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MARK R. LEEPER

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Biography: In and out of science fiction circles Mark and Evelyn Leeper are one of the best known writing couples on the Internet. Mark became an avid science fiction fan at age six with TV's "Commando Cody." Both went to the University of Massachusetts in 1968. There Mark introduced Evelyn to the Science Fiction Society and fandom. Both were active members and officers of the society. In 1978 they founded the Bell Labs Science Fiction Club and their own weekly fanzine, now called the MT VOID (pronounced "Empty Void"). In the early 1980s their writing found its way to the Internet where Mark is now the longest-running regularly published film reviewer. They are widely traveled. Mark is best known for his film reviews and analysis, his weekly editorials, his travel writing, and for fannish origami.
Favorites: QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1968), LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, SCHINDLER'S LIST, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

Publications: Dog Pile, Mark Leeper's Reviews, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Critics' Group: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews: 1433
Total QuickRatings: 131

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Fresh
6/10

Fresh
83%

Avatar (2009)

" Like James Cameron's previous film, TITANIC, there are enough good bits to make a really great film and enough bad bits to make a real stinker. Go for what is good and ignore the bad." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 22, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
57%

9 (2009)

" There is a lot that is interesting to see in the world created by Shane Acker but not enough to make the feature film satisfying." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 21, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
74%

The Young Victoria (2009)

" Perhaps because of the directing or perhaps because of stilted manners of the late Georgian and early Victorian era the film never again catches fire as it does in the early scenes." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 21, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
89%

Crazy Heart (2009)

" Some good country music and some people you care about make this film likable if nothing flashy. But Bridges's characterization is first rate." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 17, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
76%

Invictus (2009)

" The story is just a little too straightforward and predictable with Eastwood apparently too anxious to concentrate on too much detail of the final game." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 13, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
93%

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

" "Wit, grace, and charm" is a lyric for one of the songs in the film, but it could have been describing the film itself. Told with its breezy style, this could be the most charming film of the year." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 7, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
84%

Bright Star (2009)

" This is a worthwhile story told with lukewarm emotion. The doomed love comes off as less a tragedy than a pity. The background makes this story more interesting than the foreground does." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Dec 3, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Rotten
53%

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

" Through the whole film one has the feeling that the real story is just about to begin, but like the original military project, we go nowhere and nothing ever comes of anything." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Nov 30, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
76%

Outrage (2009)

" While the film is full of some very cogent arguments, there are major flaws in his case." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Nov 24, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
85%

World's Greatest Dad (2009)

" A surprisingly sharp and cynical story about success, public image, and fame and is about both those who have it and those who don't." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 25, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Rotten
54%

The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)

" The story is simple and compelling and the title leaves no doubt where the story is going. This is a powerful film for those willing to see its extreme violence." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 20, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
73%

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

" While the book works fine for the younger set, the film tries to be too much an Alice-in-Wonderland-class story for all ages, but it rarely works for both young and old at the same time." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 19, 2009

Rotten
5/10

N/A

Guns on the Clackamas (1996)

" Co-written and directed by animator Bill Plympton, this film is uneven both in its humor and in its appeal." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 14, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
92%

Mary and Max (2009)

" From opposite ends of the world the two can say anything to each other, and the clay animation lets us see what their minds' eyes are seeing. The story is wise and funny in ways it could not be in live action." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 11, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
85%

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

" After UP set a standard for character development, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS falls short." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Oct 6, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
77%

The Informant! (2009)

" In Steven Soderbergh's hands and with some very strange stylistic choices the story becomes muddled and more confusing than necessary." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Sep 30, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
91%

Ponyo (2009)

" Hayao Miyazaki is off his game with this film that has weaker art and animation than his usual films and a script that needed another draft or two." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Sep 2, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
88%

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

" Some of it is good; much of it is preposterous. In trying to meld comedy and tragedy it entertains fitfully and requires more patience than most Tarantino films do." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 31, 2009

Fresh
6/10

N/A

Lovely By Surprise (2007)

The film is bizarre and at times touching, but in the end leaves the viewer perplexed and a little unsatisfied with the stories. — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Aug 27, 2009

Rotten
6/10

Rotten
25%

Rip!: A Remix Manifesto (2009)

issues are complex and the approaches to the solution are even more so. This film makes it hard to agree with either side. — rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Aug 26, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
95%

In the Loop (2009)

" The plot of this film is impenetrable but the dialog is hilarious and comes a staccato pace. This is a comedy of political backbiting, in-fighting, and out-fighting." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 24, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
75%

Cold Souls (2009)

" The first half is inventive, but the film really loses steam in the second half. Too many technical problems went unsolved in bringing this story to the screen." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 23, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
90%

District 9 (2009)

" While the film is asking difficult questions, it is a first rank piece of science fiction. When it starts to answer those questions in the easiest and most predictable ways the film becomes just another loud summer action film." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 19, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
72%

