the courage that is as much a part of this Haitian broadcaster for human rights and democracy as vanity, pride and almost fanatical fearlessness." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"This is a film that couldn't be more predictable or more joyful. I just hope I haven't misspelled anything." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 3/5 |
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
"What I was really itching for was for him to leave the political battlefield long enough to give us a scripted stand-up act as he'd do it for an audience at The Improv." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"The filmmakers seem to have been working out of over-reverence to legend to create more than distant shapes of the people and the sacrifices involved." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.8/5 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"The movie works. Well, it does for me. And, I suspect, it will for anyone who isn't looking for Dostoevsky." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Alexander (2004) |
"If there ever was an historical figure deserving of study for what he accomplished in expanding empire and political geography, it would be Alexander leading all others." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Alfie (2004) |
"Charm isn't a substitute for emotional nuance, but the trick pulled off here to justify the remake is Law's seductively engaging performance." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/4 |
Ali (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Alibi (2003) |
"The pairing of two unlikely characters in a game of subterfuge pays off, with Okonedo's uniqueness as fascinating as it is rewarding." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
All About My Mother (1999) |
"Bawdy, sexual, comedic, highly emotional and full of love.
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Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 5/5 |
All That Jazz (1979) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Flaws of theatricality are everywhere, but I channel my condemnation mostly to what writing excess brings in the way of subject fatigue." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/4 |
Almost Famous (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Tension and high emotional level of the players is the style of Cassavetes' docudrama and, for the most part, it works toward keeping you fascinated with a truly singular case in the annals of drug crime." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Altered States (1980) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Amarcord (1974) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 3/5 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"TV in vision, structure and execution. To think feature film as a delivery vehicle for it is more ambitious than this telling of a worthy, under-appreciated story justifies." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 0/5 |
The Ambulance (1993) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amelie (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/5 |
America The Beautiful (2008) |
"Intercutting the costs of American women's chase-after-beauty story (suggesting much waste and futility) with Gerren's personal one never quite blends into an organic whole." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
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Jules Brenner |
Splat 2.5/5 |
An American Affair (2009) |
"The immersion of a titillating, gender-altered Lolita story into the political framework of 1963 strikes a chord of wanton misuse of dramatic license." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"Satire attracts a tough crowd and is always a challenge to pull off. This one duz, and makes the complexity look easy." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"A muscular treat for lovers of all cinema crafts, but compromised by the length and the derivative factor." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Graffiti (1973) |
No article available. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 2/4 |
American Outlaws (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Son (2009) |
"Meticulously crafted, low-budget, excellently performed character piece that resonates with integrity as it shows us one more example of what an American son looks like." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
An Education (2009) |
"Scherfig transmits lessons of morality and irony in a well cast and produced ensemble piece." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"An above average genre specimen -- despite a predictable nature from which there's no escape." |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 1/4 |
Anatomy 2 (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2003) |
"Ladies and gentlemen, Claude Lelouch gives you a love story. Or, should that
be a double love story? Or, a disease of the month story? Or, the
fitful adventures of a master thief? Or, the twisted dreams of a ravishing lounge singer? In that" |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/5 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"As a very deep fan of Rossum's, I can't fawn too abjectly over her pliant
delicacy as the emotional center of this highly conspicuous story." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 3/4 |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jules Brenner |
Splat 3/5 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"There's as much credibility in this match-up as color on the screen." |
Jules Brenner |
Tomato 4/5 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Not much heresy hereabouts but timid apologies for negative Vatican history attempts to whitewash things that can't be denied nor diminished. Me? I prefer my Dan Brown unadulterated and I'm satisfied with most of it." |
Jules Brenner |
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