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Brian Orndorf

Brian Orndorf

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

Publications:
BrianOrndorf.com , Collider.com , Dark Horizons , DVDTalk.com , eFilmCritic.com , FilmJerk.com , Modamag.com , OhmyNews.com , rec.arts.movies.reviews , Sci-Fi Movie Page
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
2870
Location:
East Coast

Best Reviewed Films

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A 66% God Bless America (2012) " Even for a filmmaker who's made pictures about bestiality, autoerotic asphyxiation, and alcoholic clowns, God Bless America still manages to astonish with its audacious content and ballsy execution." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Apr 13, 2012
A 80% Young Adult (2011) " Proves Cody to be a screenwriter of immense observational skill and depth, finally ditching her pop tart crutches to shape a stark story of self-destruction, spun endearingly by a game cast and a blessedly unobtrusive director." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 8, 2011
A 89% The Descendants (2011) " Flawless in the still manner it approaches crippling encounters with grief and disgust, dryly expressing the necessary unraveling of a distracted man. The Descendents is simply terrific, profound yet understated. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Nov 20, 2011
A 92% Drive (2011) " An ideal role for Gosling, who's always better seen than heard, contributing a near-wordless performance of pure style and stare, posed carefully while Refn fans the Steve McQueen flames...A sensational picture." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Sep 14, 2011
A 81% Higher Ground (2011) " It's honest and richly imagined, drilling to the heart of commitment and life. It's difficult material from which to launch a filmmaking career, yet this is a splendidly confident, unexpected movie. One of the best of 2011. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Sep 7, 2011
A 56% Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) " An anarchic motion picture, but reveals triumphant originality -- a sublime daredevil of a film that authentically assumes a great deal of risk. Not many sequels can lay claim to that." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 20, 2011
A 91% Winnie the Pooh (2011) " Imagine that, an entire motion picture built around the innate charms and feisty personalities of its cast of characters, without the need for bathroom humor or story padding. This movie is downright huggable. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 13, 2011
A 67% Point Break (1991) " The essence of movie remains unsullied, and with every viewing comes fresh details and a new appreciation for the film's fearlessness and originality in the midst of all of the cop formula." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 12, 2011
A 98% Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) " With all the time-travel and cyborg collision going on, Cameron does a fine job believing in his logic. Even if the math doesn't always add up, it's easy to be swept up by this audacious movie." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 5, 2011
A 59% Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) " More than happy to indulge a few moments of high-flying screen acrobatics, Prince delights in the muck -- a divine aesthetic that quickens the pace and, hopefully for younger viewers, encourages plenty of backyard recreation." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jun 14, 2011
A —— Star Tours (1987) " Star Wars takes a new breath of life with this attraction, and it's an absolute treat. It appears there's still plenty of force to fling around in this franchise." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted May 17, 2011
4/4 91% Source Code (2011) " Don't be shocked if it encourages a tear or two along the way. Jones has crafted a rounded, weighty thrill ride, and I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up as one of the best pictures of the year." — Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Mar 31, 2011
A 91% Bambi (1942) " Even Daryl Hall would have to admit this is one of the finest animated features committed to film, produced and packaged during Walt Disney's ballsiest years of control." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Mar 7, 2011
A 68% Black Death (2011) " Brutal, austere, and ultimately an effective educational tool, the picture is an unflinching, haunting dissection of fundamentalism, translating the rigors of faith into a grotesque poetry of pain and suffering. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Feb 17, 2011
A 78% Dances With Wolves (1990) " Dances with Wolves is as genuine an artistic triumph as they come; a spellbinding American classic that tastes the tears of a country in the midst of all its incomparable beauty." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jan 20, 2011
A 86% Rabbit Hole (2010) " It's a heartbreaker, but in graciously artistic ways; a stirring screen purging of the highest order. Who knew John Cameron Mitchell had it in him?" — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jan 14, 2011
A 96% True Grit (2010) " In a most deflating film year of unspeakable mediocrity, Grit is a welcome adrenaline shot of widescreen artistry and chewy personality, adding another trophy to the crowded mantle of these filmmaking masters. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 21, 2010
A 30% The Virginity Hit (2010) " A complete charmer: smut with a smile, executed without a series of winks or suffocated with sarcasm. It's what American Pie should've been." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Sep 15, 2010
A 94% The Town (2010) " It's a turbulent story explored with a steady hand, launching Affleck to the upper echelon of American filmmaking talent. It's a tense, terse, specialized triumph." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Sep 15, 2010
A 78% Pump up the Volume (1990) " Slater is Moyle's generator, powering the film through some sludgy melodramatics, and while his separation of Mark and Hard Harry is practically Kabuki theater, the effort is just wonderful." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 30, 2010
A 88% Tommy (1975) " The core essence of Tommy lies in the quivering carriage of Ann-Margret and her heroic personification of Russell's funhouse directorial approach. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 27, 2010
A 82% Ghost (1990) " Achieves every last one of its goals, and accomplishes this task through thoughtful thespian efforts, considered direction, and a magnetic hold of romanticism that glues together a crowd-pleaser of the highest order. " — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 16, 2010
A 65% Die Hard 2 (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) (1990) " Exquisite widescreen theatrics and explosive entertainment. It's an awesome machine of mayhem....a skilled sequel, a brass-knuckled bruiser of an action picture, and a sublime cinematic distraction." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jul 6, 2010
A 81% Total Recall (1990) " Not only one of the best films of 1990, it's one of Arnold's finest cinematic accomplishments -- a fireball of a film...still disembowels like a champion." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted May 31, 2010
