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CHUCK O'LEARY
PUBLICATION(S)
• Fantastica Daily
• FulvueDrive-in.com

BIOGRAPHY
Chuck O'Leary has been an absolute film fanatic ever since he was 4 years old, and has reviewed movies off and on since the early 1990s.
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Total Reviews: 249
Total QuickRatings: 1564

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4  The Passion of the Christ
A  Rocky
3.75/4  Monster
A-  Save the Tiger
9/10  United 93
3.5/4  Walk the Line
3.25/4  Brokeback Mountain
B+  The Punisher
8/10  Little Miss Sunshine
3/4  Derailed
7.5/10  The Hills Have Eyes
B  Body Double
7/10  Firewall
2.75/4  The Matador
6/10  Pink Panther
B-  Vice Squad
2/4  Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
C+  Rocky III
5/10  Running Scared
C  The Turning Point
4/10  Mission: Impossible III
1.5/4  The Ice Harvest
C-  History of the World: Part 1
3/10  16 Blocks
1/4  Syriana
2/10  Failure to Launch
D  Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1/10  Halloween
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A  Johnstown Flood
A  Rocky
4/4  The Passion of the Christ
A  The Omen
4/4  Million Dollar Baby
4/4  Million Dollar Baby
3.75/4  The Machinist
3.75/4  Monster
9/10  Breach
9/10  The Queen
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WORST REVIEWED
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1/10  Halloween
1/10  Hercules
D  Forget About It
D  Porky's Revenge
D  Folks
D  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
D  The Loved One
D  Robin Hood: Men in Tights
2/10  Shooter
2/10  Flyboys
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 66% of the time.

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6/10
 
" The end result of Rambo IV is akin to that of The Dead Pool, the fifth (and probably final) Dirty Harry movie. Yes, it is the least of the series, but years later, fans of the character will be glad it exists." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Rambo (2008)37%
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D
 
" An inept, choppy, painful-to-watch mess that looks like it was thrown together by rank amateurs." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 13, 2008
 
Forget About It (2007)n/a
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7/10
 
" Gets a little too Hollywood for its own good, but the biggest pleasure here comes from the moments where two of our best actors (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) simply talk to one another about life." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 23, 2007
 
The Bucket List (2007)41%
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1/10
 
" Hideous beyond words ... Zombie has made the white-trash scuzbucket version of Halloween in which most of the characters are made to be as unkempt and sleazy-looking as he is." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Aug 31, 2007
 
Halloween (2007)26%
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B-
 
" A good, not great, movie that benefits from nice period detail and some strong performances (especially Hayek and Leto), even if the real-life Beck was a heavyset, homely mess not anywhere near as attractive as Hayek." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Aug 1, 2007
 
Lonely Hearts (2007)51%
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B-
 
" Dated and frequently corny in the superficial way it deals with a myriad of social issues. But warts and all, the series remains an adequate time killer for those of us who affectionately remember the '70s." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jul 7, 2007
 
The Rookies - The Complete First Season (1972-1973)n/a
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B+
 
" Wildly entertaining ... Skillfully walks a fine line between black comedy and intense drama ... It's one of the year's best." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jul 5, 2007
 
The Last Time (2006)35%
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4/10
 
" The third weak sequel in a creaky franchise that should have remained dormant." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jun 26, 2007
 
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007)81%
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D
 
" A tiresome rehash." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jun 26, 2007
 
Porky's Revenge (1985)27%
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C-
 
" Did about a third of the business of its highly successful predecessor, and contains only about a third of the laughs." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jun 26, 2007
 
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)10%
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B
 
" Banacek, just like the actor playing him [George Peppard], deserves to be rediscovered." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jun 26, 2007
 
TV Guide Presents - Banacek: The First Season (1972-1973)n/a
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5/10
 
" Has some sporadic laughs, but Ben and especially his roommates are just too gross to be the kind of charming free spirits Apatow thinks they are." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 31, 2007
 
Knocked Up (2007)91%
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7/10
 
" Friedkin's Bug is a claustrophobic, unsettling, intense and extremely well-acted parable about paranoia." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 31, 2007
 
Bug (2007)59%
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4/10
 
" If ever a movie epitomized the term 'overplotted,' it is Mr. Brooks." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 31, 2007
 
Mr. Brooks (2007)56%
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B
 
" Ponsoldt's debut is full of quiet heartache, and effectively establishes a consistent melancholy tone. And Nolte is exceptional." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 25, 2007
 
Off the Black (2006)67%
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B+
 
" A handsomely-mounted, muscular, red-blooded Old West adventure ... One of the most stunning films to look at in recent years." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 23, 2007
 
Seraphim Falls (2007)54%
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B-
 
" A hit or miss attempt to revive the type of TV anthology series Spielberg grew up watching ... The best segment is the one directed by the underrated Peter Hyams entitled The Amazing Falsworth." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 13, 2007
 
Amazing Stories - The Complete First Season (1985)n/a
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A
 
" Few shows have sustained this high level of hilarity into their sixth season, but All in the Family had a lot more going for it than just jokes; it was about a quartet of very human characters that many of us genuinely came to love." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 13, 2007
 
All in the Family - The Complete Sixth Season (1975-1976)n/a
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B
 
" Along with Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco was one of the best of the countless, one-hour formulaic police dramas to air on network television during the 1970s." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 13, 2007
 
