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Brian Tallerico

Brian Tallerico

Agrees with the Tomatometer 82% of the time.

Publications:
Film Threat , HollywoodChicago.com , Movie Retriever , Screentalk , The Deadbolt , UGO , UGO Screenwriter's Voice
Total Reviews:
1139
Total QuickRatings:
33

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
4/5 —— The Institute (2013) " I don't care how much of it is real and how much is nonsense. It's just a fun, clever film about looking at the world from a different angle." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
3.5/5.0 93% Muscle Shoals (2013) " The director wisely doesn't turn this into cavalcade of stars, keeping the focus as much on the man who built this hotbed of creativity and the musicians who played behind the household names." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
5.0/5.0 98% Gravity (2013) " The most important film of 2013 in terms of special effects is also one of its most human, emotional stories. That's the wonder of cinema." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2.5/4 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " The world of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is a cleverly-conceived one, the design of the film is engaging on all levels, and the voice cast is great. It's the story that fails to engage beyond the glittering surface." — RogerEbert.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
2.5/5.0 86% Blue Caprice (2013) " The movie never gets beyond the most iconic image that gives it a name; never digging deep enough into these characters to register as something human instead of a filmmaking experiment." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/5.0 83% Computer Chess (2013) " It becomes something that's hard to decipher; hard to put into words in a review. That's a good thing." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
4.5/5.0 95% Enough Said (2013) " Holofcener and her ridiculously talented cast find truth about love and second chances not in their set-up but in the honesty of the characters placed within it. I love this movie." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
3.5/5.0 98% Wadjda (2013) " Not all revolution starts with violence or even outrage. Sometimes it starts with a game of hopscotch. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 20, 2013
4.0/5.0 80% Prisoners (2013) " It's a harrowing, excellent piece of work, narratively inconsistent in the final act but a film for which all flaws are easily overlooked by incredible technical accomplishments and an ensemble of performers doing close to the best work of their careers." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3.5/5.0 —— Four (2013) " Four goes believable places but avoids the trappings of traditional melodrama. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
3.0/5.0 51% A Single Shot (2013) " Sam Rockwell has quietly developed into one of the most essential actors of his generation. A Single Shot may not be his best film or even his best work but it's another accomplishment for one of our best performers." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 18, 2013
5.0/5.0 99% Short Term 12 (2013) " Difficult to describe without it sounding manipulative or melodramatic but I'll do my best. Trust me when I tell you that this is one of the best films you'll see all year. It's pure, true, and remarkably moving." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
2.0/5.0 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " Repetitive, cluttered, just silly variation on the first movie that will feel like a step back for anyone who admired Wan's notable advancement as a filmmaker in this summer's stellar The Conjuring." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
2.0/5.0 33% Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) " Jayne Mansfield's Car is cluttered with characters and subplots, and only a few of them resonate at all." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 11, 2013
3.0/5.0 60% Riddick (2013) " There's a pretty damn good piece of entertainment buried in Riddick if you're willing to dig through the bloat to find it. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
3.0/5.0 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " The misfire of Afternoon Delight is one of writing, almost as if Soloway was afraid to let her characters progress to a truly interesting place." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
2.0/5.0 34% Adore (2013) " The major problem with this film is that we never see what the leads do in their sexual partners other than physical specimens and the lack of believability at the core of Adore leaves it lame. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
3.5/5.0 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " I still consider my Grandmaster experience incomplete for now. And it's a testament to how much quality still remains that I want to complete it." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 30, 2013
4.0/5.0 81% Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) " Even if one doesn't take it as a true success on its own terms, it is undeniably the work of a filmmaker who has made a statement with his first film. And, no, that statement is not that he likes Terrence Malick. It's that he deserves comparison to him." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 29, 2013
1.0/5.0 3% Getaway (2013) " Hawke's character actually says, after one of several situations that could never possibly be replicated in the real world, "I can't believe that actually worked." I'm assuming he said something similar when he cashed his paycheck." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 29, 2013
3.5/5.0 75% You're Next (2013) " Every issue I had with You're Next was beat into bloody submission by what works about it - it's a primal force of a movie, a sledgehammer to a genre in need of waking up." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 22, 2013
2.0/5.0 57% The Frozen Ground (2013) " Unfocused, flitting back and forth from separate Cage, Cusack, and Hudgens arcs without forming them into one vision." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 22, 2013
4.0/5.0 80% Drinking Buddies (2013) " Swanberg also displays a new level of ability with performers, drawing great turns from literally everyone in this cast, and finally giving the gorgeous Olivia Wilde the part she's needed for years. She's spectacular here." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 22, 2013
