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F
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22%
|
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008) |
"
One of only three movies in my life I've walked out of before they ended; the worst film of 2008"
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Feb 27, 2009
|
|
D
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69%
|
Horrible Bosses (2011) |
"
Horrible movie. One of the five worst films of 2011."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Dec 30, 2011
|
|
D
|
20%
|
The Rite (2011) |
"
A misbegotten mess of haunted house cliches, Vatican mumbo jumbo, and Anthony Hopkins channeling Hannibal Lecter (for the umpteenth time) as well as Linda Blair! The worst film of 2011."
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Movie Dearest
Posted Jan 30, 2011
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D
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Is It Just Me? (2010) |
"
So illogically plotted only the most undiscriminating could find it satisfying."
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Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 18, 2010
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D
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——
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Il Compleanno (David's Birthday) (2009) |
"
Has pretensions of operatic tragedy...the film ends up being conflicted itself and the result is a far-from-gay-affirming tale."
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Movie Dearest
Posted Oct 24, 2010
|
|
D
|
40%
|
The Expendables (2010) |
"
With only a couple of artistic virtues and even fewer moral attributes to its credit..."The Expendables" is wretched."
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Movie Dearest
Posted Aug 15, 2010
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|
D
|
56%
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It's Complicated (2009) |
"
We love La Meryl, but this is the worst movie of 2009."
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Dec 30, 2009
|
|
D
|
60%
|
Shank (2009) |
"
I don't recommend this London-set tale of sexually conflicted, teenage sociopaths"
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Nov 30, 2009
|
|
D
|
17%
|
The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror (2007) |
"
A fun idea given a lame, low-budget execution; one of the worst films of 2008"
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Feb 27, 2009
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D
|
68%
|
Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"
A pretentious, witless disaster that largely wastes a great cast; one of the worst films of 2008"
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Feb 27, 2009
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1/5
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Paradise (1982) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
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1/5
|
32%
|
Glen or Glenda? (1953) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
Leviathan (1989) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Oct 12, 2004
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Passion Recut (2005) |
"
Unlike the original version, a gigantic box office flop."
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
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|
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92%
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"
already submitted"
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Mar 18, 2005
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|
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16%
|
Alexander (2004) |
"
Overly-verbose; one of the year's 10 worst"
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Jan 5, 2005
|
|
|
52%
|
The Notebook (2004) |
"
A mawkish romance; one of the year's 10 worst"
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Jan 5, 2005
|
|
|
39%
|
Man on Fire (2004) |
"
Mean-spirited; one of the year's 10 worst"
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Jan 5, 2005
|
|
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42%
|
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) |
"
Stars a miscast John Travolta"
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Jan 5, 2005
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|
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11%
|
Exorcist - The Beginning (2004) |
"
Harlin amps up the sound effects and gore in an attempt to disguise the absence of any genuine scares."
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Sep 16, 2004
|
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C-
|
64%
|
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012) |
"
Director Marie Losier's film is informative but it is also more often than not irritating in both content and technique. (A film) more to be endured than enjoyed. "
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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C-
|
——
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Sister Mary () |
"
(Director-writer-producer-editor) Scott Grenke has a lot for which to atone. The movie isn't so much anti-Catholic as it is criminally unfunny."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
C-
|
87%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
"
One of the five worst films of 2011. Inexplicably acclaimed, incredibly dumb."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Dec 30, 2011
|
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C-
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
Pointless prequel to the 1982 sci-fi/horror classic. One of the five worst films of 2011."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Dec 30, 2011
|
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C-
|
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Bite Marks (2011) |
"
While I wish I could report "Bite Marks" was as expertly made and lavishly produced as "Breaking Dawn," first-time director Mark Bessenger gets some points for his use of slapstick and adding a new twist or two to a pretty tired genre."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
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C-
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
(Fassbender gives a) fully-committed performance... (but) "Shame" tends to wallow in its graphic sex scenes rather than provide any illumination or redemption. "
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
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C-
|
44%
|
The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) |
"
As a professional preacher, I could appreciate (the film) to some degree as a satiric take on storytelling in both religious and secular circles. Sorry to say, that's about as far as my appreciation goes."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 4, 2011
|
|
C-
|
36%
|
One Day (2011) |
"
(The film's) "annual checkup" conceit ultimately proves precious and plodding..."One Day" serves as a disappointing follow-up to (director Lone Scherfig's) more subtle, Oscar-nominated "An Education." One of the five worst films of 2011."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Aug 19, 2011
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C-
|
——
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Bloomington (2010) |
"
Starts promisingly but is ultimately compromised by its characters' shifting allegiances and alliances. Too much of the film is hard to swallow...(Writer-director Fernanda) Cardoso may need to get back to basics academically."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Apr 29, 2011
|
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C-
|
4%
|
Hemingway's Garden of Eden (2010) |
"
A veteran director, the attractive lead performers and some stunning settings cannot bring credibility to this inherently stilted story."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Dec 10, 2010
|
|
C-
|
71%
|
The Magician (2010) |
"
A fairly pointless and not particularly well-accomplished exercise, although Scott Ryan gives an impressive, charismatic performance."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Oct 29, 2010
|
|
C-
|
26%
|
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) |
"
Beautifully photographed...Sadly, though, there isn't much else to recommend it."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Aug 11, 2010
|
|
C-
|
——
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Lucky Bastard (2009) |
"
The usually reliable writer-director Everett Lewis falters here as the result of under-developed characters, so-so acting and too much sympathy for his screwed-up protagonists."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Jan 12, 2010
|
|
C-
|
87%
|
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"
(The film) has a hard time settling on such simple things as characters' motivations, needs and accents (Cage's changes inexplicably midway through)."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 20, 2009
|
|
C-
|
83%
|
Lake Tahoe (2008) |
"
Mexican writer-director Eimbcke takes an unfortunate if not unusual route other filmmakers have traveled following a successful debut and gets self-indulgent with his follow-up."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
C-
|
64%
|
Dare (2009) |
"
(The film) failed to ring true for me...Too many of the sexual situations struck me as contrived."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Jul 22, 2009
|
|
C-
|
0%
|
Dim Sum Funeral (2008) |
"
Too simplistic to be believable."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Jun 15, 2009
|
|
C-
|
——
|
Finding Me () |
"
From any perspective -- gay or straight, black or white -- Finding Me can't be judged a very good movie."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted May 4, 2009
|
|
C-
|
66%
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"
Excessively violent but oddly dull...a Crusades allegory for teeny-boppers"
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Feb 27, 2009
|
|
C-
|
25%
|
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"
Madonna's direction isn't half-bad...too bad she chose a poor script teeming with uninteresting characters"
—
Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Posted Feb 27, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Fools Rush In (1997) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
62%
|
The Man Without a Face (1993) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Alien Nation (1988) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
Funny Farm (1988) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
71%
|
The Sword in the Stone (1963) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Village of the Damned (1995) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Apr 8, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
The Last Dinosaur (Kyokutei tankensen Pora-Bora) (1977) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie (1995) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Matango:Attack of the Mushroom People (1963) |
—
Catholic Sun
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
|
C
|
67%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
Suffers from a case of schizophrenia; some of it is waaay too simple, cutesy and/or sappy for adults, while other scenes are too intense and adult for children."
—
Movie Dearest
Posted Apr 3, 2012
|
63%
——
96%
