|
4/4
|
57%
|
Transformers (2007) |
"
It's got action, romance, incredible CGI, convincing performances, a loud and lively musical score, way cool robots, and an adorable Chihuahua in a cast. What's not to like?"
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 12, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
"
It would be most inconvenient [to loathe this movie] since, having already seen it (thrice and counting), I swore to love it for all eternity."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
81%
|
Oldboy (2005) |
"
Wow!"
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Touching the Void (2004) |
"
A truly great film, one that puts a human face on adventure by starkly dramatizing the power of man's indefatigable resolve."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Mar 2, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Station Agent (2003) |
"
A little gem."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Feb 2, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
79%
|
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"
Why can't other filmmakers challenge, surprise, and excite us like this?"
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Oct 23, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Spirited Away (2001) |
"
A breathtakingly magical animated fable that lifts your spirits and carries you away to a world far beyond your wildest imagination."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Oct 9, 2002
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Spring Forward (2000) |
"
A remarkable film, totally absorbing from the first frame to the last. It's a marvel of simplicity and depth, comfort and compassion."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Nov 16, 2001
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
He Got Game (1998) |
"
Spike Lee got game. Ain't no two ways about it."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
"
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that 'war educates the senses,' and that statement has never been truer than when applied to Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
A Bug's Life (1998) |
"
A wry, irreverent, and often-times hilarious script by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton caters to grown-ups as much as it does children."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
The Celebration (Festen) (1998) |
"
The Celebration is among one of the finest films ever made."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
Rear Window (1954) |
"
The director's most accomplished film."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
68%
|
Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
"
The musical is dead. Long live the musical! Lars Von Trier has not only resurrected the form in his latest film, he has reinvented it."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"
The kind of film you might want to see several times to appreciate fully: every characterization, every line of dialogue, every frame of film stock has something unique to offer."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Memento (2000) |
"
Absolutely brilliant from end to beginning."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
Part alien invasion flick, part social commentary, Neill Blomkamp's chilling, thrilling District 9 is a wholly original work. And it features a star-making turn from Sharlto Copley."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Feb 14, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"
Director Danny Boyle takes a love story, wraps it up in television game show, and delivers it via a kaleidoscopic travelogue of Mumbai. And it works. Splendidly!"
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 8, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) |
"
Scores an 11 (out of 10) for sheer inspired lunacy but it's the writers' unexpected fondness for their subject matter that puts the film in a class all its own."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
67%
|
Snow Angels (2007) |
"
By the time this intense, well-made drama has run its inevitable course you might well want to collapse in the snow and wave your own arms up and down in surrender."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Apr 2, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Juno (2007) |
"
Screenwriter Cody's wit and imagination are seemingly endless."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Dec 12, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Atonement (2007) |
"
A majestic and intimate romance that should rightly cement the careers of director Joe Wright and leading man James McAvoy, and give Saoirse Ronan some much-deserved exposure."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Dec 1, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
With No Country for Old Men, the brothers Coen return to Texas -- and to form."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Nov 22, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
53%
|
Yes (2005) |
"
Sally Potter has achieved a work that sings to us -- sensually, angrily, and beautifully."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Sicko (2007) |
"
Michael Moore takes on U.S. Healthcare (or lack thereof) in this impassioned plea for change."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
The Host (Gwoemul) (2007) |
"
Slapstick and Godzilla-inspired histrionics go (skillfully) hand-in-hand in this hugely entertaining creature feature from South Korea."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Mar 14, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
46%
|
Bobby (2006) |
"
That other Bobby (Altman) would be very proud..."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jan 2, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Little Children (2006) |
"
Hypnotic in its appeal, devastating in its approach, ruefully acted and bravely narrated. One of the year's best."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Nov 16, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Very nice. Happy times. Great success."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Nov 11, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Half Nelson (2006) |
"
Ryan Gosling wrestles with adult themes and comes out on top."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Sep 23, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) |
"
Little Miss Sunshine offers, among other things, ensemble acting at its very best. You'd be hard pressed to find a funnier, more touching film this year. "
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Sep 23, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
22%
|
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006) |
"
Utterly charming."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Aug 26, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"
With A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater proves that anything worth doing is worth doing right, no matter how painstaking a process doing it right might prove to be."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 22, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
75%
|
Nine Lives (2005) |
"
You keep waiting for the weak link in the chain, or the half-hearted performance, but they never ever come."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part I - The Moab Story () |
"
Maddeningly brilliant -- and typically excessive -- in keeping with Greenaway's more mature works."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Sep 24, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
82%
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"
It's hard to imagine a more fitting interpreter of Roald Dahl, particularly his beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, than director Tim Burton."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Aug 18, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
Sin City (2005) |
"
Comic, sexy, and ultraviolent -- one of the best films of the year!"
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
My Summer of Love (2004) |
"
Pawel Pawlikowski's open and poetic new film proves without a shadow of a doubt that his stunning Last Resort from 2000 was no fluke."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Cinderella Man (2005) |
"
Comparisons to Eastwood's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby are not only expected but welcomed, since Cinderella Man is (surprisingly) just as good."
—
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"
The director and star of Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou) reunite for this grimmer, grimier, but no less magnificent moviegoing experience."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Dec 28, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
The wine metaphors flow like, er... wine in this bold, boisterous, and eminently quaffable road movie/buddy movie hybrid from director Alexander Payne."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Nov 5, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
46%
|
Rick (2004) |
"
Simply put, rrrrRick is grrrreat!"
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Sep 20, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Garden State (2004) |
"
A sublime and sophisticated debut from writer/director/star Zack Braff, this year's Lost in Translation with Newark, NJ standing in for Tokyo."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Aug 18, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
66%
|
The Door in the Floor (2004) |
"
An excellent rendering of the first third of A Widow for One Year, and one of the best John Irving adaptations to date thanks to the Oscar (R)-worthy Bridges and Basinger."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Jul 29, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
70%
|
Dogville (2003) |
"
Sure it's anti-American but it's also anti-Hollywood and that makes Dogville edgy, thought-provoking, and daringly original."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Apr 14, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2003) |
"
Brutal and brilliant, Meirelles's stunning City of God virtually redefines the word storytelling."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Jan 27, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
58%
|
AKA (2002) |
"
Beautifully crafted, daringly staged, and movingly scored, AKA is a triumph of British cinema (and cinema in general)."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Jan 13, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) |
"
A charming, one-of-a-kind experience, a breathtakingly drawn and uproariously funny film by French animator Sylvain Chomet. It's one of the most delightful films of the year."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Jan 13, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
21 Grams (2003) |
"
Superb performances by Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts highlight 21 Grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu's electrifying follow-up to Amores Perros."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Jan 5, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
99%
|
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) (2003) |
"
With its near-perfect blend of live news footage and expository interviews, Bus 174 grabs you by the throat and threatens never to let you go."
—
Movie Boeuf
Posted Dec 8, 2003
|
67%
——
98%
