ROTTEN TOMATOES: Cole Smithey

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4	Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
A	Nanking
A+	There Will Be Blood
A-	This Christmas
B+	I'm Not There
B	Margot at the Wedding
B-	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
C+	Love in the Time of Cholera
C	Lions for Lambs
C-	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
D+	Awake
D	Fat Girls
D-	Postal
F	Southland Tales

BEST REVIEWED
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A+	Trouble the Water
A	Anita O'Day - The Life Of A Music Legend
A+	The Dark Knight
A	The Exiles
A	WALL-E
A	Elegy
A	Man on Wire
A	Encounters at the End of the World
A	Mongol
A	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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F	The Signal
F	Southland Tales
F	The Hills Have Eyes II
F	The Devil's Rejects
D-	Henry Poole Is Here
D-	Postal
D-	The Reaping
D-	Wild Hogs
D-	The Number 23
D	Sixty Six
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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B+	"Satire and spectacle are balanced perfectly in this cynical and sexy thrill ride." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 20, 2008	Death Race (2008)	33%
A-	"Writer/director Jiri Menzel's ambitious filmic adaptation of Bohumil Hrabal's picaresque novel about a diminutive Czech waiter with dreams of becoming a millionaire and of owning his own hotel, is a rich black comedy steeped in wartime experience and sexu" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 13, 2008	I Served the King of England (2008)	93%
D-	""Henry Poole is Here" is not a movie, but rather a sketch for a screenplay that was never written. If ever there was a cinematic impetus to give up all hope for humanity and free expression, it is this patronizing, condescending, and vacuous waste of cell" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 13, 2008	Henry Poole Is Here (2008)	37%
B-	"This old-school throwback to '80s era horror movies takes pride in the teen screams extracted by its goo-spurting, tentacled monster and his newly minted henchmen as they attack an unfortunate group of young college students." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 12, 2008	Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008)	63%
A+	"Gut-wrenching, infuriating, hopeful and unlike any other documentary ever made, "Trouble the Water" is a very specific view of two powerful human beings whose humble heroism and instincts for survival put to shame that of the authorities purported to prov" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 6, 2008	Trouble the Water (2008)	100%
B-	"Here's a sweetly mannered sports movie with heart, that's ideal for introducing baseball traditions and vocabulary to kids." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 3, 2008	The Perfect Game (2008)	n/a
B	"The soul of one of rock's true poets is examined in an appropriately abstract way in Steven Sebring's black and white documentary that could have benefited from more of Patti Smith's songs and another pass in the editing room." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 3, 2008	Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)	63%
B+	"A heady blend of outrageous Grand Guignol comic set pieces and fast-twitch dialogue, "Tropic Thunder" walks a fine line of dangerous satire that straddles gallows humor and bawdy pop-culture inflected slapstick." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	Tropic Thunder (2008)	83%
C-	"The movie does little to elucidate the experiences and suicidal personality of a singer who was more of a poseur than a musician." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	What We Do Is Secret (2008)	41%
A	"You come away from the documentary impressed by a fiercely individualistic and beautiful woman who lived by her own rules with a fluid mastery of music that few musicians ever attain." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	Anita O'Day - The Life Of A Music Legend (2008)	100%
A-	"Pineapple Express draws on stylistic and plot elements from '70s martial arts movies, shock horror films, and Tarantino set pieces to generate a new type of irreverent comic cinema in touch with the candid loyalty of a new generation." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	Pineapple Express (2008)	68%
D	"Director Paul Weiland ("Made of Honor") co-wrote the tone-deaf screenplay for this cinematic abortion that features the ever-lousy Stephen Rea adding his specific brand of stench to a pasted-together movie that is predictable and boring as it is depressin" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	Sixty Six (2008)	58%
B+	"Anyone who doubts for a second that the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Presidential elections were stolen by the Republicans using a methodical process of illegal machinations, should see this nightmare-inducing documentary on the subject." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Aug 2, 2008	Stealing America: Vote By Vote (2008)	46%
C-	"Director Courtney Hunt's drama of poverty, illegal immigration and American Indian dystopia suffers from an underdeveloped script and amateur performances." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 27, 2008	Frozen River (2008)	78%
A-	"Hawaii's role in the transformation of surfing from what many considered to be a pastime for drug-crazed counter-culture rebels to a multi-billion dollar sport is examined in debut director Jeremy Gosch's documentary about the group of Australian and Sout" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 27, 2008	Bustin' Down the Door (2008)	64%
B-	"There's enough innocent charm and dumb optimism here to pad the movie's lighthearted pokes at humor." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 27, 2008	The Rocker (2008)	35%
C	"*For all of the fan hullabaloo around its plotline, The X-Files: I Want to Believe* is little more than an extended if atmospheric version of the former television show.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Jul 23, 2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)	33%
B	"Goofy, bawdy, and full of slapstick physicality "Step Brothers" takes advantage of the natural comic chemistry between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly to generate a coming of age comedy that's funnier than any of Will Ferrell's recent outings." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 21, 2008	Step Brothers (2008)	50%
A+	"The Dark Knight packs in at least two films worth of action, suspense, spectacle, horror, and nuanced social commentary. You�ll want to see it more than twice." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 16, 2008	The Dark Knight (2008)	94%
B	"Former stuntman Rick Waugh turns writer/director to make a compelling and gritty drama that is as much a commentary on America's failed justice/prison system as it is about the devastation suffered by an honest family man imprisoned for killing a burglar" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 15, 2008	Felon (2008)	59%
D	""The Doorman" is a thinly written indie comedy--it's only 79 minutes long--that will have you kicking yourself for wasting whatever time and money you spent to watch it." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 14, 2008	The Doorman (2008)	25%
B+	"Once it gets past its high-pitched squeals of estrogen-fueled excitement in the opening sequences, director Phyllida Lloyd's screen adaptation of the popular Broadway play based on Abba songs, settles into a harmonically pleasing comedy set amid the extra" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 12, 2008	Mamma Mia! (2008)	54%