I Sell the Dead (2009)

" Rather than a serious attempt to resurrect the Gothic horror of the 1960s it is more just a reverential nod or even a send-up." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 16, 2009

Fresh
7/10

N/A

Fissure (2009)

" This film will bring back memories of films like MEMENTO, 21 GRAMS, and some time machine stories, but it is really very different." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Aug 14, 2009

Fresh
7/10

N/A

Bill Plympton's Dog Days: A Collection of Short Films 2004-2008 (2009)

" Bill Plympton's fourth collection of his short films is every bit as creative, if not quite as anarchic, as his earlier work." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jul 4, 2009

Fresh
9/10

N/A

A Dog of Flanders (1960)

" This is a classic, and I consider it one of the best family films evermade. It is moving and says a very great deal about life and about art." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jul 3, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
63%

The Brothers Bloom (2009)

" The film is fun, but the characters are not well developed. The audience has to be onboard not for the characters but for the twisty ride." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 28, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
90%

The Rising (2005)

" This is a big, spectacular film that may even be an education for American audiences. We see little historical spectacle from Hollywood these days and hopefully Bollywood will help fill the gap." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 24, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
60%

Off Jackson Avenue (2009)

" It builds to a satisfying and almost funny denouement with a cleverly intricate sequence involving all of the primary characters of the plot." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 24, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
66%

Dead Snow (2009)

" DEAD SNOW is done with sufficient style to keep it interesting, but a little originality would have gone a long way." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 15, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
92%

Drag Me To Hell (2009)

" What is nice about this film is it is different from most of the horror films being made currently. What is disappointing is that it is not enough different from some of the classics of the horror genre." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 10, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
98%

Up (2009)

" Pixar has gone past the point where they made animated films that happened to be good stories. Now they are making good stories that happen to be animated." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Jun 3, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
81%

Unmistaken Child (2009)

" The film suggests the viewer see the proceedings in two ways, as a believer might and as an unbeliever might. This makes it really two films." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 27, 2009

Fresh
7/10

N/A

Prehistoric Collection: From Dinosaurs To The Dawn Of Man ()

" The package is one that should really stoke your sense of wonder whether you are six years old or sixty. This is a collection of documentaries that glory in spectacle." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 25, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
92%

Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009)

" Gertrude Berg herself probably could not have made a better documentary of her life and her creations than YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 21, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
81%

Under Our Skin (2009)

" This is a good science documentary about a problem that does not get much press. [It] raises disturbing questions." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 11, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
91%

A Grin Without A Cat (2002)

" It recreates the feel of the period, but in the end its obscurity undercuts its power." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 11, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
94%

Star Trek (2009)

" A new fan of the series--and there are more that I would have expected--can enjoy STAR TREK, but a veteran "Trek" devotee will get a lot more out of it." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted May 11, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Rotten
34%

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

" This is a Grand Guignol science fiction rock opera. The plot is minimal and for a rock opera, there is too little real melody." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Apr 13, 2009

Fresh
6/10

Fresh
94%

Forever (2007)

" At times a little pretentious, but a reasonable, not perfect, meditation on art and beauty and the relation of the living artist with the dead who have contributed to his art." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Apr 6, 2009

Rotten
high 0 out of -4..+4

Rotten
27%

Elizabethtown (2005)

Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Apr 3, 2009

Fresh
+2 out of -4..+4

Fresh
93%

Grizzly Man (2005)

Click here to read article — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Apr 3, 2009

Fresh
+2 out of -4..+4

Fresh
88%

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

" Followers of the series will find a more mature Harry and a more mature style, less sugary but not actually drier than the previous films." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Apr 3, 2009

Rotten
5/10

Fresh
72%

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

" The jokes are good; the animation is fine; the 3-D is awesome. But still the film fails to make a monster or an alien as powerful a character as the little clownfish Marlin from FINDING NEMO." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 31, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
64%

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

" The novel was written for young adults and the film feels like it pulls its punches. The final horrifying revelation is still a long way from the painful realities of those days." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 30, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Rotten
33%

Knowing (2009)

" I like the sheer quantity of ideas in this film, but I am not sure that they all fit so nicely together. I expect with some thought the flaws will seem less important and the audacity of the plot will win out." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 30, 2009

Fresh
8/10

Fresh
100%

Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

" All the various visual styles come together perfectly. It is rare to find a film that can be enjoyed from start to finish." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 22, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Fresh
68%

Fermat's Room (2008)

" The nifty plot and the puzzles that keep coming should be a pleasure for any thinking viewer." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 15, 2009

Fresh
7/10

Rotten
58%

Skills Like This (2009)

" SKILLS LIKE THIS has a lot to offer, reminding us of the adage that the cheapest way to improve a film is with solid writing." — rec.arts.movies.reviews

Posted Mar 10, 2009
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