A 71% Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) " It's a must-see for any Disney purist, but is also an emotive, stunningly valuable documentary in its own right." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Apr 16, 2010
A —— Dynamite Brothers (1974) " The unfamiliarity wears off swiftly since the quality of the riffing is superlative here, exhaustively poking a particularly primitive film pulled from the overflowing 1970's vault of celluloid shame." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Jan 3, 2010
A 56% Irreversible (2002) " Contains crippling, extended acts of sexual violence and general inhumanity, yet, under the bleeding rawness of it all, was a film of brilliant technical achievement and unrivaled, unrelenting ferocity." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 90% Knocked Up (2007) " Apatow's cockeyed Citizen Kane, merging goofball, pothead jokes with a plausible story of unshakable relationship discomfort; a broad mismatch of personalities and body shapes glued together by the cruelty of insemination." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 84% Sweet Land (2006) " Exceptionally photographed and remarkably performed by actors Tim Guinee and Elizabeth Reaser, Sweet Land is modest, but demonstrative, eager to detail a love story that sustains for a lifetime." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 85% Batman Begins (2005) " Drained of its color, the franchise rediscovered its valor, landing the caped crusader his finest motion picture effort to date. And the ending? Oh, that ending." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 88% Almost Famous (2000) " It's a world of brotherhood, groupies, the bright spotlight of fame, and the bitterness of business, packaged into a gushing, intuitive valentine from Crowe to his former magical life." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 80% The Royal Tenenbaums (2002) " The filmmaker's great conjunction picture, where every element, from casting to cinematography, found perfect alignment, bringing about Anderson's most emotionally pulling, visually arresting feature." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 79% Punch-Drunk Love (2002) " While certainly sweet, Love is more compelling as a veiled threat, with Anderson jerking the audience around, wielding abrasive characters and hostile situations in a manner I've come to adore." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 95% Lost In Translation (2003) " A relationship picture with elegant connective tissue; it's brittle and real, focused on the nuances of body language and unspoken desire, while indulging in a cheeky bit of knowing absurdity when the mood strikes." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 85% Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) " A head-spinning dream project of extraordinarily bi-polar, nutso invention, Vol. 1 is a candy store rampage, cheering on Tarantino's fetishes as he built a colorful war machine of ideal double-feature dementia." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 28, 2009
A 79% Open Range (2003) " Range is handed a stunning period scope by Costner's directorial eye, while forming an unexpectedly tender core to help endear these character past their grizzled exterior." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 17, 2009
A 87% Lilya 4-Ever (Lilja 4-ever) (2003) " A harsh dramatic brew, Lilya 4-Ever is a monumental, abrasive document of a young life flushed down the drain; it's an exceptional, deafening humanitarian alarm that will continue to overwhelm and outrage for years to come." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 17, 2009
A 90% Cast Away (2000) " Remains one of the more vividly transporting films I've come into contact with. It's heartbreaking, darkly comedic, bravely observational, and ultimately, pure emotional poetry." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 7, 2009
A 61% Return to Me (2000) " Contrivances abound, no doubt, but the picture refuses any disingenuous pollutant access to the mix, instead leading with heartfelt, lived-in emotions, enjoying a deliciously homey mood of friendly flirtation and old-world wisdom." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 7, 2009
A 88% X2: X-Men United (2003) " For this brief shining moment, the "X-Men" universe held perfect pitch, and funny book movies had a new standard of execution to live up to." — Modamag.com
Posted Dec 7, 2009
A 59% Kikujiro (2000) " Leads with Kitano's exquisite timing and ability to mine both laughs and heartache in a single instant. It's a gorgeous take on alienation and guardianship." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Dec 7, 2009
A 93% Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) " A breathtaking cinematic marvel; Anderson finds a magnificent home nestled firmly in the luxurious textures of the animation, the dancing vocal performances, and delicious wry tone that makes for stunningly fanciful cinema." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Nov 24, 2009
A 63% Love Actually (2003) " Bombastic audience-hooting moments aside, Curtis has written his most accomplished film, finding the energy to direct the hell out of it as well. And it's even gloriously R-rated to boot." — DVDTalk.com
Posted Oct 30, 2009
A 100% Toy Story (1995) " A magnificent film, created with a then unproven playful spirit that merges broad cartoon antics with an endearing eye toward nostalgia -- the heartbreaking years when wonder turns to knowledge and maturation." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Oct 1, 2009
A 80% It Might Get Loud (2009) " A spectacular valentine to the gale force rush of music appreciation. Loud is contagious fun, informative and inspirational. Multiply the bliss by 1000 if you happen to be a fan of any of these men." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Sep 9, 2009
A 62% Uncle Buck (1989) " It's a goofy movie, but also extraordinarily sly, unafraid to permit generous screentime to bizarre jokes and situations of slack guardian supervision." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 26, 2009
A 88% The Abyss (1989) " The movie was a bear to make and it shows onscreen, parading around a series of mesmerizing set-pieces that look deliciously hard-earned in ways our current CG-drenched filmmaking climate never allows." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 26, 2009
A 82% Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) " One of the finest examples of the genre, and, in my humble estimation, one of the greatest sequels put to film. Perhaps deranged hyperbole, but rarely does a follow-up outgun the original film as swiftly as Lethal 2 does." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 26, 2009
A 96% Do the Right Thing (1989) " It's perhaps one of the greatest summer movies of all time. Do the Right Thing is as perfect as a film can get." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 26, 2009
A 89% Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) " Last Crusade is pure kicks, and I would never fault this spunky blast of quips and near-misses for trying to vanilla its way back into the hearts of millions." — BrianOrndorf.com
Posted Aug 26, 2009
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