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Brian Orndorf

Brian Orndorf

Agrees with the Tomatometer 72% of the time.

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Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
3392
Total QuickRatings:
1
Location:
East Coast

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
B 88% Captain Phillips (2013) " A riveting picture, but one that seems like a safe choice for Greengrass, presented in a way that's familiar to those already intimate with his work." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 6, 2013
B —— Night Train to Terror (1985) " Feels like sitting through a horror film festival with a heavy finger resting on the fast-forward button, zooming to all the grisly goodies before it's on to the next sinister story. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
C 80% Laurence Anyways (2013) " For every sublime moment the movie has to offer, there's a cinematic dead zone of indulgence that wipes it away, generating a frustrating, occasionally intolerable sit. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
A- 98% Gravity (2013) " Delivers an exquisite you-are-there head rush, making it one of the most technically sophisticated pictures of the last decade. Gravity is not easily flushed from the system after a viewing. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
A- 100% Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) " A sublime documentary that asks the renowned helmer, proud artist, and part-time madman to walk the audience through his vision for the greatest cinematic epic that never came to be. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
B+ —— Grand Piano () " The pandering finale is a minor dent in an otherwise crisply executed thriller, guaranteeing that any future night at the local orchestra will never feel innocent again. Not even piano playing is safe from lunatics." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
D 8% Runner Runner (2013) " The opening teases discomfort and desperation, only to end as easily as a network television drama. Now where's the risk in that?" — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
B 100% Cheap Thrills () " It's not a swiftly paced picture, but when it finally arrives at the horrible business, it pulls off the madness with gusto." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
B- 68% Bad Milo! (2013) " It's not every day one encounters a story about a man and the goblin that uses his rectum as a home, making the little triumphs of the feature worthy of a look, but only for those in the mood for something odd and a little icky." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
D 8% Argento's Dracula 3D (2013) " A flaccid retelling of Bram Stoker's immortal tale of monstrous obsession, reduced here to a filmed community theater rehearsal with Full Sail freshman visual effects. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
C 46% Parkland (2013) " The pressure of panic is vividly captured in the early going of the movie, but the story ends up elsewhere, lost in melodrama and a meandering sense of focus." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
C 42% All Is Bright (2013) " It's difficult to be a Grinch about such a harmless endeavor, yet without a pulse, the movie can't offer a beating heart." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
D —— Plush (2013) " Doesn't have a single interesting idea to share, wallowing in excess and stupidity, paying more attention to the thickness of eyeliner than the complexity of its mystery. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
B- 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " As these types of cautious cash-ins go, it's quite entertaining, while once again offering an eye-popping visual experience that supports the saggy screenwriting. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 30, 2013
B+ 78% Metallica Through the Never (2013) " Its buzz saw execution is magnificent, making sure the audience exits the theater with melted brains and blood pouring out of their ears, but director Antal leaves the movie with more than a few question marks." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
D 63% Escape From Tomorrow (2013) " Tomorrow doesn't demand deeper inspection. It's an inept lark that's lucked into theatrical release due to the sanctity of its target, forgetting that actual filmmaking skill counts in the end." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
C- 63% The Green Inferno () " A blood-soaked ride into the jaws of Hell, but Inferno is too frivolous to score as nightmare material, finding Roth displaying habitual timidity when it comes to truly shocking encounters. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
C 58% The Sacrament () " Sacrament bottoms out in its second half, with West too paralyzed by the particulars of his inspiration to craft an innovative take on a horrifying event in human history." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B 83% Don Jon (2013) " It's a strong picture with substantial sexual imagery (earning its R-rating), but also an effort that miraculously finds the core of the lead character." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B+ 38% Nightbreed (1990) " The Cabal Cut finally captures what Barker was after, warts and all, reinstating depth, emotion, and a human presence to the story, which finds its fantasy footing once again." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B 76% Man of Tai Chi (2013) " The picture isn't exactly an intellectual pursuit, but the essentials of brutality, choreography, and cinematographic patience are well cared for under Reeves's watch. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B+ 88% The Congress () " Perhaps uneven in the long run, The Congress is inventive and gorgeously unreal, always keeping the viewer interested in the final destination of this unusual journey." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B+ 95% Enough Said (2013) " Louis-Dreyfus gives Enough Said exquisite vulnerability and crack comic timing, helping the helmer lift a slightly tiresome plot off the ground, finding behavioral realism in the midst of sitcom tension." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
D+ 63% Curse of Chucky (2013) " Curse can't shake its groggy DTV presentation, feeling like a cheap experiment to see if the faithful will follow the series now that theatrical demand has passed." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
C 16% Baggage Claim (2013) " Occasionally provides a glimpse of a merry movie that's relaxed and funny, with the cast managing to convey charisma. However, Talbert doesn't approve of this clarity for very long, hurriedly replacing natural charms with plastic ones." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
