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DEREK SMITH

Agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

Biography: I am 26 years old and a recent college graduate working/living in San Diego. I have always loved movies, but the obsession took over about 5 years ago. Aside from movies, I enjoy reading, sports, and hanging out with friends.

Favorites: http://www.cinematicreflections.com/Masterpieces.html

Publications: Apollo Guide, Cinematic Reflections

Total Reviews: 161
Total QuickRatings: 52

Location: San Diego

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Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 61%	Hulk (2003)	" The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair." — Apollo Guide Posted Jan 16, 2008
Fresh 3.5/4	Rotten 42%	The Bucket List (2007)	" The only Ang Lee film where he shows even a modicum of originality in his direction or any real personality or interesting visual flair." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jan 16, 2008
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 71%	This Land is Mine (1943)	" It moves along like a well-oiled machine until the devestating final act ties all of the smaller stories together, making it's point without being overbearing or obvious." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 30, 2006
—	Fresh 100%	Lessons of Darkness/Fata Morgana (1971)	Click here to read article — Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 88%	How Green Was My Valley (1941)	" [Its] moralizing is dishonest and at times offensive. No matter how effectively a story is told, it's hard to buy into one that so often deceives its audience." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 80%	Bitter Victory (1957)	" There is a sense that while the men here are well-versed in the theories of war, they are clueless about the realities of combat." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Oct 30, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 88%	Down by Law (1986)	" Its soul is the same as all Jarmusch films, but here he digs a bit deeper into the roots of his own methodology and that to which he is opposed." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 25, 2006
—	Fresh 82%	To Be or Not to Be (1983)	Click here to read article — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 26, 2006
Fresh 2.5/4	Fresh 81%	A Prairie Home Companion (2006)	" With A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman has once again showcased his talent for creating complex, insular worlds for his characters to inhabit." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 64%	Perfect Blue (1997)	" [An] nime thriller [that] often plays as an examination of identity and celebrity, but ultimately gets so lost in its own complex structure that it doesn't end up saying much at all." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 67%	The Seventh Continent (1989)	" A stunning examination of the effects of emotional isolation and the inability to communicate in the modern age." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 50%	Benny's Video (1992)	" Similar to The Seventh Continent, this film's objective is to analyze and deconstruct the effects rather than senselessly guess their causes" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 88%	They Live (1988)	" Carpenter's ability to fuse the bawdy humor and action with an intelligent script make for a genre film that is both thoughtful and entertaining" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Rotten 1.5/4	Fresh 90%	Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	" It remains stuck in a limbo state that more and more indie films find themselves these days, because of its non-committal attitude." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Aug 19, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 100%	Top Hat (1935)	" Top Hat does not glorify wealth or upper class status - if anything it continually pokes fun at it." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jun 24, 2006
Rotten 32/100	N/A	Hwal (2005)	" A painful experience that no amount of eye candy can make up for." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 91%	Pandora's Box (1928)	" One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 61%	The New World (2005)	" A melancholy revery of a time when nature provided a spiritual sustenance that could not be replaced by religious or social order." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 70/100	N/A	The Firm (1988)	" A jarring exploration of the male psyche and the devastating consequences of pride and uncontained machismo in a society where men's lives have lost meaning." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 100%	Salesman (1968)	" Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 89%	Funny Ha Ha (2005)	" One of the most accurate portrayals of post-collegiate disillusionment" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 28, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 69%	The World (2005)	" The World is less a condemnation of the current state of the world than an attempt to explain and come to terms with it." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Mar 4, 2006
Fresh 71/100	Fresh 77%	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)	" its tongue-in-cheek humor effortlessly gives way to poignant drama and period musical pieces throughout." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 6, 2005
Fresh 59/100	Rotten 41%	Where The Truth Lies (2005)	" A delightfully seedy mystery who's joy lies only in the journey." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Dec 6, 2005