1.0/5.0 4% Paranoia (2013) " There's no sense of craftsmanship or creativity here, just the bare minimum to meet enough clichés to get to the final act and send you on your way. It has all the thrills of a root canal." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 15, 2013
1.5/5.0 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " One could argue that Kick-Ass was all style and no substance. Kick-Ass 2 has absolutely none of either." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 15, 2013
5.0/5.0 97% The Act Of Killing (2013) " This film is jaw-dropping. It's a must-see." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 12, 2013
4.5/5.0 91% The Spectacular Now (2013) " Touching, funny, romantic, and so remarkably real, James Ponsoldt's teen drama captures a truth about our formative years that so many other similar films fail to come close to grasping." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2.5/5.0 82% Jug Face (2013) " Has a lot going for it at first but it's a film that ultimately frustrates by not knowing its own limitations. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
2.5/5.0 68% Elysium (2013) " Where Neill Blomkamp's District 9 was surprisingly sleek and refined given its low budget and rookie creator, the follow-up proves that more is very often less." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 5, 2013
3.0/5.0 34% Passion (2013) " All the problems that I have with Passion narratively are overshadowed by the fact that De Palma the visual master has shown signs of life for the first time in a decade." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 2, 2013
4.0/5.0 80% The Painting (2013) " A deeply allegorical work about coming to terms with a creator who may have left us behind but it's also just a delightful, romantic adventure with a visual palette far more engaging than most animated blockbusters this year. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Aug 1, 2013
2.0/5.0 53% Wasteland (2013) " The constant spinning of wheels drains the piece of its energy until a final act gets so convoluted that the whole thing falls apart." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 31, 2013
3.5/5.0 78% Europa Report (2013) " We need to reward smart, intellectual sci-fi like this if we want more of it. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 31, 2013
1.0/5.0 22% The Canyons (2013) " Lindsay Lohan is NOT the problem with The Canyons. She's arguably the only interesting thing about this train wreck, a film so vapid and worthless that it's clear that, no matter what the troubled Ms. Lohan did on-set, there was no saving it." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 30, 2013
3.5/5.0 93% Still Mine (2013) " At its best, Still Mine gives off that feeling that we're watching something private, something genuine between two people who absolutely adore each other and have for decades." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 25, 2013
4.0/5.0 90% The Attack (2013) " It's an accomplished drama anchored by an understated, captivating performance from an actor who fills nearly every frame of every scene." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 24, 2013
3.5/5.0 88% Springsteen And I (2013) " The fans are fun but the archival footage, including a large chunk of a live show that will play after the film to boost its meager running time, is the real draw." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 22, 2013
3.5/5.0 97% A Hijacking (2013) " It's an effective piece of work that will leave you longing for a shower, a nap, and a warm meal." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 5, 2013
2.0/5.0 72% The Wall (2013) " Starts with an interesting concept but goes nowhere with it, giving the viewer too little with which to relate or comprehend and asking them to mistake the clunky narrative as "deep."" — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jul 5, 2013
3.5/5.0 87% 100 Bloody Acres (2013) " 100 Bloody Acres pulls it off, finding some dark strains of humor and some grisly moments to go with them. For genre fans, it's a definite success." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
3.0/5.0 49% Redemption (2013) " Redemption nearly works. It's one of those truly frustrating films in that there are numerous scenes & moments that work but Knight can't quite fashion them into a whole that's not a disappointment. But he comes damn close. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
2.0/5.0 61% Byzantium (2013) " Characters that don't work and a stylistic approach by Jordan that doesn't give the give the piece the personality it needs to be considered as more than an arthouse Twilight." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 27, 2013
3.0/5.0 65% The Heat (2013) " They know how to work a joke, hit a punchline, and inject just enough character to make it feel three-dimensional. They're reason enough to see The Heat even if one wishes the film around them was up to their talents. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 27, 2013
4.0/5.0 96% A Band Called Death (2013) " Captures the joy of music, the remarkable influence it can have on future talents, and the importance of appeasing nothing but the creative drive within." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 26, 2013
1.5/5.0 50% White House Down (2013) " Just tedious, bloated, and silly. There's such a fine line between being over-the-top enough to be entertaining and just being ridiculous. White House Down is ridiculous. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 26, 2013
3.5/5.0 84% Much Ado About Nothing (2013) " It's a smart, clever diversion in a season dominated by loud blockbusters and CGI extravaganzas. It makes one wish Whedon would get his friends together more often. " — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 20, 2013
4.0/5.0 59% The Bling Ring (2013) " The brilliance of The Bling Ring is in the question it presents as its thesis - 'Can you really blame them?'" — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 20, 2013
2.0/5.0 —— The Haunting of Helena (2013) " This update of the Tooth Fairy legend takes the familiar and tries to make it terrifying but horrendous dialogue and weak performances will aggravate even the most forgiving horror fans." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 17, 2013
2.5/5.0 77% Somm (2013) " It becomes about the drinker instead of the drink and, to be blunt, the drinkers in this film aren't interesting enough to justify its existence." — HollywoodChicago.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
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