ROTTEN TOMATOES: Steve Murray

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A-	High Fidelity
B+	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
B	The Emperor's New Groove
B-	Hannibal
C+	Titus
C	Men of Honor
C-	The Pledge
D	3000 Miles to Graceland
D-	Gothika
F	She Hate Me

BEST REVIEWED
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A	Collateral
A	The Return
A	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A-	Red Road
A-	Capote
A-	A History of Violence
A-	The Sea Inside
A-	Carandiru
A-	Bon Voyage
A-	Kill Bill Vol. 2
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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F	A Dirty Shame
F	She Hate Me
D-	Gothika
D	Kinky Boots
D	The Jacket
D	3000 Miles to Graceland
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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B	"*Based on a Stephen King story, 1408* takes the simplest plot and turns it into an enjoyably surreal, unnerving creepfest.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Jun 21, 2007	1408 (2007)	78%
A-	"A must for movie lovers who want to see how so much drama, mystery and emotion can be created from so little." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Jun 16, 2007	Red Road (2007)	89%
B+	"Bloodier and more action-filled than the original, Weeks nevertheless stays faithful to the grim, grimy tone director Danny Boyle established in his 2002 film with its haunting shots of a metropolis turned into a tomb." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 10, 2007	28 Weeks Later (2007)	71%
B	"A lot of the movie works because LaBeouf is becoming a soulful, intelligent presence on-screen." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Apr 12, 2007	Disturbia (2007)	67%
B	"A deconstructionist horror comedy that owes a debt to Scream and the 1992 Belgian film Man Bites Dog, Mask nevertheless has enough pitch-perfect wit to lay claim to its own patch of postmodern, movie-loving snarkiness." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 22, 2007	Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2007)	74%
B	"Old Joy may be built around a road trip, but it's also a movie about two roads -- and two souls -- diverging." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 15, 2007	Old Joy (2006)	85%
C	"Backstage doesn't really tell us much about the world of rock musicians, or the mental workings of their scariest fans." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 8, 2007	Backstage (2006)	70%
B-	"*In gasoline terms, Premium* isn't. But the romantic dramedy has some high-octane emotional moments, thanks to writer-director Pete Chatmon's wise dissection of the games one-time lovers play.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Mar 1, 2007	Premium (2007)	100%
C+	"The movie offers a charming view of a small-town Manhattan where strangers constantly give Allegra romantic advice. Though that device is a little too indebted to Woody Allen, at least Maggenti does Allen a lot better than Ed Burns." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 1, 2007	Puccini for Beginners (2007)	49%
C-	"*With Inland Empire, the whole thing feels stuck in Lynch's noggin." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Feb 8, 2007	Inland Empire (2006)	70%
B-	"Some pig, in a so-so but lovingly made movie." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Dec 14, 2006	Charlotte's Web (2006)	78%
B-	"There's no denying Gibson's talent behind the camera. He knows what he's doing, and does it with tremendous skill and conviction." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Dec 7, 2006	Apocalypto (2006)	65%
C+	"It's a shame that at the final checkout, the movie wants to choose paper, but instead goes for plastic." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Nov 30, 2006	10 Items or Less (2006)	62%
C-	"D�j� Vu gives you the feeling that you've seen parts of this movie before. Only, the parts were all from better films." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Nov 21, 2006	Deja Vu (2006)	57%
C+	"The film is basically a two-hour countdown to a predictable explosion. You may enjoy the ride, but you won't remember a whole lot about it farther down the road." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Nov 9, 2006	Harsh Times (2006)	48%
B+	"The movie is a mind-tickler that makes the viewer actively engage with the story and try to penetrate its elegant sleight-of-hand." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Oct 19, 2006	The Prestige (2006)	75%
B-	"*Yes, Shortbus* is all about hooking up, but in emotional as much as sexual ways. That's what makes the movie engaging, and sometimes even moving.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Oct 12, 2006	Shortbus (2006)	65%
B+	"The films have taken on an autumnal shade as we revisit people who seem quietly aware that the years behind them are more than those ahead." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Oct 5, 2006	49 Up (2006)	97%
B-	"*Exploring female desire in a way films rarely do, Heading South* is a film of sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt metaphors for the interaction of rich and pauperized countries.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Sep 23, 2006	Heading South (2006)	68%
B+	"Rigorously structured, but with the power to shake you to the heart." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Sep 7, 2006	House of Sand (2005)	79%
B+	"This guilty-pleasure adrenaline rush has one goal in mind: to be an airtight action machine that leaves you dizzy from the crunchety-crunch-crunch of Tony Jaa as he proves himself a contender with Jackie Chan and Jet Li." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Sep 7, 2006	The Protector (2006)	54%
C+	"*You realize that, while pretending to break ground, Quincea�era* is ultimately stuck in familiar Hollywood formulas.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Aug 31, 2006	Quinceanera (2006)	86%