A	"Director Brent MacKenzie's black-and-white documentary/narrative genre blender about urbanized Native Americans in 1961 Los Angeles is a cold glass of cinematic water drawn from the same well as Joseph Strick's "The Savage Eye" (1960)." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 12, 2008	The Exiles (1961)	89%
C	"Guy Pierce's performance is perhaps the worst researched role of the year, and Catherine Zeta-Jones never connects to her character's lower class milieu." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 11, 2008	Death Defying Acts (2008)	46%
C-	"Breslin is the best thing about this myopic comedy that doesn't even get any humorous traction from the stereotypes it presses through its low-fidelity independent film filter." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 11, 2008	Harold (2008)	25%
C-	"Lush cinematic compositions, locations, and costumes compensate for some of the story's lacking impact, but not enough to recommend it as anything more than a guilty pleasure." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 6, 2008	The Last Mistress (2008)	78%
B	"A visually delightful movie packed with plenty of goofy character elements that keep it entertaining." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 5, 2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)	87%
B	"A breathtaking adaptation of Jules Verne's classic sci-fi novel, filled with eye-pleasing gags and sudden shocks of surprise that fall under the spell of strong performances from its terrific three-person cast." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 5, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	61%
A-	"You'll come for the action; you'll enjoy it more because of James McAvoy." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 30, 2008	Wanted (2008)	73%
B-	"For all of its illumination of one of the most enigmatic figures in American literature, "Gonzo" mistakenly paints Hunter S. Thompson as a writer whose star burned out decades before his long foreshadowed suicide in 2005." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 29, 2008	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)	88%
B+	"Screenwriter/director Jonathan Levine makes a remarkable sophomore film with a deceptively simple story of urban romance set in Manhattan's final pot-friendly days of the mid-'90s before Rudolph Giuliani's Disneyfication took its stranglehold on the city." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 29, 2008	The Wackness (2008)	63%
A	"*Drawing on science fiction epics like 2001: A Space Odyssey* and Star Wars, Wall-E may be the first truly dystopian animated movie for kids.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Jun 29, 2008	WALL-E (2008)	97%
B-	"For a robust action story about three people from very different backgrounds attempting to make a positive influence on their world, "Hancock" is a step in the right direction." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 24, 2008	Hancock (2008)	38%
N/A	"Icelandic Beauty ExportAnita Briem Makes a 3-D DebutBy Cole Smithey" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 23, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	61%
B+	"Blacklisted screenwriter and freedom-fighter Dalton Trumbo is revealed in this touching documentary that utilizes talking-head interviews along with Trumbo's letters to flesh out the man responsible for such film classics as "Johnny Got His Gun," "Spartac" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 23, 2008	Trumbo (2008)	76%
B-	"Although much of its archive footage from high school games shows up blurry, pixleated or in an otherwise raw form, it nonetheless clarifies the abilities of thoroughly committed young players executing their most impressive basketball skills." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 22, 2008	Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)	89%
A	"Based on Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal," "Elegy" an impassioned cinematic adaptation from director Isabel Coixet ("The Secret Life of Worlds")..." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Elegy (2008)	71%
B	"High production values, and a cast that includes Joan Cusack and Stanley Tucci, elevate the movie above its after-school-special limitations." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)	80%
A	"No amount of description can transmit the passion and joy in this wonderful picture, assisted by a lyrical musical score by composer Michael Myman. See this movie." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Man on Wire (2008)	100%
A	""Encounters at the End of the World," is an adventure documentary where our perception of nature's fierce beauty is filtered through Herzog's mad-genius mind." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 13, 2008	Encounters at the End of the World (2008)	94%
C-	"Slow pacing and a muted sound production only add to the CGI disaster inflicted on what should have been a believable superhero created with 21st century technology." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 13, 2008	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	67%
B+	"Shot in his signature black-and-white, the movie sustains a dreamlike quality that freely allows non sequitur ideas, historical events, and memories to come alive." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 12, 2008	My Winnipeg (2008)	97%
B-	"*Although its chemistry never gels, Get Smart* pulls off a sufficient number of goofy action set pieces to earn its entertainment value.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Jun 11, 2008	Get Smart (2008)	53%
D	"One-hit-wonder M. Night Shyamalan further galvanizes the nickname given him by his detractors ("Shyamalama-ding-dong") with yet another pretentious movie." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 11, 2008	The Happening (2008)	19%
C+	"This is a foreign horror movie that's all about style and shock value. The fruit of Argento's mad vision is an acquired taste, but there's plenty to chew on here." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 9, 2008	Mother of Tears (2008)	49%
D+	"Hopes are dashed for the screenwriting contribution of Judd Apatow to elevate Adam Sandler as a poor man's Groucho Marx..." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 8, 2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)	34%
C	"Muted bits of slapstick and verbal insults arrive with more clunkers than zingers, but the performances are adequate and the tone sincere." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	The Promotion (2008)	47%
A	"For anyone even slightly interested in Mongolian history or in the life of the man who would conquer a fifth of the Earth's landmass, "Mongol" is a movie that demands repeated screenings." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	Mongol (2008)	88%
B-	"Jack Black inhabits the animated panda called Po with so much of his signature whimsy that audiences get a double dose of Black's comic persona." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	88%
B+	"There are no martyrs in this anti-sentimental ironic movie that nevertheless percolates with emotion and accepts its quirky characters for all of their flaws." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 25, 2008	A Christmas Tale (2008)	n/a

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