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Cole Smithey

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 3672
Total QuickRatings:: 1509

Location:: Manhattan

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
A+	92%	Bloody Sunday (2002)	" Although originally produced for British television in 2002, Paul Greengrass's vivid depiction of a violent turning point in the so-called Troubles in Northern Ireland was released in the U.S. in theaters." — ColeSmithey.com Posted May 7, 2013
B+	86%	Sightseers (2013)	" Blacker than the La Brea Tar Pits director Ben Wheatley's dark comedy, about a couple of serial killer lovebirds, is an exquisitely funny movie. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted May 6, 2013
A	60%	Venus And Serena (2013)	" ...those hoping to better understand the physical and mental struggles that Serena and Venus Williams have gone through in their commitment to tennis, will be richly rewarded. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted May 6, 2013
A	——	Variety (1983)	" Bette Gordon's independent psychological thriller, written by Kathy Acker, is a stunning proto-feminist noir experiment set in the sex shops of 1983 Times Square. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted May 1, 2013
B	57%	Kiss Of The Damned (2013)	" Decadence and debauchery are equal parts death and creation in a cool little vampire movie that makes the "Twilight" franchise look like kid stuff. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 28, 2013
A-	67%	The Iceman (2013)	" With so many substantial performances under his belt, it's not accurate to tern Michael Shannon's exemplary work here as a "breakthrough performance." It is nonetheless Oscar-worthy. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 28, 2013
A	84%	The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) (The Sea Within) (2004)	" Alejandro Amenábar's seamless depiction of Ramón Sampedro's battle for his own sense of integrity arrives in refreshing cinematic terms. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 27, 2013
C-	58%	At Any Price (2013)	" Yes, it's a cutthroat world out there, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it, except hide the bodies well. That's the takeaway from "At Any Price." " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 25, 2013
C-	56%	Oblivion (2013)	" It's not like Tom Cruise hasn't made a great sci-fi movie in his career; "Minority Report" is a masterpiece. "Oblivion," on the other hand, is just what the title portends. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 24, 2013
A	88%	Slap Shot (1999)	" "Slap Shot" is a sports movie that revels in details of milieu, plot and character. Smokestacks billow white plumes from a perpetually overcast industrial skyline. Everything is old and weather beaten. Every victory is tainted. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 22, 2013
B+	87%	In the House (2013)	" François Ozon's slow-burn comic thriller is a sensitive observation of a global race-to-the-bottom that is devaluing culture in all of its varied forms. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 21, 2013
A+	87%	Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2013)	" They don't call it "magic" for nothing. This movie has plenty of enchantment to spare. Here is the best documentary of 2013, so far. Don't miss it. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 18, 2013
B	76%	It's a Disaster (2013)	" "It's a Disaster" wouldn't be a bad choice for the last movie you see before life on Earth comes to a crashing halt. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 17, 2013
B	29%	Erased (2013)	" Liana Liberato is amazing. The child actor who gave a breakout performance in "Trust" (2010) has blossomed into an actress of tremendous range. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 17, 2013
B	98%	Mud (2013)	" "Mud" is a boys adventure movie with its heart in the right place. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 16, 2013
B-	57%	Unmade In China (2013)	" "Unmade in China" is an entertaining personalized account of a director's hardships attempting to work in China's determinedly hostile filmmaking conditions. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 14, 2013
A	——	Like Water (2012)	" Pablo Croce's filmic portrait of master fighter Anderson Silva is a priceless viewpoint of a gifted but humble athlete working past the height of his powers. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 13, 2013
D	64%	Antiviral (2013)	" "Antiviral" is interesting for the first ten or fifteen minutes before it digresses into a slough. Boredom is the death of any movie, and this one will bore you to tears. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 13, 2013
C-	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" For a movie that's nothing if not a bloodbath, "Evil Dead" is as dry as the Sahara. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 13, 2013
C-	59%	Maniac (2013)	" An irredeemable exploitation horror movie that overplays its subjective POV conceit, "Maniac" will leave viewers cold. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 11, 2013
D	42%	To The Wonder (2013)	" Terrence Malick still hasn't made a remarkable film since 1978. That " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 11, 2013
B+	77%	42 (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] Writer-director Brian Helgeland's methodically balanced biopic about revered baseball legend Jackie Robinson manages the near-impossible feat of offering all things to all people." — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 10, 2013
A-	68%	Disconnect (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] Identity theft, online bullying, and interactive porn sites each play a part in a problematic digital social landscape that "Disconnect" examines in a razor-sharp triptych narrative. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 7, 2013
A+	100%	'Breaker' Morant (1980)	" "Breaker Morant" is an anti-war film that takes no prisoners." — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 3, 2013
C-	54%	The Company You Keep (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] A movie in search of a story, this Robert Redford-directed flop has all the interest and suspense of a piece of burnt toast. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Apr 1, 2013
