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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
The upcoming Oct. 16 release of Lucasfilm's first DVD - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - is officially a Very Big Deal.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
2
3/4
Love and Basketball (2000)
While full of great jump shots and on-court action, this "love story in four quarters" is first and foremost a romance.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
3
3/4
Bring It On (2000)
Dunst was born to play Torrance, a perky, sunshiny girl who's basically cheerleading incarnate.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
4
4/4
9 to 5 (1980)
5
3.5/4
Groundhog Day (1993)
Groundhog Day is more than simply a great comedy - it's a modern metaphor for the path to enlightenment.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
6
2/4
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
7
2.5/4
The Brothers (2001)
Like its four heroes, The Brothers looks good, knows just what to say, and mostly means well - but still has its faults.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
8
3/4
Zoolander (2001)
While Zoolander the movie - like Zoolander the model - is a little light on brains, it definitely has its moments.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
9
2.5/4
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
In many ways, Joe was ahead of its time.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
10
4/4
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
A fun, fast-paced story with plenty of wit and brightly colored eye-candy.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
11
2.5/4
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
All in all, you could definitely do worse in picking a movie for the "tween" set (hear that, Mary Kate and Ashley?).
Posted Jan 13, 2022
12
1/4
The January Man (1989)
This star-studded, schizophrenic movie can't decide whether it's a thriller or a quirky comedy - so it bounces back and forth, and the result is a stilted, nearly unwatchable mess.
Posted Jan 13, 2022
13
1.5/4
Clockstoppers (2002)
The best thing to do with Clockstoppers is to make like Zak: Put it into hypertime (aka fast-forward) until you get to the good parts.
Posted Jan 13, 2022
14
4/4
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
One of American cinema's landmark dramas, as well as one of the most powerful courtroom dramas ever filmed.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
15
3.5/4
The Muppet Movie (1979)
16
4/5
[Gondry's] ingenuity and technical acumen raise these works from mere promotional tools to cinematic art.
Posted Jan 21, 2010
17
The Wasp Woman (1959)
18
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
19
Alfie (1966)
20
3/4
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
As always, the most impressive thing about Reno is the cast's stellar improvisational skills. All of them are completely committed to their characters.
Posted Jun 17, 2007
21
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
22
The Third Man (1949)
23
1/4
Epic Movie (2007)
More a string of already-past-their-expiration-date gags based on big popcorn flicks than an actual film.
Posted May 21, 2007
24
4/4
Big (1988)
25
2.5/4
Night at the Museum (2006)
26
3.5/4
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
An absorbing character study that successfully deals with the shades of gray that are part and parcel of real, messy, everyday life.
Posted Apr 15, 2007
27
3.5/5
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Hope's tale of identical cousins, treachery, and adventure touches something in the cultural consciousness in the same manner as Shakespeare's plays.
Posted Apr 10, 2007
28
4/5
The Naked City (1948)
... a seminal work that's not to be missed.
Posted Apr 10, 2007
29
2/5
Fast Food Nation (2006)
Linklater's Fast Food movie covers all of Schlosser's bases, but is surprisingly anemic in its execution.
Posted Apr 10, 2007
30
Cohen uses his characters to point out our sacred cows, whatever they may be, and then shoot them with a well-placed dart.
Posted Apr 10, 2007
31
Bedazzled (1967)
...the duo's best film, Bedazzled brought the spirit of Swinging London plus impudent pokes at religion, politics, and pop culture itself to their new audiences.
Posted Apr 8, 2007
32
3/4
Volver (2006)
Unlike so many of the characters Cruz has played [in Hollywood], Volver's Raimunda -- earthy, sensuous, confident, and capable -- feels like a real, lived-in woman.
Posted Apr 8, 2007
33
2/4
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet is a perfect example of a good concept that never quite figured out where it was going -- the story is uneven at best and virtually falls apart near the end.
Posted Mar 25, 2007
34
3/4
Peter Pan (1953)
Plenty of charming moments and iconic characters ... but the story isn't anchored firmly enough in the land of fairy tale to avoid feeling dated a few decades down the line.
Posted Mar 18, 2007
35
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
...holds its own against Russell Crowe's CGI expeditions from topsail to yardarm, and this one has more plot.
Posted Mar 5, 2007
36
The Three Musketeers (1948)
...enjoyable corn in the 'Classics Illustrated' tradition. You can't believe a minute of it, but neither can you ignore its rollicking bygone Hollywood charms.
Posted Mar 5, 2007
37
Corridors of Blood (1963)
38
[Boris Karloff is] again near the top of his game as the best thing about this slow but effective Victorian who-actually-done-it.
Posted Mar 5, 2007
39
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Even for a meager exploitation film, The Atomic Submarine isn't anything to brag about.
Posted Mar 5, 2007
40
First Man into Space (1959)
Space Age hardware footage (including cockpit shots of Chuck Yeager) meets rampaging space-mutant theatrics.
Posted Mar 5, 2007
41
2.5/4
Keeping Mum (2006)
The plot twists aren't exactly hard to ferret out, and the characters aren't particularly deep, but the actors give the movie enough charm to coast by on.
Posted Feb 26, 2007
42
2/4
Running With Scissors (2006)
Heavy-handed soundtrack cues, vintage costumes, and rooms overflowing with props can't disguise the fact that the characters, for all their bizarre quirks, don't have much depth.
Posted Feb 11, 2007
43
2.5/4
Open Season (2006)
Picks up enough once Boog and Elliot are actually in the wild that folks who are just looking for a little light entertainment will probably be amused enough.
Posted Feb 4, 2007
44
2/4
Idiocracy (2006)
It's a pointed -- if cynical and somewhat bitter -- commentary on the state of society, but the story is thin and meandering at best.
Posted Jan 7, 2007
45
2.5/4
The Last Kiss (2006)
Like the darker, more unsettling Closer, The Last Kiss ... gives its audience -- particularly those in relationships of their own -- plenty to think about.
Posted Jan 1, 2007
46
Pandora's Box (1929)
47
Forbidden Planet (1956)
48
4/4
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Michael Arndt's script is both poignant and hilarious, and the cast is uniformly strong.
Posted Dec 10, 2006
49
2.5/4
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
While not quite as fresh, charming, or focused as its predecessor, [this] is still a fine way to spend an hour and a half -- especially if you're a Scrat fan.
Posted Nov 19, 2006
50
4/4
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)