C 85% A Field in England () " It's not a particularly successful question mark, though your mileage may vary on its interpretational qualities. After all, people can pull meaning out of anything, which is likely Wheatley's intent with this tiring film." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
C 45% Morning (2013) " It's a difficult sit, and not nearly as moving as it should be, with its central idea of lost communication buried under layers of artificiality, damming the mournful flow. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B 57% When Comedy Went to School (2013) " It's a must-see for comedy fanatics, supplying an education on the foundation of Jewish humor as a defense mechanism for oppression, brought to life on stage by the industry's sharpest minds." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
B+ 88% Rush (2013) " It's a nervy movie, supported by two exceptional performances from Hemsworth and Bruhl, who show a commitment to character dignity and the unsteady steps of blossoming respect, making only spare use of overpowering cliche. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
B- 80% Prisoners (2013) " The grim atmosphere of desperation isn't seen to its natural conclusion, rendering the picture tiring and defeated in the final stretch, almost afraid to deliver the killing blow it was teasing for two hours." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
C 5% Battle of the Year (2013) " Everything else in this pedestrian dance drama is either absurdly corny or just plain moronic, though the feature does win points for being so earnest with its hopeless pile of clichés." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 23, 2013
B+ 51% A Single Shot (2013) " A confident offering of suspense that seldom loses its way, holding viewer attention through unfortunate impulses of greed and a sustained grip of paranoia." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
B+ 75% Populaire (2013) " It's a gorgeous picture that's highly amusing, allowing viewers to lose themselves in the fantasy of love, rivalry, and typing. Yes, typing. Any film that can make typewriters as cool as hot rods deserves a look." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
C 34% Salinger (2013) " Fascinating in spurts, maddeningly melodramatic, and bizarrely unfulfilling despite a two-hour run time, Salinger delivers a few facts worth further inspection, but the rest has the tone of a circus sideshow." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
A 99% The Wizard of Oz (1939) " It's a feature built for bigness, with its immersive qualities still potent after all these years. The IMAX 3D treatment is merely a fun exhibition detour." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
C+ 14% The Colony (2013) " Bill Paxton and Laurence Fishburne certainly add to the experience, but this is not a substantial enterprise, requiring a few extra beats of storytelling and panic to pass as a full cinematic meal. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
D 45% And While We Were Here (2013) " A sad routine of hurtful behavior in a movie that never expresses its complicated point of view in a satisfying manner, leaving behind unanswered questions, dim characters, and contemptible actions." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 14, 2013
A 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " A beautiful effort that refuses the lure of cheap sentiment, electing to fashion characters worth inspection, feeling around the woe and frustration that informs each one of these superbly scripted personalities. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
B- 33% Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) " Thornton's approach is liquid enough to allow for a few poignant and unsettling moments, keeping the film captivating and organically felt before it becomes unbearable." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
C- 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " Chapter 2 doesn't feature the finesse or the imagination of the original film, wrongly assuming audiences are hungry for an expansion of exposition, not an exquisite escalation of fear." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
D+ 33% The Family (2013) " It's not a terrible effort from the vastly talented helmer, but one that's tremendously disappointing, failing to live to the promise of its premise, while its sense of humor is funereal at best. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
B 92% Museum Hours (2013) " The reward is an intelligent, observant effort that extracts a purity of existence from the nuances of art and enjoys the beauty of human connection." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
B+ 100% Rewind This! (2013) " It's affectionate and educational, with enough visual evidence to act as a time machine, bringing viewers back to an era of movie-watching exploration and physical media worship." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 9, 2013
D —— Mission Killfast (1991) " Mikels arrives loaded with tempting B-movie elements, but he can't connect the dots, creating a film that's more comfortable spewing knotted exposition than delivering crescent kicks. Now where's the fun in that? " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 7, 2013
B- —— The Doll Squad (1973) " There's gold in the corners of the effort, but it takes considerable patience to find the highlights of this strangely chaste, frustratingly repetitive picture. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 7, 2013
C 60% Riddick (2013) " While expectations for stellar thespian contributions are minimal, the laziness of the writing coupled with the decibel level of the acting invites cringes, not cheers. At this point, Riddick is better off as a solo act. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
C 34% Touchy Feely (2013) " Doesn't see its themes through to the end, leaving the effort dangling in the wind, unsatisfying and needlessly drained of depth. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
C+ 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " Undeniably fascinating, but quite tedious once it swallows a grenade in its final act, making it difficult to trust anything writer/director Jill Soloway has to share on the state of the modern American marriage. " — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
C 34% Hell Baby (2013) " It's all very goofy and gleefully performed, but it's difficult to figure out exactly what Garant and Lennon want from Hell Baby." — Blu-ray.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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