Critics » David Poland

David Poland

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:
Hot Button , Movie City Geek , Movie City News , TNT's Rough Cut
Critics' Group:
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Total Reviews:
686
Total QuickRatings:
387

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
100% Paul Williams Still Alive (2012) " I kinda loved Paul Williams Still Alive." — Movie City News
Posted May 23, 2012
93% Marvel's The Avengers (2012) " I just wish it was actually a really good, memorable summer Movie Movie. And it's not. It doesn't suck, but it's not One Of Those." — Movie City News
Posted Apr 30, 2012
47% The Three Stooges (2012) " Anyone who pans this film needs the stick taken out of their butt. Nyuk Nyuk." — Movie City News
Posted Apr 12, 2012
85% The Hunger Games (2012) " Why is the movie like eating the white of a hard boiled egg with no salt, pepper, or any other flavor except "white?"" — Movie City News
Posted Mar 20, 2012
91% Footnote (2012) Movie City News
Posted Mar 8, 2012
52% John Carter (2012) " 30% less story would have been really helpful and made for a better film. At least for people who are not just watching something they have already imagined in their heads." — Movie City News
Posted Mar 7, 2012
85% 21 Jump Street (2012) " This is one of those movies that is much better than expected, but is still for a specific audience." — Movie City News
Posted Mar 7, 2012
77% War Horse (2011) " One cannot help but to root for this horse like you would root for any of the great heroes of the movies. He embodies the traits of persistence, courage, and survival. " — Movie City News
Posted Dec 25, 2011
44% J. Edgar (2011) " When I think of how brilliantly rendered some of Eastwood's"stuck men" have been, I am all the more frustrated." — Movie City News
Posted Nov 5, 2011
30% The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) " You're kidding, right?" — Movie City News
Posted Oct 5, 2011
72% Carnage (2011) " Great cast... all in the wrong roles. By singling out the characters and isolating them instead of letting them breathe as a group, Polanski kills the rhythm of the piece." — Movie City News
Posted Oct 2, 2011
98% The Artist (2011) " It's a lot like falling in love. You can't really express what it is you feel, but you feel it so powerfully, you can't ever imagine not feeling it." — Movie City News
Posted Sep 3, 2011
84% Contagion (2011) " A masterpiece bound by the genre it lives in, but a masterpiece all the same." — Movie City News
Posted Sep 3, 2011
83% Warrior (2011) " It's a great fight movie, even if you, like me, could not care less about Mixed Martial Arts. But it also plumbs the emotional depth in a way that The Fighter really focused on doing, but never quite did." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 23, 2011
92% Senna (2011) Movie City News
Posted Aug 10, 2011
25% The Change-Up (2011) " The thing you need to know about The Change-Up is that it is epically raunchy. I expected very little and had a lot of laughs in this movie." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 10, 2011
78% Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) " There is a 5 minute sequence that holds up against the greatest romantic films of all time. Then there's the rest, which I won't stop to watch on cable/satellite next year." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 10, 2011
76% The Help (2011) " This tiny slice of the south works as a summer diversion that works out what used to be worked out by reading a good paperback." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 10, 2011
98% Project Nim (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jul 30, 2011
44% Cowboys & Aliens (2011) " Cowboys & Aliens is no less than the first colossal, epic turd of the Summer of 2011." — Movie City News
Posted Jul 30, 2011
71% Friends With Benefits (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jul 22, 2011
33% The Ward (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jun 28, 2011
89% Crime After Crime (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jun 28, 2011
35% Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) " We won't see any better fireworks show this summer. Enjoy it. It's the Transformers movie that we always wanted them to make." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 28, 2011
44% Bad Teacher (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jun 24, 2011
88% Buck (2011) Movie City News
Posted Jun 15, 2011
27% Green Lantern (2011) " I didn't love this movie. But for the first half-hour, it had me, hungry for it to win me over completely. And then, it got too complicated." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 15, 2011
34% Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) " This is junk that will only excite the least demanding audiences... and kids too young to follow storyline" — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
85% The Tree of Life (2011) " Like sitting in Malick's church... silent and solemn and challenging and reflective. " — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
61% The Beaver (2011) " The Beaver is the best American release I have seen this year... easily. " — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
78% Fast Five (2011) " It's trying so hard to pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease. But that's also why it's entertaining" — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
93% Midnight in Paris (2011) " It isn't a BAD movie. It has some good jokes. The gimmick of the film does have its charms... for a while. " — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
90% Bridesmaids (2011) " It's a pleasant, funny couple of hours at the movies with a few great moments." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
77% Thor (2011) " This film was not painful to watch... but it was no pleasure." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
87% X-Men: First Class (2011) " Take the superpowers out and you have a pretty good foundation for a Bond or Mission:Impossible. And that's a pretty revolutionary idea for the comic book niche." — TNT's Rough Cut
Posted Jun 7, 2011
35% The Hangover Part II (2011) " For me, the bottom line is, did I laugh? And I did. As much as I did the first time around." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
82% Super 8 (2011) " Super 8 is a live-action episode of Robot Chicken, as delivered by a Steven Spielberg tribute band." — Movie City News
Posted Jun 7, 2011
48% Love and Other Drugs (2010) " I'm not saying this is a perfect film. It's not. But it is a daring, challenging piece, and deserves to be seriously considered for all of its strengths, as well as the weaknesses." — Movie City News
Posted Nov 17, 2010
55% Morning Glory (2010) " It's okay." — Movie City News
Posted Nov 10, 2010
86% Unstoppable (2010) " It may be the most entertaining movie you will see this year." — Movie City News
Posted Nov 9, 2010
96% The Social Network (2010) " It is a tremendous entertainment for adults." — Movie City News
Posted Sep 27, 2010
66% The American (2010) " It's a powerful, tiny tale whose whole story could dance on the head of a pin... but whose soul lingers and grabs and demands." — Movie City News
Posted Sep 1, 2010
81% Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) " Scott Pilgrim is about as perfect as it could be. The experience is like looking at a painting. You either instinctively like, dislike, loathe, or love what you are seeing." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 12, 2010
37% Eat Pray Love (2010) " Like any beloved book with a pretty film version, there will be fans of this film, in spite of its flaws. And bless them. I was, mostly, frustrated." — Movie City News
Posted Aug 11, 2010
58% Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4) (2010) " Shrek Forever After is, easily, the best sequel in the series." — Movie City News
Posted May 17, 2010
83% Avatar (2009) " You care about the CG characters. It tugs the heart. It makes you shout. And it is an overwhelming feast of visual artistry unlike anything you have ever seen before." — Movie City News
Posted Dec 11, 2009
37% Nine (2009) " Most certainly not a failure of effort. But mistakes were made. Big mistakes." — Movie City News
Posted Dec 4, 2009
75% Invictus (2009) " A painless, pleasant time at the cinema... that you will likely forget within hours." — Movie City News
Posted Dec 4, 2009
32% The Lovely Bones (2009) " A beautiful piece about how we love and the horrors of life that get in the way." — Movie City News
Posted Dec 4, 2009
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