B+	"Marshall understands that sometimes there's nothing quite as oddly exhilarating as the bleakest, no-way-out kind of horror." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Aug 3, 2006	The Descent (2006)	85%
C	"One of the campiest, most lushly ludicrous movies to come out in a while." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Jul 27, 2006	Shadowboxer (2006)	20%
C	"Sometimes it looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Jun 15, 2006	Nacho Libre (2006)	38%
B-	"Assayas' tale of the difficult search for redemption is less a standard road-to-sobriety story than a chance to marvel, close-up, at Cheung." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 25, 2006	Clean (2006)	71%
C	"Heavy on atmosphere but very light on plot." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 18, 2006	Somersault (2006)	82%
D	"Oh, do come in, love -- welcome to the Twee Brit Comedy Factory." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 13, 2006	Kinky Boots (2006)	58%
C-	"It's often as naive as it is knowing and can feel as unfocused and sketchy as a film one of Strathmore's students might make." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 11, 2006	Art School Confidential (2006)	36%
C+	"... the movie's worth a look simply for Mol's career-boosting performance." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted May 6, 2006	The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)	55%
B-	"The kind of movie you stretch out in, wander around, and -- like the characters onscreen -- just let happen to you." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Apr 20, 2006	Don't Come Knocking (2006)	42%
B+	"*What sounds like a stunt, or a genre-mashup oddity like Bugsy Malone, proves to be a sharp, tongue-in-cheek exercise, balancing deadpan menace with well-timed comedy." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Apr 6, 2006	Brick (2006)	78%
C+	"While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 30, 2006	Summer Storm (2006)	50%
C-	"*A few good performances can't carry a sluggishly written and directed movie that you may want to rename Find Me an Exit." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Mar 16, 2006	Find Me Guilty (2006)	57%
B-	"*A mockumentary often as unnerving as it is amusing, CSA: The Confederate States of America* kicks off with a simple premise: What if the South had won 'the War of Northern Aggression'?*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Mar 2, 2006	CSA: The Confederate States of America (2006)	78%
B+	"Block Party is an easygoing, loose-limbed, big-lunged celebration of, well, celebration." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 2, 2006	Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)	92%
C-	"*A blunt, awkward, wannabe Important Movie, Freedomland* bludgeons its good ideas into a pulp of overacting, overdirection and black-and-white characterizations in a story meant to be shaded in gray.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Feb 16, 2006	Freedomland (2005)	23%
B-	"*Despite a meandering tone, Loggerheads* is consistently watchable thanks to committed actors playing recognizable, decent folks just trying to do the right thing -- or rectify mistakes of the past.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Jan 12, 2006	Loggerheads (2005)	71%
C+	"Like minimalist composer Steve Reich's prickly, tense music on the soundtrack, the movie itself is too often too intellectual, experimental and abstract." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Nov 23, 2005	The Dying Gaul (2005)	48%
B+	"*The movie is driven by the characters' passionate, despairing arguments about the fine line between victimization and violence. But Paradise Now* also has, at times, an almost surreal visual flair.*" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Posted Nov 10, 2005	Paradise Now (2005)	89%
C-	"It's less a whodunnit than a whocares." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Nov 3, 2005	Where The Truth Lies (2005)	39%
A-	"Hoffman goes beyond impersonation to something close to possession." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Oct 29, 2005	Capote (2005)	91%
A-	"A model of clean, lean storytelling." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Oct 2, 2005	A History of Violence (2005)	87%
B+	"The movie's most compelling element of all is Moreau, wandering the nighttime streets trying to find her lover. It's as if she's blown from one cafe to the next on a blended wind of passion, dread and the lonely trumpet wail." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Sep 22, 2005	Elevator to the Gallows (1957)	95%
B	"The actors are so committed to Potter's vision, they persuade you to go along with them." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Sep 8, 2005	Yes (2005)	52%
B+	"Think of it as a visual tone poem about longing and loss, a journey through a vale of luminously beautiful tears." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Sep 1, 2005	2046 (2005)	84%
B-	"A cool, sometimes chilly dissection of one couple's relationship." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Aug 18, 2005	5X2 (2005)	64%
B	"Shot in long, single takes, the movie willfully tests your patience. You wish it would hurry up. Yet when it ends, it haunts you for a few days. (Well, me anyway.)" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Aug 11, 2005	Last Days (2005)	60%
C+	"Suffers from narrative shapelessness. It's hard to tell what message Miller is trying to convey." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Apr 1, 2005	The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)	46%
	"Stiles nails her feminazi, bound-for-Sarah Lawrence shtick, but just as easily melts into giggles or pulls off a slapstick drunk scene." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted Mar 6, 2005	10 Things I Hate About You (1999)	56%

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