Fresh 38/100	Fresh 100%	The Birth of a Nation (1915)	" shocks audiences with its blatant racism yet remains one of the defining films of the silent era." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 24, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 93%	Grizzly Man (2005)	" Offers the best that non-fiction films have to offer, where the filmmaker is able to interact with, rather than simply react to, his subject..." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Sep 24, 2005
Fresh 65/100	Fresh 91%	Downfall (2005)	" Downfall takes on the unenviable task of portraying [Hitler] as a man, rather than a caricature or parody as the norm has dictated." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 24, 2005
Fresh 83/100	Rotten 59%	Last Days (2005)	" Van Sant again sidesteps all of the typical narrative trappings and here his style clearly justifies itself." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 24, 2005
Fresh 65/100	Fresh 83%	Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)	" Walks a thin line between sincerity and pretension, but ultimately deals with enough issues head-on to make the occassionally excessive quirkiness forgivable." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 5, 2005
Rotten 40/100	Fresh 84%	Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)	" It's amazing how little we end up knowing about the specific schools and the environment where these kids come from and how much time we're left watching them look cute." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005
Fresh 73/100	Fresh 83%	Rize (2005)	" The dancing, which at first may seem purely ridiculous, becomes an expression of their tortured souls" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005
Fresh 90/100	N/A	Miss Julie (1950)	" A vivid portrait of class barriers, overbearing social mores and the torrid, forbidden love affair that is effected by it." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jul 1, 2005
Fresh 82/100	N/A	Ici Et Ailleurs (1970)	" A vibrant discussion of the nature of the image and how they come to define our reality." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 73/100	Fresh 81%	The Age of Innocence (1993)	" The great tragedy is that the hypocrisies that Newland and Olenska work to reveal are the very same ones that ultimately destroy everything passionate and human within them." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 93/100	Fresh 96%	Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)	" It is an arduous task, but the film achieves a transcendent and ethereal beauty that only the few truly great masterpieces attain." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 66/100	Fresh 100%	Air Force (1943)	" It isn't one of the director's most impressive outputs, but when a solid genre entry such as this is one of your "lesser" films, it says a lot about the quality of your work." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 67%	Nouvelle Vague (1990)	" Nouvelle Vague may be Godard�s most complex and layered film, but attempting to unlock its secrets makes it one of his most rewarding." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Rotten 51%	In Praise of Love (2001)	" Love, in Godard�s case, is indistinguishable from cinema and thus he sees the growing capitalist machine as a threat to both." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 89%	Trust (1990)	" A bold film that defies logic and the rules of screenwriting" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 72/100	Rotten 52%	The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)	" There is a distinct sense that Anderson is trying to re-invent himself with this film." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 77/100	N/A	All I Desire (1953)	" [It] may be the most ironic statement on the disturbing allure of 50s suburbia that Sirk ever made." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 76%	Tape (2001)	" Linklater is testing the boundaries of what can be done with digital video, thematically as well as visually." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Fresh 90/100	Fresh 87%	Heat (1995)	" It is a remarkably powerful, entertaining and invigorating piece of cinema that hits on more levels than seemingly possible." — Cinematic Reflections Posted Apr 23, 2005
Rotten	Fresh 86%	Garden State (2004)	" 'the biggest problems lie in the simplistic nature of the characters and the reliance on quirkiness, rather than genuine, realistic emotion, to connect with its audience.'" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Feb 5, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 100%	Playtime (1967)	" 'It is a new way of seeing the world around us, both life affirming in its vision and brilliant in its satire'" — Cinematic Reflections Posted Jan 30, 2005
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 65%	We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)	" The only extra on the disc is the movie trailer." — Apollo Guide DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 20, 2005
Fresh 85/100	Fresh 65%	We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)	" A modest film that is surprisingly effective in its directness and fascinating for its complex portrayals of marital distress in action." — Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005
Rotten 59/100	N/A	The Photographer (2000)	" There are no extras on the disc." — Apollo Guide DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 20, 2005
Rotten 59/100	N/A	The Photographer (2000)	" Disappoints because it�s an independent film that�s as predictable and clich�-ridden as a weak, formulaic studio picture." — Apollo Guide Posted Jan 20, 2005
Rotten 66/100	Rotten 38%	Le Divorce (2003)	" No extras are included on the DVD." — Apollo Guide DVD REVIEW Posted Jan 20, 2005

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