B-	56%	Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] Fine-tuning the nuances cannibals, rather than zombies, proves modestly rewarding in a dark little comedy that owes more to Roger Corman's "Bucket of Blood" than it does to "Dawn of the Dead."" — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 31, 2013
A+	97%	Monsieur Verdoux (1947)	" Simultaneously ethical and unethical, the snappily dressed Verdoux exists as an extraordinary challenge to capitalism's status quo during its seismic swing toward fascism. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 31, 2013
A-	94%	Room 237 (2013)	" "Room 237" is movie so chunky and sweet you can eat it with a spoon. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 30, 2013
B	43%	Admission (2013)	" An above-average romantic comedy, "Admission" profits considerably from Tina Fey's reliable comic efforts as Portia Nathan, a Princeton University admissions officer approaching an unforeseen midlife crisis. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 20, 2013
B	38%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" You can't have a comedy about magic without gimmicks, and "Burt Wonderstone" has plenty. It also has panache. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 9, 2013
A+	80%	Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) (1997)	" Roberto Benigni's finest hour arrived in 1997 when the triple-threat writer/director/actor delved deep into Charlie Chaplin territory - see "The Great Dictator" (1940). " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2013
B-	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" "Oz the Great and Powerful" misses a wide-open opportunity for nuanced social commentary that the Depression era "Wizard of Oz" so eloquently seized. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2013
C+	31%	Emperor (2013)	" However turgid the storytelling, "Emperor" makes its historic points about a widely unknown 1945 wartime episode that played out in U.S occupied Japan after its surrender. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 8, 2013
B+	79%	Ginger & Rosa (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] Writer/director Sally Potter's tantalizing "Ginger & Rosa" is a socially complex coming-of-age movie with teeth. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 5, 2013
A	100%	Angst Essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) (1974)	" "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul" is a timeless examination of the insidious effects of prejudice and racism on relationships." — ColeSmithey.com Posted Mar 5, 2013
C-	25%	Phantom (2013)	" The cinematic offenses committed by the filmmakers of "Phantom" are varied and many. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 25, 2013
A	94%	Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)	" "Two-Lane Blacktop" prompts a dialogue of uncertain expectation with its audience." — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 23, 2013
C-	67%	Stoker (2013)	" Regardless of how beautifully Park Chan-Wook shot the movie, "Stoker" plays like a thin book that's missing more than a few pages. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 23, 2013
A	94%	The Warriors (1979)	" Walter Hill's vibrant 1979 adaptation of Sol Yurick's 1965 novel - based loosely on an ancient Greek story called "Anabasis" - is a classic cinematic record of New York City circa 1979. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 18, 2013
C-	82%	Like Someone in Love (2013)	" No filmmaker is above making errors of judgment. Kiarostami makes a big one. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 18, 2013
B	65%	Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2013)	" Whether or not you are a fan of Journey's music, Ramona S. Diaz's uplifting documentary about Arnel Pineda's rise from an impoverished Philippian youth to becoming the lead singer for a hugely successful rock band, will charm you. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 14, 2013
C+	81%	The Place Beyond The Pines (2013)	" An unbalanced dual narrative plays out in Derek Cianfrance's ("Blue Valentine") unsteady attempt to extract universal truths about unintended legacies passed down from father to son. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 14, 2013
B	90%	Caesar Must Die (2013)	" If you're looking for an adventurous thought-provoking film, "Caesar Must Die" more than fits the bill. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 12, 2013
B-	45%	Beautiful Creatures (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] An imaginative adolescent gothic romance, "Beautiful Creatures" arrives with considerably more camp and intellectual humor than the "Twilight" franchise to which "Creatures" is sure to be compared. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 11, 2013
A+	97%	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966)	" Leone's liberal use of widescreen shots in conjunction with extreme close-ups gives the movie an epic quality that is matched in scope by a skeletal narrative structure that breathes with a poker-faced mood, tone, and personality. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 10, 2013
D+	16%	A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)	" [VIDEO ESSAY] Roman Coppola goes so far as to throw in a literal "kitchen sink" as part of his ploy to entertain, but "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" can't even manage to titillate. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 10, 2013
B	52%	The Playroom (2013)	" A chamber piece cousin to The Ice Storm, The Playroom hones in on the mentality of so many irresponsible '70s era parents whose children grew up to be much better people than their parents." — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 7, 2013
B	20%	Identity Thief (2013)	" 2013 is Melissa McCarthy's year. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 5, 2013
D+	47%	Bullet to the Head (2013)	" Audiences drawn to a movie with such an obvious title as "Bullet to the Head" will get every line of cheesy dialogue, intelligence-defying plot-point, and trashy titillation they're after in this foreshadowed misfire. " — ColeSmithey.com Posted Feb 2, 2013

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