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MICHAEL DEQUINA
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BIOGRAPHY
Although I wrote my first movie review in the 8th grade (on 1990's TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES), I did not start writing reviews on a regular basis until 1991, when I became the resident critic for my high school newspaper, Long Beach Polytechnic's HIGH LIFE.
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Total Reviews: 1741
Total QuickRatings: 444

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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3.5/4 A Lesson Before Dying
4/5 Minority Report
3/4 The Enforcer
2.5/4 The Matchmaker
3/5 Animatrix
2/4 Condo Painting
1.5/4 The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
1/4 I Know Who Killed Me
0.5/4 Who's Your Caddy?
0/4 Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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4/4 The Decalogue Vol. 3 - Parts V & VI
4/4 The Decalogue Vol. 2 - Parts III & IV
4/4 The Decalogue Vol. 1 - Parts I & II
4/4 Gone With the Wind
4/4 Contact
4/4 Amadeus - Director's Cut
4/4 Bandits
4/4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4/4 Dreamgirls
4/4 Rosemary's Baby
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/4 Feel the Noise
0/4 I Dreamed of Africa
0/4 Moving McAllister
0/4 The Ladies Man
0/4 They
0/4 4 Life
0/4 Daddy Day Camp
0/4 Foolish
0/4 Boiling Point
0/4 Better Living
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 80% of the time.

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3/4
 
"May not be the artistic milestone many have been hoping for, but as the first product of Bollywood's marriage with Hollywood, there should be pride from all corners for producing a solidly crafted entertainment." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Nov 10, 2007
 
Saawariya (2007)41%
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"Preview of Denzel Washington's fact-based drama, produced by Oprah Winfrey." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Nov 6, 2007
 
The Great Debaters (2007)80%
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3.5/4
 
"The overall sense of authenticity makes the Gone Baby Gone cut all the more deep." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 22, 2007
 
Gone Baby Gone (2007)94%
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3.5/4
 
"The shock is not in the tragic ending, but the devastating emotional effect Kimberly Peirce is able to achieve through mere nuance." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Boys Don't Cry (1999)90%
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2/4
 
"If this sounds like a knockoff of Se7en, that's because it is." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Resurrection (1999)17%
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1.5/4
 
"All there is to the film is the hook; take it away, and what's left is a rather uninvolving tale." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Heaven (1998)60%
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1.5/4
 
"A tired exercise through the usual direct-to-video thriller paces." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Break Up (1998)n/a
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2.5/4
 
"Definitely one made for the smaller set." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Winnie the Pooh - Seasons of Giving (1999)n/a
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3.5/4
 
"The quirks of this Sleepy Hollow prevent it from ever being truly scary, but what they do make it is a quintessentially Burton film." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Sleepy Hollow (1999)72%
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2/4
 
"'It ain't right; it ain't wrong; it just is.' That line, in a nutshell, pretty much sums up Ride with the Devil." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Ride with the Devil (1999)63%
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2.5/4
 
"Never rises to the realm of exciting." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
End of Days (1999)12%
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2.5/4
 
"I look forward to when Bynes graduates to more mature and sophisticated comedy." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Sydney White (2007)37%
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3/4
 
"Has a profound cumulative effect by the end--a testament not only to Penn's control and understanding of the material, but the terrific lead turn by Hirsch." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
Into the Wild (2007)83%
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3/4
 
"The real star is Berg, who with his fairly short list of directing credits has proven to be one of the more reliable and versatile talents working behind the camera today." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 21, 2007
 
The Kingdom (2007)51%
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2/4
 
"One can't help but sense an edgier, braver film fighting to break free." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - Journey of a Woman (2007)n/a
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2.5/4
 
"Anderson's now-overly familiar tone and style feels all the more twee when paired with a thin story." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)67%
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3/4
 
"Cate the Great once again imbues the Queen with her captivating mix of steely strength, regal dignity, take-no-crap toughness, and intimate vulnerability." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)34%
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0/4
 
"Producer Jennifer Lopez's cameo in the film's climactic Puerto Rican Day parade sequence feels like a victory lap for successfully bilking film financiers and moviegoers out of their money." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Feel the Noise (2007)14%
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2/4
 
"All fairly harmless, but outside of the kid and family target audience, also fairly forgettable." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
The Game Plan (2007)27%
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2/4
 
"Most jokes land with a thud--particularly the gross-out gags, which nearly ten years after Mary now just feel played out." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
The Heartbreak Kid (2007)29%
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3/4
 
