Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| The Hidden (1987) | An underappreciated 80s classic. — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 11, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Mishima - A Life in Four Chapters (1985) | Stylish, evocative, and a little frightening. — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 11, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos: Hands of Fate (1992) | One of the best Best Brains assaults ever. — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 11, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 64%
| Phantasm (1978) | Still weird and stylish after all these years — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 7, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Bride With White Hair (1993) | Wild and inventive — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 7, 2004 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 58%
| Escape From L.A. (1996) | Could have been so much better — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| Fear of a Black Hat (1994) | Often clever and funny — DVD Verdict Posted Jun 6, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 36%
| Rambo III (1988) | Pure hysteria -- both in the comedic and political senses. — DVD Verdict Posted Jun 6, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Polyester (1981) | This is only worth it if you can see it in Smellovision — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Birth of a Nation (1915) | Watch it for the historical value, but pity anyone who thinks this is real history — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 11%
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | This movie can kill a franchise faster than kryptonite — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| The Awful Truth - The Complete First Season (1999) | Funny and ballsy — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 83%
| The Belly of An Architect (1987) | Too realistic for Greenaway's stylish sensibility — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Rotten 0/5
| Rotten 18%
| Turbulence (1997) | Irritating and shrill — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Red Dawn (1984) | Cold war camp. It was funny in 1984, and it is even funnier now. — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 97%
| 101 Dalmatians (1961) | No article or quote available — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Lion King (1994) | No article or quote available — DVD Verdict Posted May 12, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 50%
| Mondo Cane (1962) | There is a raw charm here, a sense of spectacle just for the hell of it. — DVD Verdict Posted May 11, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| Dressed to Kill (1980) | One of De Palma's better Hitchcock rip-offs. — DVD Verdict Posted Apr 29, 2003 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 13%
| Diabolique (1996) | Another pointless remake of a film that was nearly perfect to begin with. — DVD Verdict Posted Apr 29, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| The Last Unicorn (1982) | No article or quote available — DVD Verdict Posted Apr 29, 2003 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Sunset Boulevard (1950) | Wilder gets away with murder -- brilliantly. — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| Martin (1978) | One of the best psychological vampire movies — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Hard Boiled (1992) | Woo says farewell to Hong Kong with a send-up of Hong Kong action movies — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | All style, and that's about it. — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Total Recall (1990) | Is it an over-the-top action film or a parody of action films? — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 59%
| The Omega Man (1971) | Watching Heston survive the apocalypse takes on a creepy subtext these days — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Anarchy from the UK, in a good way — DVD Verdict Posted Jan 13, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| M Butterfly (1993) | May be Cronenberg's weakest effort, but still far more acid than The Crying Game — DVD Verdict Posted Dec 1, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| N/A | Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) | Clever satire — DVD Verdict Posted Dec 1, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 97%
| Rope (1948) | More of a disposable experiment from Hitch than a fully developed film -- but even his castoffs are interesting. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 30, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Playtime (1967) | Luminously inspired. One of the greatest examples of mise en scene captured on film. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| The Stuff (1985) | The satire works just enough to keep the film alive. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) | So dreadfully wrong in every respect that it all turns into a gloriously surreal trip. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| The Jungle Book (1967) | So Walt told his team not to read the book. But who can resist those songs? — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 20%
| Galaxina (1980) | Notorious only because of the tragic life of its star, Dorothy Stratten. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | The Devil's Son-In-Law (1977) | The grandfather of rap at his most bizarre. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 56%
| Switching Channels (1988) | It is hard to go wrong adapting The Front Page -- yet again -- so this film has an easy ride. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) | It's no Jason and the Argonauts, but it brings back fond memories of my childhood. — DVD Verdict Posted Oct 18, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Decalogue Box Set (1988) | Why can't American television be this challenging? — DVD Verdict Posted Sep 24, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | The Way Things Go (1987) | Postmodern Rube Goldberg — DVD Verdict Posted Sep 20, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) | A little formal, but the "you are there" conceit works nicely — DVD Verdict Posted Sep 17, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 93%
| Light Sleeper (1992) | Schrader covers old territory, but does it with style. — DVD Verdict Posted Sep 6, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 84%
| The Rescuers (1977) | Flawed, but better than most Ron Miller Disney flicks. — DVD Verdict Posted Sep 3, 2002 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 46%
| Hard Target (1993) | Woo's body came to America, but his brain must have stayed in Hong Kong. — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 25, 2002 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Batman Forever (1995) | Sometimes camp is fun -- but not this time. — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 25, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Roman Holiday (1953) | Charming and urbane — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 25, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| The Thing (1982) | Unpredictable and inventive; one of the best contemporary horror films — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 25, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Blood of a Poet (1930) | Every frame is magic. — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 4, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 95%
| Things to Come (1936) | Wells wrote the screenplay, so look to this for the clearest distillation of his philosophy on film. — DVD Verdict Posted Aug 4, 2002 |
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