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Cole Smithey

Cole Smithey

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Favorites:
1900, Ace in the Hole, Come and See
Publications:
ColeSmithey.com
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
3676
Total QuickRatings:
2162
Location:
Manhattan

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D 41% Black Rock (2013) " An exploitation thriller with feminist overtones - ala "I Spit on Your Grave," but nowhere nearly as gutsy - "Black Rock" disappoints on various levels. " — ColeSmithey.com
Posted May 19, 2013
B+ 77% Augustine (2013) " Newcomer director Alice Winocour drafts an erotically charged and socially complex telling of a controversial 19th century neurologist and the nubile patient he treats. " — ColeSmithey.com
Posted May 18, 2013
F 49% The Great Gatsby (2013) " Baz Luhrmann's bastardization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is a travesty in the most demeaning sense of the word. The film represents a sin against cinema and literature of cataclysmic proportions." — ColeSmithey.com
Posted May 18, 2013
B 86% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " The "Star Trek" franchise has its weaknesses, but it's still the best thing going in the sci-fi genre." — ColeSmithey.com
Posted May 13, 2013
B+ 37% The Great Gatsby (1974) " Widely trashed by a cabal of critics who didn't know a good film when they saw it, Jack Clayton's 1974 rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel beautifully captures its romantic essence and caustic social indictments. " — ColeSmithey.com
Posted May 9, 2013
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+ 82% 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 83% 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 62% 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- 52% 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+ 88% 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+ 90% 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 26% 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 65% 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- 61% 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- 67% 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- 55% 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 37% 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+ 82% 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 91% 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
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