"Gosling has deservedly won big buzz for his sensitive and humane portrayal of Lars, never playing him with the slightest wink and hence making his journey all the more affecting." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)81%
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3/4
 
"The perfectly cast Clooney gives the term 'star vehicle' a good name." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Michael Clayton (2007)91%
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1.5/4
 
"Not-too-impressive CG effects and frenetic camera work but cannot mask what is--or, rather, what isn't there." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
The Seeker (2007)13%
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2.5/4
 
"Ironically it's Branagh's relentless and painfully obvious attempts to keep the action visually 'interesting' that makes the proceedings come off even more stagy." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Sleuth (2007)35%
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2.5/4
 
"For all the competence in craft, there's no real urgency and distinctiveness to sufficiently mask that we've seen this all before--and indeed we have from Gray himself alone." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
We Own The Night (2007)54%
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2.5/4
 
"Kristin Scott Thomas just makes an already annoying character--Mary is whiny and selfish--even more grating with her broad, overly mannered performance." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
Up at the Villa (2000)47%
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3/4
 
"The film's high spirits are contagious and wholly impossible to resist." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
Human Traffic (1999)62%
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0/4
 
"This astonishingly awful film is a study in how a film can go terribly wrong from concept to execution." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)8%
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3.5/4
 
"While the final installment of the cycle is the most lightly amusing, it is also the most disposable." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
The Decalogue Vol. 5 - Parts IX & X (1988)n/a
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3.5/4
 
"The soapy plot is elevated by smart writing, perceptive direction, and heartbreaking performances." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
The Decalogue Vol. 4 - Parts VII & VIII (1988)n/a
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4/4
 
"Terrific performances and clever twists power Kieslowski's finest directorial effort of the series." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
The Decalogue Vol. 3 - Parts V & VI (1988)n/a
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4/4
 
"A film with tremendous staying power--highly thought-provoking and quite disturbing." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
The Decalogue Vol. 2 - Parts III & IV (1988)n/a
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4/4
 
"Kieslowski's sure direction and the flawless performances make this compelling viewing." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 17, 2007
 
The Decalogue Vol. 1 - Parts I & II (1988)n/a
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3/4
 
"Sometimes humorous and wholly inspiring tale." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Angela's Ashes (1999)52%
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"Not surprisingly, as time has caught up with the film's December 30-31, 1999-January 1, 2000 time frame, the film has grown in esteem with critics and audiences." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Strange Days (1995)58%
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1.5/4
 
"Indeed the exercise in barely-organized stupidity that it appears to be." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
The Brothers Solomon (2007)16%
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0.5/4
 
"A terrible, sophomoric joke of a title, which is sadly reflective of the rest of the equally unfunny proceedings." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Mr. Woodcock (2007)13%
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0/4
 
"Actively anti-intelligent." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Moving McAllister (2007)10%
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3/4
 
"David Cronenberg tells a story of the Russian mob in London as only he can--indeed, with ample doses of brutal, bloody, extreme violence." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Eastern Promises (2007)88%
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3/4
 
"Whenever the film threatens to get bogged down in self-seriousness, Shepard quickly retreats to satiric cynicism." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
The Hunting Party (2007)51%
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2/4
 
"Excellent turns cannot make this plodding package any more of a bludgeoning chore to sit through." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
In the Valley of Elah (2007)72%
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3/4
 
"However derivative the film may be, director Menendez and writer Henrickson infuse a zippy energy and a fair amount of personality into this tale." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Ladron que Roba a Ladron (To Rob a Thief) (2007)62%
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2/4
 
"It's inexplicable that the filmmakers haven't given the stars many opportunities to pull out their celebrated skills en route to their inevitable head-on collision." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
War (2007)14%
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3/4
 
"Forget style over substance; the style is the substance here, and it's hard to complain when it's all, quite simply, so much damn fun." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)66%
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3.5/4
 
"As well-done as the set pieces are, giving the film its more substantive dramatic kick is the psychological warfare." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
3:10 to Yuma (2007)89%
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2.5/4
 
"In paying attention to potentially thought-provoking issues, the writers neglect basic storytelling." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
The 6th Day (2000)39%
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"It's only fitting that Ridley Scott's gargantuan Roman epic would be housed on two discs, and there's not a single millimeter of wasted space." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Gladiator (2000)77%
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"Slim pickings are offered in terms of supplements, but some of these pickings offer a tad more substance than usual." -- Mr. Brown's Movies
Posted Oct 14, 2007
 
Shaft (2000)68%

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