The Streets of San Francisco - The First Season: Vol. 1 (1972)n/a
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B
 
" A tough, entertaining homage to the kind of gritty '70s crime film that long ago gave way to a slicker yet tamer form of action movie ... Both the studio's cut and Helgeland's cut work about equally well." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 10, 2007
 
Payback (1999)51%
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B+
 
" Just misses ranking in the upper echelon of mob movies." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted May 9, 2007
 
Donnie Brasco (1997)85%
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C
 
" Starts out strong ... But after the 42 minute point, it turns into the action movie equivalent of Regarding Henry." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 24, 2007
 
Until Death (2007)n/a
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2/10
 
" Shooter is a real stinker." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
 
Shooter (2007)47%
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7/10
 
" A character-driven crime thriller ... The Lookout is definitely worth a look." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
 
The Lookout (2007)87%
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7/10
 
" A pleasant spring surprise." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
 
The Hoax (2007)85%
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5/10
 
" The Reaping will end up doing for Swank's career what Bless the Child did for the career of another Oscar-winning actress, Kim Basinger -- nothing." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
 
The Reaping (2007)8%
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7/10
 
" The films seldom rise above the cheesy level of the very "B" movies they're emulating, but Grindhouse is a fun throwback to what it felt like to see exploitation movies at the nabes, drive-ins and inner-city theaters during the '70s and early '80s." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
 
Grindhouse (2007)82%
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C
 
" The kind of trite material that seems better suited for the small screen than the big screen." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Apr 1, 2007
 
Broken Bridges (2006)5%
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C
 
" A respectable straight-to-DVD movie that was headed for the 'pleasant surprise' category before self-destructing with a terrible, out-of-the-blue ending." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Mar 28, 2007
 
The Veteran (2006)n/a
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B
 
" A comically ghastly B-movie delight." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Mar 20, 2007
 
Re-Animator (1985)92%
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5/10
 
" Made me long for the days when epics were photographed with the beauty and clarity of Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur and Spartacus." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Mar 7, 2007
 
300 (2007)60%
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5/10
 
" The song [Pop! Goes My Heart] is a lot of fun, but ends up being the only memorable thing in a middling rom-com that needed a wittier script." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Music and Lyrics (2007)63%
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7/10
 
" The film is most interesting in its portrayal of Warhol as a cold-hearted user." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Factory Girl (2007)19%
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8/10
 
" The second film in the last 12 months about the never-solved Zodiac killings...Fincher's is the more ambitious, thorough and better of the two." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Zodiac (2007)89%
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9/10
 
" Breach follows The Good Shepherd as the second outstanding spy-thriller released by Universal within the last two months. Shepherd was terrific. Breach is even better." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
Breach (2007)84%
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4/10
 
" Laughable...We can only hope a sequel called The Number 46 doesn't get made." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 22, 2007
 
The Number 23 (2007)8%
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B+
 
" A first-rate production from top to bottom...Beatty has never been more electrifying on screen." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 12, 2007
 
Bugsy (1991)88%
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C
 
" Derivative in the extreme, but some good stunt work and humorous touches make it a lot more tolerable than it could have been." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 11, 2007
 
The Marine (2006)21%
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4/10
 
" The ill-conceived Hannibal Rising plays sort of like how Death Wish might have turned out had Charles Bronson's vigilante been a bloodthirsty cannibal." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 8, 2007
 
Hannibal Rising (2007)15%
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B+
 
" This fish is swimming with laugh-out-loud moments." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Feb 6, 2007
 
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)100%
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3/10
 
" I have a not-so-subtle message for a creatively bankrupt Hollywood: STOP DOING CRAP REMAKES OF PERFECTLY FINE HORROR FILMS FROM THE '70s and '80s." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 18, 2007
 
The Hitcher (2007)19%
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C+
 
" Cohen takes the slasher/serial-killer genre and puts a unique spin on it while adding plenty of gallows humor." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 11, 2007
 
Maniac Cop (1988)38%
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B+
 
" A highly cinematic blast for those who can stomach its brutality...Like Glengarry Glen Ross with guns." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 9, 2007
 
Reservoir Dogs (1992)95%
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2/10
 
" An embarrassing cliché-fest." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 1, 2007
 
Flyboys (2006)33%
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2/10
 
" Gives you more reason than ever to love Black's death scene in 1997's The Jackal." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Jan 1, 2007
 
Nacho Libre (2006)39%
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9/10
 
" Helen Mirren makes an amazing on-screen transformation into Queen Elizabeth II...Michael Sheen also bears an uncanny resemblence to Tony Blair." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 31, 2006
 
The Queen (2006)96%
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8/10
 
" Intelligent and totally absorbing...The most underrated film of '06." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 31, 2006
 
The Good Shepherd (2006)56%
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9/10
 
" A perfect companion piece to American Beauty, and just as good." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 31, 2006
 
Little Children (2006)81%
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C-
 
" Tough Enough is a countrified Rocky wannabe that just isn't good enough." -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 29, 2006
 
Tough Enough (1982)n/a
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5/10
 
" Every bit as average as III, IV and V...What could possibly be next, Rocky vs. Michael Myers?" -- FulvueDrive-in.com
Posted Dec 19, 2006
 
Rocky Balboa (2006)76%

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